Hampton, Ga. - Tough luck spoils what was looking to be an outstanding day for David Reutimann and the No. 00 Mitsubishi Electric/Aaron's Dream Machine. Reutimann started the Kobalt Tools 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in ninth and experienced a difficult handling condition that dropped the No. 00 to the 26th position within the first 30 laps. When Reutimann came to pit road on lap 36 Rodney Childers called for several adjustments that made the car come to life on the restart. Reutimann soon found himself back among the top-10 and battling to crack the top-five on the restart on lap 164. Unfortunately, Reutimann soon began to experience overheating which eventually ended his day prematurely and leaving him with a 38th-place finish. 

"It's just a real frustrating deal," said a disappointed Reutimann. "We had a good Mitsubishi Electric/Aaron's Dream Machine and we were starting to have a pretty good day. The car wasn't where we wanted it at the start of the race, but Rodney Childers and the crew kept working on it and got it up into the top-10 and we were closing in on the top-five. It turned what could have been a great day into a very disappointing day."

Notes: 

• Reutimann started ninth and finished 40th
  
  
• Reutimann battled a handling issue that dropped him to 26th 
  
  
• The No. 00 pit crew made adjustments under caution on lap 36 that helped the condition
  
  
• The No. 00 raced it's way back through the field up to the sixth position by a restart on lap 164 
  
  
• The No. 00 experienced overheating on lap 166 and retired from the race 
  
  
• Today marked Reutimann's first "Did Not Finish" since Oct. 5, 2008 at Talladega - the longest such streak in the Sprint Cup Series (44 races)