BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Redd’s Wicked Apple Ale Ford Fusion (Finished 1st)
VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “I can’t believe it. Talladega is such a wild card and to be able to win here you have to catch breaks and make your own breaks, a little of both. I can’t believe we won at Talladega. This race is the scariest of the three in the bracket. To be able to win here is really a privilege, it really is.”
TAKE US THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF LAPS. “It was about the restarts and getting clear and putting yourself in the right position and we were able to do that.”
YOU BATTLED BACK FROM EARLY PROBLEMS, TALK US THROUGH WHAT YOU HAD TO DO TO PULL THIS OFF. “We just persevered. We didn’t give up. I got a lot of help from my teammate Joey Logano and wow, this is just special. Everything about today is special. I want to say thank you to everyone that supports our team.”
PAUL WOLFE, crew chief, No. 2 Redd’s Wicked Apple Ale Ford Fusion – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW
– TALK ABOUT THIS WIN, WHAT IT MEANS AND WALK US THROUGH THAT LAST RESTART. “Obviously this win is huge. We feel like we have been one of the strongest teams all year here, especially the second half of the season. This team has worked hard and I feel like they deserve a shot at a championship. The issues we had at Kansas put us behind and having to fight all the way back, everyone executed and did their job today. We knew coming in there that we would have a shot at it but to actually do it with so many thing out of your control at this race track is huge. I am so proud of the guys. Brad’s driving there in the last few laps was just phenomenal. That is what it came down to. You saw the 48 on the restart before that it looked like he tried to make it three wide and ended up going way back. It is about being smart and understands this type of racing and Brad does a great job of that.”
HOW ABOUT THAT LAST RESTART SPECIFICALLY? “It is so up and down. One minute we thought we had a shot and the next minute we didn’t and we were trying to manage all that and the emotions. It ranks right up there – it was very exciting with not knowing what was going to happen right down to the end. It was a great win and I and looking forward to the next round.”
