Toyota Racing Post-Qualifying Quotes
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS)
Charlotte Motor Speedway – September 28, 2018
TOYOTA STARTING POSITIONS
1st, Kurt Busch*
2nd, AJ Allmendinger*
3rd, Alex Bowman*
4th, Chase Elliott*
5th, Kyle Larson*
12th, ERIK JONES
13th, MARTIN TRUEX JR.
14th, KYLE BUSCH
17th, DANIEL SUÁREZ
27th, DENNY HAMLIN
36th, JJ YELEY
37th, JEFFREY EARNHARDT
40th, TIMMY HILL
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
ERIK JONES, No. 20 Reser’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Qualifying Position: 12th
Talk about advancing to round two in qualifying and starting 12th on Sunday.
“It was okay. I think we had a car that probably could have contended for the pole, but we got in trouble on the first round, so we just had to make the most of it and survive. Not too much damage, but we’ve got some work to do on the Reser’s Camry to get it back in race condition. We’ll work on it and go from there.”
What’s going to be the focus for you and the team tomorrow during practice?
“Getting more gripped built in the car. This track is really slick and it’s challenging in a lot of areas, so just continuing to work on grip and finding more speed and figuring out what we need out of our car on the long run.”
MARTIN TRUEX JR, No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing
Qualifying Position: 13th
Describe your two laps two different times in the No. 78 Toyota.
“Well the first one I think maybe we just went out a little too early and then they knocked the tires back coming out of the chicane, so you could straighten it out more and gain speed, so we gained quite a bit of speed there on our second run. I got real tight coming out of the infield onto the big track and chattered the front tires there. I couldn’t get the gas down. I lost a lot of time. If I hadn’t screwed that corner up, we’d have been in good shape. We only made three laps of practice and to figure this place out is a little tricky. I wish we could’ve got another run or two in during practice, but that’s the way it goes and we’ll line up 13th and go get them.”
