Toyota Racing Post-Qualifying Quotes
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS)
Texas Motor Speedway – November 2, 2018
TOYOTA STARTING POSITIONS
1st, Ryan Blaney*
2nd, Clint Bowyer*
3rd, Kevin Harvick*
4th, Aric Almirola*
5th, Brad Keselowski*
6th, DENNY HAMLIN
10th, KYLE BUSCH
12th, ERIK JONES
13th, MARTIN TRUEX JR.
19th, DANIEL SUÁREZ
34th, PARKER KLIGERMAN
35th, JJ YELEY
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Qualifying Position: 6th
Do you feel pretty good about where you’re starting?
“We’d like to be a little bit further up. The Ford cars have a lot on us right now. We’re excited about it. We definitely did a good job at maximizing what we had. It got us a good starting spot and a good spot on pit road. Hopefully, we set ourselves up for a good race on Sunday.”
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Qualifying Position: 10th
How was your qualifying run?
“I don’t know. I thought it was a lot better but we struggled to get it where we needed to be each round.”
MARTIN TRUEX JR, No. 78 Bass Pro Shops / 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing
Qualifying Position: 13th
Was your car too tight?
“Yeah, it was a little tighter. It’s hard to judge that. I missed the bottom on Turn 1 and Turn 2 a little a bit. It’s generally harder to go a little bit faster on hot tires. I got a little loose on Turn 3 in my last lap there. If I didn’t mess that up, I probably would have been in. It’s a sensitive track, really fast. For whatever reason, we’ve been off qualifying since they redid this place. I haven’t quite figured out what I need for qualifying. In our race trim, we’ve been really good here. We’ll see. We’ll work harder on it tomorrow and see on Sunday.”
