MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY
FOOD CITY 500
TEAM CHEVY RACE NOTES & QUOTES
APRIL 7, 2019
TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
2nd Kurt Busch, No. 1 Monster Energy Camaro ZL!
10th Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Ally Camaro ZL1
11th Chase Elliott, No. 9 NAPA Auto Parts Camaro ZL1
14th Austin Dillon, No. 3 Symbicort Camaro ZL1
15th Ty Dillon, No. 13 GEICO Camaro ZL1
TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
1st Kyle Busch (Toyota)
2nd Kurt Busch (Chevrolet)
3rd Joey Logano (Ford)
4th Ryan Blaney (Ford)
5th Denny Hamlin (Toyota)
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season continues next weekend at Richmond Raceway with the Toyota Owners 400 on Saturday evening, April 13th at 7:30 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
TEAM CHEVY NOTES AND QUOTES:
KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 MONSTER ENERGY CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 2nd
ON THE RESTART, YOU STARTED RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR BROTHER (KYLE, RACE WINNER). TAKE US THROUGH THE RACE AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST RESTART
“It was tough battling our No. 1 Chevy. The Monster Energy team is doing a good job. But that one was tough. I really wanted to beat him. I was going to wreck him (laughter). I was wanting to stay close enough so that when we took the white, I was just going to drive straight into (Turns) 3 and 4; I mean he’s already won. I figured he could give a little love to his brother, but no. I wanted that one bad. I feel like him right now. I’m like ugh, I’m mad because I didn’t win.
“But, this car, we’re struggling on qualifying and we struggle on taking off. And, I just can’t get the right rear to grip until it gets heat in it. And, it’s hard to be patient when you’re running for the win on old tires. So, I’m happy that we were in position to do it, this group of guys. We’re not quite ready to win yet, but that was close. And I was going to wreck my little brother to win today. But with three laps to go, I just stepped out in Turn 1 and I wasn’t close enough after that. But, thanks to (crew chief) Matt McCall and everybody at Ganassi. This No. 1 Monster Chevy is fast. We’ve just got to fine-tune it all.”
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 10th
ON HIS RACE AND IMPROVEMENT: “We did make a jump in our performance so I hope we can find another chunk that quickly that will put us in that top-five mix consistently. I think we are going to right way and I am very optimistic about that, so I am very thankful and grateful for that. We will celebrate these small victories and get ready for the big one.”
WHAT IS IT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR? “It is more grip in the center of the corner. We can get the balance on either side, which was what we had at the beginning of the year. But we just have two-tenths of speed in the car. I’m not sure there is such a thing as free speed, but if there is such a thing, I will take it and we’d be right there in the mix.”
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 NAPA AUTO PARTS CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 11th
“Definitely not what we started out hoping for. We got turned late in the race, that was about it. We fell behind from there. Had a great car, even without the power steering.”
AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 SYMBICORT CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 14th
“We had a struggle with our Camaro all day. It wasn’t ever really good but somehow we maintained, stayed on the lead lap. More attrition, working hard to stay up there. At one point we got the car pretty decent. The car was pretty tight, but it was decent. There at the end I hit the wall because we had the rear to free. It damaged it. So through all that, 14th is 14th. But I’ll take it.”
TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 15th
ON HIS RACE AND HIS STAGE WIN: “That was huge for our team, to go head-to-head with the top teams is huge for GEICO and Germain Racing. That was a really cool moment, something we are really proud of. We are proud of the direction we are going with our race team. We are going to keep getting better for Chevrolet, GEICO and Germain Racing. I’m really proud of how we are doing with our Camaro.”
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK – Finished 19th
“Not much up to it. We had a loose wheel and we had to come down pit road and lost two laps. Then we had an uncontrolled tire. Had a penalty for that and lost a lap. We fought back to get on the lead lap and then had a right front tire going down, so we lost a lap and finished a lap down. Not much to show for how quick our Camaro was today.”
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