NCS Post-Qualifying Report – Nashville Superspeedway
Busch follows his Xfinity Series win with a front row starting spot in today’s Cup race
NASHVILLE (June 20, 2021) – Kyle Busch led the Toyota’s in qualifying on Sunday morning for the Ally 400 securing the second position to start on the front row when the field takes the green on Sunday afternoon from Nashville Superspeedway.
Toyota Racing Post-Qualifying Report
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Nashville Superspeedway – June 20, 2021
TOYOTA STARTING POSITIONS
1st, Aric Almirola*
2nd, KYLE BUSCH
3rd, Joey Logano*
4th, William Byron*
5th, Kyle Larson*
13th, DENNY HAMLIN
21st, BUBBA WALLACE
25th, CHRISTOPHER BELL
33rd, CHAD FINCHUM
35th, MARTIN TRUEX JR
38th, DAVID STARR
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA QUOTES
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Pedigree Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Starting Position: 2nd
Front row starting position. Knowing what you learned yesterday, how good was this run?
“I mean, it was better than expected. I didn’t expect to qualify that well, so that’s certainly a positive. Being able to get some speed in our Pedigree Camry, so it’s nice to have an upfront spot like that. Oh, so close to getting the pole. We don’t get the chance to qualifying much anymore, and when you get that close it’s like, damn, you have a goose egg in that column, because we are not good with the metric system. Overall, just hopefully today is a good day. We struggled yesterday, so I wasn’t so sure what we would have in store for us today, but it felt okay right there. I have no idea what that means for a race car. We completely wholesaled everything and changed it last night, so we will see what we have later today.”
BUBBA WALLACE, No. 23 DoorDash Toyota Camry, 23XI Racing
Starting Position: 21st
How was your qualifying lap?
“We just didn’t really know what to expect as far as grip. We weren’t the best of cars yesterday. I feel like we’ve been struggling as an organization, Toyota’s have kind of struggled, especially with the front ends of our racecars. It was good to get practice to see that though; it’s not like we are firing off blind. We threw a lot at it, and just didn’t get enough heat in the front tires for turn one. I relayed that message to the last three Toyota guys. It was okay. I feel like we made improvements overnight, which is good. We need a little bit more, but we will go have some fun and settle in and see what we can do here in Nashville. It’s a fun track.”
CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 DEWALT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Starting Position: 25th
Have you seen improvement since the tire test?
“No, definitely not. I think all of us at JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) expected to be better, a little more competitive. It will be interesting to see what adjustments the teams made overnight. We had a lot to gain over yesterday’s practice session, so it will be cool to see who’s on it and who isn’t.”
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