Jesse Love and the No. 2 Whelen Chevrolet Team Put Forth Consistent Effort to Earn Top-Five Result at Circuit of The Americas
Finish: 4th
Start: 11th
Points: 2nd
“I felt like Connor Zilisch for the first five laps of a run and thought we were better than Shane (van Gisbergen) on the fire off of Stage 3, but then he just does his witchcraft and doesn’t slow down at all. I kind of lost leverage there on the last restart, but at the end of the day, in these races you can be upset with whoever you want, but you have to put yourself in a position to have that control over their decisions or you don’t. And unfortunately having to restart fourth at the end was probably the worst thing for me and I was opened up to typical stack-ups at the end. I’m a little bummed out with how the day ended because I thought we were good enough to run second or maybe could have beat SVG on a short run or if he slipped up. I’m still really proud of our group. My pit crew overcame some adversity and I’m proud of all the guys on this No. 2 Whelen team. Very few people know how much effort I put into my craft of road racing and to see it almost bear fruit today is exciting for me.” -Jesse Love
Austin Hill and the No. 21 Bennett Transportation & Logistics Chevrolet Team Capture Stage 1 Win and Runner-Up Finish at Circuit of The Americas
Finish: 2nd
Start: 3rd
Points: 1st
“I honestly had so much fun today. These road courses are a blast, and our Bennett Transportation & Logistics Chevrolet was fast all day. I made a lot of mistakes out there but that’s going to happen on these road courses. We were able to get 10 points with the Stage 1 win and then we struggled a little bit in Stage 2 with just trying to figure out what we needed to be better. At the beginning of Stage 3, I didn’t have the greatest restart, but we were able to drive back up to fourth before the caution brought the field back together. On the last restart I did a good job of staying far left. As soon as they all went into Turn 1, I knew they would slide up and I filed in second. Then I had to go to work on SVG. He’s just so good during the first three laps of a run and can get away. I was struggling with front turn for the first two or three laps, which let him get a gap and manage from there. Hats off to those guys. I’ll take a second and move on.” -Austin Hill
