Austin Dillon and the No. 3 BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet Team Earn Top-25 Finish at Richmond Raceway

Finish: 24th
Start: 22nd
Points: 28th

“We had a really good BREZTRI AEROSPHERE® (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 tonight at Richmond Raceway. Our Chevrolet started a little tight, but we didn’t fall off as much as everyone else during long runs. Unfortunately, when we came down pit road for a scheduled stop in the middle of the race, we misjudged the timing of the car in the stall behind us. It made for a lengthy pit stop and caused us to lose a lap. Once you go a lap down here at Richmond Raceway, it’s hard to get it back. It’s unfortunate because I feel like we had a better car than the results show, but we’ll go back to work and get ready for Martinsville Speedway next weekend.” -Austin Dillon

Kyle Busch and No. 8 Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet Team Collect Lead Lap Finish at Richmond Raceway

Finish: 20th
Start: 15th
Points: 13th

“It was a battle all night in our No. 8 Rebel Bourbon Chevrolet at Richmond Raceway. We started the race on wet weather tires and had zero grip on the initial fire off. It felt like it took forever for the tires to come in. Crew chief Randall Burnett and all the guys on the team worked hard all night making adjustments, but we were just too tight in the center and too loose on entry and exit. They took some pretty big swings at it but unfortunately couldn’t get the balance where it needed to be. We’ll regroup and bounce back next week at Martinsville Speedway.” -Kyle Busch

RICK WARE RACING
Richmond 400

Date: March 31, 2024
Event: Richmond 400 (Round 7 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Richmond (Va.) Raceway (.75-mile oval)
Format: 407 laps, broken into three stages (70 laps/160 laps/170 laps)
Note: Race extended seven laps past its scheduled 400-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Stage 1 Winner: Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
Stage 2 Winner: Martin Truex Jr., of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)

RWR Race Finish:

● Kaz Grala (Started 35th, Finished 31st/ Running, completed 405 of 407 laps)
● Justin Haley (Started 36th, Finished 32nd/ Running, completed 405 of 407 laps)

RWR Points:

● Justin Haley (32nd with 78 points)
● Kaz Grala (33rd with 71 points)

RWR Notes:

● This was Haley’s seventh career start at Richmond. His best finish remains 21st, earned in September 2022.
● This was Grala’s first NASCAR Cup Series start at Richmond.

Race Notes:

● Denny Hamlin won the Richmond 400 to score his 53rd career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his second of the season and his fifth at Richmond. His margin of victory over second-place Joey Logano was .269 of a second.
● There were five caution periods for a total of 54 laps.
● Twenty-two of the 36 drivers in the Richmond 400 finished on the lead lap.
● Martin Truex Jr., remains the championship leader after Richmond with a 14-point advantage over second-place Kyle Larson.

Sound Bites:

“We were fighting the handling the entire race. Once green-flag pit stops start here, it’s easy to get caught a lap or two down and it just kind of snowballs from there if you don’t make big progress. I think we learned a lot and hopefully we can find something that will work better for us before we come back in August.” – Kaz Grala, driver of the No. 15 N29 Capital Partners Ford Mustang Dark Horse

“Our No. 51 Walmart Health and Wellness Ford Mustang Dark Horse was pretty good during the day. We struggled under the lights getting the balance right and just couldn’t seem to find the right adjustments to get it closer to where it needed to be. Our pit strategy in the second stage got messed up with that caution so maybe it wouldn’t have been quite as bad, but it was still a tough race. We at least have something to work with when we come back for the day race.”– Justin Haley, driver of the No. 51 Walmart Health and Wellness Ford Mustang Dark Horse

Next Up:

The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Cook Out 400 on Sunday, April 7 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The race begins at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

STEWART-HAAS RACING
Richmond 400

Date: March 31, 2024
Event: Richmond 400 (Round 7 of 36)
Series: NASCAR Cup Series
Location: Richmond (Va.) Raceway (.75-mile oval)
Format: 400 laps, broken into three stages (70 laps/160 laps/170 laps)
Note: Race extended seven laps past its scheduled 400-lap distance due to a green-white-checkered finish.
Race Winner: Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)

Stage 1 Winner: Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports (Chevrolet)
Stage 2 Winner: Martin Truex Jr., of Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)

SHR Finish:

● Josh Berry (Started 30th, Finished 11th / Running, completed 407 of 407 laps)
● Noah Gragson (Started 17th, Finished 12th / Running, completed 407 of 407 laps)
● Chase Briscoe (Started 32nd, Finished 18th / Running, completed 407 of 407 laps)
● Ryan Preece (Started 16th, Finished 28th / Running, completed 406 of 407 laps)

SHR Points:

● Chase Briscoe (18th with 150 points, 120 out of first)
● Josh Berry (23rd with 114 points, 156 out of first)
● Noah Gragson (30th with 84 points, 186 out of first)
● Ryan Preece (31st with 84 points, 186 out of first)

SHR Notes:

● Berry earned his second top-15 of the season and his second top-15 in two career NASCAR Cup Series startS at Richmond.

● This was Berry’s best finish so far this year. His previous best was 12th, earned March 17 at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.

● Berry finished ninth in Stage 1 to earn two bonus points and second in Stage 2 to earn nine more bonus points.

● Berry led twice for two laps, increasing his laps led total at Richmond to 12.

● Berry was the highest finishing rookie.

● Gragson earned his fourth top-15 of the season and his first top-15 in four career NASCAR Cup Series startS at Richmond.

● Gragson’s 12th-place result bettered his previous best finish at Richmond – 24th, earned in August 2022.

● Preece finished 10th in Stage 1 to earn one bonus point.

Race Notes:

● Denny Hamlin won the Richmond 400 to score his 53rd career NASCAR Cup Series victory, his second of the season and his fifth at Richmond. His margin of victory over second-place Joey Logano was .269 of a second.

● There were five caution periods for a total of 54 laps.
● Twenty-two of the 36 drivers in the race finished on the lead lap.
● Martin Truex Jr., remains the championship leader after Richmond with a 14-point advantage over second-place Kyle Larson.

Sound Bites:

“It was a solid night. We had a really good car and a really good practice. We didn’t qualify like we should have, but we were able to come up through there and get some track position back. It was just little things. We lost a little track position and got stuck in the back half of the top-10, but, all in all, it was a really good night. We have a lot to be proud of. It was a good points night and we’ll go to Martinsville.” – Josh Berry, driver of the No. 4 SUNNYD Ford Mustang Dark Horse

“We were just a little too disconnected. From the start of the race compared to yesterday in practice, I felt like we had a really good car, but we kind of just lost it. I don’t know if it was going into nighttime, if that was a difference, but I’m super proud of these Superior Essex guys. We kind of just maintained all day, started 17th and finished 12th and never got a good handle on the car, but nobody quit. I’m just appreciative of the opportunity.” – Noah Gragson, driver of the No. 10 Superior Essex Ford Mustang Dark Horse

“It wasn’t our best night, by any means. I felt like, by far, it was our worst race of the season. We were able to run in the top-20, even though that’s not really our goal. We definitely just struggled all weekend. We could never get the balance how we wanted it to be. We could never get the front to turn, and then we just unhooked the back, so it was just kind of a frustrating weekend from getting it to do what we wanted it to do. It was just an up-and-down night for us. We definitely have a lot of work to do, which is a little head-scratching just because of how good we’ve been here in the past. We’ve always kind of been in the mix. We’ve got to go back and try to do our homework and come back better.” – Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 14 HighPoint.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse

Next Up:

The next event on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule is the Cook Out 400 on Sunday, April 7 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The race begins at 3 p.m. EDT with live coverage provided by FS1 and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

HAMLIN DELIVERS TOYOTA OWNERS 400 VICTORY
Joe Gibbs Racing continues dominate performance at Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. (March 31, 2024) – Denny Hamlin continued his home track success as the Virginia-native’s team delivered on the final pit stop and Hamlin led the final laps to earn his fifth NASCAR Cup Series victory at Richmond Raceway in the Toyota Owners 400. It is Hamlin’s second points-paying victory of the season after his win earlier this month at Bristol, along with his non-points paying win at the Clash in Los Angeles to open the season.

With Chandler Smith’s win in the ToyotaCare 250 on Saturday, Joe Gibbs Racing swept their second race weekend of the season (Phoenix).

Martin Truex Jr. looked likely headed to his first victory of the season as he led in the closing laps before a caution with two laps to go. Truex, who won the second stage, led 228 of the 400 laps before finishing fourth.

It was a solid night for Team Toyota as a whole with seven Toyota Camry XSE’s in the top-16 finishers – Hamlin, Truex, Christopher Bell (sixth), Tyler Reddick (10th), Bubba Wallace (13th), Erik Jones (14th) and Ty Gibbs (16th).

Toyota Post-Race Recap
NASCAR Cup Series (NCS)
Richmond Raceway
Race 7 of 36 – 300 miles, 400 laps

TOYOTA FINISHING POSITIONS
1st, DENNY HAMLIN
2nd, Joey Logano*
3rd, Kyle Larson*
4th, MARTIN TRUEX, JR.
5th, Chase Elliott*
6th, CHRISTOPHER BELL
10th, TYLER REDDICK
13th, BUBBA WALLACE
14th, ERIK JONES
16th, TY GIBBS
25th, JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK
*non-Toyota driver

TOYOTA QUOTES

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 Mavis Tires & Brakes Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 1st

Can you describe what it is like to come down for a late-race pit stop and come out first?

“I’ve had the best pit crew all year long. I loved our chances. We still had Martin (Truex Jr.) – he was the deserving race winner there, but you give these pit crews an opportunity – this is what it is all about. You have to have your whole team put together – and they just killed it today.”

How much did you have to work on your car?

“We were close all day long. We kept the leader right there close to us, but just couldn’t quite get there. It was so excruciatingly hard to pass. It made it really difficult – even with newer tires. I needed that kind of situation in the end to be able to win it.”

What was like running on the wet weather tires?

“That was different for sure, but this is what it was designed for. It got us back on track earlier, but I have to thank our sponsors in Mavis, FedEx, Toyota, TRD, Sport Clips, Coca-Cola, Jordan Brand, Logitech, Shady Rays – they all make it possible. It is unbelievable that we were able to run a little bit in the wet weather, and a little bit in the dry, and we ended up coming out ahead.”

Does it ever get old winning at home?

“No, no way. We have high aspirations this year, and how many wins we can get, and this is putting us right on track.”

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 19 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 4th

Can you take us through the emotional roller coaster that tonight was?

“Yeah, it’s unfortunate. Unfortunately, this has happened to be a few times over the years. We were in a great spot and had a great Auto-Owners Toyota Camry all night long. The guys did a really good job all night. We got beat out of the pits and then – I don’t know. He jumped the start and then used me up into turn one. Definitely sucks, but a good solid day and a car capable of winning, so we will just have to come back next week and try to get them then.”

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Mobil 1 Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing

Finishing Position: 6th

Can you talk about how you made it back through the field to finish sixth?

“To come out of here with a top-10 is something that ended up being a really good day. It was such a disappointing mistake on pit road. I was right there in the hunt, and it was going to be a race under the green flag there, so I’m disappointed, but happy to have a good showing for this Mobil 1 Camry. It stings to have a car that fast and make a mistake with it.”

ERIK JONES, No. 43 Dollar Tree Toyota Camry XSE, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB

Finishing Position: 14th

How was your race?

“Not a bad day. We started really far off and got better all day. We had some good spots, and we brought the Dollar Tree Camry home top-15. We needed a good week. It’s been a rough stretch these last few races. We took a day that I didn’t think was great and made something decent out of it. We’ve got to keep working. We’ve got a lot that we can better on.”

JOHN HUNTER NEMECHEK, No. 42 Safeway Toyota Camry XSE, LEGACY MOTOR CLUB

Finishing Position: 25th

Can you tell us about your race?

“P25 with our Safeway Toyota Camry. Long day. We got behind on wets. We got behind on the first run and went a lap down and never got it back. Long day. On to Martinsville.”

About Toyota

Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the cultural fabric in North America for more than 65 years, and is committed to advancing sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus brands, plus our more than 1,800 dealerships.

Toyota directly employs more than 63,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 45 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota’s 14th plant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries for electrified vehicles. With more electrified vehicles on the road than any other automaker, Toyota currently offers 26 electrified options.

For more information about Toyota, visit www.ToyotaNewsroom.com.

TY DILLON
No. 16 Chevy Accessories Camaro ZL1

• Ty Dillon qualified 33rd for the Toyota Owners 400.
• Starting on rain tires, Dillon followed suit with the field pitting under the competition caution to switch over to slick tires. He went on to finish stage one under caution in the 34th position.
• During the first stage break, Dillon pitted for four tires and fuel, before starting the second stage. As the field began to complete green-flag pit stops, Dillon and the No 16 team pitted on lap 150. Dillon went on to finish the second stage in the 21st position, one lap down to the leaders.
• During the second stage break, Dillon brought the No 16 car to pit road for four tires and fuel, along with a slight rear wedge adjustment, as he reported he was pleased with the handling of his Chevrolet. Dillon made his first green-flag pit stop on lap 316 for four tires and fuel, while falling two laps down to the leader, as the field remained green. The final caution of the night came out with two laps to go, and the No. 16 team elected to stay out, ultimately finishing in 29th.

“Disappointing night overall for our No. 16 Chevy Accessories Chevrolet. We had some great speed, but unfortunately didn’t qualify as well as we could have, and got stuck on pit road due to circumstances out of our control. All and all, despite not having things go our way, this team did a lot of things well and I’m excited to get back in the car again soon.” – Ty Dillon  

DANIEL HEMRIC
No. 31 LA Golf Camaro ZL1

• Daniel Hemric qualified 34th for the Toyota Owners 400.
• The competition caution brought out the first yellow flag of the day, and Hemric sat 33rd. He radioed the No. 31 was slightly tight handling, as the field pitted for slick tires under caution. The green flag came back out on lap 49 and remained green until lap 64, when a caution ended the stage under yellow. Hemric finished the opening stage in 33rd place.
• During the first stage break, Hemric pitted for four tires, fuel, and a right-rear adjustment, before starting the second stage on lap 79. Hemric made his first green-flag pit stop of the night on lap 123 for four tires and fuel. The next caution came out on lap 169, and Hemric pitted for more tires and fuel, one lap down to the leaders. The green flag came back out on lap 177, and Hemric made it as high as 28th, before finishing the second stage in 30th place.
• Hemric pitted once again during the stage break for tires and fuel, radioing he was happy with the previous changes made to his No. 31 LA Golf Chevy. He started the final stage in 31st and ran until lap 286 before completing another green-flag pit stop for tires and fuel. The race remained green, and Hemric made his final green-flag pit stop on lap 333, putting him down a second lap. A caution came out with two laps remaining, and Hemric took the wave around to gain a lap back, before going on to finish 30th.

“Not the night we hoped for in Richmond. We made some positive changes to the No. 31 LA Golf Chevy and felt good about it after the second stage, but we just lacked front grip. Thankfully we were able to take the wave around during the last caution to get a lap back. We had a clean night but not the best car. We will keep working on it and keep chugging along to Martinsville.” – Daniel Hemric  
 
About Kaulig Racing

Kaulig Racing™ is a full-time multi-car NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) and NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) team, owned by award winning entrepreneur, Matt Kaulig. Established in 2016, Kaulig Racing™ has made the NXS Playoffs consecutively each season since the playoff system started and has won back-to-back regular-season championships. Before becoming a full-time NCS team, Kaulig Racing made multiple starts in the 2021 NCS season and won in its seventh-ever start with AJ Allmendinger’s victory at “The Brickyard” for the Verizon 200 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The team expanded to a two-car, full-time NCS team in 2022 and added a third, part-time entry during the 2023 season. In 2024, the team will once again field two, full-time entries in the NCS and continue to field three, full-time NXS entries. To learn more about the team, visit kauligracing.com.

Ford Performance Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
Toyota Owners 400 | Sunday, March 31, 2024

Ford Performance Results:
2nd – Joey Logano
8th – Brad Keselowski
9th – Chris Buescher
11th – Josh Berry
12th – Noah Gragson
18th – Chase Briscoe
19th – Ryan Blaney
21st – Todd Gilliland
23rd – Austin Cindric
26th – Michael McDowell
28th – Ryan Preece
31st – Kaz Grala
32nd – Justin Haley
34th – Harrison Burton

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse – ANYTHING MORE YOU COULD HAVE DONE TO CATCHT THE 11? “Not once he cleared the 19. I had a chance. I didn’t get a good enough restart. I really wanted to pressure them down into one and force them to work up Truex, but I spun my tires there just trying to stay with them and that ultimately cost me to be close enough to do something. I don’t know. It feels good to be towards the front again. We haven’t had a run like that in a while, but it also stings to be that close and not capitalize on the win. I guess I have mixed emotions. We had a really good car, a car that was capable of winning if we were in the front, but we didn’t execute everywhere else good enough to get there.”

WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM? “This is definitely the hardest start to a season we’ve had, but last week we started scratching and clawing and got a little bit of momentum through the last three races and ultimately get to here to where we were in the hunt again. It feels good. It’s Richmond. It’s a unique racetrack. It’s our best racetrack as a team, so we expect to run good here. I don’t know if this completely takes us out of the deep end, but I think ultimately it’s a good momentum-builder for sure.”

JOSH BERRY, No. 4 SunnyD Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It was a solid night. We had a really good car and a really good practice. We didn’t qualify like we should have, but we were able to come up through there and get some track position back. It was just little things. We lost a little track position and got stuck in the back half of the top 10, but, all in all, it was a really good night. We have a lot to be proud of. It was a good points night and we’ll go to Martinsville.”

YOU WERE ESPECIALLY STRONG IN STAGE ONE ON THE WET WEATHER TIRES. HOW DID THAT FEEL? “It felt kind of normal, honestly. It was weird. I really had no expectations of how that was gonna be and just kind of drove. I think we just had a really strong car. Rodney had a good plan for that and the car took off really well and we were able to get a lot of track position really quick.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “That was respectable. I don’t think we had the speed to win the race, but we had the speed to run in that eighth to 12th range and we kind of did that most of the night. We ended up executing at the end to get an eighth, so it was respectable. We took a little step backwards, but we’ll learn from it and be better.”

WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON THE WET WEATHER TIRES? “It wasn’t that bad. I wish we would have run a little bit longer. They threw the yellow around lap 30 or 35 and I was just starting to get it figured out.”

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Nexletol Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “That’s certainly not what we were hoping for. I was really excited coming back here. We had a good day, but nothing terrific to write home about. We’ll definitely dive into it and try to figure out what changed and see where we might be able to get better for the next go round.”

WHAT ABOUT THE WET WEATHER TIRES? “It was less of a circus than I expected, but I’m not a real big fan.”

NOAH GRAGSON, No. 10 Superior Essex Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We were just a little too disconnected from the start of the race compared to yesterday in practice. I felt like we had a really good car, but just kind of lost it. I don’t know if going to the night time was the difference, but I’m super proud of these guys. We kind of just maintained all day. We started 17th and finished 12th and could just never get a good handle on the car, but nobody quit. We kept our heads in it and I’m just appreciative of the opportunity.”

CHASE BRISCOE, No. 14 HighPoint.com Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It wasn’t our best night by any means. I feel like this was by far our worst race of the season. I guess it’s somewhat encouraging that we were still able to run top 20 even though that’s not really the goal. We just struggled all weekend. We could never really get the balance how we wanted and could never get the front to turn and then we would just unhook the back, so it was just a frustrating weekend to just try and get it to do what we wanted it to do. Honestly, the weather I thought probably helped us a little bit. We were able to leap frog some guys there and then with green flag pit stops we didn’t have the best night on pit road. It was just an up and down night for us, so we definitely have a lot of work to do, which is a little head scratching with how good we’ve been in the past. We’ve always kind of been in the mix, so we just need to go back and try to do our homework and come back better.”

KAZ GRALA, No. 15 N29 Capital Partners Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We were fighting the handling the entire race. Once the green-flag pit stops start, it’s easy to get caught a lap or two down and it just kind of snowballs from there if you don’t make big progress. I think we learned a lot and hopefully we can find something that will work better for us before we come back in August.”

JUSTIN HALEY, No. 51 Walmart Health & Wellness Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “Our No. 51 Walmart Health and Wellness Ford Mustang Dark Horse was really good during the day. We struggled under the lights getting the balance right and just couldn’t seem to find the right adjustments to get it closer to where it needed to be. Our pit strategy in the second stage got messed up with that caution so maybe it wouldn’t have been quite as bad, but it was still a tough race. We at least have something to work with when we come back and the sun’s out. ”

NASCAR CUP SERIES
RICHMOND RACEWAY
TOYOTA OWNERS 400
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE REPORT
MARCH 31, 2024

Larson, Elliott Lead Chevrolet with Top-Five Finishes at Richmond

· Kyle Larson led Chevrolet to the finish in the NASCAR Cup Series’ Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway – driving his No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Camaro ZL1 to a third-place finish.

· The result marks Larson’s third top-five finish in seven NASCAR Cup Series races this season.

· Three Chevrolet drivers tallied top-10 finishes at the .75-mile Virginia short-track, with Larson leading his Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott in fifth and William Byron in seventh.

· With seven NASCAR Cup Series races complete, Chevrolet has recorded a series-leading four victories, two pole wins, 13 top-fives, 25 top-10s and four stage wins.

TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL TOP-10:
POS. DRIVER
3rd Kyle Larson, No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Camaro ZL1
5th Chase Elliott, No. 9 UniFirst Camaro ZL1
7th William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1

Up Next:

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season continues at Martinsville Speedway with the Cook Out 400 on Sunday, April 7, at 3 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.

 
TEAM CHEVY POST-RACE QUOTES:

Kyle Larson, No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Camaro ZL1

Finished: 3rd

You got spun there towards the end and you came back for a third-place finish. What happened there?

“Just got spun there down the frontstretch. Thankfully, I didn’t get turned all the way around and I only lost one or two spots there. My pit crew did a great job all night to gain those couple of spots back on pit road for us to lineup fourth and get one spot out of it. Proud of the No. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM Chevy team. I’m really, really happy about the execution all night long. My pit crew kept putting us in position to have a shot to win, so can’t say much more.”

Chase Elliott, No. 9 UniFirst Camaro ZL1

Finished: 5th

You brought it home with a top-five finish. Are you happy with the outcome of this race, and did you have any more left in it?

“No, I probably made the most of it there at the end. I honestly never felt like our UniFirst Chevy was all that bad. The caution came out there in the middle of that one-stop, two-stop strategy, and it set us back a little bit. I had a couple poor restarts there in a row, and then it was like after that, everybody was just the same. We would run around there and just kind of run the same pace. I felt like we kind of found a little pace there those last two runs, and we were able to actually pass a couple of cars under green. We got ourselves in a position there to have a good pit stop there at the end. I stopped a little short in my box. I think we could have been one spot better there off of pit road, but nonetheless, had a good restart and gave ourselves a top-five.

It was a solid night. Obviously looking forward to getting to Martinsville (Speedway) and trying to be a little better.”

William Byron, No. 24 Liberty University Camaro ZL1

Finished: 7th

“It was a grind today. I think we really got the car handling well there at the end, we just needed a little bit more. I’m proud of my guys though for pushing through and turning it around when things weren’t going right early on. We’ll take what we learned tonight and build for next weekend.”

Austin Dillon, No. 3 BREZTRI Camaro ZL1

Finished: 24th

“We had a really good car tonight. Our No. 3 BREZTRI Chevy was fast. We just messed up coming to pit road. The car was in the pit stall, and when you go a lap down here at Richmond (Raceway), it’s hard to get it back. It’s unfortunate, but we’ll go back to work and getting ready for Martinsville (Speedway) next weekend.”

About Chevrolet

Founded in 1911 in Detroit, Chevrolet is now one of the world’s largest car brands. Chevrolet models include electric and fuel-efficient vehicles that feature engaging performance, design that makes the heart beat, passive and active safety features and easy-to-use technology, all at a value. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at www.chevrolet.com.