| Kyle Larson, No. 5 HendrickCars.com Camaro ZL1 – Pole Win Media Availability Quotes
When you were in here earlier, you said you don’t come in here with the highest of expectations. How about now?
“Well it helps the confidence, for sure. So yeah, I mean practice went well and qualifying went good. I’m not expecting to win, but I think we have a No. 5 HendrickCars.com Chevy capable of contending. We have a pit stall to go along with it now, which helps. Just need to execute a good race and see where the results end up.”
Brad Keselowski said he felt like he could tell more of a difference here with the package than at Phoenix Raceway – maybe following a trailing car, it was a little bit easier to get up and try and make a pass. I know it was a limited sample size, but were you able to tell a difference and did you think it was any better?
“Honestly, I’ve kind of forgotten that we had a different package. I’d have to think about it a little bit more. I don’t know.. nothing really stood out to me. I passed (Joey) Logano.. I think that was about it. I just kind of moved up and got out of his wake, so I never really followed anybody, necessarily, in the same tracks. So I don’t know.. I don’t know. I’m sure I’ll learn more when we get to racing.”
How about the tire falloff – are you feeling that? Does it matter if you feel it because now you’re going to be racing at night?
“No, I mean you always feel it here. I was surprised to start practice – which I was in Group A, but the grip was really high for 10 to 12 laps. And then it kind of got to a normal state, where yeah – you could spin your tires really easy. Your entry got really loose. So it turned into normal Richmond. But yeah, I think the pace – I don’t know what the pace will do. It’s been awhile since we’ve raced here at night. I would assume it would be a little bit quicker on the short run, but then fall off to a similar spot. We’ll see.” |
