Tyler Reddick—— winner: “Last year was tough for all of us, and it was tough for me. When you’re a Cup driver and get to this level and drive for Michael Jordan, you’re expected to win every year. For us to continue to go through that drought, it really puts us in a position to take a hard look in the mirror and feel sorry for everyone at our Toyota Camry.” To be proud. Worked so hard in the offseason and there were a lot of points in this game where we didn’t make the decisions that we wanted to but we just reset and every chance we got we reset we honestly didn’t know if I was going to win this game and the best thing was my son asked before the game, “Are you finally going to win today?” “
“Yeah, I’m always looking for my wife and kids. I’m sure they’ll be here at some point. Maybe they’re taking a nap. Yeah, we were in the lead when the caution came out and we lined up next to McDowell and we just got hung up a couple of times in the last few laps. Yeah, every time we kind of broke up. , there was nothing to do but push, and obviously they pushed me. My teammate Riley Herbst, he gave me a big push and then tried to win it for himself, like he did at the end, which was unbelievable and if I had lost my voice from screaming, it was going to be a long night.”
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Justin Allgaier — No. 38: “Unfortunately, I have to take 100% responsibility for this. I hate everyone involved. I feel like our 40 The No. 1 Chevrolet has been unbelievable all day. Greg Ives (team chief) and the whole team have done a great job building a car that we feel like we can come out here and not only be in front, but be able to lead laps. I got to the top lane and I looked at the top with Danny (Hamlin) and I thought he wasn’t going to try to go up there, but by the time I realized he was going to go up, it was too late and as soon as the air spoiled, I turned to the right because that’s not what we wanted. Miller, JR Motorsports Everyone, it’s great to have Traveler Whiskey and Chris Stapleton back on board to lead the Daytona 500. We have a lot of strength today thanks to all our partners and the Hendrick Engine Shop, which is why we’re going back and regrouping.”
Todd Gilliland — No. 39: “I don’t know what happened, but those two incidents were completely out of my control. The first one really hurt me and the second one was on my leg again. I guess that’s just how things are sometimes. It really sucks. We got all the way back out there, which is really impressive, but we’ll just have to do the best we can next week.”
Alex Bowman – 40th: Unfortunately – wrong place, wrong time. We made some good moves and regained some positions that we lost when we were stuck in the pits. I had a little bit of a thought about quitting early on, but as I thought, I had gained a lot of track position in the middle and I was going to stick with it and see if we could get some stage points. It’s just that the decision was wrong. That’s it. We’re going to keep digging; go to Atlanta next week and try to win. I think from where I was sitting, everyone was driving really badly, especially in Turn Four. I feel like I can push pretty well, so everything is great on the Chevy side. It just takes a lot of lifting off the throttle in turn four, which makes the bottom really hard to ride, and it kind of brings two grooves to the track. Even the middle section can get pretty sketchy. I was far enough away that I couldn’t really see what started it. I can see No. 40 (Justin Allgaier) trying to get in front of No. 11 (Denny Hamlin), and that’s probably what caused that. But for us, it was just the wrong place at the wrong time. “
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