We talk to drivers about the rotation of the All-Star race and ask fans about “Who do you Love?”
By Roy J. Akers — www.skyviewsports.net
Bristol, TN. — I spoke to Larry McReynolds at Bristol and asked him what one of the biggest surprises has been so far in the NASCAR season. He said early in the interview that Chevy’s lack of performance has been a story. But then he pivoted off that and said that he believes that Chevy is springboarded with your win. He says, I believe they found it and I think that they’re really going to take off from here. We also ask drivers about where they would like to see the All-Star race go next and fans tell us who they love” at Bristol.
Chase Elliott on Larry McReynolds opinion
Do you agree with that? Are you guys at where you want to be, or have you guys found it, and you guys are going to really be something to be reckoned with over the next few months and the rest of the season?
Chase Elliott answers my question on Team Chevy’s performance and in particular… Chase Elliott
“I hope so. I mean, I think that for us, as a manufacturer, obviously, any change is a big change nowadays with just how tight everything is. I think in a lot of cases, that takes a little bit of time to iron out. I think that for us, we truthfully have just now gotten through all the different track styles that we’re going to see throughout the course of the season. That has just recently been accomplished, right? And I think at that point, and I told you guys before we did all that, that I’d like to get to all the different tracks and just kind of see where we’re at. So now that we have some of those answers, I think we can start to kind of summarize and have a better understanding of the direction we need to go; what areas of those tracks were positives, which ones were negative, how far off we are at the bad ones, and how much more room we have to improve at some of the ones that had high spots.
Phoenix, certainly, was a down for us. I thought that was a step in the wrong direction; an area that we need to be better in, for sure. I thought Darlington was probably much of the same. I thought Las Vegas was very strong. Martinsville was very similar to what it was last fall. So, you know, there’s a lot of data points in all that. But I think that the season is still very young, and I think we have some smart people that are in our corner to help iron it all out.
I don’t think one good run or one win just fixes all your problems. I think it comes from hard work, putting all our resources together and kind of pulling in the same direction. We’re in the process of doing that, but I don’t think the results of Martinsville are just going to magically fix everything that we know we need to be better at.”
