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The Pole Sitter- Martin Truex Jr.
MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 19 Auto-Owners Insurance/Thank You Martin Toyota Camry XSE, Joe Gibbs Racing –
Are you having moments like this might be the last pole ever?
“Yeah, you definitely do. It’s here whether you like it or not or whatever. It was exciting today. It is always fun to be – anytime you win anything in this series it is always exciting. Practice was awesome, fun, and to be able to back it up in qualifying felt good. I still know how to go fast around here which is great. We just need to figure out how to go fast on the long run here tomorrow. We were off a little bit on that in practice, so we need to figure out how to find some of that, but so far, a great start to the weekend.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse – ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP YOURSELF OUT OF TROUBLE TOMORROW BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE THERE, OR WILL YOU BE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT? “I’ll still be in the middle of it, I’m sure. I still want to race. I mean, we still want to get what we can out of the day, but outside of that, you don’t want to make enemies, either. But, if we have a fast car and we can go win the race, let’s go win the race. Why not?”
Denny Hamlin want to win on a track he dominates at
Do you want to know tomorrow about where you sit in the points?
“No, not really – especially in the spot that we are in. I think that it is all straight forward. I don’t think that – unless someone stubs their toe, I just don’t think that there is an opportunity to gain that many points. There is – some strategies can get flipped on restarts and things like that, so you never know, but for the last handful of races, I have not wanted to know anything about the points – just let me get the best finish that I can, and that is what we will do this week.”
Chase Elliott on winning to make the Final Four
LAST WEEK AFTER THE RACE, YOU SAID YOU WERE VERY CONFIDENT ABOUT DOING WHAT YOU NEEDED TO DO THIS WEEKEND. WHY ARE YOU SO CONFIDENT?
Elliott: “I just feel good about where we’re at. I think we’ve run really well the last two weeks. I thought our team was operating at an extremely high level last weekend across the boards, so it’s great time to be doing that. I think we’re all in a really good place. I’m in a good place with everything. And yeah, just proud of how we’ve been running. We’ve been right in the thick of it; right in the mix. When you’re giving yourselves those opportunities, why wouldn’t you be confident in coming to a place that we’ve been able to run well before? Even more so, leaving two places that we have not run well at, historically, and came off with two good weekends. So yeah, I’m really looking forward to it; try to get going and get to work.”