ALAN GUSTAFSON ON THE PIT CALLS AND THE WIN TODAY:
“It’s just such a huge accomplishment for Hendrick Motorsports and Kyle Busch and the CARQUEST/Kellogg’s guys, the No. 5 and No. 25 car shop with the car coming out. It’s been such a huge load on those guys. I’m real happy for them, I’m real happy they got this win and the 200th for Hendrick Motorsports and the 600th for Chevrolet, the first race for the Impala SS - a lot of good things. The pit calls. Bristol is pretty much a four-tire race track - that makes things a little easier on me. Kyle gave me a lot of good input today on adjustments; we made good adjustments all day. We were in the right place at the right time. The pit crew, we really struggled last week at Atlanta. We came back this week with a chip on our shoulder and won the race. So I’m proud of them too. “
ALAN, TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD TO DO TO THE CAR TO MAKE IT WIN THE RACE.
“We have to run a lot of different type configurations of car now at the 5/25 shop. We’ve got a speedway car that we’ve got to work on, we’ve got a downforce-intermediate car we’ve got to work on and co-develop and we’ve got an Impala SS we’ve got to work on and co-develop. We’ve also taken a Busch car in-house and those guys have really worked their tails off, a lot of hours, a lot of Saturdays, a lot of late nights to give us the best chance to win the race. And unfortunately, especially with that Busch car, we’ve had a lot of opportunities that haven’t come through.
We got the right result today and it’s due to their hard work and it’s due to Kyle Busch and it’s due to the race cars, what Mr. Hendrick gives us to work with. I’m real happy for those guys and I’m real happy with the win. They got it and they deserve it. I’m really happy for them. “
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