Kyle Larson — winner: “This one’s positively for Jon. He’s only a nice man right here. We’re going to overlook him. Want he was going to be right here with us to have fun, however I do know he’s celebrating with us in spirit. Only a flawless race at Bristol for the 5 workforce. Actually good automotive. That was a whole lot of enjoyable. … Slightly bit out of breath. Simply so high-paced right here. Coronary heart fee’s up. Actually cool. … It’s enjoyable. I really like this place as a result of it’s simply so high-paced and with site visitors; simply dicing it up and choosing the right traces on the proper time whereas conserving your tires. It’s like a 500-lap dash automotive race. It simply fits me and my model with fast decision-making. I simply love this place. I feel a whole lot of us do right here on this collection. Simply had one other good race.”
Denny Hamlin — second: “”You’ve bought to offer that workforce and Kyle his due for only a dominant efficiency. Fairly flawless day for him. That was all I needed to attempt to sustain there. Glad I used to be in a position to give him just a little little bit of a run. This weekend we’re all interested by Jon Edwards’ household, Al Pearce, Shigeaki Hattori. We’ve misplaced a whole lot of nice individuals in our sport over this previous week. Our ideas are with them. I want we may have gotten yet one more spot, however I used to be simply attempting to maintain him sincere.”
The Hendrick Motorsports star led 411 of 500 laps three days after his former PR rep died.
Ty Gibbs — third: “It’s positively very nice. We had a extremely good clear day. Actually joyful to have that. It’s been a fairly chaotic begin to our yr. I feel we’re again to the place we’re going to run. Actually excited for the longer term. We’ve bought nice guys round me. I do know we’re able to successful. I don’t assume I’ve anxious about all of it an excessive amount of.”
Chase Briscoe — fourth: “It’s good. Every time you’ve gotten a run like final week, you’ll be able to dwell on it or transfer on from it. Good stable day for us. What we would have liked to do was have an excellent stable day and clear end, and that’s what we had. It’s positively good to have some momentum going into the off week.
Ryan Blaney — fifth: “It was an excellent danger to take. I assumed Jonathan did an excellent job taking an opportunity. We weren’t going to win. I used to be already operating fifth. On the finish of the day, we bought again to the place we had been operating, which was good. Took an opportunity attempting to get a yellow and trapping a bunch of fellows a lap down. Actually good effort. Truthfully a extremely good weekend by the 12 boys. I assumed we bought higher and higher from observe. I didn’t assume we had been superb yesterday in race trim. They did an amazing job of getting us the place we would have liked to be and getting us higher. Blue-collar day. Good to have a race the place we completed the place we should always.”
William Byron — sixth: “General, it was only a lengthy day having to come back from the again. It didn’t appear to be many individuals may move, however I felt like we may slowly work our means ahead. Bristol Motor Speedway has kind of been a tricky place for us, so simply attempting to get our footing again and put some constant runs again collectively, and I felt like we did that at the moment with the No. 24 Chevy. I used to be actually joyful about that. We had been near the top-five, however we simply wanted just a little bit extra.”
The 2021 Cup Sequence champion led 411 of 500 laps.
AJ Allmendinger — ninth: “General, actually good race for our No. 16 group. I’m pleased with the workforce and the way we executed this weekend. We had a fairly constant automotive, we had been in a position to run within the high 12 all day so I’m actually pleased with that. We’ve had good momentum over the previous few weeks that we’ll take into the off week and prepare for Talladega.”
Austin Dillon — tenth: “We actually got here on robust there on the finish. Our No. 3 Chevrolet was simply too tight to start out the race, after which when it form of moved up, we had one thing to race, for positive. I want we may have made our means ahead just a little sooner as a result of I feel our Chevy had runs in it that had been able to a top-five end. However total, that was massive for us proper there.”
Kyle Busch — 14th: “Our Chevrolet was positively higher at the moment than once we raced right here final fall. We’ve nonetheless bought work to do however we’re making steps in the precise path. We survived a dashing penalty on pit street at the moment and crew chief Randall Burnett did an excellent job maintaining with altering monitor circumstances. I’m bummed we couldn’t win a free No. 8 particular for all of the followers. Everybody at RCR continues to work on issues and I’m assured that our time will come.”
Crew chief Cliff Daniels says the previous two races have proved priceless to the workforce in several methods.
Austin Cindric — seventeenth: “With a whole lot of unknowns going into at the moment with the tires I felt we tailored fairly rapidly within the first stage. We made up some spots and stayed on the lead lap. I feel having the ability to get better from having to pit twice there after the pit cease and form of come again up by means of the again and get an honest end. I nonetheless really feel like we would have liked a couple of extra changes there to get this Ford Mustang the place we wished it, however I’m pleased with the no surrender effort there. It’s a tough place to do it at and it was cool to drive the automotive with all the parents right here this weekend.”
Joey Logano — twenty fourth: “Robust day for total for us with having to battle for monitor place all day. The lengthy runs didn’t fall in our favor and compelled us to take a shot with the wave round on the finish of Stage 2. We’ll reset within the off-week and look forward to Talladega.”
Jesse Love — thirty first: “I felt actually comfy at the moment at Bristol Motor Speedway to be sincere. I really feel good bodily after 500 laps, and now I’ll have to return and digest the whole lot that occurred this weekend. It was quite a bit to course of within the second, however for the way good I felt we had been in the course of the race, I now have to grasp how the race unfolded and what to do higher the subsequent time. Our Chevrolet was tight for a majority of the race, after which we had a right-front tire twine, forcing us to pit below inexperienced and costing us monitor place. I’m proud of the quantity of pace we had and the fellows that I used to be in a position to race with on the monitor. I do know the end result isn’t nice however total, I really feel like I realized quite a bit, gained some respect and didn’t make any enemies. There’s nonetheless quite a bit to be taught however hopefully I’ll have a couple of extra alternatives sooner or later.”
