TALK ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING RUN. “It was a good lap. I am surprised how fast Mark’s (Martin) lap was. Ours was good so Mark really stepped it up. That was a great run for him. All the folks from West Coast Customs are here and we wanted to get the pole for them really bad. Mark pulled one our there. He was excited when he came in. I got to talk to him and he was wound up. I think you guys will have fun when he gets in here. I believe a good starting spot is key here. I think that it will go long green flag runs and if the speeds are as high as they seem to be – at least for the first part of the race it could be pretty tough to pass, so this could be big for us.”
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT YOU CAN DO ON THE TRACK RUNNING 185 MPH OR OVER 200? “I think it matters. I am not sure all the math or whatever but as the speed increases the forces from the down force and side force and all those things increase at a greater rate than the speed. As you get faster the forces grow exponentially and therefore the faster you go the more you are relying on that air so you will see guys going in the corner searching for clean air maybe more than we have seen in the past. That has always been a big thing here. Everyone fans out and tries to find clean air. I think that will be more important as the speeds are higher. The grooves are pretty narrow. We will have to see after the truck race. Those guys always put on a heck of a show and they move around and may be will widen things out. I think you will see guys using different strategies, even throughout our race, to move forward. If they were to drop the green right now everyone would line up and it would be awhile before people could start to pass.”
