NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GEICO 500
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
APRIL 30, 2016

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER
“This is definitely a special place. It’s cool to get it done today. This is a team effort and those guys and everybody at the No. 5 and No. 24 shop, in particular, and everybody at Hendrick Motorsports and the Hendrick engine department and obviously NAPA Auto parts. But man, this is cool. Those guys do such a good job. And as I said in Daytona, this had nothing to do with me. This is the car that we had. This is the same car we had in Daytona. They brought another fast one here.”

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT THE DAYTONA 500 THAT YOU CAN USE HERE AT TALLADEGA?
“Well, obviously I have a lot to learn. The race last time at Daytona didn’t go so good. Hopefully for me, I’ll just try to take what I learned and try to cut down those dumb mistakes that I made in the Daytona 500 this year and just try to be smarter. We have a great pit box, which I think is big here for pit road and track position. It’s so important at the end of the day. The first thing is making to the end and obviously I didn’t do a very good job of that in February. So, I think that’s our first goal is to try to get to the end of the race; and if we can get there, just try to be smart. We’re excited. This is cool. This is a team effort, and certainly they did a good job.”