Matt Tifft Records Seventh Top-10 Finish of the Season at Iowa Speedway in No. 2 Wastebits Chevrolet

“We were all over the field today. We had the challenge of starting from the rear of the field after NASCAR didn’t approve the look of our side skirts. I was able to get up to 15th before the end of Stage 1 with a pretty loose No. 2 Wastebits Camaro. After pitting for four fresh tires and air pressure adjustments, my new left front tire was killed from a lug nut that got stuck in it before we even got off pit road, which forced us to pit for a second time during the stage break for a replacement tire. That shuffled us back in the lineup for the start of Stage 2. From there I was able to battle back up and stay in the top 10 for the majority of the remaining laps. We had great long run speed but just needed a little more out of our car to fire off with. Overall, we were able to get a top-10 finish out of the day, so we’ll take it and learn from it during the off week.”
-Matt Tifft

Shane Lee Fights Loose-Handling No. 3 Childress Vineyards Chevrolet at Iowa Speedway

“We struggled being too free with our No. 3 Childress Vineyards Chevrolet all weekend long. I was free on entry during practice all day Saturday. During the first round of qualifying, we ended up sixth, but started to get too free again. That carried over to the second round of qualifying and put us in the 14th spot to start the race. We fired off alright for the race, and were able to work our way up into the top-10 by the end of Stage 1. Unfortunately, after that we just started getting too free again. Being so loose, I kind of hurt the center of my turns by being too timid to put the wheel into it. This No. 3 team did a great job on pit road by giving me good adjustments, but it was just hard to make up the track position we lost when I was so loose. We may have over-adjusted on that final stop and tightened it up just a little too much, but we were making progress. I’m looking forward to getting back at it with this team at Daytona in a couple of weeks.”
-Shane Lee

Daniel Hemric and South Point Hotel & Casino Team Fight to Sixth Top-Three Finish of 2018 at Iowa Speedway

“To say we had to fight hard today at Iowa Speedway would be an understatement. That is what everyone on this South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet team did all day. That’s the nature of the beast. You come to these tracks where the grip goes like it does and you struggle to keep tires underneath you. You have to work really hard in practice and I don’t think I did a good enough job in practice to get us where we needed to be in the race. We definitely had speed, that’s for sure. We’ll find a happy balance the next time we come here in July. We certainly learned a lot and will put it to use next time.”

-Daniel Hemric