MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES
AAA TEXAS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
NOVEMBER 4, 2018

TOP TEAM CHEVY UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER (* = Playoff Contender)
5th KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 DC SOLAR CAMARO ZL1
6th *CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 KELLEY BLUE BOOK CAMARO ZL1
10th AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW NORKOOL CAMARO ZL1
14th ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1
15th JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CAMARO ZL1

TOP FIVE UNOFFICIAL RACE RESULTS:
POS. DRIVER
1ST Kevin Harvick (Ford)
2nd Ryan Blaney (Ford)
3rd Joey Logano (Ford)
4th Erik Jones (Toyota)
5TH Kyle Larson (Chevrolet)

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season continues next weekend in Phoenix, Arizona at ISM Raceway with the Can-Am 500 on Sunday, November 9 at 3:30 p.m. ET on NBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.

TEAM CHEVY NOTES & QUOTES:
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 DC SOLAR CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 5th
HOW DIFFICULT WAS YOUR DAY GETTING THROUGH TRAFFIC?
“We made some good ground that first run and then we had that issue there under the pit stop and then it was just hard to get track position after that. Our car was really loose on the short runs and it would build really tight, but we got that better. Still had to fight the looseness early in the run, but didn’t get quite as tight as the run went on, so that helped me and then we had some good restarts. I felt like we would gain a spot or two every time and then we had a good one there when we got from eighth to fourth and then we had a yellow and fourth to third. I was just kind of hoping it was going to stay green there… then that last restart just got loose underneath people and fell back to fifth. Top five, good run, but just didn’t have anything to compete with the front few.”

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 KELLEY BLUE BOOK CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 6th
SIXTH PLACE WAS A GOOD FINISH CONSIDERING WHERE YOU STARTED TODAY:
“Yeah, I mean, got kind of lucky to finish there, but it is what it is and move on.”

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE IN GOING INTO NEXT WEEK IN AN ALL BUT MUST WIN SITUATION?
“Yeah, we’ve got to win. Simple.”

YOU ARE FRUSTRATED WITH TODAY’S RUN; CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR DAY?
“Yeah, just a really frustrating race track ever since they ruined it two years ago. I hate that.”

BASICALLY, AT THIS POINT YOU’VE GOT A SITUATION WHERE YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO WIN AT PHOENIX. DO YOU FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT GOING IN THERE HAVING THAT ONE GOAL IN MIND?
“I mean, yeah, I feel better about Phoenix than I did about today, for sure. Yeah, we’ll see. I mean, I don’t know till we get there. Yeah, tough spot to be in. But ultimately you got to be in a must‑win situation at Homestead if you ever make it down there, so you might as well get used to it and like it.

IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HARD TO PASS OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY. WAS IT AS HARD AT IT LOOKED?
“Yeah, I mean, absolutely. I don’t know what genius decided to pave this place or take the banking out of one and two. Not a good move for the entertainment factor, in my opinion.”

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 14th
“Overall, it was just a frustrating weekend. We were off in practice and then didn’t qualify great. Greg (Ives) and the guys made some good adjustments throughout the race, but we had an issue there at the end that just didn’t help us. Hopefully next week goes better. I have been looking forward to getting back to Phoenix.”
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 15th
ON THE TEAM ERRONEOUSLY HAVING TO START FROM THE REAR OF THE FIELD:
“…there is no format for the teams to communicate to the tower. So, whatever the tower says is the way it is. This is just one of a few calls that have been wrong due to that situation. I don’t know how they do it. Here we have a minute and a half under caution, but at Bristol you’ve got 30 seconds. I don’t think it’s a perfect environment for them to get it right all the time. Stuff happens.”

TALK ABOUT YOUR DAY AND HAVING TO START FROM THE REAR OF THE FIELD:
“The rear we didn’t think we was right and it turned out it wasn’t that way, but we lost track position multiple times today for different reasons. So, just a frustrating day and we will go to Phoenix.”

WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 HENDRICK AUTOGUARD CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 16th
“We just kind of started in the back and then worked our way forward from there and we kind of fought a little bit of the same things we saw in practice, but I thought we had a couple of better runs. A couple of runs not so good, but then, at the end there we tried to put on tires and make up a few spots and it just didn’t work out. Overall, pretty solid day. We needed a solid day. Good to finish one off.”

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO MILITARY CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 22nd
“This weekend overall was solid for us. We had good practice sessions, advanced to the second round of qualifying and then had a decent car during the race. Our GEICO Military Camaro ZL1 was really good in the beginning and it got even better as the run went on. The strategy and cautions didn’t fall our way, but I’m proud of my guys because that was our best mile and a half race all year. With two races to go, our Germain Racing team will keep pushing forward to finish strong.”