RCR Post Race Report – All-Star Open at Bristol Motor Speedway

Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road/E-Z-GO Chevrolet Team Have Impressive Showing in 
All-Star Open
  
3rd 
 11th 
“We came into the All-Star Open with the goal of making it into the All-Star race for our Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road/E-Z-GO Chevrolet team. That’s the big show, and a race I’ve been in before. We gave it all we had, and that’s all we can do. We moved forward fast from 11th. I got loose one time and lost track position, and that killed us. But we made the right call to come down pit road for tires and set ourselves up for the last two stages. We just didn’t have enough juice off the bottom. I was doing the best I could on the final restart to get going. I thought I had the leader almost clear, but when you come off Turn 2, you’re just done. I got sideways there, and it was over. Still, it was fun to make some laps at Bristol Motor Speedway tonight in front of a loud and passionate crowd. I love short track racing. We’ll go to Texas and try to get a win there.”-Austin Dillon 
Tyler Reddick and the No. 8 Food City Team Battle Hard During All-Star Open at Bristol Motor Speedway
  
10th
 
  5th
 
“We gave it our all tonight to try to make our first NASCAR All-Star Race, but it just didn’t come together this time. Our No. 8 Food City Chevrolet was way too loose to fire off tonight, and that caused us to fall back at the start of the Open and receive some damage on the initial start. We were able to tighten it up a lot during the first Stage break, but unfortunately received some additional damage to our nose on the restart. We kept with it though and did everything we could to try to get up there to win one of the final two stages, but it just wasn’t our night. We can at least take this experience back to the shop to continue building our notebook on Bristol Motor Speedway and hopefully come back here in the fall with a strong set-up for the race.”
-Tyler Reddick