NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
PURE MICHIGAN 400
MICHIGAN INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER RACE NOTES & QUOTES
AUGUST 28, 2016
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner
TALK ABOUT THE EMOTION OF WINNING. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
“I was teared-up that whole last few laps because I could just feel it. It was finally going to be it. This one is for the Clauson family. We really miss Bryan. We love you guys. We’re going to miss him. We parked it for him, so that’s really cool.
“We had a lot of work to do for that first third of the race, and got it done. Thanks to Target. Thanks to everyone on this team. Chad (Johnson, crew chief) and the pit crew and everybody. We messed up that last stop by we made it back.”
WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT FINAL RESTART? IT PROBABLY WASN’T AS CLEAN AS YOU WANTED IT. HOW DID YOU GET THE LEAD FROM THE NO. 24 (CHASE ELLIOTT)?
“We both spun our tires really bad. And, the No. 2 (Brad Keselowski) pushed me really good. He could have probably pulled underneath me and went by. But he stayed with me and got me the lead. So, thanks to him. I had a lot of fun.”
AFTER THAT LAST PIT STOP, WERE YOU THINKING YOUR SHOT WAS GONE BECAUSE IT DIDN’T GO WELL AND YOU WENT BACK TO FOURTH?
“Yeah, we fell back to fourth and I thought we were done. I’m sort of at a loss for words right now. My Adrenalin is going crazy right now. Thanks to all the fans who are watching. I had a good time.”
AFTER LOSING YOUR CLOSE FRIEND, BRYAN CLAUSON, DID YOU THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER YOU WOULD BE CELEBRATING IN THE CHASE, WHICH YOU ARE NOW IN?
“After AJ (Allmendinger) got into us I thought we were done there at Watkins Glen. But it feels good. I just want to celebrate with everybody and have a good time.”
CHIP GANASSI, CAR OWNER, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET
HOW ABOUT THIS YOUNG MAN AND WHAT HE’S BEEN THROUGH TO GET TO THIS POINT?
“Well, he hung in there with our team. We were building. We’ve been building over the years. He came on board and did a great job. The team rallied around him. I can’t say enough about the kid and the job he’s done over the last few years and it’s been a nice gradual coming-up through the pack. And I couldn’t be more happy with Kyle right now.”
IT’S BEEN A ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR HIM. THEY LOST 59 POINTS IN JUST TWO RACES. TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND TO GET YOU GUYS INTO THE CHASE, TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR YOUR TEAM
“It’s really, really big. We’ve been on the cusp for so many years. We got Jamie (McMurray) in there last year and now getting Kyle in, we couldn’t be happier. I’m kind of speechless to tell you the truth.”
AND YOU BREAK A WINLESS STREAK, TOO, OF 99 RACES
“It was a big one. It was a big one. I hate to put the onus on somebody else, but boy I’m sure glad to. And I can’t thank Target enough and all of our other sponsors that make up the team in all the series’ that we’re in. It’s one big team…all the engineers and all these people work so damn hard. And to go winless for so long is really difficult. Only one person wins in this sport. It’s like golf. There’s only one winner. And we’re just proud to be here right now. I’m really proud to represent out team and proud to represent our sponsors.”
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