KEVIN HARVICK, No. 98 Hunt Brothers Ford Mustang –VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW –
“The race track has stayed very similar to what it’s been for a number of years and I think as you look at the techniques and the things that I do in the car and they give me what I want in the car as far as the feeling it just applies here. It’s been a great race track for us. I was frustrated last year here. We didn’t leave here with the trophy on either day and that’s always our goal is to win one day. I’ve just got to thank Hunt Brothers Pizza, Fields, Haas, Ford, Jimmy John’s, Busch, Mobil 1, Morton Buildings, Textron Off Road, Ollie’s, LiftMaster, everybody who puts all this effort into this XFINITY program. Last year was our first race here together as a team and on the race track it was our second race total – Cole ran Daytona – so they’ve done a great job at Stewart-Haas Racing. I’ve got to thank Gene Haas and Joe Custer and Fred and Bill DenBeste and Biagi and everybody who works on this thing. It’s a great day.”
YOUR PIT CREW TODAY WILL BE WITH YOU TOMORROW AND HAD 14.4 SECONDS. WHAT KIND OF MOTIVATION DOES THAT GIVE YOU? “The good thing is they’ve had a lot of reps. We had Clash reps. We had reps in a qualifying race, the Daytona 500, they pitted on Saturday last week and Saturday this week and they’re just doing a really good job. Those guys are pretty athletic and they practice hard and have done a great job over the last couple years of getting this car on and off pit road. As long as I don’t screw it up going too fast, they do really good at making pit stops.”
