RICKY RUDD – No. 88 Pedigree/Snickers Ford Fusion (qualified 41st) – “We just haven’t been very good since we’ve been here. We worked on race set-up for most of the first practice. Race set-up, our pace is good. But, in qualifying trim, we were not good. We made one or two attempts, it just wasn’t very good. Race trim, I’m okay.”

HAS THIS TRACK CHANGED MUCH OVER THE YEARS? “No. It’s still pretty much the same. You’re going to fight lack of grip on the exit of the corner, and the guys who figure it out will go to the top, and the ones that don’t will go to the back.”