RICKY RUDD – No. 88 Snickers Ford Fusion (Qualified 8th) – “We’ll take it. It was really uneventful. I was a little bit tight everywhere, but it wasn’t too bad. We were 17th in practice and we talked about it. I told Butch not to change the car too much because I would change myself. I thought I could probably gain more speed by me changing me than him changing springs. I tried a couple of things and it seemed to work.” HOW WAS THE LAP? “It didn’t feel like that good of a lap. I was gonna run a second lap because I didn’t think the first was all that great, but Butch said, ‘I’ve seen enough right now. Bring it in while you’ve still got something.’ The Snickers guys worked really hard on this Ford and we’re really happy. We picked up from where we practiced while most guys went the other way.”

IS RETIREMENT AN OFFICIAL WORD WE CAN USE NOW WITH YOU? “Yeah, I think you can call it retirement. I’m not looking, but if something fell in my lap with a very limited schedule where you rotate a few drivers through the system I’d maybe take a look, but I’m probably more actively pursuing that rocking chair on the porch or on the beach than I am a ride right now.”