HOW BIG WAS WINNING LAST WEEK AND DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR OUTLOOK GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND?

“It was huge. We have been so close the last month to winning a couple of Sprint Cup Series races. So to win, and sweep the weekend after winning the XFINITY Series race on Saturday, gave this team the confidence that we can win the race, not just be close to winning them. But this weekend is another weekend. It’s a different track, a different aero package and a different style of racing. It’s kind of an unknown. We know what this package did at Indy, but Michigan is a totally different. It’s wide and has more ‘on throttle time.’ So we don’t really know what we will have. But we have won there before, so there is no doubt that we can win there again this weekend. Right now, this team is on it.”

broadcast

Race: Pure Michigan 400
Track: Michigan International Speedway

Date: Sunday, August 16th
Race Start Time: 2:00 pm ET
RADIO Live on MRN and SIRIUS XM
TV SCHEDULE Friday
11:00 am ET, Practice (NBCSN)
5:00 pm ET, Qualifying (NBCSN)
Saturday
8:30 am ET, Final Practice (NBCSN)