Hendrick Motorsports Charlotte Roval Quotes

Chase Elliott has won at Watkins Glen course last two years.

William Byron on what he learned from the "roval" last year:

“It was a really intense race. I think it will probably come down to a late-race restart. Last year’s race I think even had a fuel mileage aspect to it until the final few laps and everyone had really old tires and no grip whatsoever. You try to prepare for that any way you can, and you try to judge the grip level coming to those restarts late in the race. Otherwise, you have to do your best to stay out of trouble early, but also know you can overcome issues at a place like that.”


Byron on road-course races:

“Sonoma is probably the closest track that we race at to the 'roval,' just with the atmosphere plus it has really slow, tight corners. Turns 7 and 8 at Sonoma are similar to the 'roval' as well, but Watkins Glen has characteristics that we’ll see this weekend with the front chicane.”


Jimmie Johnson on what he learned at the "roval" last year:

"I learned to not wreck coming to the checkers (laughs) from last year. Seriously though, we had a good car in Sonoma and in Watkins Glen and great notes to lean on, so I am really looking forward to redeeming myself this race. We were so close last year, I believe we will be in the mix."


No. 48 team crew chief Cliff Daniels on racing at the "roval" this weekend:

“There are good notes to pull from for this race. We definitely have a shot to go out and win this thing. We were one turn away from winning it last year. Even though there are changes in the rules package and the chicane on the course, it’s pretty incredible to watch Jimmie (Johnson) go out there and acclimate to any changes thrown his way. We have a great opportunity on the 'roval,' we just need to go out there and execute.” 

Alex Bowman on racing at the "roval" this weekend:

“This is an interesting and busy week. The 'roval' is kind of awkward, but we finished decent there last year. We really need a good weekend on-track. We are so close to the Round of 12 cut-off line, so we definitely need to focus on getting as many points as we can this weekend. Last week didn’t go the way we needed it to, so we are definitely going back to the books and hoping to unload strong in Charlotte on Friday.”