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Joey Logano — winner: "A win anywhere at this point would have sounded great, but coming here to North Wilkesboro is awesome. I picked up a passenger on the backstretch. We had some fun together. What a great car. Paul Wolfe, what a great car he’s put together for us today. Just was able to execute a smooth race. Everyone on pit road did a great job. Just feels good to be back in victory lane. It’s been a tough year. Doing some big smoky donuts around this place felt really good. It’s just something that clicks for us (at North Wilkesboro). Paul put together a good car, and I just feel I know exactly what I need to go fast around this place, and he’s able to give it to me. I knew coming this weekend we’ve got to capitalize on the points. A win is great, but we really need the points. So really capitalized on those tonight. The pressure was there for sure. Denny got really good the last run, and honestly it was whoever was out front was going to win the race that last run. We were pretty dominant most of the race, but Denny got better. Just a decent job keeping up with the track. Gosh, it feels good. I’ve got to say hey to my wife and all the rest of the kids. They’re all at home. I wish you guys were here to celebrate, but dad’s going to be home a little late."
Denny Hamlin — second: "You just got to compliment (Logano) on a great day and a great drive. They were really good. There was a lot of times that I felt like my car was kind of close to where it needed to be and just a smidge off. It was a great battle. We at least were able to keep him honest there, but he had a lot of speed and never really gave up on the short run or long run. Great job for our whole team to keep us in the ballgame, but we’ll have to regroup. I thought it was a really impressive drive from (Logano). He maneuvered through traffic really well and did everything that we know Joey to do. Really feel great about our day, though. Such a big turnaround from where we were last year. Just one sport short."
Chase Briscoe — third: "We had a phenomenal Toyota. That was a long race, but it was pretty fun for me just because our car was so good. Yeah, I thought we were good enough to win. That last run we kind of lost it, but our car was exceptional in the long run. So I could just run wherever and passed a lot of cars. Just the caution bit us in the second stage. Who knows what would have happened if it would have worked out our way. But great night and obviously a great car and looking forward to going back home to Indy next week. Starting 30th, I didn’t think we would get any stage points, especially that first stage and was able to get to eighth. The second stage, even with that caution, we were having to do the wavearound and to drive to third that run, I thought we were really, really good. Definitely good solid night and hopefully go home to Indy and get one there. I talked about how Joey was going to be really difficult to beat. The Penske cars are just really, really good on the short tracks, and Joey is exceptional. There’s a lot of short tracks coming up. We’ve got to step up our game. We’re good, we just need to be kind of where we are at the mile and a halves."
Shane van Gisbergen — fifth: "When I took the lead, I got pretty excited! I don’t know what to do. Awesome day. Amazing to get stage points both stages. A bit pissed I threw it away in the last corner on that first stage. Just awesome racing up front all night. It’s just hot, man. Just soaked the whole time. When you’re behind people, you just start cooking as well. You feel the brakes, the tires, everything just gets hot. I was struggling. I felt fine, but when I stopped, I went oh, I was pretty cooked."
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Denny Hamlin — second: "You just got to compliment (Logano) on a great day and a great drive. They were really good. There was a lot of times that I felt like my car was kind of close to where it needed to be and just a smidge off. It was a great battle. We at least were able to keep him honest there, but he had a lot of speed and never really gave up on the short run or long run. Great job for our whole team to keep us in the ballgame, but we’ll have to regroup. I thought it was a really impressive drive from (Logano). He maneuvered through traffic really well and did everything that we know Joey to do. Really feel great about our day, though. Such a big turnaround from where we were last year. Just one sport short."
Chase Briscoe — third: "We had a phenomenal Toyota. That was a long race, but it was pretty fun for me just because our car was so good. Yeah, I thought we were good enough to win. That last run we kind of lost it, but our car was exceptional in the long run. So I could just run wherever and passed a lot of cars. Just the caution bit us in the second stage. Who knows what would have happened if it would have worked out our way. But great night and obviously a great car and looking forward to going back home to Indy next week. Starting 30th, I didn’t think we would get any stage points, especially that first stage and was able to get to eighth. The second stage, even with that caution, we were having to do the wavearound and to drive to third that run, I thought we were really, really good. Definitely good solid night and hopefully go home to Indy and get one there. I talked about how Joey was going to be really difficult to beat. The Penske cars are just really, really good on the short tracks, and Joey is exceptional. There’s a lot of short tracks coming up. We’ve got to step up our game. We’re good, we just need to be kind of where we are at the mile and a halves."
Shane van Gisbergen — fifth: "When I took the lead, I got pretty excited! I don’t know what to do. Awesome day. Amazing to get stage points both stages. A bit pissed I threw it away in the last corner on that first stage. Just awesome racing up front all night. It’s just hot, man. Just soaked the whole time. When you’re behind people, you just start cooking as well. You feel the brakes, the tires, everything just gets hot. I was struggling. I felt fine, but when I stopped, I went oh, I was pretty cooked."
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