What nascar -drivers said after the Phoenix Cup race won by Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell – Winner: “What about the one, race fans? Oh, my gosh, man. Every time you sit there and dream of it, it’s about as ugly as it gets. You put the red tires on, you’re like, okay, what I don’t want to happen is to go 20, 30 laps, get a yellow. That happened. Then we went 10 more laps, had another yellow. It was about who could become aware of the restart. None of us could. We really fought, really hard that came to the line. JGR ran 1-2, how about that? “

Denny Hamlin – Second: “Yes, a good job out of this team. Got better and better as it went. Pit Crew did a phenomenal job to keep us in the game as we had a bad stop in the middle. They compensated for it at the end. The first time we were able to get some clean air all day. Of course, our car was really fast. Really, it would like it to stay green there because I thought in the long runs really was where we should be able to excel, especially on these tires. But we got a good reboot. The 5 really gave me a good push on the front dish on the restart, down the backstretch. I had kind of position on the 20th. I knew he would send it in there. He had to use me. He could. Of course we just ran the kind of racing track there. Big finish. Great job by the whole Joe Gibbs team to give us some quick cars. “

Kyle Larson – Third: “: I felt it was my only hope. Yes, I felt I was making the right decisions there. I don’t know I should look back on it. I thought it was good to be patient to try to keep them side by side down the back. I could have shot to the bottom, but I felt I would have ruined everyone there. Yes, just kind of gave us a shot for them to maybe get into each other and us squeak past. Good to quit third. I felt we would be lucky to finish top 10. Pit crew did a good job there that last stop. They made good adjustments compared to our first option tires (in) round two. Yes, got better, but need to be much, much better to get some shot to win here in the fall when it really matters. Great to get a solid finish in here. It’s been a kind of fight for us here to start the year. Happy about that. Go to Vegas and try to do good again. “

Shane van Gisbergen – 31.: “They fought four-wide. I hoped over a wheel and there wasn’t much I could do. I tried to pull it up and got a little loose. We got better and better as the race went on. I felt No. 88 Chevy was getting better too. It’s a shame that we’re still not out there learning. I really like the soft tire. They just give you so much more feeling. It feels like they should probably be the primary tire and they should make a softer. The cars are moving around and you have so much move in motion, but yes, that’s what it is. At the yellow we fought kind of a little. “

Justin Haley – 34.: “I knew (Ty Gibbs) came over my nose and I was just trying to lift. Honestly, it just looked like a racing agreement. I’m not sure someone was doing something wrong. We just fought four-wide and we all just ran out of the room there by exit. I hate that it tore two sprouts of motorsports chevys, but there’s a lot we can take from today and we move on to Las Vegas (Motor Speedway). I wish I would have been on the setting tires all the time and everyone else would have been on the primary. They just make you feel like superman. I like the tire. I honestly feel that we should go to it everywhere. They make the cars drive much better. I don’t know if that’s what you want, but it will be interesting to see how it plays out. “

Chase Briscoe – 35.: “It was about the biggest thing you can go down on Phoenix. It was a big one. Yes, just on that reboot we were all kinds three, four wide. And I just climbed over (Justin Haley’s right front). Yes, the unpainted we were able to go to the tail and drove back up to 13. And felt really good over our Toyota. I got myself in a bad place and I probably tried to fade a little more back just by knowing that (Carson HOCEVAR) was on my right back and climbed over (Haley’s) right front. Unfortunately, but try to learn from it and not do it again and move on to Vegas. “

Carson HOCEVAR – 36.: “It’s frustrating. The car was quick. I felt that our Chevrolet was pretty good, we got right in the back of a pit stop and just played the tire. Shouldn’t have been back, it was, the result of it, unfortunately. We had a track position, the way the cycle worked, we were right back there in the mess. Unfortunately, but our Spire Biles are fast and I’m sure they will be quick again. “

Riley Herbst – 37.: “It all happened in front of me. Just kind of biting my time, learning, keeping working and building. They ruined Turn 2 and I tried to avoid it going low and just caught in it in the last second. Frustrated definitely, but came home next weekend and hopefully have a good race. “