RCR Post Race Report – U.S. Cellular 250

“Well, we got a little bit of redemption at Iowa Speedway this time around after the tire issue we had during our first visit this season. We had a really good No. 2 American Ethanol / Novozymes Chevrolet Camaro all weekend long. It was snug enough for me to run the bottom well right from the start, so we really just focused on building some rear grip so I could run the top like I wanted. We got it handling right where I needed it to be during the final stage, and I was able to start chasing down the 20 for the lead. The two of us were able to keep up with each other and had really stretched out a lead until that late-race caution came out. We didn’t want to see that caution at all since it didn’t go with the strategy we were on and we had already taken our last set of sticker tires. We got shuffled back after that restart, but we lucked out a little bit once another caution came out, and we were able to use a set of 25-lap scuffed tires to our advantage to take back a couple spots. The strategy didn’t fall our way today, but we showed we had the speed we needed to contend and we’ll keep building on that. It shows how strong our team is that we are coming away from this weekend disappointed with a top-five finish.Thanks to American Ethanol and Novozymes for coming on board this weekend. I hope we put on a good show for them today.”