Q. What was the difference today?
KYLE BUSCH: Same as always. We just don't have enough front end with laps on tires. I had everything I had there early and then just smoked it behind the 42, obviously. Shows you what kind of driver he is. And just tried to fight hard after that when I got passed and had one valiant effort off of 2 but didn't have enough momentum to drag him down and make him go high in 3 and 4, and after that the tires were smoked.
Great effort. Guys gave me a great piece. We were fast. The 1 was definitely better than us today. I just thought I had him. And we did.
But racing just didn't play out that way for us.
The Skittles Gummies Camry was fast, and thanks to Toyota TRD, Rowdy Energy Drink, Interstate Batteries, all the guys. Good piece, just not quite good enough, just needed a tick more.
Q. Describe for us how you got that lead under the green flag pit stops. It looked like at that point you did have the race in hand.
KYLE BUSCH: Yeah, I have no idea how I got it. I'd have to go back and look at all the metrics. I don't know where we beat them. Just glad that we did. When I seen we cycled out in front of him, I thought that was our shot, and certainly it was. Yeah.
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