Here is what drivers had to say following the Peach Bowl at Senoia Raceway with the FloRacing Night in America Series:
Tyler Erb — Winner: “Ryan [Gustin] was so good there. He got to the lead. He was doing what I was doing. He was hugging the bottom of 1 and 2 and could move around. He was honestly probably a little bit more maneuverable there. Kyle [Bronson] just got him flustered, sliding him, and doing everything he was doing. I just kept waiting for somebody to move him down. About the time he realized to move down, he missed it there. We got side-by-side down the front straightaway and I was like, ‘Man, give me just half a lane.’ And I know I made it really tight there, but he’s an awesome racer. I’ve had a blast racing with him all year. Congrats to him. Two Outlaw guys running 1, 2 here is pretty cool. It’s just awesome!
I’ve been here a lot. And I’ve never won a race, never even won a Flo race believe it or not. Just a lot of hard work this week. I’ve tested every single day this week. My guys can tell you it’s stupid. It’s just boring and you feel like your not getting anywhere. In practice last night, at one point I was 38th on the board. So everybody was texting and calling, asking what’s wrong with me, this, and that. Practice didn’t pay $20k. This did.
Just a huge thanks to Cody Karl, Caleb Todd, Gunner for being with us all year. Obviously, Sammy was testing with us all week so huge shoutout to him and Keyser. Integra Shock. We’re not dead yet. Scott Keyser allows DJ and everybody at Integra to do what I need them to do. They put in the extra hours this week, for sure.
That was a fun race. It was a driver’s track. I didn’t really think it was going to race that good and it was really well. That was a lot of fun.
We run 25 more tonight I think we’d be alright. We’ll just have to go back, and watch it, and kind of see where we’re at. Obviously, qualifying good is a huge deal here. I can tell when we fired off that I was actually really good. It’s really hard for me to stay in that bottom and be patient, but, you know, I’m trying. I’m getting old, having a kid, all that. I know Emma was watching at home. I’m happy she’s watching. We’re getting really close to having our baby here so that’s cool.
Definitely my mom at First Class Septic. Eric Brock, haven’t called him today, he’s probably going to be a little upset, but he’ll be happy now. Everybody at Best Performance, the entire Langenfelder family, Anthony’s Pizza, JRR Super Trucker, Chris, Sani Weld, KBC Graphix. Like I said, Sammy. Everybody at his guys. They’ve been helping me. I don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing for a lot of these guys, but just a huge shoutout to DJ, little Brian, Scott Keyser, everybody at Keyser and Integra. Obviously, Rocket Chassis’s really good. Mark and them do a lot for us. Midwest Sheet Metal, Behrent’s Performance Warehouse, Sunoco Race Fuels. I’d like to say I’m not missing anybody ’cause I’ve never won a Flo race. Ben Shelton does my website. Maybe he’ll give me another free year of websites. Everybody at FloRacing for putting this on. The people at Senoia. I really enjoy coming here, obviously it’s close to Clant’s and Winger.
It’s just super awesome. Really can’t thank each and every person on this car enough. We’ll see you tomorrow. Oh and Matt! Happy birthday, Matt. Race Ranch Matt. I never shout him out and it’s his birthday and he is 57 years old. So he’s getting younger on us, but he does a phenomenal job.”
Ryan Gustin — Finished 2nd: “I got really, really tight there. I was having to use a lot of foot work and you can’t do that every lap. It’s about impossible really. You got to be able to steer down there. We just got tight on that run. Obviously, Kyle was coming on the top so we just tried to make the car as wide as we could. And I guess Terbo got it going there on the bottom. And I got the fence down there coming out of 2 and we were just happy to hang onto second. It pretty well destroyed the whole right front and everything.
Just got to thank everybody that puts us in this situation. Cooney Motorsports, without him, obviously, I wouldn’t be here. Jeff Hoker, Tim Isenberg, Murty Farms, Karl’s Chevrolet. All of our product people: Precision Suspension, they’ve been a huge help here, Infinity Chassis, Bilstein, the list goes on and on. I’m forgetting a bunch of them probably. Like I said, without every one of them, Base Fuel, everybody on this deal we couldn’t make it happen.”
Kyle Bronson — Finished 3rd: “I just needed to steer in better, really. You know, all weekend we got to cut in a little better, but overall our car’s pretty good. It’s nice to race with these guys. Like I said, I hate my buddy Devin there’s a little mad, but, you know, it’s getting close to Christmas time, I’m sorry the mailman’s package is delayed a little bit.
But other than that I’d just like to thank my sponsors: Allgaier Performance, Racecar Engineering, LTX Home Building, Whitener’s Tractor Service, Bilstein Shocks. Sorry, I’m not like Jonathan. Ohlin’s Shocks. Clements Automotive. I’ve got to thank Anthony and Aaron. They’ve been busting their ass on this stuff. My car owners Wayne and Shirlene. I got to thank my wife and kids back home, my brother, and all them back at home watching TV and playing baseball.
Looking forward to tomorrow. I think we get turned in a little bit better and we’ll be setting a couple spots better. Just looking forward to it. Can’t wait to get going.”
Dan Ebert — Finished 6th: “It was a good night for us, for sure. We were fast, made great adjustments all night. Everybody’s getting out of the picture here. What the heck? Fun joint. Had some character tonight where you could move around. Last night it got a little bit one lane. But really happy with the night with a sixth place run. A lot to build off of and just hats off to everybody that really helps me out. I don’t thank my team enough. Obviously, my wife Ashley, Shelby, Ben, Hunter. Matt Langston is here this weekend. James [Trantina] for the opportunity. Mike Jordet. I had a lot of fun. It was a really good run.”
Garrett Alberson — Finished 8th: “Up 12 Spots! Hard Charger! That was encouraging!! Came up twelve spots to finish in the top ten! Huge thank you to our sponsors for standing behind us as we work to get our feet back under us!”
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