AS A MUSTANG-FRIENDLY TRACK, WHATS THE SECRET OR THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT GETTING AROUND DAYTONA?
“I think anytime with the KONI Challenge Series, the secret is strategy, and a lot of it is guess work, really. The two Grand-Am classes will be running together, so there will be something like 97 cars on the track, so regardless of how quick you are, if you go with the wrong strategy, you can be stuck sitting 50th in line. It’s going to be pretty difficult to make up all those spots if you make the wrong call. Strategy is always going to be key and that’s what helps to win and lose a race. In the KONI Challenge more than in any other series, obviously luck is always going to play into it with that many cars running out there. The key is just to have a solid qualifying run and keep the car up front with smooth pit stops. It is a little bit longer of a race, so we’ve got a little bit of time to play with, but hopefully it doesn’t play out like it did last year when half of the race was run under yellow.” YOUR TEAM FOUGHT UNTIL THE VERY LAST RACE OF THE SEASON FOR THIRD PLACE LAST YEAR,
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