Chris Gabehart breaks down the strategy and final few laps with Jessie Punch in Victory Lane at Dover Motor Speedway.
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00:00 Here with Chris Grabehart, crew chief of the number 11 winning team here today at Dover.
00:05 Chris, such a demanding racetrack, but we saw Denny lose the lead there on Pit Road.
00:09 What was going through your mind when we saw him regain the lead on that restart?
00:12 What was the chatter on the radio?
00:13 Yeah, I mean, obviously the restart prior to that, we built such a big lead when we
00:18 got up front, so I knew we had a really good short run car.
00:22 And you know, Kyle run us down there in traffic, was smart about how he did it, and then had
00:26 an excellent green flag pit stop, you know, an execution on Pit Road, and took the lead
00:30 from us, and then caution come out and we're second.
00:33 I liked our chances because I knew how strong our car was on the short runs, and then once
00:37 you get a hold of the lead, it's just so hard to pass, and Denny's just so smart and knows
00:41 right where to put his car and play defense as well as offense, and that's what we did.
00:45 How impressed were you with Denny when you saw his ability to do that here at Dover?
00:48 Well, I mean, super impressed because Kyle Larson's so talented, and he's so talented
00:54 at every track, but especially tracks like this where you really got to lay it all out
00:58 on the line as a driver.
00:59 So you know, I've said it so many times before how impressed I am with Kyle and that group,
01:04 but Denny Hanlon, he's got a way of getting it done too, and just so proud of the evolution
01:09 of his career and the role that we're on.
01:11 Well, three times already this season, y'all have been able to get it done.
01:15 Looking ahead now to a mile and a half this weekend at Kansas, where's your confidence
01:18 going to a track like that?
01:20 Well, I mean, it's probably our favorite track.
01:23 I mean, it's probably our most successful track.
01:26 I think we've won there three times and several seconds, and you know, this new Toyota Camry
01:31 and everybody at Joe Gibbs Racing just been working so hard to give us such great race
01:35 tracks or great race cars, and you know, great race cars really shine at Kansas, so I'm looking
01:40 forward to getting there.
01:41 Congrats on the win.
01:42 Yeah, thanks.
01:43 I'm going to enjoy this one first, then I'm looking forward to getting there.