Matt McCall, crew chief of the No. 6 Ford, breaks down the race and what worked out for them to be in position for the win at Darlington.
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00:00 >> Back in victory lane for Matt McColl this time with his driver Brad keselowski in the
00:03 number 6.
00:04 The first win for Brad keselowski.
00:06 You get it done on top of the pit box.
00:08 Up and down day.
00:09 An interesting way to finish this race there with the number 6 car.
00:13 Walk me through your day.
00:14 >> Yeah, you know, obviously we felt pretty good about our long run.
00:16 Obviously 45 was really fast on the short run.
00:18 So towards the end of the race once we got some track position, okay, now we're leading.
00:22 The race is coming down and the car comes out.
00:24 It was a shorter run and we lost a little track position there.
00:27 And the 7 team was able to pass both us and the 45 as we were trying to pass the lead.
00:30 And it's one of those things you just hope they fall off more than you do.
00:33 And then they got together and the seas parted.
00:35 So we'll take it.
00:37 >> Now looking ahead with this team, I know it's been not a challenge, but keeping --
00:41 >> Oh, it's been a challenge.
00:42 It's a challenge.
00:43 It's not a team.
00:44 It's just to put a whole race together, right?
00:45 I mean, like, we've -- second seems like it was just like, it's going to have to work
00:48 for it today.
00:49 That's what happened.
00:50 >> How do you keep this team motivated in the playoffs to know that this can be a championship
00:53 caliber team now?
00:54 >> Yeah, I mean, I'm very lucky.
00:55 We have a ton of veterans on this team.
00:57 I mean, it'll be -- the motivation's always been there and this will just take it to a
00:59 new level.
01:00 >> Congratulations, Matt.