Trackhouse Racing driver Ross Chastain talks about what went into his qualifying lap at Watkins Glen International and how it landed his second career Cup Series pole.
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00:00Ross Chastain realizes he will start on the pole position at the Glen.
00:04Kim?
00:05Yeah, and he's going to congratulate his team.
00:07Man, big smile on your face.
00:09His teammate Daniel Suarez coming in for the fist pump and the hug.
00:13Man, so many new things here this weekend at this track.
00:16And in addition to that, the top ten drivers in this round, there are a number of road
00:21course masters.
00:22What kind of bragging rights are attached to this pole right now?
00:26What is the emotion you're feeling?
00:29So much work, Kim.
00:32Just turning right seems so simple, but gosh, it's just been such a challenge for me.
00:36I went to Skip Barber driving school to learn how to turn right.
00:39I leaned on Josh Wise and Scott Speed so much.
00:43The instructors at Skip Barber, Chevrolet has taken us out to spring mountain and done
00:49schooling with Ron Fellows and instructors there.
00:51It wasn't any one thing.
00:53It was so many years of trying to learn how to do this.
00:59This is just a career moment, a lifetime achievement to go faster than everybody in the Cup Series.
01:06It's just it's unbelievable for Trackhouse and myself.