Martin Truex Jr. talks through the tire fall-off and track changes in the bus-stop chicane at Watkins Glen ahead of Sunday's Cup race.
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00:00We obviously are going to be following this tire fall off story throughout this whole
00:03entire race tomorrow, but we think it's going to play into your wheelhouse. So as a driver,
00:08how do you think the tires are going to go for Sunday's race? I mean, you know, from
00:11what I'm hearing, it's going to be, you know, significant tire fall off and tire wear. So
00:15I mean, I think I enjoy that. You know, we'll see how it plays out. But, you know, I just
00:20enjoy coming up here. This is a great, great racetrack. A lot of great fans up here and
00:24beautiful weather. So I'm excited. And, you know, hopefully we can, you know, get a research
00:28camera tuned up and just have a solid weekend. We're not confirmed that this is gonna be
00:32your last time at Watkins Glen, but it is your last time racing your full time cup series
00:36career here at Watkins Glen. So the fact that they made some track changes for you, let's
00:41talk off turn one, the rumble strips and the bus stop. That's completely different, but
00:45nothing like trying to relearn a track when you come for your last time, huh? Yeah, I
00:49mean, it's not so much relearning as as much as it is, you know, where exactly do you want
00:53to put your car in those areas that are changed? So I think the bus stops pretty straightforward.
00:57It'll be a lot nicer through their last year. It just beat the living crap out of you hitting
01:02those curbs. It was It was really bad, so you couldn't see where you're going. But anyways,
01:07that should be more straightforward. And then I think it's just a matter of how much of
01:10that runoff area do you use off the off of turn one and off the carousel? And what does
01:15it do? The tires? It might be faster, but it might wear the tires more. So trying to
01:19balance that out, figure that out of something will be trying to figure out today in practice.
01:23Finally, you enter below the elimination race. How do you feel about these next two weeks
01:25for you guys? I mean, there's a lot of opportunity out there, and, you know, hopefully we can
01:30take advantage of it. I just, you know, we're not in a great spot for sure. But, you know,
01:34a lot of stage points and a good, you know, top five finish could go a long way. We'll
01:38just see where it plays out and go race hard. Try to get a win. Have some fun. Okay, I'm
01:42trying. I'm trying. I promise.