Tire carrier RJ Barnette for the No. 5 team discusses what the night on pit road was like during Kyle Larson's dominant win at Bristol.
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00:00Here in victory lane with RJ the tire carrier on the number five crew. You guys are in victory lane again
00:05No surprise because your driver was dominant, but you guys also executed flawlessly on pit road
00:10What can you say about this team tonight?
00:12It was an amazing just from the get-go cliff and the guys built an amazing car
00:16Gave us a great pit stall and then you know
00:19It's just up to us to do our job and when he's coming in first can't really pass guys on pit road
00:23So at that point you're kind of playing defense and it's you know
00:26But I know our guys did an amazing job and I'm proud of everyone for a place like Bristol
00:30This pit road is so unique than any other racetrack. We see all season. How do you guys do it?
00:34And can you walk me through?
00:36Going over the wall here at Bristol. Yeah, of course
00:38So it all starts with qualifying and you know, we didn't get the pole, but we got the next best one
00:43Which is essentially the same as pit stall one. We're just on the back stretch
00:45So you kind of as a tire carrier and you know guys go over the wall
00:49You feel a little bit safety knowing there's no one coming around you and that's huge at these short tracks
00:53So it all starts with qualifying and then you know from there
00:58It's really easy. I hate to say, you know, we have a guy like Kyle. He's giving you such a buffer coming in
01:03So it's basically just don't mess up at that point only a championship pit crew member would say that it's easy
01:09But speaking of championships, I know you guys are going after you advance to the round of 12
01:12Is this a championship winning team this season?
01:18We have all the parts to do it
01:20We're gonna keep grinding keep working hard and hopefully, you know, we got three weeks to get to the next round
01:25It's it's round by round. I don't you know, it doesn't matter what you did a night
01:28It doesn't matter for the next round. We have Talladega and the roval and everybody knows what that means
01:32So yeah, we're gonna enjoy this but you know, Kansas is huge
01:37Congratulations. Thank you