Brad Keselowski on this weekend’s race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
"The dreaded ‘aero-tight’ condition comes into play so you have to balance the mechanical and aero platforms. "— Jay Guy
“I’ve always enjoyed racing at Atlanta in the Nationwide Series and I’m excited to make my first Cup Series start there this weekend. The place is just a lot of fun. You can run all over the track, but it seems to me that you need to run the bottom to be the most successful. The track is abrasive on tires, so you can’t abuse them early in a run. You have to ‘race the track,’ so to speak. After staying on the west coast for two races, it’s nice to come back closer to home. They have tremendous fans in Atlanta that love hard racing, which is my style. Hopefully we can give them a good show, but we also need a solid run to make up some ground in points.”
Crew chief Jay Guy on preparing a car for Atlanta Motor Speedway
“Atlanta is a very forgiving racetrack. If you miss the setup a little bit it has a lot of grooves that the driver can use to make the car handle more to his liking. You have a very fine line between getting the car to turn and being too loose. Drivers need enough security so they can be aggressive. Aerodynamics play a big part in racing at Atlanta. The dreaded ‘aero-tight’ condition comes into play so you have to balance the mechanical and aero platforms. It’s like the ‘new’ Darlington because it eats up tires more than any other track. You have to be mindful of that, especially in the front-end geometry, because you don’t want right front tire problems at a fast track like Atlanta.”
