“We just missed it by a tick – that’s all it really takes here. We had just a little bit of an imbalance. It was really tricky earlier today (in practice) with the wind and the gusts and the sand storms. I remember coming out of Turn 4 at one point and it was a wall of orange dust coming at me. It was an interesting day, I’ve never really had that in a race car. Hopefully we can make the DHL car similar to last year. Last year we had a good run and we made some great passes and restarts. I’m not really sure what to take from today for tomorrow.”
A mixture of strong winds and desert dust blew through Phoenix International Raceway during Saturday’s practice, creating a loss in track time and hindering the team’s ability to configure the cars to a perfect set-up.
- Qualifying Position: 12
- Qualifying Speed: 190.799 mph
Ryan will next take to the track for a brief pit stop practice session before heading to the green flag at 9:35 p.m. ET. Catch the 250-lap race live on NBC Sports Network with coverage beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
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