Q. You just handed the phone with Rick Hendrick to Chase Elliott as he was celebrating. Even though it\u2019s only the seventh race of the year a lot of relief, they\u2019re all happy.<\/p>\n
JEFF GORDON: Yeah, no, this is amazing. It\u2019s been a tough start to the season. You saw how important track position was. Alan Gustafson made a gutsy call there. Chase had to get it done utilizing that clean air. Denny was dominant all day.<\/p>\n
Big win for Hendrick, the 9 team, UniFirst, NAPA, everybody here. Hopefully we can take some momentum of this and move forward.<\/p>\n
Q. Where do you feel you are now? You have run well at a lot of tracks, haven\u2019t been to Victory Lane.<\/p>\n
JEFF GORDON: It seems like it\u2019s a little bit more of our notebook. We\u2019re strong, have been strong in the past. We seem to be able to follow that up with some good setups. Some of the places we struggle, like Darlington last fall. We struggled bad there again.<\/p>\n
I mean, this car has a little bit different balance too, so we\u2019re learning that. Our competitors I think stepped up. Toyota obviously is really strong right now.<\/p>\n
Q. We talked about when you set a standard as Hendrick Motorsports, and you of course a part of that, I can let this out, I talked to Rick Hendrick this week, that\u2019s the kind of standard, right? He\u2019s embarrassed. You were figuring it out. Talk about the working with the drivers and the crews and crew chiefs, how you held that not together but planned and stayed patient.<\/p>\n
JEFF GORDON: There are high expectations within our walls. Rick always talks about you build it from the inside. You can\u2019t tear it down from the outside, you can tear it down from the inside.<\/p>\n
In these moments, I\u2019ve been around long enough where I\u2019ve seen us struggle. These guys, they know how to utilize their tools, stick together, work together, share information, get back to the basics. That\u2019s what the discussions have been here recently.<\/p>\n
Q. You\u2019re a Hall of Famer. How about the nomination for Kevin Harvick announced earlier today?<\/p>\n
JEFF GORDON: That\u2019s amazing. I mean, obviously well-deserved. I think we all know he\u2019ll be going in.<\/p>\n
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