Qualified: No. 6 (lane choice)
The Competition: No. 11 Doug Kalitta
The Results:
Q1: 3.790 E.T. at 317.87 MPH
Q2: 5.010 E.T. at 148.82 MPH
Q3: 4.361 E.T. at 187.70 MPH
Quotable:
“We’re making strides here in Norwalk. We qualified sixth, and sure we wanted to do better than that, but we’re moving in the right direction. We had a really good 60-foot number on that last lap, and we just need to slow it down a little bit after that. I feel good going into tomorrow. We’ll make a couple of little changes and be ready for tomorrow. We have Doug Kalitta in E1, and that’s a monster matchup; it’s ‘the tool wars,’ and we’re here in the hometown track of Matco Tools, and we have a lot of great support and we’re super stoked for a good, long race day.”