"I thought the car drove decent the first round, but it looked like a lot of guys were having a hard time," said Almirola.
"My Ford Mustang drove really good. Just needed a little more speed and made a few adjustments and that second round, we had the speed we needed. Just really proud of Drew and all the guys on this race team. Everybody back at Stewart-Haas Racing. "We've been working so hard to get our cars where they need to be. So just proud of everybody's effort and work. Thank you to Doug Yates and everybody at Roush-Yates engine shop. You need a lot of horsepower when you come to a place where you run wide open. Just proud of everybody. We're gonna lead the field to the green, but hopefully we can finish there on Sunday."