Are speeds too fast at Dover? Kyle Busch kicked off the discussion about speed during his media availability in which he said drivers are going “really fast” and probably “too fast” around the one-mile concrete oval. His comments came after Cup Series teams had 50 minutes of practice and the two fastest drivers, Kurt Busch and Kyle Larson ran 168 mph laps which were four miles an hour faster than what the current track qualifying record of 164 mph. “Yeah, there’s no question you feel like you’re going really fast,” Kyle Busch said. “The faster we tend to go in the middle of the corners doesn’t always produce the best racing … it’s going to be big numbers for qualifying, obviously, but we’ll see how that translates to the race. I’m not overly excited about it. We’ll just have to fight through it and see what happens."
“You get paid to go fast, so let’s go fast I guess,” said Chase Elliott. “It’s not fun hitting something real hard anytime you do, and certainly isn’t going to feel good when you do at these speeds. Definitely it’s physical for sure and I think this is going to be a very, very physical race on Sunday, especially if the sun comes out and it’s hot. It’s fast. Is it too fast? This is our job. We sign up for it, and I think it is what it is