NASCAR XFINITY SERIES: CHAMPIONSHIP

November 9, 2024

Cole Custer

Pit Lane Interview

Q. You fall short of going back-to-back. As you look at the final couple of restarts when you got held up by the 21 on old tires, is there anything you could have done differently in that moment?

COLE CUSTER: For sure. I think any driver can do something a little bit different. I tried to go high, tried to go to the middle, tried to go everywhere I could. But he made his car pretty wide, which is his right. We're all going for a championship.

It just sucks that it ended up screwing us over worse than it did the 7 and he was able to slip by. But man, I can't say congratulations enough to Justin and all those guys. He's definitely a deserving champion. They were fast all night. I hate it came down to tire strategies and stuff like that, but man, I can't say enough about our group.

Everything they've done over the last two years, J.T., everybody in that shop works so hard. I wish we could have ended up with a championship for SHR. But it just wasn't meant to be on those restarts.

I'll try and find a way somehow I could have done it better, but I can't thank Haas Automation, Ford Performance, Andy's Frozen Custard on the car this weekend. It stings for sure to be second, but man, I'm really happy for Justin. That was a long time coming for him.