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One-on-one with Nascar driver Todd Gilliland ahead of Talladega

One-on-one with Nascar driver Todd Gilliland ahead of Talladega
TROPHY. WELCOME IN TO TALLADEGA. WE’RE OUTSIDE HERE. THE GARAGE EXPERIENCE I’M JULIAN MITCHELL WERE DAYS AWAY FROM RACE DAY HERE AT TALLADEGA. I’M HERE WITH ONE OF THE DRIVERS HOPING TO LIFT THAT MIGHTY VULCAN TROPHY IN THIS RACE ON SUNDAY. TODD GILLILAND, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME I APPRECIATE IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. LIKE YOU SAID, THE GARAGE EXPERIENCE HERE AT TALLADEGA IS REALLY COOL. AND UM, YEAH, I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOU HOPING TO LIFT THAT TROPHY AT THE END OF THIS. YOU’VE, UH, HAD BELIEVED 91 LAP LAPS LED THIS YEAR, CAREER HIGH FOR YOU. IS THIS A RACE YOU’RE LOOKING HERE TO KIND OF BREAK THROUGH IN THIS ONE? WIN ONE, END UP ON THE TOP OF THE PODIUM? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. I THINK, UM, OUR SUPERSPEEDWAY CARS HAVE BEEN REALLY FAST AT FRONT ROW MOTORSPORTS. UM, YOU KNOW, THE DARKHORSE MUSTANG, UH, WITH FORD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GOOD TO ON ON, YOU KNOW, THESE FASTER TYPE RACETRACKS. I’M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK I’M GONNA HAVE A CAR GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPETE FOR THE WIN. THE EXCITEMENT HERE IS, IS ALSO KIND OF THE THE UNEXPECTED NESS, RIGHT, OF THAT. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU CAN ALWAYS GET CAUGHT UP IN A WRECK. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE EXCITING PART TO ME IS IF WE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, I FULLY BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WIN THIS RACE. AND WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT COME SUNDAY FOR THIS ONE? I THINK WE CAN DEFINITELY EXPECT ANOTHER EXCITING RACE. YOU KNOW, REGARDLESS OF ALL THE COMERS AND GOERS AT THIS RACE, THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TWO WHITE ACTION, THREE WHITE ACTION, ESPECIALLY HERE AT TALLADEGA. YOU CAN EVEN GET FOUR WIDE AT TIMES. SO, UM, YEAH, IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT OF THAT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GOING WITH THE THEME OF THIS YEAR, THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF REALLY CLOSE FINISHES. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT’S OUR PLAN IS TO, UH, TO PUT ON A GOOD FINISH AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. LOVE IT. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING ME. RACE DAY JUST A FEW DAYS AWAY HERE O
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One-on-one with Nascar driver Todd Gilliland ahead of Talladega
The Geico 500 at Talladega is almost here. With the big race right around the corner, WVTM 13's Julian Mitchell went one-on-one with one of the drivers looking to the lift the Mighty Vulcan Trophy on Sunday, Front Row Motorsports' Todd Gilliland. "I think our superspeedway cars have been really fast at Front Row Motorsports. You know, the dark horse Mustang with Ford has been extremely good too on these faster type racetracks. I'm super excited about it. I think I'm in a car good enough to compete for the win," Gilliland said. The Geico 500 will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.

The Geico 500 at Talladega is almost here.

With the big race right around the corner, WVTM 13's Julian Mitchell went one-on-one with one of the drivers looking to the lift the Mighty Vulcan Trophy on Sunday, Front Row Motorsports' Todd Gilliland.

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"I think our superspeedway cars have been really fast at Front Row Motorsports. You know, the dark horse Mustang with Ford has been extremely good too on these faster type racetracks. I'm super excited about it. I think I'm in a car good enough to compete for the win," Gilliland said.

The Geico 500 will be on Sunday at 2 p.m. CT.