“It’s pretty intense, especially for the team,” said Karam, driver of the No. “They wait all year long for this race, and I wait all year long for this race. “It’s pretty rare that you’re with a race team for this long,” Karam said. “I think for us, we’ve focused a lot, solely on the race car and not the qualifying car,” Karam said. “Being a two-car team this year, I think it’s helped because the first day, before Fast Friday, Santino was out there doing race running and I was doing qualifying stuff,” Karam said. “While he helped developing the race car, I basically developed the qualifying. “I know Dennis (Reinbold) and the team only show up here for one thing and that’s to win the race,” Karam said.

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