BRAD KESELOWSKI: I don’t really think there is anybody in the wings. I think the way this year’s package has kind of come together, where we are right now is where we’re going to be for the remainder of the year. You might see some small gains from some teams but I don’t see anything significant coming. I think right now the Penske cars are probably the best when it comes to balanced track to track. The Hendrick cars are probably the best where it takes power to run. These tracks are certainly one of those, and Kevin Harvick, his team is probably the fastest week in and week out.

I don’t really see that changing for the duration of the season. I think what you’re going to find in the development cycle has been kind of found by this time in the year, and maybe there’s a little bit more left on the table, but not enough to take a team that’s not there to be there. That’s just kind of my experience.

But we all have got a little bit of work to do because it’s pretty obvious that the Hendrick engines are way ahead of everyone else.

Usually that’s not something you catch up with in one season. As far ahead as they are right now, they’re probably a full season ahead of everyone. We’ve got work to do to get there. Thankfully we’ve got — I can’t remember, 12, 13 weeks until the Chase starts, and I know we’ve got some stuff coming up for that, but I think we’ve got at Penske, I think we’re right there, kind of just maybe a half a nose behind the Hendrick cars or Hendrick-powered cars, whatever you want to call them. But we need just a little bit more, and if we can do that, I really feel like we can kind of have a strong march over the fall and have a shot at running for the championship.

I guess to kind of finish that question or finish the answer to the question up, I think what you’re seeing right now is probably the top 5 or 10 is what it’s going to be when it comes down to money time in the Chase.