ROBBY GORDON, No. 7 Monster Energy Toyota Camry, Robby Gordon Motorsports Finishing Position: 2nd

How was your race?

"It was obviously a good run for us. We came here to win the race, but second-place is pretty darn close to winning it. My team needs a little bit of morale here and there. This will boost morale back at the workshop. I will say that we will come to Watkins Glen guns blazing. We'll get a lot of confidence going into the Glen and spend a bunch of time getting more rear grip. At the end of the day, that's what we struggled on with Jimmie (Johnson). At the top of the hill, it got loose on me, had to save it, Kevin (Harvick) closed the gap on me a couple times. We have to go to work on our rear tires and rear grip."

How did you get to the front of the field at the end of the race?

"I think before a couple of those guys came in there, I think it was (Juan Pablo) Montoya and (Marcos) Ambrose came in early and got tires, we were ninth at that point. Couple guys stayed out. When they stayed out, it's like alright, we have to do something a little bit different than what they did. It was going to be edgy to make it from where we did on lap 66 on fuel. But, we did get enough cautions. We were able to save enough fuel. This guy (Kevin Harvick) right here raced me really clean. We did three stops. Like I said, Kevin (Harvick) and the guys had 10 laps better tires than I did. I was kind of a sitting duck. I'm fortunate enough that him and Jimmie (Johnson) were racing for points and we were able to slide in between them there."

Have you ever seen what happened to Marcos Ambrose at the end of the race happen to anyone else?

"I think (Kevin Harvick) was the victor of this whole thing once before when it happened to me at Montréal. You ended up winning the race about three years ago. It has happened before. Like I said earlier, I don't know what happened to him. I'm sure he was trying to save fuel and it just wouldn't refire. (NASCAR) does have a rule that says you must maintain speed. That's the same thing that happened to me at Montréal a couple years ago. Am I happy about it? It is what it is, you know. It's about racing. What I am happy about is NASCAR did stay consistent."

Did you think you had any shot at the win after Marcos Ambrose got out of position?

"Before the restart I thought I did. I was trying to anticipate when Jimmie (Johnson) would go. Like I said, I was on 10 lap older tires than the other guys out there. It just buzzed the tires at the restart. I miss-timed it a little bit and Jimmie got the jump on me. If I could have got track position, it would have been hard to pass. Like Kevin (Harvick) says, it's hard to pass. I'm sure if it was for the win, Kevin would have moved me. For second, I appreciate you giving me a little bit of racing room."

How much does this finish help your team?

"On a weekly basis, let's face it right now, we're 34th in points, 33rd in points, wherever we end up. It's hard to build morale when you're 33rd, 34th in points. I think this will build us some momentum. I'm not going to say it's going to push our guys, because the guys have to get on board. I believe they'll have confidence going to Watkins Glen that we can actually win that race so we can build some momentum throughout the summer and hopefully have some good runs. We had a very good test at Indy about a month and a half ago. I'm excited about going there. We got some other race tracks we run good at. Not only Watkins Glen, but it will help us build momentum just in general."

"This is a tough sport. I don't know how to say it. Cup racing, when you're racing against these teams out here, you're racing against the best teams in America. Obviously Cup racing is where it's at. We're fortunate enough to be in it. How do you say it? Sometimes we dog paddle, sometimes we take a few gulps of water. Other times you have days like today that you can build momentum on for a little while. "