 Burton , who finished second , was happy with his performance , " [ New crew chief ] Todd <unk> has come in and done a great job , the team ’ s done a great job . We had one <unk> early on pit road but the rest of them we picked out our spots every single time , and that ’ s what it takes ; it takes a team effort . " In the subsequent post @-@ race press conference , Hamlin said , " Anytime that Jimmie is down is not usually because of performance , it 's usually because of an incident like last week . There was no doubt in my mind they were going to come this week and make a statement . Obviously leading all the laps pretty much and winning the race sends a statement out there that he is the best , that they 're not going to be denied this year . " 
