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Saturday, November 2, 2013
KESELOWSKI KEEPS 22 TEAM AND FORD ON NATIONWIDE ROLL
· Brad Keselowski’s win in today’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 200 was his sixth NASCAR Nationwide Series victory of the season and the first NNS Texas win of his career.
· The win was the 12th for the 22 team with four different drivers.
· Overall, Ford has won 14 NNS races, eclipsing its total from 2011 and is only two shy of the all-time Ford Racing record of 16 series wins (2002).
· The win puts Ford up by XX points in the manufacturers championship battle over Chevrolet and Toyota.
FORD FINISHING RESULTS
1st Brad Keselowski
3rd Sam Hornish Jr.
11th Trevor Bayne
14th Michael Annett
17th Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
31st Travis Pastrana
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang (Finished 1st) VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WIN HERE? “WE have been really close but never finished it off but today we had the car to do it and the guys did a great job executing. We had a good battle with Denny Hamlin and finished out front.”
DID YOU KNOW YESTERDAY THAT YOU HAD THE CAR TO BEAT? “No, I didn’t think so. I thought the 54 was the car to beat most of the weekend. Like I said, Jeremy Bullins and the team worked on it and got it right at the end.”
YOU INCREASED THE OWNERS POINTS LEAD FOR ROGER PENSKE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? “It is good. We have two races left but it isn’t over.”
SAM HORNISH JR., No. 12 Wurth Ford Mustang – TALK ABOUT THE MISCUE COMING OFF PIT LANE. “It is one of those things. You wear the tires here and the track doesn’t have a whole lot of grip. Pit road comes up pretty quick and I got a little locked up as soon as I got on the brakes and did everything I could do to try to get it whoaed up and had a choice of hitting the cone or the back of the 54 car. I figured the cone would hurt the front of my car a lot less. It was a great recovery by everyone that works on the Wurth Ford Mustang and we did what we needed to do today. We got ourselves back up there in position to run for the win and over tightened the car by the time we got to that point. Hats off to everyone at Penske Racing and it is good to see our teammate go to victory lane, it just wasn’t enough for us today.”
SAM HORNISH JR CONTINUED — HOW BAD WAS THE VIBRATION ON THAT LAST RUN? “It was bad enough. I don’t know what exactly happened but it was enough to make me worry about whether or not we were going to be able to keep all four wheels on it.”
