Ford Racing NSCS Notes & Quotes:
Toyota Owners 400 (Richmond International Raceway)
Saturday, April 26, 2014
FORD RACING WINS FOURTH RACE OF 2014 AS LOGANO TAKES CHECKERS AT RICHMOND
· Joey Logano’s win is his second of the season, joining Kevin Harvick as the only two-time winners so far in 2014.
· The win is Logano’s third with Ford Racing and fifth of his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career.
· Ford Racing is tied for the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins this season with four (Chevrolet).
· Ford Racing has won 30 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Richmond International Raceway by 24 different drivers.
· The win is Ford’s 622nd all-time series victory and the 32nd by Penske Racing with Ford.
FORD FINISHING ORDER
1st Joey Logano
4th Brad Keselowski
9th Carl Edwards
15th Greg Biffle
17th Aric Almirola
18th Marcos Ambrose
20th David Gilliland
30th David Ragan
38th Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Detroit Genuine Parts Ford Fusion / FINISHED 4th
THAT WAS A WILD FINISH, CAN YOU DESCRIBE IT? “Yeah it was a wild finish. It just came down to really a four way battle between the 2, the 20, the 24 and 22 and we had a great car for the short runs and we got up there challenging for the lead. The 20 car ran me off the race track so I made sure to give him a bump and that was what Joey needed to win the race. I am happy for his team and everybody at Team Penske. I wish it could have been us but that was the way it goes.” LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS WERE SET UP PERFECTLY FOR THE SHORT RUNS BUT NOT SO MUCH ON THE LONG RUNS. WAS THAT THE CASE? “You can say that again. It came together at the end for us to have a shot at it and we just got ran off the race track but that is racing and we will move on.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion / FINISHED 1st
VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – TAKE US THROUGH THE LAST FIVE LAPS AND THAT LAST RESTART AND THE PASS FOR THE WIN. “I had a terrible restart the one before the last one and then we had a good one but the 88 in front of me didn’t have the best and once we started racing there were three cars in front of me and I thought I had a shot still. The 20 started blocking the top because the 2 car was so fast up top for the first 10 laps of a run and eventually I had enough room to turn up underneath him and get enough clean air on the car to take off. This isn’t a very good race track for me in the past but we had a really good Shell Pennzoil Ford today and we were able to put it in victory lane. This is so cool to win two races already this season and it is just going to be one heck of a season and I can’t wait to get to the race track next week.”
YOU GUYS WERE GREAT ON THE SHORT RUN. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LONGER RUNS? “Our car was really, really good the first 20 laps of a run. The 2 car was the same way. We were some short run cars and eventually it would just go away. The front and the rear would go away and the Hendrick cars would start coming. The 55 was good and the 31 was good and the 20 came out of nowhere. We were definitely a short run car and the race came down to a short run and it paid off for us.”
WITH TWO WINS, YOU WILL BE IN THE CHASE, HOW DOES THAT FEEL? “It feels great. I want to start winning some races in the Chase now. These cars right now are so good and Penske is doing such a great job with these cars right now. I am just the lucky guy that gets to drive these things.”
