Ford Racing NSCS Notes & Quotes:
Pocono 400 (Pocono Raceway)
Sunday, June 8, 2014
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Redd’s Apple Ale Ford Fusion | FINISHED 2nd (PIT ROAD INTERVIEW)
WHAT HAPPENED THERE AT THE END WITH THE TRASH ON THE GRILLE AND DOWN IN TURN ONE? “You know, we were just running really hot and the motor was going to blow up so I had to do something so I tried to follow the 10 down in the corner to get the debris off and I just checked up too much. I thought I had more room than I did. The team did a heck of a job, I just messed up a little bit there. We had a really, really good car. It was really a flawless day other than my mess-up there.”
WITHOUT THE DEBRIS DOES THIS TURN OUT DIFFERENT? “Well, you would think so but you never know. That is part of the fun of it and the challenge of racing right? We did what we could but it wasn’t going to make it. I thought I had a shot to clean it off and when the 10 car made the aggressive move I just got behind and lost my momentum and Dale did a good job of taking advantage of it.”
HOW HOT WAS IT GETTING? “Hot enough.”
WAS IT GOING TO BLOW UP? “Oh yeah, we weren’t going to make it. It was already starting to. It is just one of those deals.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion | FINISHED 40th
WHAT HAPPENED THERE? “I’ve never had that happen under caution before. I swerved my tires getting ready to go and we were rolling around turn three to take the green and all of a sudden it started sounding weird and we lost some power somewhere and lost oil pressure once I noticed it was done. I didn’t want to lay any oil out on the track and ruin Brad’s chances for a win there. Unfortunately we didn’t get to have any fun there at the end because I feel like we could easily have had both our cars in to the top-five there.”
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion | FINISHED 15th – “We had to fight all day. The Zest Fusion was really good at times. Balance wise I thought we were close, as close as we have been in a few weeks as far as getting the good balance – comfortable fast balance. That was a positive. We got some good restarts there and I think we got a little too tight for the race today from practice but all in all we fixed my rear grip issue that I had in practice and just got a little too tight. There is still a lot of work to do but it was definitely a solid day for us and we will just try to carry that on into Michigan.”
DAVID RAGAN, No. 34 Taco Bell Ford Fusion | FINISHED 18th – “That was fun to be racing up there with those guys. Our Taco Bell Ford was pretty decent today. Jay (Guy) made some good calls on adjustments to help make it better where we needed it, and the pit crew did a good job on pit road, too. Obviously it’s been a tough year for us, so hopefully this can be a turning point for our Front Row Motorsports team. Everybody works so hard to get better and sometimes we just have some bad luck or a broken part or something. So, it was nice to have things go in our favor today and do what we know we’re capable of doing.”
CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Kelloggs/Cheez-It Ford Fusion | FINISHED 41st
WHAT HAPPENED? “I saw Kasey hit the wall really hard, I think it was Kasey in the 5 car and I tried to avoid it but there was oil all over the track and I plowed into the back of him. Everyone did a good job of missing me but man Kasey hit hard. I hope he is alright. We will go get some Cheez-Its now and go watch the end of the race I guess.”
