Ford Racing NSCS Notes & Quotes:
Bank of America 500 – Charlotte Motor Speedway
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Ford Finishing Order:
4th – Joey Logano
8th – Carl Edwards
16th – Brad Keselowski
18th – Greg Biffle
22nd – Aric Almirola
24th – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
25th – Marcos Ambrose
32nd – David Gilliland
34th – David Ragan
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Detroit Genuine Parts Ford Fusion – “First off, the Detroit Genuine Parts Ford was good today. I thought we were gonna have a fourth or fifth-place run and just didn’t catch a break in so many different ways, but I’m really proud of everyone at Team Penske. Through the whole sequence of events – I think the 20 car got in back of me on one of the restarts, it was just a racing deal and I wasn’t mad at him. But when the last yellow came out he got the wavearound and when he came by he swung at my car and tore the whole right-front off of it. When we restarted fifth with no right-front on it, we fell all the way back to 16th and it ruined our day. That gave us a big Chase hurt, which is unfortunate, and then for some reason after the race the 11 stopped in front of me and tried to pick a fight. I don’t know what that was all about and he swung and hit at my car, so I figured if we’re gonna play car wars under yellow and after the race I’ll join too. Those guys can dish it out, but they can’t take it. I gave it back to them and now they want to fight, so I don’t know what’s up with that.”
WHAT ABOUT THE CONTACT ON PIT ROAD WITH THE 20 AND 14? “I rubbed into the 20 and I think he gassed up and ran into Tony, and don’t think Tony knew what was going on so he’s probably upset and he has every right to be. His car got tore up, but there was a whole lot of other stuff going on and I’m sure when he sees the whole situation he’ll understand.”
WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? “The 20 car and the 11 car both hit me under yellow and once the race was over I hit them back and they couldn’t take it.”
WHY DID STEWART GET INTO YOU? “I think he thought that I ran into him when the 20 car hit him, and it was the 20 car that hit him so it was just confusion.”
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Pennzoil Platinum Ford Fusion – “We weren’t that good tonight. This Pennzoil Platinum Ford just didn’t have any speed. We were off in the beginning, but it was a great call by Todd Gordon at the end. He gave me four tires at the end and let me be aggressive. The pit stop was great there at the end and we gained a couple spots and then got the outside lane and was able to let it rip. We picked up quite a few spots on that last restart and came home with a fourth-place finish after all of that. We’ll take that. The last couple of years I haven’t been very fast here, so I’ve got to figure that out.”
ARE THESE NIGHTS WHAT CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE MADE OF? “For sure. Obviously, this doesn’t do a whole bunch for us because we’re in the next round, but we still need to keep that momentum like we have been. It was definitely a hard-fought day for this whole Pennzoil team and they did a good job.”
CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion – “It was a heckuva a green-white-checker and I hope the fans enjoyed that. It was pretty fun for us. We had a good finish for our Fastenal Ford. It was a big weekend. We appreciate all the fans coming out here. It’s fun racing here at Charlotte and now we get to go to Talladega and have a little fun. We’ve got 20 points on ninth-place so it went pretty well for us. It was just a wild night all around.”
DID YOU MAKE THE MOST OUT OF TONIGHT. “We definitely made the most of it. It was a good night for us and a great points night.”
DOES THIS MAKE GOING TO TALLADEGA EASIER? “Yes. It’s a good night for us. We’ll go on to Talladega, but I’m just glad we got out of here clean. I don’t think we made any enemies, so we’ll go have some fun at Talladega and hopefully make the next round.”
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE LAST RESTART? “I don’t even know what happened. I’d have to watch it again. Everybody was two, three-wide. It was crazy, so it was a wild final restart, but everybody did a really good job. As far as I could see the drivers did a great job.”
Joey, the wimp, will have a wall venture, after the way he passed on Sat. nite. A lot of people owe him, and I will be glad to see it.