Ford Racing NSCS Notes & Quotes:
NSCS Ford EcoBoost 400
Saturday Nov. 15, 2014
NNS Post Race
FORD FINISHING RESULTS
4th Ryan Blaney
5th Chris Buescher
8th Brad Keselowski
11th Trevor Bayne
20th Dakoda Armstrong
27th Ryan Reed
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – Finished: 4th
“We had a good night. Towards the middle part of the race we were really good and we got the lead and it was really going good. I was really happy with our car. It fell off a little in the long run but we kind of over adjusted and got too tight toward the late stages. That last 25 lap run we were back to where we were good in the middle of the race but it just didn’t end up going as good. We got too tight. I am happy to finish it up out here and be part of that 22 owners championship. It is a lot of fun.”
CHRIS BUESCHER – No. 60 Humalog Ford Mustang – Finished 5th
“That was crazy, but one of the most fun races I’ve run in a long time. I think Darlington is my favorite track coming into this one, but I think after that race this is a close second. It was a ball out there. Our Humalog Ford Mustang was pretty good there at the end. We got in the middle of the race and I think we got a little off, but we rebounded really well. The guys were awesome on pit road today. It was just a really good effort and I’m really proud of them. I’m really looking forward to next year.” HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO END ON A HIGH NOTE? “It’s big. It’s such a long off-season and I say that, but it’s gonna sneak up on us. We want to end on a high note. It’s the last Nationwide Insurance Series race, so that’s really cool. We really appreciate what they’ve done for our sport and we have a ball doing it. That’s a good run. It leads into 2015 and we’re very much looking forward to it. We’re gonna show up at Daytona and be good off the truck.”
RYAN REED, No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang – Finished: 27th
“It was disappointing. We had a top-10 car all night. We were smart about it and saved our stuff. We were running top-10 and the 5 car on a restart just buried it in there and knocked us out of the way, put us in the fence and we cut a tire down after that on the last restart. It was just stupid. It is unfortunate because we wanted to end the season on a good note and I am disappointed we couldn’t give them the result they were looking for.” THOUGHTS ON YOUR ROOKIE SEASON? “Ups and downs. I think this is an example of what we had going as a team. The speed we had tonight. I think we have a strong program and a great group of guys. There were a lot of things I needed to learn and I feel like I did a good job learning those things and we can go into 2015 and really step up our performance.”
TREVOR BAYNE, No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Mustang – Finshed: 11th
“That was tough. I wasn’t very good on restarts so I was having to get it all on long runs and run the very top and got too high one lap and caught the right rear and eventually cut the right rear down. That isn’t the finish we wanted because I thought we had a top-five car throughout the day and a race winning car on a very long run. It was hard to pass with no room to move up today. Typically this track has plenty of room up top. I made a mistake and cost the guys a top five run and a shot at the win. I am proud of these guys and the season with AdvoCare. We did all we could. Left it all out there today.”
