Ford Performance NSCS Notes & Quotes:
Coke Zero 400 – Daytona International Speedway
NSCS Qualifying
Saturday, July 4, 2015
Qualifying for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway was canceled due to inclement weather at the track. The No. 21 Motorcraft Quick Lane Ford Fusion (Ryan Blaney) and the No. 95 KLOVE Radio Ford Fusion (Michael McDowell) did not qualify for the race due to the cancellation. The field is set for Sunday night based on speed in practice one.
FORD STARTING POSITIONS
5th TREVOR BAYNE
6th DAVID GILLILAND
11th SAM HORNISH JR.
14th BRETT MOFFITT
25th GREG BIFFLE
29th COLE WHITT
30th RICKY STENHOUSE JR.
32nd BRAD KESELOWSKI
33rd JOEY LOGANO
36th ARIC ALMIROLA
RYAN BLANEY, No. 21 Motorcraft Quick Lane Ford Fusion – DID NOT QUALIFY DUE TO WEATHER CANCELLATION OF CUP QUALIFYING – “It’s unfortunate we didn’t get a chance to qualify. We had a really fast Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion. I was really looking forward to qualifying and getting into the race. Some stuff we can’t control and this is one of them. This is the bad part about running part time. If this happens you’re out. Our next race is Kentucky next week and I’m looking forward to that one.”
EDDIE WOOD, Wood Brothers Racing — “I really hate this for Motorcraft/Quick Lane and all of our guests. We’ve been lucky. This is the first time this has happened since we started part time in 2009. We’ve dodged a lot of bullets, including last time in Michigan. This one got us. Even though it didn’t rain it’s going to and lightening is a problem. Safety first. We’ll go ahead and get home a day early and get ready for Kentucky. We control what we can control and we can’t control the weather.”