Toyota NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Post-Race Notes & Quotes
Homestead-Miami Speedway
Race 33 of 33 – 200 miles, 200 laps
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015
TOYOTA NXS DRIVER FINISHING POSITIONS at Homestead-Miami Speedway
1st, Kyle Larson*
2nd, Austin Dillon*
3rd, ERIK JONES
4th, Brian Scott*
5th, Ryan Blaney*
6th, DANIEL SUAREZ
18th, BLAKE KOCH
21st, JJ YELEY
25th, DAVID STARR
29th, ERIC MCCLURE
30th, KYLE BUSCH
37th, MIKE BLISS
39th, TJ BELL
40th, JEFF GREEN
*non-Toyota driver
TOYOTA DRIVER NXS POINT STANDINGS following Homestead-Miami Speedway*
5th, DANIEL SUAREZ 1,078 points
12th, JJ YELEY 803 points
16th, DAVID STARR 713 points
17th, BLAKE KOCH 646 points
19th, ERIC MCCLURE 565 points
20th, CALE CONLEY 561 points
*unofficial point standings
TOYOTA NOTES
· Erik Jones was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Homestead-Miami Speedway with a third-place result.
· Camry driver Daniel Suarez won NXS Rookie of the Year honors with a sixth-place finish in Saturday’s race – his sixth consecutive top-10 finish in as many races.
· Suarez finished the season fifth in the point standings in his first full-time NXS season.
· Kyle Busch started from the pole and led 64 laps (of 200), but had a pit road penalty late in the race and then a mechanical issue ended his day early.
TOYOTA QUOTES
ERIK JONES, No. 20 GameStop/Star Wars Battlefront Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 3rd
How was the race?
“It was solid and it was eventful at times, for sure the last 20 laps were pretty crazy with a lot of hard racing. Everybody just going for it, it’s the end of year and it’s the last race – we all want to win and go out of the season with a bang. I thought we had a shot at it for sure there when the 54 (Kyle Busch) got penalized. The GameStop Camry was good. We just got a little too snug at the end and just couldn’t quite hang with the 42 (Kyle Larson), he was the class of the field pretty much all day. I did all I could to hold him back and try to slow him down, but he wasn’t having any of it.”
DANIEL SUAREZ, No. 18 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 6th
How was the season overall and what does the Rookie of the Year title mean to you?
“It was a good 2015 – a lot of new things. A lot of learning processes and we learned a bunch of things. I’m happy with that and earning Rookie of the Year was one of the goals of 2015 and thanks to Joe Gibbs Racing, ARRIS, Toyota, Telcel, Juniper – we were able to make this happen. Very happy overall.”
How was the race?
“It was a decent race. We didn’t have the best car. We had a top-10, top-six car and that’s pretty much where we ended up. We made some mistakes during the race and we were able to come back. That was pretty good for us. Definitely we have to keep working to find a little more speed.”
BLAKE KOCH, No. 8 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 18th
JJ YELEY, No. 28 Toyota Camry, JGL Racing
Finishing Position: 21st
DAVID STARR, No. 44 Zachry Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 25th
ERIC MCCLURE, No. 24 Reynolds Wrap Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 29th
KYLE BUSCH, No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 30th
MIKE BLISS, No. 14 Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 37th
TJ BELL, No. 26 Toyota Camry, JGL Racing
Finishing Position: 39th
JEFF GREEN, No. 19 Premier Barter Exchange Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 40th
