Toyota NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) Post-Race Notes & Quotes
Daytona International Speedway
Race 1 of 33 – 300 miles, 120 laps
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
TOYOTA NXS DRIVER FINISHING POSITIONS at Daytona International Speedway
8th, DANIEL SUAREZ
14th, DAKODA ARMSTRONG
18th, DAVID STARR
19th, JOE NEMECHEK
21st, MATT TIFFT
23rd, BOBBY LABONTE
31st, ERIK JONES
35th, BENNY GORDON
TOYOTA DRIVER NXS POINT STANDINGS following Daytona International Speedway (race 1 of 33)*
4th, DANIEL SUAREZ 33 points
9th, DAKODA ARMSTRONG 27 points
12th, DAVID STARR 12 points
22nd, ERIK JONES 10 points
*unofficial point standings
TOYOTA NOTES
· Toyota driver Daniel Suarez (eighth) was the top-finishing Camry driver in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway.
· In addition to Suarez’s finish, Camry drivers Dakoda Armstrong (14th), David Starr (18th) and Joe Nemechek (19th) also finished in the top-20 on the 2.5-mile Florida track.
TOYOTA QUOTES
DANIEL SUAREZ, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 8th
How does it feel to get a top-10 finish at Daytona?
“It feels good for sure. To finish one of these races, it was a positive day for our No. 19 ARRIS Camry. We had some good speed. I feel like we need to keep learning and earning respect because here in this kind of racing we need more friends. I feel like we did a decent job and let’s move on to the next one.”
Did you feel you could not pull out and make a move with no teammates near you in the closing laps?
“Honestly, I felt like if I would have pulled out to make a move, I don’t think the Cup drivers would have pulled out and followed me. They wanted to do it by themselves. We wanted to finish in the right way, but sometimes you have to take chances and I just didn’t feel like it was the right time to make the movements at that point.”
Does this give you a positive outlook moving into the next few race weekends?
“It feels good. We have to keep working with this team trying to get better and move on to the next one.”
DAKODA ARMSTRONG, No. 28 Winfield Be Greater Toyota Camry, JGL Racing
Finishing Position: 14th
DAVID STARR, No. 44 Zachry Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 18th
JOE NEMECHECK, No. 87 DAB Constructors Inc. Toyota Camry, NEMCO Motorsports
Finishing Position: 19th
MATT TIFFT, No. 24 Toyota Camry, JGL Racing
Finishing Position: 21st
BOBBY LABONTE, No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 23rd
ERIK JONES, No. 20 Reser’s Main Street Bistro, Joe Gibbs Racing
Finishing Position: 31st
BENNY GORDON, No. 14 Toyota Camry, TriStar Motorsports
Finishing Position: 35th
