Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team powered to a fifth-place finish tonight in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway, their best result of the 2016 season.
“It seems to be a good track for us,” Blaney said after climbing out of his classic Wood Brothers Racing Ford Fusion. “It was a strong night for us. We had a good car all night.”
KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 7, 2016 – Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Racing team powered to a fifth-place finish tonight in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway, their best result of the 2016 season.
“It seems to be a good track for us,” Blaney said after climbing out of his classic Wood Brothers Racing Ford Fusion. “It was a strong night for us. We had a good car all night.”
The NASCAR Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender followed up a seventh-place qualifying effort Friday with a race run where he was only out of the top 10 for a few laps after a green-flag pit stop at about the half-way point of the race and ran as high as third.
“I thought we were better at the beginning of the race than the end,” Blaney said. “We lost it a little bit when the track got cooler. But the team did a great job working on it and getting it better by the end of the race. We weren’t chasing anything big, just small stuff and they did a good job working on it. It’s something to build on.”
With about 30 laps to go, and before Ford teammate Joey Logano got caught up in a multi-car crash, Blaney and Logano swapped ninth and 10th positions for several circuits.
“Yeah that was interesting,” Blaney said. “He’d be better than us in the beginning, I’d pass him and he’d pass us back. That was a lot of fun. When you can run with the best guys, you learn a lot. and that was a great learning experience. It’s a shame he got in a wreck.”
Blaney, now 16th in the driver points standings, as the Wood Brothers head to Dover International Speedway for the AAA 400 Drive for Autism next weekend.
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About Quick Lane Tire & Auto Centers
Ford’s Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center offers routine vehicle maintenance such as oil and filter changes, light repair services including brake repair, and tire replacements on all vehicle makes and models. With nearly 800 locations and growing, customers can visit www.quicklane.com to find a center that is closest to them, print savings coupons and review maintenance tips to keep their vehicles running at peak efficiency. This site includes information on how to spot tire wear, how to jump-start a battery and even a series of tips to improve a vehicle’s fuel economy.
Wood Brothers Racing
Wood Brothers Racing was formed in 1950 in Stuart, Va., by Hall of Famer Glen Wood. Wood Brothers Racing is the oldest active team and one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history. Since its founding, the team won 98 races (including at least one race in every decade for the last seven decades) and 117 poles in NASCA’s top-tier series. Fielding only Ford products for its entire history, the Wood Brothers own the longest association of any motorsports team with a single manufacturer. Glen’s brother, Leonard, is known for inventing the modern pit stop. The team currently runs the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion driven by Ryan Blaney in the famous number 21 racecar.
