Ford Performance NSCS Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Sprint Showdown – Charlotte Motor Speedway
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Trevor Bayne won the first 20-lap segment of the Sprint Showdown to advance to tonight’s scheduled All-Star Race. Here are Bayne’s post-race comments.
TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – “That was pretty cool. That takes me back to Texas in 2011 in the XFINITY race when I restarted fourth and pushed Carl out before winning the race. I was thinking about what I could do and I timed the restart really good and got right to the 21’s bumper at the line and was able to get three-wide off of turn two. The car was pretty good there. In clean air I was alright. I was a little concerned with dirty air, but I got a run and went through the middle. It was a little sketchy squeezing through that hole, but it worked.”
WHAT WAS THE KEY TO MAKING IT WORK? “We had a fast race car for no practice and no teammates in the earlier practice. My guys did a great job guessing where we should start at. The car was good in clean air, but in dirty air I just couldn’t go, so with one lap to go all you’ve got is the restart and I kind of treated it like it was for the win for the All-Star Race for a million bucks. You’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to get in. I thought that would be our best shot. I got a good restart and off two there was a tiny hole and somehow our car got through it without getting beat up, so we’ll take it.”
DID YOU GET SOME HELP FROM RICKY STENHOUSE JR? “He did. They sucked down on my spoiler on the backstretch. I had two cars on both sides and without him shoving me off into the corner, I don’t know that I could have got by him. It feels really good to have a teammate like that, that will choose to work with you when it may not be in his best interest. I really appreciate that and will definitely pay him back in a good way at some point. I’m just happy to have a car in the All-Star Race and hopefully those guys make it in, too.”
