Ford Performance NASCAR Notes and Quotes
Pocono Green 250 – Pocono Raceway
Monday, June 6, 2016
FORD FINISHING ORDER
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> 3rd Brad Keselowski
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> 5th Joey Logano
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> 10th Ryan Blaney
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> 13th Trevor Bayne
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> 15th Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
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> 20th Aric Almirola
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> 25th Chris Buescher
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> 26th Greg Biffle
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> 29th Jeb Burton
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> 38th Landon Cassill
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> 39th Brian Scott
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – TWO PIT ROAD PENALTIES EARLY. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO FIGHT BACK? “It was a long day, but overall a decent weekend for the Miller Lite Ford. It wasn’t really two pit penalties, it was two NASCAR penalties and I’m not sure I really know what happened there. The team guys can probably give you a better answer, but we fought back really well. At the end I think we were capable of winning the race with a really fast car, even with the right side door torn up. I guess we had a little contact there when the 48 was spinning, so it shows how fast we were today. We had great pit stops, but just didn’t bring home the win. But we’re really close and been really strong and consistent lately, which is something we’re proud of.”
DESCRIBE THE WAINING LAPS AND THE STRATEGY. “We were awful strong we just needed some more laps and a little more time. I think we might have had a shot at it. It was a pretty strong weekend. The last four or five weeks have been strong runs. We have a bunch of seconds and thirds. Not quite the win we wanted but a lot to be proud of.” YOUR TEAM BATTLED BACK TODAY. “It is not quite the finish we want but definitely a lot of good effort from our team.”
YOUR TEAM BATTLED BACK TODAY. “It is not quite the finish we want but definitely a lot of good effort from our team.”
WAS THE PENALTY FROM NASCAR FRUSTRATING? “Of course it is frustrating. I don’t know what they saw so it is not really fair for me to say anything about that. I can tell you that every car I saw had some body modifications on it after pit stops out there today. I don’t know if ours was more egregious or even if we had one. That is for the team guys to really answer. Of course it is frustrating. You don’t want to have to come from the back. Almost got back to the front, just came up a little short. A lot of great effort for our team. We needed a tiny bit more left. I could have used a 500 mile race but that might not be the most popular opinion in the garage but it is for me today.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion
“We battled hard today. I got us behind by getting that damage. I rallied back a little bit with some good pit strategy by Todd Gordon and the guys on the box. We were able to rally through on the restarts. The restarts are fun. You will half of them and lose half of them. I had a couple winners and a few losers. Once you get through the restarts it kind of is what it is. It was a fuel mileage game at the end to try to save enough to stay where we were but not give up any spots. Nobody ran out though.”
LANDON CASSILL, No. 38 MDS Transport Ford Fusion – Accident Quotes
“They just started wrecking in front of me so I went low to miss them and it looked like the 10 shot down the race track and clipped my right rear and just hooked me into the fence. I didn’t really see what started the wreck but it is just a shame when you don’t get through them.” WHAT HAVE THE RESTARTS BEEN LIKE TODAY? “They are pretty crazy. It has to be entertaining for sure.”
