Ford Racing Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
Cook Out 400 — Richmond Raceway
Saturday, August 15, 2026
JOEY LOGANO CONTINUES MUSTANG HOT STREAK WITH RICHMOND CUP WIN
- Joey Logano won his second race of 2026 today.
- This marks Ford’s third Cup win in the last five races.
- The win is Logano’s 39th of his Cup Series career and 37th with Ford.
- Those 37 wins put him third on the all-time Ford win list.
- Logano has now finished seventh or better in 13 of the last 17 Richmond races.
- Team Penske has won 111 times in the Cup series with Ford.
- Today’s win is Ford’s 752nd all-time in NASCAR Cup Series competition.
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – WHAT GAVE YOU THE EDGE TO WIN THAT RACE? “My team did a great job. The pressure was on everybody to make the right calls, to execute the runs, to have a good pit stop there. We were door-to-door pretty much onto pit road. That tested everything we had. I thought we were gonna be in good shape because the run before that we were a lot faster than the 19 right at the end, but we weren’t able to be the same amount of good as we wanted to be. This is the first time I’ve had all of my kids here for a win, so this is a real special one for our family. I’m looking forward to enjoying it.”
HOW SWEET IS THIS AFTER THE WAY THE SEASON STARTED? “It’s a great recovery so far. There’s a long way to go in the season, but we can see the front from here. We’ve still got a couple more to gain some more points to set ourselves up better.”
THE FANS LOVED THE BURNOUT IN VICTORY LANE. WHAT WAS THE DESIGN BEHIND THAT? “I just like doing burnouts. That’s really all there is to it. I thought it was a cool opportunity to do a burnout right here. I might get my hand slapped, but it was worth it.”
Ford Finishing Results:
1st – Joey Logano
3rd – Austin Cindric
8th – Josh Berry
13th – Ryan Blaney
17th – Ryan Preece
18th – Noah Gragson
21st – Chris Buescher
26th – Brad Keselowski
30th – Todd Gilliland
35th – Josh Bilicki
36th – Zane Smith
JOSH BERRY, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Mustang Dark Horse – “It was a decent night. I felt like we left a little bit out there. We just kind of that one restart I got tight and got jammed up behind the 48 and we were one of the last cars that stayed out there. That one didn’t work out, but, all in all, the car was pretty good. For getting trapped under yellow twice and waving around and all that, it was still a solid day with stage points. We’ll just go to New Hampshire and try to do better.”
WHEN YOU GOT THE CONTACT ON THAT ONE RESTART, DID THAT DAMAGE THE CAR? “I don’t know. We should have pitted, but we didn’t and the 48 kind of got on my outside. I got tight and then I just got ate up by the cars that had tires and then the race went green. Like I said, I’m a little disappointed with that, but nothing really went our way strategy-wise. We were always fighting from behind all night, but everybody still did a good job for another top 10.”
THAT’S THREE TOP 10S IN A ROW. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO SHOWCASE YOUR SKILLS? “Yeah, obviously, these are a lot of good tracks for us and me, but at least I can run good at some tracks I guess, people will say. A good stretch. I’m excited to get to Loudon.”
AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 2 Menards/Quaker State Ford Mustang Dark Horse – DID YOU HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF THE TIRES ALL NIGHT? “Yeah, that’s kind of the name of the game here, especially since they introduced this right side here last year. I thought that was one of our strengths. We could fire off good enough, but I thought I was one of the best cars, especially after about 30 laps. We were a little too good too late in the runs, but, overall, like I said, it was a much needed run for our Quaker State/Menards Ford Mustang.”
IS THIS THE MOST COMPLETE RACE FOR YOU THIS YEAR? “I feel like car performance-wise, for sure. You saw that from all four of our cars. Obviously, with Joey getting the win, the 21 was super strong all night and Ryan had pace, so I think it’s important for everyone in the company and we need to keep doing it.”
YOUR STRATEGY PAID OFF. “Yeah, absolutely, I mean I think from an execution standpoint but also just car speed all weekend. With the exception of qualifying really, I’m super proud of the race car and the package. Everybody at Team Penske, all four cars that came out of that building this week were super strong. I felt like I had a car that could have won tonight and we didn’t and that’s my only frustration, but as far as the big picture goes for the season, it was a very important night for us to capitalize on a good car.”
