Ford Racing Notes and Quotes
NASCAR Cup Series
Xfinity 500 — Martinsville Speedway
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Ford Finishing Results:
4th – Josh Berry
15th – Todd Gilliland
18th – Joey Logano
19th – Zane Smith
23rd – Ryan Preece
24th – Chris Buescher
26th – Noah Gragson
27th – Brad Keselowski
35th – Ryan Blaney
36th – Austin Cindric
37th – Josh Bilicki
JOSH BERRY, No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “It was really fun. The car was really solid all day. We just needed a little bit of track position and needed to get up to the front a little bit sooner. Overall, the car was really solid. I just want to thank these guys, everybody at Wood Brothers and Team Penske, Ford Racing for everything they do for us. I’m just glad to have another good run.” WHAT HAPPENED WITH YOU AND RYAN BLANEY? “Obviously, Ryan got into me pretty good there and I got up out of the groove just trying to save it and we got together.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “We kind of had them where we wanted them. They were trying to give it to us and we gave it right back, so just frustrating is what it is. You win as a team and lose as a team and today we’re gonna lose as a team. It just stings when you do that. When we look at the last couple of weeks the opportunity was there at the end of those races to do it. We’re out of it now, which stings. On one hand, you look at the comeback we had from the regular season and have a chance to win a championship all down to one race to go. That’s something to be proud of, but, at the same time, it’s really easy to find 60-plus points sitting on the table over the last three or four weeks. It is what it is. That’s racing for you. We’ll move on.” WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE? YOU HAVE A NEW CAR COMING IN 2027. “There are plenty of positives, you just got me in a negative moment after just getting out of the car. Our Mustangs are getting faster, which is great. We showed that we can be in contention at almost every track now, so those have been good gains. We’ll see what the new SC is gonna be like next year. I’m kind of excited to see what that is, but we still have one more race to try to win and we can still get to second in points, which would be an accomplishment. I’m pretty sure there’s some kind of money involved with that, so let’s go get it.”
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang Dark Horse – WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE 21? “We were definitely getting better. The first stage we weren’t great, but that run where that happened I thought we finally got pretty good. I was passing some cars and really running kind of the front group down a little bit, so I felt like we made good gains. The deal in three and four, I just barely accidentally bumped the 21 and he decided to slam on the brakes and end our day. I don’t really know why after just a tiny little bit of contact, not even on purpose. He just lost his mind and unfortunately it ended our day.”
