DAVID GILLILAND – No. 35 Front Row Motorsports Ford Fusion – DID THE WRECK AT THE END TAKE YOU OUT OF WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO AT THE END? “Our car just didn’t have enough speed. We kind of lost that front group and got behind and then with it going green the whole time – we had a good pit stop and got on and off pit road good, but it just wasn’t quite enough.”
Greg Biffle and his Roush Fenway teammates started at the rear of the field for the first of two 60-lap Duel’s to set the field for the Daytona 500 due to changing a rear gear after qualifying. The trio worked together to keep up with the draft throughout the race. In the end, Biffle crossed the finish line eighth with an intact Daytona 500 KFC Nashville Hot Ford. The eighth-place finish lines Biffle up 15th for the Daytona 500.
After leading the Roush Fenway Racing qualifying efforts on Sunday by posting the fifth overall fastest time, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. had to drop to the rear of the field due to gear change after Wednesday’s practice. After restarting 16th with 12 laps remaining in the 60 lap race, Stenhouse Jr. teamed up with teammate Greg Biffle and took the checkered flag in the 10th position of the first of two Can-Am Duels at Daytona International Speedway.
RYAN BLANEY POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE “We were locked in before but it is kind of nice to feel like we raced our way in. We had a really fast race car and we had our couple of problems early in the race which got us a lap down and luckily we got a caution at the right point which got us back on the lead lap to where we can go racing for it. "
The Roush Fenway Racing trio of Trevor Bayne, Greg Biffle and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., posted fast speeds again on Tuesday, this time in the opening session of practice for tomorrow nights Can-Am Duels. The trio, who have struggled with consistent speed and handling issues the past two seasons, spoke about the confidence being built in the organization by their on-track performances here in Daytona.
TY DILLON, NO. 95 CHEERIOS CHEVROLET SS - Involved in multi-car crash in Turn 2 - WHAT HAPPENED? “The oil cooler cracked. I really hate it for those guys behind us. It’s just one of those weird situations. I hate that it tore-up race cars. I couldn’t do anything to make it any different."
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history at Daytona International Speedway ... Dating back to 1976, Richard Childress Racing has won 11 poles and collected five points-paying victories at the most-storied race track on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit.
Great Clips, the world’s largest hair salon brand, will sponsor the Feb. 27 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The event will be named the Great Clips 200.
Heading into the 2016 season opening Daytona 500 the No.32 C&J Energy Services Go Fas Racing(GFR) team will head south to the "The Sunshine State" with 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) Champion Bobby Labonte for the 58th annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, FL.
Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Wurth Ford Mustang Dark Horse team turned in their fifth-consecutive top-10 finish - and 12th on the season to tie for the Cup Series lead - in Sunday's inaugural Anduril 250 on Naval Base Coronado.
Corey Heim executed a perfect late race pass on 23XI and Toyota teammate Tyler Reddick to notch his first career NASCAR Cup Series win Sunday afternoon in the inaugural San Diego Street Race at Naval Base Coronado.
The reigning Craftsman Truck Series champion from Marietta, Georgia, became the 209th competitor to win in the Cup Series division after he outdueled teammate Tyler Reddick with three laps remaining.
