Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Mustang, passed nine cars and survived a green-white-checkered restart in the closing laps to earn an 11th-place finish in the 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
This marks the fourth consecutive year Mustang has won a NASCAR Nationwide Series championship, winning two driver’s and two owner’s titles in that span.
OWNER CHAMPIONSHIP PRESS CONFERENCE – JEREMY BULLINS
JEREMY BULLINS, crew chief, No. 22 Hertz Ford Mustang – TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WINNING THIS OWNERS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR TEAM PENSKE? “I think the things we have talked about this week that gets lost a little with the owners championship is it is a team championship."
With Kyle Larson’s third-place finish in the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Chevrolet clinched the Manufacturers’ Championship in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. The 2014 achievement marks the 16th time the Bowtie Brand has captured the prestigious Bill France Performance Cup.
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Discount Tire Ford Mustang - Finished: 4th “We had a good night. Towards the middle part of the race we were really good and we got the lead and it was really going good. I was really happy with our car."
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returned for its annual visit to Homestead-Miami Speedway for the season finale event. Both Red Horse Racing Trucks posted top-10 speeds during the first practice session at the 1.5-mile race track on Thursday afternoon, and returned to the southern Florida facility on Friday for knock-out qualifying.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What happened at the end of the practice session? "Just trying to get a tire sheet late and missed the line and went through the grass. It was pretty exciting for a little while."
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, spoke with Ford Racing following the final Cup practice session Saturday afternoon at Homestead Miami Speedway. Logano finished seventh in the final session, fastest among the Championship 4, and spoke about his team’s final preparations and what the next 24 hours look like.
DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE BALANCE OF THE CAR AFTER THE TWO PRACTICE SESSIONS TODAY?
“Yeah, we struggled getting the balance right. And I don’t think we’ve really hit it exactly where we need it to be yet. So, we’ll go back through the stuff that everybody did on our cars and definitely try to improve for tomorrow.”
Everything is bigger in Texas, even modest days. Roush Fenway Keseleowski (RFK) Racing didn’t score the Circuit of the America’s (COTA) win, but there was victory in the way its three teams raced.
