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Logano's 5th Place Effort Paces Ford Nationwide Race Results

FORD FINISHING ORDER
5th       Joey Logano
9th       Trevor Bayne
13th     Ryan Reed
18th     Dakoda Armstrong
34th     Chris Buescher

FORD RACING NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES POST RACE QUOTES

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Snap-On Ford Mustang – “I had a really fast car. It was a car that was probably capable of winning. On the restart I got into the back of somebody and knocked the nose in a little bit and the 9 and Kyle Larson were racing each other and got loose in front of me and I ran into the back of him again. Once that happened it split the nose from the hood and we lost a ton of downforce and handling went right down the drain there. We put on tires at the end and hoped for the best. It is a bummer. I felt like we had a fast car and just got our nose knocked in a bit.”

THE RESTART SEEMED TO BE THE KEY, LIKE IT ALWAYS IS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO BE GOOD ON THE RESTART? “There is always a late race caution. You have to be able to restart well and go fast and the 9 car did that tonight. That was a pretty impressive restart.”

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 60 Ford Mustang 50th Anniversary Mustang – WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? “You know, we are racing hard and everything but I really thought we would have a little more give and take this early in the race I guess. Our 50th Anniversary Mustang was pretty good and I think everyone saw in practice and qualifying that we had a good race car. I had a little hiccup early and we were coming back and biding our time. It is really unfortunate. This is not how we need to go out and it isn’t the way I like to race. I am hoping to get a little smarter race out there. I feel like I gave a lot of guys a lot of room early and I guess I was hoping for the same back. When you are on the outside getting into one, you are kind of at the mercy of somebody below you. It is unfortunate. These guys are going to work really hard to get this thing back going and hopefully we can get back out there and salvage some points.”

 

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