Ford Racing 2013 NSCS Sprint Unlimited Post-Race Recaps

Ford Racing

GREG BIFFLE (No. 16 3M Ford Fusion) – FINISHED 2^nd

DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR HARVICK AT THE END? “I felt like I did. The 3M Ford Fusion really was strong all night. It seemed like some cars were better than we were and we will work on our stuff for the 500. I had a run on him at the top there and he closed the door. Kevin did what he had to do to win that race. I didn’t think there was room to stick it in there. I thought we would end up wrecked. I looked in the mirror but didn’t have any help. I was against his bumper but couldn’t do anything. I am happy to come home second. I have been so close so many times here at Daytona. It would feel nice to win one.”

ARIC ALMIROLA (No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion) – FINISHED 6^th

“We will take that. I learned some stuff. We weren’t in a very good position there those first two segments. I was a little disappointed but Todd (Parrott) made quite a few adjustments that last segment and we got our car a lot better. Track position meant a lot tonight and for whatever reason the top was the place to be and it was hard to make anything happen on the bottom. I tried to be real patient and stay in line and not do anything stupid.”

WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE NEXT SUNDAY IF THE SUN IS OUT? “It will be crazy. Absolutely. 100-percent. What a wild race that will be. The cars are a handful in the draft. It will be fun though. It will be important to get our Smithfield Ford Fusion driving fast and driving well.”

JOEY LOGANO (No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion) – FINISHED 3^rd

TAKE US THROUGH THE FINAL LAPS “You got that single car freight train running up against the wall and you had to wonder when we were going to go and make it happen. It is hard to make a move with these cars and the runs aren’t big enough. The old car had a really big run and these cars don’t have a huge run. You are trying to get everyone to form up and tighten up and everyone is trying to do the same thing. I just checked up a little on the front stretch and made my move from seventh and I knew it wasn’t enough to get to the front but I knew the 20 was fast and he would push me along. We made the best of it. I wish I had a little better track position toward the end of the race, maybe we could have given it a better run.”

CARL EDWARDS (No. 99 FASTENAL Ford Fusion) – FINISHED 12^th

“We didn’t wreck the car which is big. We dodged that first wreck. We had a couple things that were bugs and it was good to work them out in this race. We had a problem with the jack on the left side on our pit stop and we had the right side window come out of the car. We learned a little bit and there was some strategy going on out there tonight and I learned a little for the 500. It was a good day.”

WHAT WERE THE CARS LIKE OUT THERE TONIGHT? “If it is sunny for the 500 this is going to be one hell of a race. It is going to be sliding around and going to be very tough and that is what we like.”

GREG BIFFLE POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE

“I thought about sticking it in there and it just didn’t look like it was going to work to me. It looked like it would be sparks and parts flying. He shut the door on the top. That is what Kevin needed to do to win the race. I looked in the mirror and didn’t have anyone pushing me. I figured someone might give me a shove and I could try something else. We learned a little bit and we have a ways to go in our 500 car to try to be competitive on Sunday for the 500.”

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU CONSIDER THE BLOCK HE MADE ON YOU PART OF THE GAME. “Yeah, really it is. Joey gave me a big shove and I tried to stay in line. I didn’t chase Kevin downhill and I got a huge run. Kevin was just barely clear of me when he came back up in front of me. When he came back up I had a little momentum so it sucked me up to his bumper. I was pushing him about as hard as I think I could and he could still drive it. I slid to the top on him and it was borderline whether there was enough room there. He was kind of moving up to block and you wish you would have tried it and kinda glad you didn’t. If we are both wrecked and in a pile of parts then neither of us get anything out of it. I was about 99-percent sure that is what was going to happen. Once you are moving up in the corner and then a guy sticks his nose right in there the air pushes the back of your car the wrong way. He was going to go up against the fence. I have been there a hundred times. There is no way that move was going to work. I was still against his bumper and was going to try to go to the bottom but there was nobody behind me at that point. These cars get separated pretty quick.”

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