Preece and Keselowski Secure Top Five Finishes at Brickyard 400

Ford Unofficial Finishing Order4th – Ryan Preece5th – Brad Keselowski6th – Todd Gilliland7th – Ryan Blaney14th – Chris Buescher15th – Austin Cindric20th – Cole Custer22nd – Josh Berry31st – Zane Smith32nd – Joey Logano33rd – Noah Gragson34th – Josh Bilicki37th – Cody Ware
RYAN PREECE, No. 60 Castrol The Engine Ford Mustang Dark Horse โ€“ โ€For a car that doesnโ€™t have track position and is starting 23rd, being able to finish fourth and execute it through strategy and restarts, that shows we have a really strong core. I feel like, ultimately, the finish was a good ending for us.โ€
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Body Guard Ford Mustang Dark Horse โ€“ โ€œSolid day for us. We were in position. At certain points we showed a lot of speed. We needed to catch a few breaks to win, which is normal for this race. We didnโ€™t catch enough breaks but we caught some good breaks to finish in the top five with both RFK cars.โ€
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Delta Ford Mustang Dark Horse โ€“ โ€œYeah, we pieced together a good day. Starting towards the back, itโ€™s just hard to make up ground and pass, so we were trying to do the best job of strategy that we could. We made good moves to win the stage. I knew we were going to pay the price for it, but it was hard to give it up and nice when youโ€™re able to hang on like that. We just scratched and clawed and were able to finish seventh. It was a day where we werenโ€™t the best, but we made something happen, and those are the days that we should be proud of.โ€
TODD GILLILAND, No. 34 gener8tor Ford Mustang Dark Horse โ€“ โ€œItโ€™s crazy to finish sixth here last year and this year, itโ€™s chaotic for sure. Thereโ€™s a lot of stuff that went into that one. Obviously, we missed a lot of the wrecks at the end. I felt like we had a plan to put ourselves in a good spot and advance through the field in the end and thatโ€™s all you can do. Our car had a lot of speed when we needed it, so Iโ€™m happy for that and for our Front Row guys.โ€
โ€ŠJay Ward Global Ford Performance Motorsport Communications(+44) (0)7500 224191 jward35@ford.com
๏ปฟCampbell Marketing & Communications for Ford PerformanceNASCAR Communications at-track contacts:
Dan Zacharias | 336.918.4482 | dzacharias@campbellmarketing.comโ€Š

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