Ford Racing NASCAR: Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney Talladega Accident Quotes

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “They just started wrecking above me.  You’re kind of seeing it happen and hope they stay up there and you’re able to get by it.  The wreck started moving down the hill and there we were.  It’s just unfortunate.  That’s Talladega.  You start pushing and shoving.  We got to the point where we could start racing and not have to save fuel and we’ve proven with this car we can’t race each other without wrecking.  We got maybe 10 or 12 laps of racing in before we wrecked.  That’s about as far as I think we’ve ever gone.”  HOW DID YOU LIKE THE STRATEGY ELEMENT THAT GOT YOU TO THE FRONT IN STAGE 1?  “I enjoyed it.  I mean, it’s a crew chief’s game at that point and you’re just trying to do what they tell you to do.  It was interesting, I think.  I don’t know what it was from the fan’s perspective, but from inside the car it was interesting seeing how it all played out.  The team did a good job getting our Mustang able to get some stage points there, which that’s the only positive of today.  We probably got seven points on the day or whatever that is gonna be, so it’s not real good.” RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Wurth Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I feel like we all just got pinballing off each other there.  The 1 got up in front of me.  I was coming, so I’m kind of checking and trying to get on him OK, and it looked like the 23 got up in front of him while we were coming, and then we all just kind of got nose bumper tag there.  You’re trying to lift and stabilize it and the 23 ended up getting turned in front of everybody and causing a big wreck.  I don’t know.  It’s not like there’s any blame on anybody.  It’s what this thing is.  We see each other.  We all just kind of get bumping and banging and one guy eventually gets turned with the car being as unstable as it is.  It definitely stinks to be out early.”  HOW CHALLENGING IS IT WITH THE BUBBLE SENSATION BETWEEN THE BUMPERS?  “There’s no bubble.  You’re just ramming through the guy in front of you.  You have to be very precise with how you lift and drag brake to get on them gently.  There’s no bubble at all.  It’s just running through people.  You’re just trying to take care of the person in front of you and it’s hard to do.  We’re just all on top of each other and that’s what you get when you’re all on top of each other.”  IS THERE ANY MIDDLE GROUND YOU CAN FIND TO EITHER STOP SAVING FUEL OR RACE WITHOUT WRECKING?  “I don’t know.  I’m not sure.  Obviously, I would like a change to the race car.  I feel like we can be better at these speedways with just how the car races and try to be not as all on top of each other and just running through each other.  I obviously have my hand up to wanting to make a change because we’re either fuel saving or we’re running all over each other just because that’s what this car is and that’s how you go forward.  You’re just running through and it’s however hard you can push somebody.  The cars are pretty unstable in the back.  They get tank swapping or if you get ping-ponging they just can’t take it.  Hopefully, I don’t really see it changing this year at all.  I don’t think you can during the middle of the year.  You could, but I feel like hopefully that Speedweeks deal in January we can try a lot of stuff out.” Ford Racing PR