Ford Racing NASCAR: Luke Baldwin Charlotte Truck Series Accident Quotes

LUKE BALDWIN, No. 2 Gap Year at Lodestar Ford F-150 – “We lost the engine off of four and I just tried to get out as quickly as possible.  It was gonna be kind of a blue collar day all day because on lap two or three I think we had a tire start to go down and I just had to chase it into the fence.  We were working on it.  The guys were working their tails off to try to get me an opportunity to finish the race finally and I hate it for them.  They’ve worked way too hard these past few weeks and have given me really good race tracks.  It’s just a lot of bad luck or me letting them down or whatever it is, but it’s been a really hard year for our whole group and myself, whether it’s Truck racing or not.  I’ll say the same thing as we have the last few weeks and that’s just keep our heads up and move forward and work harder at it and be better in the future.” A LOT OF SMOKE.  WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND?  “That was a first for me.  I’ve never been on fire and never had a huge grenade like that, so I just tried not to breathe it in and unhook everything that’s hooked up in the truck.  I tried getting out with the wheel on.  I just tried to calm down and slow things down and get out of the truck as fast as possible, but, obviously it’s the first time I’ve ever been in that situation, but I felt like I did OK and got out.  I’ve got just a little cough, but we’ll be alright in the next couple of hours. Ford Racing PR