RCR Post Race Report – Dover 400

“We finished 16th and missed the Round of 12 by just four points. Truthfully, I put it back on myself in Chicago. I got a speeding penalty there where we were going to get stage points and a top 10 run and that just kind of crushed our points situation.  Today was more luck than anything when the No. 33 spun out and put us two laps down. I had to take the wave around and we fought out of that hole to get back on to the lead lap. The No. 17 (Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.) played the strategy right and got the stage points. We were racing him pretty much the rest of the day.  So, we tried some more strategy stuff by staying out there at the end on older tires and we didn’t get the caution.  Congratulations to the No. 17 team for moving on to the next round.  Our AAA team will just keep working hard and see if we can’t get a win by the end of the year and come back stronger next year. I’m proud of my guys. They fought hard. I would have liked to battle down to the end with the No. 31. But, that first caution kind of killed our day right there.”

 

“We gave it all we had today, but unfortunately, we just weren’t good enough. It’s as simple as that. We got snookered on that pit sequence there where the No. 17 took advantage of it, got some points and that’s all it took. I want to thank Waste Masters Solutions for coming on board and sponsoring us this weekend. We just didn’t have what it took. You cannot run like we have the last three races and expect to transfer in and compete for a championship. We have some work to do to build upon next year and we’ll do all we can to improve.”