FRM Post-Race Report – Fontana

Michael McDowell
No. 34 Love’s Travel Stops Ford Mustang
Started: 29th | Finished: 24th
It wasn’t a terrible day, we just didn’t quite have the speed that we needed. We were trying to extend our first run, but with the caution falling when it did, it kind of hurt us. Overall, everybody on our Love’s Travel Stops Ford team did a great job today. After the last couple of weeks, we really just needed to finish. But I’m looking forward to going short track racing next weekend at Martinsville Speedway and seeing what the weekend has in store.”
Matt Tifft
No. 36 Tunity/Surface Sunscreen Ford Mustang
Started: 32nd | Finished: 26th
We unfortunately got a bit behind this weekend in practice making a motor change, so we had to chase the balance a bit late in final practice and the race. Every change we made was a gain, and we certainly ended better than we had been all weekend. We had a goal of a top-25 and came one spot short, so we need to get just a bit better tying it all together. Looking forward to next weekend in Martinsville.”
David Ragan
No. 38 MDS Trucking Ford Mustang
Started: 19th | Finished: 25th
We took a big swing at the car on Saturday night and it didn’t work out in our favor. The car was really tight during the first run, but Seth and the team were able to make a lot of great adjustments to get it handling better. Unfortunately, when you start that far off in a 400-mile race without a lot of opportunities to work on it, you just get behind the eight-ball too quick. I felt like towards the end of the race our Ford was a lot better, but it was a little too late at that point. I’m looking forward to getting to a short track like Martinsville where aero won’t mean quite as much.

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