Team Penske enjoyed their second victory in the Sprint Cup races that are held in Daytona and Ford Performance went on to register its third win on the 2.5 mile super-speedway in the last 5 cup point events.
Not only this, Ford was able to place as many as four in the top five positions on Saturday. Here is the remaining three's standings:
- Trevor Bayne ran third for Roush Fenway Racing – it was his first podium finish after he won the 2011 Daytona 500
- Joey Logano was fourth – he has also won 2015 Daytona 500
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. came in fifth
Team Roush Fenway Racing
Ford and Team Penske are known to throw their weight around but Team Roush Fenway Racing was a surprise even for Ford. Greg Biffle, when he started he was at the pole position and was able to finish at the eight position after number 16 car unfortunately got involved in a 22 car wreck on lap 90.
This is the first time that as many as three Roush Ford cars have finish in the top ten positions, since the last time it happened in August race at Bristol Motor Speedway in the year 2014.
Biffle in an interview said that the night was really rough after they got involved in that unfortunate wreck. After getting shuffled out of the line, they had to work their way up once again which proved to be an uphill task. The damage was pretty severe however they managed to make a comeback of sort and finish eighth. Talking about the Ford EcoBoost Fusion, he was all praise and said it ran really well but that he also noted that there is still a lot of work to be done.
The Engine
Roger Penske, the owner of the winning team, said that engines by Roush Yates were solely responsible for the win. Doug Yates, the owner of the Roush Yates Engines, further added that hard work and pure dedication from his employees at Roush Yates was responsible for the win.
Yates further added that leadership qualities shown by Raj Nair who is the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) and Dave Pericak who is the director of Ford Performance, and the inspiration that they have proved to be for the employees really mattered.
This inspired everyone to step up their game and work harder than ever before. They had given all the resources that they needed to make this happen and that it was a team effort.
Yates further added that the win is really special because it is Brad Keselowski's first win ever at the Daytona, and also because the name Yates was kept in the Victory Lane.
Engines by Yates were responsible for four out of the five wins of Keselowski's restrictor plate wins that powered his cars. Doug Yates takes extreme pride in his team's performance and accomplishments, and if you take a look at his family's long standing history, this is nothing to be surprised of.
Yates further added that the win by Aric at the Xfinity was special as well. He was really impressed by Fred Biagi and Bill Denbeske whom he thought to be standout guys. Talking about Jack, Yates said that he was happy with the progress they were making in the arena. Not a bad deal. This time, the plan worked as it normally does at Ford!
