Chase Briscoe / Ford Performance Ford Mustang Recap:
– Briscoe started 11th and raced to seventh by the end of Stage 1 to collect four points.
– The No. 98 Ford Performance Mustang started and finished Stage 2 in the fifth position to score six additional points.
– Briscoe started the final stage in fourth and raced his way up to third by a caution on Lap 146.
– The team came to pit road for four tires and fuel, picking up a position on pit road to restart second on Lap 150.
– Briscoe was pushed to the lead on the restart and held it until coming to pit road under caution on Lap 168.
– The Ford Performance Mustang restarted from the second position on Lap 169 after the No. 1 car stayed out.
– Briscoe immediately raced his way back to the lead on Lap 169 and held it until contact from Christopher Bell as he was challenging for the lead brought out a caution flag on Lap 185.
– The No. 00 Ford came to pit road for repairs under caution and restarted 11th on Lap 191.
– Briscoe raced his way back to the sixth position by the following caution on Lap 193.
– He restarted fifth with five laps remaining and crossed the finish line in third.
– Briscoe led twice for 33 laps and was the highest finishing rookie.
– He scored his 12th top-five and 24th top-10 finish in 2019 and his first top-five finish in two career Xfinity Series starts.
Cole Custer / Production Alliance Group Ford Mustang Recap:
– Custer started fifth and raced up to the third position on the initial start.
– The No. 00 Production Alliance Group Mustang stayed out under caution on Lap 3.
– The No. 00 restarted third on Lap 12 and raced his way to the second position by the conclusion of Stage 1.
– Custer scored nine points in Stage 1, before coming to pit road for routine service at the end of the stage.
– The No. 00 Ford started second in Stage 2, and immediately raced to the lead by passing Christopher Bell.
– Custer scored the Stage 2 victory to pick up 10 points and a playoff point.
– The No. 00 team started the final stage from the second position, but reclaimed the lead on Lap 102.
– Custer had an issue on the Lap 150 restart and got shuffled back to the 11th position.
– The No. 00 Ford came to pit road under caution on Lap 163 for four tires and fuel before coming off pit road in the ninth position.
– Custer raced his way back to the third position when a caution flag waved for an incident between the leader and second-place car.
– Custer restarted from the lead on lap 188 and held it for two laps before getting shuffled back to the ninth position.
– The No. 00 Ford restarted ninth on lap 196 and crossed the finish line in 11th.
– Custer scored one stage win and led five times for a race-high 85 laps.
Next Up: O’Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2nd at 8:30 p.m. ET broadcast by NBCSN.
Chase Briscoe, driver of the No. 98 Ford Performance Ford Mustang:
“We had a really fast Ford Performance Mustang. I know I got tagged in the left rear by Bell but at the same time it felt like the 0 car was going to put me in the fence regardless. These last three races I feel like we have been the car to beat and all three slipped away due to stuff out of our control. It is encouraging that we finished third but we should be locked into Homestead and instead we are two points back.”
Cole Custer, driver of the No. 00 Production Alliance Group Ford Mustang:
““We had a really fast Production Alliance Group Ford Mustang. I wish we could have had an easier day. We had a really fast car and could have competed for a win but a lot of things went wrong. We went through one and two there and Reddick couldn’t hold his car on the bottom and washed us up into the fence. I just wasn’t very happy with it and was just going to tell him that and he went berserk on me. I guess that is part of it. I just wasn’t very happy with it. He just said, ‘Don’t touch me,’ then he started grabbing on me.”
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