{"id":28491,"date":"2023-03-01T09:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/?p=28491"},"modified":"2023-03-01T09:58:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T14:58:30","slug":"nextera-energy-250-nascar-craftsman-truck-series-full-race-replay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/16\/2023\/03\/nextera-energy-250-nascar-craftsman-truck-series-full-race-replay\/","title":{"rendered":"NextEra Energy 250 | NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Full Race Replay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NextEra Energy 250 | NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Full Race Replay\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eqb2nCcz7qY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ARE YOU THE FAVORITE FOR THE TITLE THIS YEAR?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s so early.&nbsp;Honestly, we should have scored some stage points there, but we\u2019re locked in the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOW DOES THIS WEEKEND FEEL WITH THE CUP RACE TOO?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s just been a huge week.&nbsp;It\u2019s so busy going from my F-150 to my Mustang.&nbsp;It\u2019s been such an awesome experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 Mold-Armor\/Menard\u2019s Ford F-150<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 \u201cI ran in the top five pretty much all night, but we had somebody that was leading that second lane on the outside in front of me that didn\u2019t quite know what to do.&nbsp;He wouldn\u2019t drive back to me and he sank us back to ninth and I hate it because I know I would have got back up front.&nbsp;At the end of the day, we had a very fast&nbsp;truck&nbsp;all night long and ran in the top five.&nbsp;If you run in the top five, you\u2019ll win some races and I\u2019m really looking forward to this year because you\u2019ll see this Menard\u2019s Ford F-150 back up front again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BEN RHODES, No. 99 Clark\u2019s Pump-N-Shop Ford F-150<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 \u201cThe accident took away our best chance, but we still had a good chance because my guys got it sealed up really good with bearer bond and it looks like drywall screws.&nbsp;They got really creative and I couldn\u2019t tell a difference.&nbsp;I was out there drafting and we made it all the way back up to the front again before we came in and pitted for a few more repairs when some of the bearer bond came loose.&nbsp;All in all, I felt like we had a really good Clark\u2019s Pump-N-Shop F-150.&nbsp;It was very stable.&nbsp;I looked more stable than the other people that were around me.&nbsp;I felt like I was racier for that reason.&nbsp;The draft is the draft here.&nbsp;It\u2019s just the wild Daytona.&nbsp;I just wish we were able to get some long runs together and capitalize on getting some stage points.&nbsp;We just had a mix of a lot of bad things happen for us tonight, and I wouldn\u2019t say that any of it was any fault of our own, it was just racing conditions and circumstances that are Daytona.&nbsp;I\u2019m ready to get to the next racetrack now.&nbsp;I\u2019m hungrier than ever.&nbsp;When you have a race like this where you feel like you didn\u2019t even get to go out and perform, the next race can\u2019t get here fast enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HAILIE DEEGAN, No. 13 Ford Performance F-150&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 \u201cI saw the 84 sideways and that was pretty much that.&nbsp;I saw him going down the track, so I went up.&nbsp;It was a split-second decision.&nbsp;You just go right or left and they ended up bouncing back up off another&nbsp;truck, so it is what it is.&nbsp;We know that Daytona is one of those races where you either finish in the top 10 or you end up on the trailer home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>YOU SEEMED COMPETITIVE IN THE FIRST STAGE.&nbsp;DOES THIS STING MORE?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI think it hurts even more than any of them have because of the fact we were running really good.&nbsp;My&nbsp;truck&nbsp;had killer speed.&nbsp;We ran good with some of the other guys and I just think we could have had a good one.&nbsp;I mean, it\u2019s superspeedway racing.&nbsp;A lot of people have a good&nbsp;truck&nbsp;or a good car here and end up in one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>THE COMMUNICATION SEEMED GOOD WITH THE TEAM.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cYeah, it was great.&nbsp;All of those guys, we\u2019ve been doing a lot of work together during the offseason and just getting to know each other and each other\u2019s style of how they talk and what they want from me during these races, and kind of what to expect.&nbsp;I think we all set some really good goals and I was really looking forward to showing my ability, but I think I came into this weekend with the mindset that if it goes good, great.&nbsp;If it doesn\u2019t, don\u2019t let it affect the rest of the season.&nbsp;For me, where we really see is Vegas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HOW WAS IT WORKING WITH YOUR TEAMMATES?<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cIt\u2019s awesome.&nbsp;I love my new teammates.&nbsp;They\u2019re great.&nbsp;They\u2019re super helpful.&nbsp;You can tell it\u2019s a really tight team and a tight organization.&nbsp;I worked with Ben at the IMSA race and he was great and he\u2019s a great teammate.&nbsp;They\u2019ve all be super open with information and just wanting to help me, which is really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IT LOOKED LIKE YOU HAD NOWHERE TO GO, BUT HOW WAS THE 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