2015 Race 4 - Daytona (Dollar General Daytona 200)

Top: Oppenheimer, Sauer's Crew Chief, Lapinski
Flop: Hard to say really, probably Ricardo Blanco for creating both wrecks.

Sidenote: Might be the best commentary I've done on a video. Got pretty shaky at the end but I thought I did well for the most part.

Sauer "Salty" After Second Place Finish

"That's a good one" Greg Sauer said with some laughs as I told him fans have been saying he may be "salty" on FaceSpace, a term that essentially means the same thing as rattled, as a joke as his name sounds like "sour". "I'm a little salty I guess. Feel it for my crew, especially [Crew Chief] Chad Gaffney, he made the fantastic calls I got all day and they played out great, almost perfect. Can't thank him and my team enough. We had it won, 99 just got a great run on the bottom entering the tri-oval. Great job to him and congrats to his team."

Jates, Hendricks Furious with Ricardo Blanco

Alex Jates and Ted Hendricks had one thing in common leaving Daytona: They were both taken out or almost taken out, by sophomore Opp, Inc. driver Ricardo Blanco. Jates had choice words for him. "The guy took me out 3 times last year and is already trying to continue it this year. I'm telling you, nobody likes this guy anymore. He tears up racecars week in and week out, it's ridiculous, I can't stand it anymore. Granted, he didn't finish the job on me, but he took out 20 plus cars in the process. I don't see how anyone can like this guy anyway. And no, before you ask I won't "talk" to him, I've tried, it only results in getting wrecked again."

Ted Hendricks wasn't too pleased either. After having a couple of strong runs at Daytona in the past, this one was shaping up to be the same until the third yellow of the race. "It's just a matter of guys being to aggressive out there. It's really too bad, because I truly thought this was a race we could win. Next thing you know I'm flying through the grass, hard on the brakes but there was nothin' I could do. I'm feeling for the guys I plowed into, but we can't focus the blame on me there, that was all Dick White (referring to Blanco's name translated to English)."

Mikael Carter: "It's a shame we were taken out, I thought we could win. It's been so close yet so far for us this year. We're close, I'm 100% sure we'll get that win we've desperately needed this year. Possibly next week at SoBo."

Averell, despite top 20, frustrated with season thus far
"I know we can be better than 30th in the standings, but here we are, barely hanging on. We need to do better, I need to do better."

Lester, Juveno caught up in trouble and finish poorly, not happy with results

Casey Lester: Just a tough day for these guys. We had a great car, but people just decided to wreck around me and I had nowhere to go. Then the next wreck, Jefferson had to turn his car around right in front of me, but it wasn't completely his fault. I'm just frustrated that we didn't get a result we deserved, but it happens.

Barry Juveno: People need ta pull they heads outta they asses. Not gon' say any more.

3 of the C-S cars involved in massive wreck

Black, Crompton, and Smith all got caught up in the big one on lap 14.  Smith and Black both dropped out of the race and finished 38th and 42nd, respectively.  Smith was a bit angry at his competitors.

"I actually hit the brakes. Don't understand why those behind me couldn't manage to do so.  Had a fun ride though. Nothing like Mario's though."



Crompton was able to continue on and finished 18th. After his comments from Delaware about his disdain for midfield runs,  he could not be reached  for comment.



Josh Mertz finished 9th, leading the team.



Casey Anderson had a strong run, just missing out on a top 10.

"I'm pleased with the finish, a solid 11th. Shame we lost the pack we might've had a chance to join that crapshoot for the win."