DANNY O’QUINN, JR. FINISHES 23RD AT KENTUCKY SPEEDWAY
Danny O’Quinn, Jr. and the No. 50 Barr-Nunn Transportation Ford Fusion
SPARTA, KY (June 17, 2006) - Danny O’Quinn, Jr. and
the No. 50 Barr-Nunn Transportation Team did not anticipate
qualifying 5th for the Meijers 300 after having motor problems
during practice, and they definitely did not anticipate the
obstacles that they would run into during the 200 lap race.
O’Quinn, Jr. was running in the top-5 when he came in for his first pit stop on lap 25. After getting four tires, fuel and a track bar adjustment he tried to exit his pit stall when the No. 28 car cut in to the box in front him colliding with the right front of the No. 50 Barr-Nunn Ford Fusion.
O’Quinn, Jr. was forced back down pit road four more times over the next 12 laps, most of which were under caution, to access damage.
After diagnosing the car as “as good as new,” according to crew chief, Drew Blickensderfer, O’Quinn, Jr. headed back out onto the track in 38th position.
By lap 84 the No. 50 car was back up front and in 13th place. O’Quinn, Jr. came down pit road on lap 105 for a green flag pit stop. While in the pits the caution flag came out and O’Quinn, Jr. returned to the field in 34th place and no longer on the lead lap.
On lap 123, the No. 50 Barr-Nunn team heard their driver utter the words that no team wants to hear, “I think I might have a flat!” Luckily this was not the case, but unfortunately O’Quinn, Jr. was never able to get back on the lead lap and up front again.
“We had a tough night,” said O’Quinn, Jr.. “We definitely did not finish where we would have liked or where we were capable of finishing. We had a great car. We qualified well. We made good stops. We just got into a little trouble in a few spots and ended up a couple of laps down. We came back hard and ended up in the top-25 so we’re just going to have to live with that and look ahead to Milwaukee.”
O’Quinn, Jr. finished two laps down and in 23rd place.
“Tonight’s race was not what we anticipated at all,” said crew chief Drew Blickensderfer. “There were just so many things that made this race really out of the ordinary. We had a few set backs throughout the evening, but I am really proud of my team and especially Danny. He really did a great job despite everything and really held up his end of the bargain.”
Danny O’Quinn, Jr. will compete next in the AT&T 250 at the Milwaukee Mile on June 24th. O’Quinn, Jr. is currently 20th in the Busch Series points standings.
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