It’s been 14 years since Ford hasn’t won within the first nine races of any season.
Brad Keselowski’s runner-up finish behind Chase Elliott in double overtime at Terxas was the fourth time Ford has finished second this season in NASCAR Cup.Through nine of 36 points races, Chevrolet leads among the manufacturers with six wins, while Toyota has three.The good news for NASCAR’s legion of Ford fans is that a Mustang Dark Horse was second in last weekend’s Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway. Ironically, the bad news is that a Dark Horse Mustang was second in Texas.
Ford had two top-five finishers at Atlanta, another at Las Vegas, three at Phoenix, and one each at Bristol, Richmond, Martinsville, and Fort Worth. Meanwhile, Chevy’s battle-tested Camaro and Toyota’s new SXE model have divided the first nine victories, six wins for Chevy, three for Toyota.Travis Geisler is the long-time competition director for Team Penske’s stock cars.
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