Ryan Preece reacts to coming simply 0.022s shy of first Cup win at Talladega

After a deal got here collectively late in 2024 to place Ryan Preece in a 3rd RFK Racing entry for 2025, few would have anticipated to see Preece problem for a number of wins early within the season. In a latest interview with Motosport.com, Preece even revealed that he was critically contemplating a transfer again dwelling because the spots on the Cup Sequence grid started to fill.

However Preece is not going wherever, particularly after Sunday’s displaying at Talladega. For the primary time in his profession, he now has a number of top-five finishes in a single season, and this 12 months is just ten races previous. After ending third at Las Vegas, he introduced dwelling a career-best second at Talladega — but it surely was so near being a lot extra.

Nonetheless winless, however getting nearer

It was a nail-biting end with Preece drag-racing eventual race winner Austin Cindric to the lead, however Cindric had the benefit of a draft from lapped automobiles straight forward of him that supplied the mandatory edge. On the line, the margin was a mesly 0.022s, and so Preece is now 0-197 in his NASCAR Cup Sequence profession.

“I am comfortable however as a racer, you need to win,” admitted Preece. “I felt like coming via the tri-oval, we’re all staying collectively and nobody was actually leaving me. I want I did not need to shade up a lot and possibly side-draft Austin [Cindric] to tug him again.”

Thanking all of his companions, Preece then added: “With out this chance, I would in all probability be again in Connecticut racing Modifieds. So, this one is for the modified crowd.” Preece is a extremely profitable racer in NASCAR’s Modified division, incomes a championship there in 2013.

Preece’s robust run leaves him solidly thirteenth within the standings, above each of his senior RFK Racing teammates — neither of which made it past the primary stage at Talladega.

Talking extra on the end later, Preece believes he and his No. 60 workforce “did all we might. I felt like we executed Stage 3 precisely like we would have liked to. We got here out within the entrance of our group and labored our method via that site visitors. We had the chance to get to the highest lane after which from there it was simply managing these automobiles behind us and never giving up what we gained. I’m actually pleased with all people at RFK for this race automobile … It’s an incredible day, however I wished to win.”