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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Brian Scott stood beside his car on pit road at Homestead-Miami Speedway satisfied but not thrilled. And somewhat emotional.
Scott finished fourth in his No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet and made a respectable run to be up front in the waning laps of Saturday’s Ford EcoBoost 300 season finale only to finish fourth — behind two Sprint Cup regulars.
Scott is confident he can win these races and is not satisfied with top-five finishes. The most immediate big issue is “if” he will take another fulltime shot in these ranks next year.
“Just trying to get all the horsepower I could out of this Chevy Camaro,” Scott said after the race. “I needed every trick that we had to beat those guys. I was just trying really hard on those restarts to get clean air and see if I could block. The right car won the race. The four-two (No. 42 of Kyle Larson) was unbelievably fast.
“We’re disappointed and obviously not where we should have been in the points. We decided after a couple mechanical failures and some wrecks of my doing that we weren’t going to win the championship so we wanted to win races. That hurt our consistency but we’ve led a lot of laps at different tracks and qualified up front consistently. Those are things I’m really proud of. I’m kind of sad it’s all over with.”
The big question going forward is whether it’s over, paused, or about to reinvigorate. Both Scott and his wife Whitney Kay have been genuinely dismayed about the uncertainly.
His wife tweeted out a photo via Instagram in the closing laps:
It’s a bittersweet weekend here for us! So proud of my hubs for always having a smile on his face… https://t.co/e7u9SLgcIj
— whitney kay scott (@whitneykay_) November 21, 2015
Scott essentially agreed that he would seek sponsors, work and rely on his faith during this uncertainty.
“There are plans, but the plans are we’re still working on it,” Scott said. “I’ve just been praying a lot and putting the faith in the good Lord whatever direction he wants me to go in.
“We will just keep working on it and see if anything happens and opens up.
Just praying a lot as a family and for the right opportunity to open up and lead us along.”
His current team owner Richard Childress was non-committal after the race, but remained hopeful.
“Not right now, but we’re going to be working on him,” Childress said when asked about a potential deal for his driver. “I like Brian. I think he can win races.
“We don’t know yet (if he’ll be back). We’re still talking.”