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Toyota Racing Post-Qualifying Quotes-Martin Truex Jr.-"I’d say 13th is a pretty good starting spot for the day we’ve had. We really didn’t get a crack at anything in practice and we didn’t have much time to get ready for qualifying and we were pretty far off. Made some good gains for sure. I wish we could have ran again. I definitely feel like I could pick up some more, we were pretty tight. We’ll start 13th and get to work tomorrow."

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How have you adapted to the new configuration of the race track? “As far as the race track itself goes, it’s the same as it was so your marks haven’t changed anything from when we were here in the spring just making laps. Turn one, turn two, turn three, turn four – they’re the same corners, they’re just in a different order now relative to the start-finish line. I don’t think any of that is any different for us drivers.”

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Auto Owners Insurance Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - How long did it take for you to put the deal together with Joe Gibbs Racing? “I can’t even remember the timeline. Honestly, I really didn’t do much looking. They reached out to me right after that and said they were trying to work it out. I never really had to talk to anybody else. I felt like that opportunity was the right one for me and what I wanted to do."

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 GameStop Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing How do you stay upbeat under these circumstances battling for a spot in the final four at Homestead? “For me, I’ve always taken a lot of pride in being a winner and winning races. To have – and I think even at media day whenever we started the Playoffs – one of the questions they asked was if you would rather have a five-race win year or win the championship and I’ve always said that I would rather win five races than win the championship.

Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion, is fifth in the current Playoff standings, trailing Kevin Harvick by three points for the final transfer spot. He spoke about his chances in the infield media center today before practice.

Adding to the aura of Ford Championship Weekend, Homestead-Miami Speedway has named actor Josh Dallas as Grand Marshal for the Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday, November 18. Dallas will recite the most famous words in all of motorsports, “Drivers, start your engines!” just before the green flag waves for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship race.

DC Solar and Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) announce today that the clean energy company will continue their partnership with CGR to include sponsorship of the No. 42 DC Solar Chevrolet Camaro SS in the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS). Recent series winner, Ross Chastain will compete full-time in the No. 42 DC Solar Chevy during the 2019 NXS campaign.

Joey Logano and Austin Cindric both participated in an event last night at the Penske Museum in which MoneyLion was introduced as a sponsor for the 2019 season. Both drivers answered questions from the media about the new deal and other issues concerning their respective Playoff chances this weekend at ISM Raceway.

MoneyLion, America’s most powerful financial membership, today announces an enhanced multi-year partnership with Team Penske, beginning with the 2019 NASCAR season. In celebration, MoneyLion and Team Penske are making the NASCAR experience more accessible and more rewarding than ever before by providing fans everywhere with more affordable access to the sport. MoneyLion has committed to providing racing fans across the country with 5% cashback on tickets to the track, 5% cashback on NASCAR.com purchases and 5% cashback on all at-track purchases.

Team Penske has announced that 20-year-old Austin Cindric will compete full time in the 2019 NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS), driving the No. 22 Ford Mustang. In the midst of completing his NXS rookie season in 2018, Cindric will get the opportunity to build on that success as he works to bring another driver’s championship to the No. 22 Ford team next season.