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AUSTIN CINDRIC, No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang -- Finished 3rd - WALK US THROUGH THAT INCIDENT WITH CHRISTOPHER BELL AND YOU ARE IN A MUST WIN SITUATION NEXT WEEKEND AT PHOENIX. WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH? “I have been in a must-win position since Kansas. For me that hasn’t changed. I was the car stuck on the bottom with one guy all over my tail and one guy all over my door. I moved up two inches and those were the two inches that the 20 was off my door."

COLE CUSTER, No. 00 Autodesk Ford Mustang -- Finished 1st “I can’t believe it. The 1 is the best pusher in the series and I hated that I didn’t have him behind me. We did all we could. I drove it in deeper than I have all weekend and it worked out. I am pumped for Autodesk, their first time on the car. Gene Haas, I wouldn’t be here without him and Haas Automation. I am pumped. We are going to Homestead and I think we have a great shot of winning.”

Justin Haley won Friday night's JAG Metals 350 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff race when Todd Gilliland ran out of fuel half-a-lap away from Sunoco Victory Lane at Texas Motor Speedway.

Tonight's win at Texas Motor Speedway is Haley's first win at the 1.5-mile speedway, and his third win of the 2018 NCWTS season.

Tundra driver Todd Gilliland was a lap away from capturing his first career NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race when he ran out of fuel at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night on the final lap.

Ryan Blaney recorded the second 200 mph NASCAR Cup Series qualifying lap on a 1.5-mile race track Friday evening during time trials for the 14th annual AAA Texas 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway.

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Accella/Carlisle Ford Fusion -- YOU SAID EARLIER YOU MADE GOOD CHANGES TO THE CAR, CAN YOU GIVE MORE DETAILS TO THAT? “We just kept loosening the car up to make it turn better. That was kind of what we have done every round here in the past. We seem to get tighter round to round. We kept freeing it up and I messed up round two pretty bad. I got really greedy in one and drove it in there too deep, so we freed it up even more and I backed my entry up and that helped. Yeah, just trying to help it turn. That was really all we worked on all day, just getting it a little looser.”

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Accella/Carlisle Ford Fusion - QUALIFIED 1ST “It felt really fast. That is what you get with this night time qualifying. High speeds. That is really what you get. That is cool doing under the lights qualifying. Speeds pick up and it has been cool here today. We have had a really good Ford all day and it is nice to back it up in qualifying. It doesn't mean a lot if you are fastest in practice and blow it in qualifying. It was cool to be solid all day. Really big thanks to this whole group for giving me a really great race car and I am excited to see how it is in race trim tomorrow,”

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 6th - Do you feel pretty good about where you’re starting? “We’d like to be a little bit further up. The Ford cars have a lot on us right now. We’re excited about it. We definitely did a good job at maximizing what we had. It got us a good starting spot and a good spot on pit road. Hopefully, we set ourselves up for a good race on Sunday.”

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series will be in action at Texas Motor Speedway. The Monster Energy Series and Xfinity Series head into their second races of the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Camping World Truck Series enters the second race in the Round of 6.