COLE CUSTER, No. 00 Haas Automation Ford Mustang (Finished 26th) - YOU GOT MAJOR DAMAGE ON LAP ONE AND SOMEHOW WERE ABLE TO PILOT THIS THING THROUGH THE WHOLE RACE: “Yeah, I have no idea what happened. It seemed like I kind of got loose before everyone started wrecking. I don't know if something was wrong with the track or something. We all wrecked on lap one and that kind of sunk our boat. We fixed the car and muscled it out but it is what it is. We will have to go try to win at Texas and Phoenix.”
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Wrangler Riggs Workwear Ford Fusion - Qualified 4th “I feel pretty good about that. I felt like we made a really good change there for the last round. It felt a lot faster than that actually, I can’t believe it wasn’t faster. I am kind of puzzled. It was a good effort. We had speed all day and we will start second row, not a bad place for what we need to do. Hopefully we can have a good day on Sunday.”
JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion - TELL US ABOUT STARTING UP FRONT HERE ON SUNDAY: “Yeah, obviously it was a great lap. The car was great from when we unloaded. I was laughing when we came in saying we made good adjustments today and it was a joke because we didn’t change anything from when we unloaded. We were pretty good the first lap on the race track."
Toyota driver Sheldon Creed captured the ARCA Racing Series championship at Kansas Speedway when he made his first lap in practice ahead of the season finale event on Friday, October 19. Creed went on to capture his fourth win in 2018, closing out a banner year in his first full-time season.
ERIK JONES, No. 20 Craftsman Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 6th - Talk about your qualifying effort today. “It was alright. I think our Craftsman Toyota had pretty good speed, but just not quite enough to get the pole. We’ll keep working on it, but not a bad effort. We’ll start up here in the top six and go from there.”
KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Busch Light Ford Fusion - TELL US ABOUT YOUR LAP: “It was a good lap. It is a good starting position and I am looking forward to the weekend. We got it off to a good start.”
CLINT BOWYER, No. 14 Dekalb Ford Fusion -- HOW IS YOUR CAR RUNNING AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST CAME TO THE SERIES TO GET USED TO WORKING WITH ALL THE TELEMETRY AND INFORMATION? “I don't think there is any such thing as too much information in today’s day in age. It is crazy how you can dissect every aspect of such a simple thing, a race car going through the corner and on a 1.5 mile track going really fast. I am fortunate enough to have three good teammates and I can look at their throttle trace, steering trace, brake trace and get a good idea of what I need to do different or what I need to do different with the setup to enable me to do that.
CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Rheem Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How do you feel about your chances with a number of 1.5-mile tracks coming up on the schedule? “For myself, I love 1.5-mile (tracks). It’s my favorite style of racing and my favorite race tracks too. I’m excited about it.”
Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 10 Smithfield Ford Fusion, fresh off his win last weekend at Talladega, met with media members ahead of the first practice session this weekend in Kansas with a spot in the third round of the NASCAR playoffs cemented.
Travelers reserving Hamptons rental homes for an extended weekend usually save themselves the most time by adjusting departure hours rather than scheme on routes.
Practice for the 110th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge starts Tuesday, May 12 with a field consisting of nine past winners of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” and five NTT INDYCAR SERIES champions.
Austin Cindric and the No. 2 Snap-on Tools Ford Mustang Dark Horse delivered a steady top-10 performance Sunday afternoon in the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International, coming home ninth.
