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CHASE BRISCOE, No. 98 Nutri Chomps Ford Mustang – YOU GET TO RUN FOR THE DASH FOR CASH NEXT WEEK AT BRISTOL. “Yeah, it’s gonna be pretty cool getting to race for $100,000. It’s not every day you get to do that, so I’m looking forward to it. I really feel like we should have been in Victory Lane if that caution didn’t come out. We were gonna be the only car able to go on fuel, so it seems that always happens in those situations, but I’m just really proud of all my Nutri Chomps guys. We were literally a 13th to 16th-place car all day long and just kept working on it and getting track position and was able to salvage a top five out of it. We just have to get better throughout the weekend, I’ve got to get better and I feel like once we put it all together we’re gonna be really hard to beat. We just have to get all the pieces together, so I’m looking forward to Bristol and hopefully win $100,000.”

KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 GEARWRENCH CAMARO ZL1, who was the fastest Chevrolet driver in the final practice session, met with media for a brief chat. Full Transcript:

Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 12 Menards/Cardell Cabinetry Ford Mustang, had the fastest time among Ford drivers in today’s final Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series practice session. Blaney was third overall on the single-lap speed chart and will start 13th in tomorrow’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Regulars in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series are closing the gap on all-time race-winner Kyle Busch. But not enough to prevent "Rowdy" from scoring his milestone fourth consecutive victory during Friday night's Vankor 350 at Texas Motor Speedway.

For the 36th time in his illustrious Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) career, seven time Series’ champion Jimmie Johnson will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.

KEVIN HARVICK, No. 4 Mobil 1 Ford Mustang – “You just can’t qualify these cars this way. I love group qualifying, but I just laughed all the way out to the race track.”

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 ALLY CAMARO ZL1- Pole Winner GREAT WAY TO SHOW SOME RESULTS OF YOUR EFFORTS TO COME BACK: "It's been a long couple of years, and we still have a ways to go. And, certainly race daquy is much more important than Friday, but we've been working so hard, and I think we are a bit guilty of trying too hard and maybe stepping outside of our comfort zone at times, and putting setups on the car at times that just aren't proven yet. With all that said, we were very aggressive coming here and changing a lot of stuff on our mile-and-a-half program. Top of the chart all day long, and a great start for this Ally tean. I'm really proud of everybody for keeping the faith and working hard."

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 6th How do you feel about what’s happening in these qualifying rounds? “It’s frustrating and that’s all you can really say about it. It’s just frustrating.”

Seven-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson returned to form Friday evening at Texas Motor Speedway, qualifying on-pole for Sunday's 23rd annual O'Reilly Auto Parts 500.

DAVID RAGAN, No. 38 MDS Transport Ford Mustang – WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT TEXAS? “The track is a unique mile-and-a-half track. When you get here both corners are different and I give kudos to Eddie Gossage and all the guys out here for being a little bold when they re-did the track. It would have been easy to just repave it and keep both corners the same, but the arch that you get into turn one and the lack of banking in turn one is very unique for any mile-and-a-half."