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Ryan Reed, No. 16 Drive Down A1C Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang - Finished 10th “Obviously our practice sessions weren’t very good and then for the first round of qualifying I thought we were better than the second round and it turns out one of the track bar bolts came loose. So we had to start in the back because we had to fix that before the race. We fought all night. The balance was up and down. There were points where we felt real good. We got a good break there on the second to last restart and got some good track position and held on to it right there. We definitely recovered and got the car better but we need to bring more speed. I think a top-10 makes us somewhat of a contender but if we are going to make any kind of a deep run we need to do better than that.”

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 2nd - Did you feel you were close to being able to beat the pole time set by Kevin Harvick? “Not really, I thought we were a little bit farther off than that. Just takes our car so long to come in, but still happy with that qualifying effort considering how much of a long run car it is. Proud of this whole FedEx Camry team."

Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion - Qualified 1st “We didn’t do any qualifying runs in practice so we were trying to get the car dialed in and get the driver to get the most out of it. I did an okay job the last round getting the car to roll fast enough through three and four and then the guys got it tightened up a little bit and we were able to get in the throttle up off the corner. That was really the key.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 DC SOLAR CAMARO ZL1 – Qualified 10th - WHAT WERE YOUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES IN QUALIFYING? “We just lacked balance and probably just a little bit of speed there, in Qualifying. I feel like our balance wasn’t terrible; it was better than practice, but we were still pretty slow. So hopefully we can figure something out for the race tomorrow because if it drives like it did in practice, it’ll be a long race.”

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Is it weird that somebody who hasn’t won during much of the year and made the playoffs is now in the position to potentially win the championship? “It’s kind of what the playoff format is all about, right? You come into this with guys who have a dominant regular season and then you reset the board and whoever is good in the final 10 (races) or three by three by three to one, obviously has a great shot to win the championship."

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Rheem Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How will you remember Greg Hodnett and what do the dirt tracks need to do in order to be more preventative? “I don’t know, that’s a tough question. Starting on a positive note there, Greg (Hodnett) was one of the greats in sprint car racing. He’s been around a long time and I got to race against him for several years all across the country."

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 HOOTERS CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed the Playoffs, the upcoming race at Charlotte next week, the importance of Stage points, and more. Full Transcript:

Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Reese DrawTite Ford for Team Penske, comes to Richmond Raceway fresh off his third win in a row last weekend in the playoff opener at Las Vegas. With a spot in the second round already clinched, Keselowski talked about what that means for his race weekend at one of his favorite places to race.

Two of the nation’s foremost advocates of the fight against cancer will serve as dignitaries for the inaugural Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 race weekend Sept. 28-30 on the Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL™.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series will be in action at Richmond Raceway while the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is off. The Monster Energy Series continues the Round of 16 of the NASCAR Playoffs, while the Xfinity Series Playoffs begin. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.