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CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 9 SUNENERGY 1 CAMARO ZL1 – Qualified 3rd - A STRONG RUN. SEEMS LIKE IT WAS LOST JUST IN THAT LAST CORNER? “Yeah, maybe. I don’t know. I’m not sure. It’s very frustrating. I feel like I had a real opportunity to grab a pole today. I felt like I had a good lap going and then I got a little loose out of Turn 11 and thought I could stay in it and just thought I didn’t have any more room. It was pretty close. That sucks. I just hate to be that close. We haven’t been qualifying real good. It would have been nice to have gotten one today.”

GMS Racing officials announced today that veteran driver, Bill Elliott will drive the No. 23 ISM Connect Chevrolet Camaro at Road America in the NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) Johnsonville 180.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Snap-On Ford Mustang – PRESS CONFERENCE – WHAT’S THE STORY ABOUT NOT BEING IN THE 22 THIS YEAR? “I drive the car they tell me to drive (laughing). I don’t know, we wanted to switch and see what was going on, so we switched. The thing is I didn’t really switch because Wilson was the crew chief last year when we won, so I was like, ‘OK, let’s switch. We’re on the same team.’ I don’t know. We just did, but it was a good car. They both were good cars. They’re both great teams. The pit crew on both cars are Cup teams when we come to the road course here with the pit stops backwards, so we do that to get some experience for our guys, but, really, I guess probably the advantage is to the 12 because they don’t race for stages and we’ve got to race for stage points, so it was probably maybe a little advantage there. It comes down to the end of it like the last few years it seems like it’s the two of us battling it out like crazy. I was working as hard as I can there. It was a fun battle. These XFINITY cars have a really good package around this race track for some racing because there’s just enough draft to keep the leader from pulling away.”

DANIEL SUÁREZ, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What means more going into this weekend, your third-place finish here last year or your second-place finish last week? “Definitely a good place for my race team. Last year we had a lot of fun racing here in The Glen and obviously I have a – I feel like the race team has good momentum from last week. It had been a little bit rough before that, but I feel like you are as good as your last race, so right now we are as good as our last race and our last race was pretty good. We have to build on that and try to keep the momentum up for this weekend and try to take advantage of it.”

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, completed the first weekend sweep of his NASCAR career when he won the NASCAR XFINITY and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races at Watkins Glen International in 2015. He stopped by the infield media center earlier today to talk about this weekend.

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Rheem Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Will you be content to run another year in the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Joe Gibbs Racing? “Yeah, absolutely. I love racing in the Xfinity Series and it’s a great place for me to get seat time, and compete with some of the best drivers in the world. If the opportunity comes to go Cup Series racing, if it was allowed, I’d prefer to run both full-time Cup and Xfinity Series. I’m going to be excited either way and as of right now, it looks like I am going to be running the Xfinity Series. I am super excited about that. I have a great crew chief and a great team here at Joe Gibbs Racing. The No. 20 group does a great job.”

AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICKLIST CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed road course racing as a whole, the recent race at Sonoma, racing in the Xfinity Series this weekend, his expectations at The Glen, and more. Full Transcript:

BUBBA WALLACE, NO. 43 MEDALLION BANK/PETTY’S GARAGE CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed the accident last weekend in Pocono, the progress of RPM thus far this year, racing in wet weather conditions, his fan base, and more. Full Transcript:

Since 2003, AmericanMuscle.com (AM)has been the home to 1979+ Mustang Parts, and a brand authority in the Ford aftermarket automotive space. Today, the parts retailer announces an expansion into a brand-new vehicle market: Dodge Challenger. The third, and current,generation of Challenger (2008+) will have its own homestead on AM now.Owners and enthusiasts will be able to peruse the site to research and purchase aftermarket performance parts and accessories.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and the NASCAR Xfinity Series will be at Watkins Glen International for some road course racing. Check out the full schedule below, which is subject to change.