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Ryan Reed had his hands full Saturday afternoon at Dover International Raceway, but despite handling issues Reed was able to secure a 16th-place finish. Reed currently sits eighth in the Playoff point standings with one more race remaining before the field is cut from 12 competitors to eight.

RYAN BLANEY (No. Fitzgerald Ford Mustang) RACE WINNER - VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW - YOU TOOK THE BEHIND THE WOODSHED TODAY. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A CAR THAT WAS THAT GOOD AND THAT DOMINATE? “Yeah, it’s really hard to get a car like that and to be honest we didn’t have it in the first run. We were a little bit off on the first run. We made some great changes after the first Stage to get it better to where it needs to be. We actually got it better for the last run. I think this team does a great job with that of maybe not firing off the greatest but they know how to work on it and make it better throughout the race. As a driver that all you can ask for, great changes throughout. It’s awesome to get to victory lane with Fitzgerald. This is really cool. We were close the first race this year and just didn’t quite get it. Definitely learned a lot for tomorrow.”

MARTIN TRUEX Jr., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How is this weekly battle with Kyle Busch going? “Welp, I’m glad for once we’re first and he’s not. I’ve been second to him a lot in qualifying, so it’s cool to – for us to get a pole. I think he was second, am I correct? Yeah, so it’s – we’ve been on the front row quite a few times together, so feels good that we’re the one in first this time, so it’s pretty cool.”

Martin Truex Jr. won the pole and his Furniture Row Racing teammate Erik Jones qualified 10th for Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 at Dover International Speedway.

Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet edged teammate Jimmie Johnson by .067 seconds in the 55-minute final tune-up at the “Monster Mile.” Elliott will start 12th in Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM), the final event for the three-race Round of 16 in the NASCAR Playoffs.

DOVER, Del. – The two drivers who have seized control of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff continued their domination in Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Dover International Speedway.

KEVIN HARVICK – No. 4 Busch Beer Ford Fusion – HOW WAS QUALIFYING? “We have a good Busch Ford Fusion. From practice to qualifying we just got a bit tighter compared to what we were in practice. I never just did catch up with the balance. The car has been good. It was good in race trim and good in qualifying trim. Hopefully we can have a good day on Sunday.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CHEVROLET SS – Qualified 3rd - TOP 10 START IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR? “Yeah, I mean you always want to qualify well especially here, pit selection is important and track position as well. So, the No. 78 (Martin Truex, Jr.) and the No. 18 (Kyle Busch) have been really good and we have been right with them, so, we will work on race trim for tomorrow and hopefully be good on Sunday.”

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed his career at Dover, spending more time with family, potential of running late model races in the future and many other topics.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to the "Monster Mile" this weekend, the site of the third race of the NASCAR Playoffs. Matt DiBenedetto and the Go Fas Racing team will be bringing back their fan-favorite throwback scheme from earlier this year, courtesy of Tom and T.J. Keen from CorvetteParts.net. The gold and white scheme that will run this weekend is a nod to a famous Bobby Allison scheme that is among one of the most recognizable schemes in NASCAR history.