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Brendan Gaughan and the South Point Hotel & Casino Team Fight for Stage Points and Finish 21st at Richmond Raceway "I've always said I like to gamble, and that's what we did tonight. Shane Wilson and I needed another caution to help us gain the track position we were hoping for to finish the race. I am pumped up about leading laps at Richmond Raceway, as that's a big accomplishment for me here, and gaining stage points is what our strategy was all about. Ultimately, this South Point Hotel & Casino team gave me an awesome Chevy tonight and the pit crew was solid as well. We will go to Chicago fighting our hardest as the last race before the Playoffs begin."

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 22 Fitzgerald Glider Kits Ford Mustang -- TAKE US THROUGH THE FINISH OF THE RACE AND CHASING DOWN THE 18: “I just wish I could explain better than I know how. I wish I could have somebody riding with me and kind of explain what it is like and see things through my view. I guess that is the beauty of the helmet cam we are trying to put in. From my view that was one of those race wins that was extremely personally gratifying. To know you are probably not as good as someone on the short run and just try to wear them down every lap and knowing that if you can get a long run you’ve got a shot and it and we did - we got a long run and I still had to make the right moves."

Ryan Reed led the way in round one of qualifying and advanced all the way to the third and final round to start Friday evening’s race 12th at Richmond Raceway. Reed had a fast No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford and despite searching for forward turn was able to pit for adjustments and fresh Goodyear tires to work his way to a 12th-place finish.

Camry driver Kyle Busch finished second with the top-Toyota entry in Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) contest at Richmond Raceway.

The Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond Raceway is scheduled to begin on Saturday, September 9th. Live coverage can be found on NBC Sports Network, MRN, and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Channel 90 at 7:30 p.m.

KURT BUSCH, No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion (Qualified 3rd) “I thought we hit it pretty close in all three rounds. In practice we were a little loose and then made adjustments for qualifying. We ended up a little snug in all three runs. I ran a 90 and then that 08 popped in there. I was hoping to run another 90, that would have been good enough for pole. It is good to say the word pole on a qualifying day. We were close with our Ford and we will keep chipping away at it.”

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Auto-Owners Insurance Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - What has Furniture Row been doing for Hurricane relief and what is Win One Give One? "Yeah, absolutely. Auto Owners has been an awesome partner for us. They've done a lot of cool promotions and a lot of cool things with our fans. This one is the Win One Give One and a fan is going to win $10,000 worth of Furniture Row stuff and they can kind of get whatever they want and then their community also is going to benefit."

ERIK JONES, No. 77 SiriusXM Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - How frustrating was it to have to sit there for an hour at the start of happy hour, and how detrimental is that in terms of your effort this weekend? "Well, yeah, it's frustrating for sure. You never want to have to miss out on practice. Is it that detrimental? Yeah, I mean, it hurts. For sure I think our last practice was pretty ‑‑ well, I wouldn't say it hurt, but it just didn't go the way we wanted it to."

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Hurricane Relief Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What is your outlook for tomorrow? “Well, just trying to get a good run. Still obviously looking for that win this year. Haven't been able to get it. Our performance has been pretty good the past couple of months. We've had better finishes. Just so far behind from the beginning of the year, so we're kind of getting caught up in points. I think it's fairly close back there. Hopefully, we can get a good run, get in the playoffs, kind of get hot when we need to.”

Richmond Raceway announced today that they would be making contributions in Dale’s name to Blessings in a Backpack and FeedMore’s backpack program. They also presented him with a commemorative photo of his three wins at Richmond Raceway.