Ben Kennedy Shows Speed in the No. 2 Rheem Chevy in Iowa "We had a great race tonight. Our No. 2 Rheem Chevy was really fast, especially on the long run. My team did a great job getting it dialed in. We started out pretty free, but we made good changes and progressively got better throughout the night."
NEWTON, Iowa — Last week, a blink-of-an-eye moment weighed heavily on William Byron. Saturday, the driver of the No. 9 JR Motorsports Chevrolet lifted his head and shouted out a pent-up yelp that formed the suitable soundtrack the rookie’s first career NASCAR XFINITY Series victory.
MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row / Denver Mattress Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 3rd - How did your qualifying run go today? "It definitely hurt the tires to make an extra lap in the first round. I just didn’t get it all the first time — tried to save a little bit of tire. But if you don’t push it 100 percent here you lose a lot of time."
Kyle Larson drove his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS to the top spot in qualifying for the Toyota/SaveMart 350 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Sonoma Raceway with a fast lap of 75.177 seconds, 95.295 mph. His Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) teammate, Jamie McMurray, was right behind and placed his No. 1 Cessna Chevrolet SS in the second spot to give CGR and Team Chevy a front row-qualifying sweep for Sunday’s race.
DANICA PATRICK, No. 10 Code 3 Associates Ford Fusion (Qualified 6th) “We haven’t exactly been sixth all season so this is good. It is really nice to do well for Code 3 here. The cars have really improved in the last few years on road courses from when I first came to the team. The guys do a good job giving us something we can hit curbs with and be aggressive."
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - DID YOU THINK YOU THREW AWAY YOUR LAP IN A WHEEL HOP? “The whole lap actually felt pretty bad. I messed up into (Turn) 1 and into (Turn) 2 and was out a little bit too far. Yeah, I felt like I gave up enough there that I wouldn’t have a shot at the pole. I thought maybe I’d maintain and run about the same lap time as the previous run.
For the second time in as many races, it came down to a last lap drag race to the Road America finish line in another thrilling round of Battery Tender Global MX-5 Cup presented by BFGoodrich Tires action on Saturday.
Tundra drivers Grant Enfinger (fourth) and Christopher Bell (fifth) earned top-five results in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Iowa Speedway.
MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - What's your approach to the season’s first road course race here at Sonoma this weekend? "I'm looking forward to the weekend. I really enjoy road course racing. I always have. So obviously it's been a good season, like you said, a lot of stage wins, and I think it's been going well for us. Just hoping to come in here and continue that and maybe get our first road course win as a group and my second as a driver. It would be awesome."
NASCAR Cup Series drivers explain why North Wilkesboro Speedway delivers one of the most authentic NASCAR experiences for lifelong fans and first-time visitors alike
