Ryan Blaney, driver of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion, will start third in tomorrow’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. He posted the sixth-fastest time in Saturday’s morning practice session and then talked with Ford Performance about his chances of taking the Wood Brothers to Victory Lane.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – POLE-WINNING INTERVIEW -- “We’re off to a good start for sure with the Miller Lite Ford. It feels good to get an early-season pole to go with our win. With the way the segments play out and stages and all this stuff, you really need to start up front to have a shot at winning as you go down the line of those stages.
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., No. 78 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - Can you take us through your qualifying session? “It was definitely good for us."
Kyle Larson led the way for Team Chevy in the final round of knock-out qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway for Sunday’s Kobalt 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race, Round 3 on the 2017 circuit. Piloting his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS, Larson made a strong showing with a 27.956 seconds/193.161 mph to earn a fifth-place starting spot in the 39-car field.
Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What would it mean to win here again this weekend? "It would mean a lot. This is a place that I enjoy coming to and trying to run well, and we've run well here in the past a few times. It's been a while since we've been able to go to Victory Lane here, since 2009, so we'd like to change that around here this weekend, but not looking so bright right now."
David Ragan, driver of the No. 38 Juice Batteries Ford Fusion, held a Q&A session after practice to talk about his new sponsor and what he and his team need to do this afternoon in qualifying.
The cows are coming to Phoenix Raceway - Chick-fil-A and Phoenix Raceway launched today a partnership that will have race fans seeing spots throughout the Camping World 500 NASCAR race weekend on March 17-19.
Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Monster Energy/Haas Automation Ford Fusion, is back in his hometown of Las Vegas for this weekend’s Kobalt 400. The Daytona 500 champion stopped by the media center to talk about his desire to win on Sunday as well as Las Vegas adding a second Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series date next season.
Matt Kenseth, No. 20 DeWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Can you talk about coming off your third-place finish at Atlanta and racing this weekend in Vegas? "Yeah, I've always liked coming here to Las Vegas."
CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 NATURAL LIGHT CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed his new partnership with Natural Light and Barstool Sports, his transition with the new team at JTG Daugherty Racing, the new stage format and many other topics.
NASCAR veteran J.J. Yeley will drive the No. 5 Jobber Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Hettinger Racing in the Ag-Pro 300 Saturday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.
One-point-one seconds made the difference for Alex Palou to exit pit lane ahead of Felix Rosenqvist and score the victory on the streets of Long Beach.
It was a challenging day for Josh Berry and the No. 21 DEX team at Kansas Speedway, ending in a 27th-place finish in Sunday’s AdventHealth 400 after starting 30th.
