Official Release

After solidly running in the top-15 for a majority of Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Auto Club Speedway, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. restarted ninth with five laps remaining but contact was made sending the Fastenal Ford spinning. With only two laps remaining, Stenhouse was forced to settle with a 22nd-place finish.

Brad Keselowski and the No. 2 Wurth Ford Fusion team dug themselves out of an early hole to finish second in Sunday’s Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The finish is Keselowski’s fourth-consecutive, top-five finish to start the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, had improved over 20 positions throughout the course of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event before getting involved in an incident in the closing laps, ultimately leading to a 23rd-place finish.

Ryan Blaney and Wood Brothers Racing overcame an average starting position, a pit road penalty and minor brushes with another car and the wall to bring the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to the checkered flag in ninth place this afternoon at the Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway.

CLINT BOWYER – No. 14 Rush Truck Centers Ford Fusion – “It was just a good weekend. I appreciate everybody’s hard work at Stewart-Haas Racing. Having these teammates and having this group behind you, the organization and the teamwork, it’s just amazing to be a part of it at this point in my career. Thanks to Rush Truck Centers for making this possible. Gene Haas and Tony Stewart for giving me this opportunity. It means a lot to me to be in this 14. I have a lot of fun with these guys. Buga and all these guys mean business. It’s a confidence thing right now, a momentum-builder and we’re getting closer. Obviously, this is a good track for me. I wanted to win that damn thing, but to come home with the wild finish and everything that it was, we’ll take it.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER “I was staying as calm as I could be, but also frustrated at the same time. It seems like every time I get to the lead at the end of one of these things, the caution comes out and I’ve got to fight people off on restarts. Our Target Chevy was amazing all day."

On-Track Incident Slows Momentum for Paul Menard and the No. 2 Richmond/Menards Chevrolet Team at Auto Club Speedway. "We had a fast car today. Justin Alexander made a good call during the second round of pit stops but we were tagged for too many men over the wall."

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – PRESS CONFERENCE – “I vote for two races at Auto Club Speedway. I’ll be the first to say that. What an awesome race track. It’s so much fun. You can run anywhere you want. The racing is great. There is tire falloff. There are bumps. There’s everything here. It’s the perfect race track. I wish we came here more often because it’s the best race track we go to, so I’m excited about racing tomorrow."

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA CHEVROLET SS – Hit the wall during final practice - YOU WERE HAVING A GOOD PRACTICE SESSION AT THE TOP OF THE SPEED CHART. WHAT HAPPENED? “We had a part come loose on the left front and it’s obviously something that needs to be together to make laps. I’m not real sure why it broke or why that happened. It was nothing fancy that we were doing. I was getting into (Turn) 3 at the time."

Kyle Larson captured the pole position in his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS for the Auto Club 400 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race with a lap of 38.493 seconds, 187.047 mph. Larson, who is the current MENSC points leader, with three consecutive runner-up finishes in four races this year, will lead the 39-car field to the green at Auto Club Speedway on Sunday.