RYAN BLANEY – No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion – "We had a strong Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion all day. I could have made better decisions in lane selection there toward the end but you never know how that's going to work out. It's too bad Brad didn't get to finish. We tried to give him as much help as we could there when he was leading."
Three of Team Chevy’s best will race on in the Chase for the Sprint Cup after Sunday’s Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch each advanced to the Round of 8 with four races remaining in this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series campaign.
KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION/MONSTER ENERGY CHEVROLET SS – Finished 4th "It was really a fun Every time I would make a mistake and get shuffled to the middle it seemed like the crew guys would bring back a solid pit stop to put us in position and to be in control."
After running solidly in the top five and top 10 for much of the Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway this afternoon, Ryan Blaney brought the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to the checkered flag in 11th place after getting shuffled backward on the race’s final re-start.
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., No. 78 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What does it mean to sit on the pole for tomorrow’s race in Toyota’s 1,000th NASCAR start?
All but needing a victory to advance to the next phase of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Chase Elliott qualified on the second row for the Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway as four Team Chevy drivers will start in the top-10 of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Toyota driver Timothy Peters (third) was the top-finishing Tundra driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Alabama’s Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – “It’s good to qualify up front. I think it’s a good confidence boost. I feel like when we have cars that qualify well here, we race well. The Miller Lite Ford was really fast here in qualifying and hopefully it will stay the same for Sunday.” HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DO YOU HAVE WITH FOUR WINS HERE? “It’s been a good track for us, but past success is no guarantee. You have to go out and put the work in and I think we’re ready to do just that.”
Roush Fenway Racing has signed a multi-year renewal agreement for driver Ryan Reed to continue to pilot the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang in the NASCAR XFINITY Series.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Subway Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How challenging is Talladega Superspeedway? “This track has been challenging to me since the first time I came here, but this race is pretty simple for us – we brought very good race cars, we’re hoping to qualify up front, race up front all day and try to get a victory, you know?"
The 18-year-old Crews from Hickory, North Carolina, contended for his first O'Reilly victory in the closing laps before settling in a career-best third place at the Last Great Coliseum.
The 19-year-old Zilisch from Charlotte, North Carolina, led 24 of 300 laps and utilized a late move by remaining on the track with worn tires to prevail through two restarts and claim his first NASCAR victory both of the 2026 season and at Bristol.
The 2023 Cup Series champion from Hartford Township, Ohio, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 127.064 mph in 15.101 seconds for his first Cup pole of 2026 at The Last Great Coliseum.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Prairie, Minnesota, claimed his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series pole position of the 2026 season as he bids for his first Dash 4 Cash bonus.
Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying session at Bristol Motor Speedway.
