JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – WHAT WAS THE MAJOR ISSUE FOR YOU TODAY? “I don’t know. Tires are popping. We’re not the only car that had the issue, but we’re the ones that hit the wall when it happen, so that’s not the best place to have them go down."
With rain in the area and a significantly more promising Sunday forecast, Saturday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway has been moved to Sunday at 12 p.m. Gates will open Sunday at 9 a.m. with the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina NASCAR XFINITY Series race scheduled to begin 45 minutes after the Bank of America 500.
Due to inclement weather, Friday’s on-track activity has been moved to Sunday; the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will be moved to Sunday at 11 a.m.; Saturday’s Bank of America 500, the only Saturday night race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, will begin at 7 p.m.
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – THERE WERE SOME MOMENTS IN ROUND ONE WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT TO ROUND 2? “I was thinking the same thing. On the first run we hit the splitter and made some adjustments to get off of that. Once we did that it came to life. Our Pennzoil Ford is fast. We had that extra run on our tires. How much did that hurt us? I don’t know."
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUSCH HUNTING CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER “I just got to the green a little bit better. The car was too loose the time before. And I got to the green better. It was good in (Turns) 1 and 2; but I felt like I gave up a little something in (Turns) 3 and 4 coming to the checkered."
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries/ABC Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What would it mean to you to get a win at Charlotte Motor Speedway? “It would certainly mean a lot. We’ve been trying here for a long, long time and we’ve been close a few times and it just hasn’t all quite worked out the way we would have wanted it to I guess at the end of some of the races, so certainly we feel as though there’s no better opportunity to win a Charlotte race than in the Chase."
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 STANLEY Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What are your expectations entering the ‘Round of 12’ with Talladega Superspeedway looming? “Somebody’s going to leave here really happy and I hope it’s me. This is – this round I believe is probably the toughest one just with Talladega out there and these mile-and-a-halves."
Martin Truex Jr.’s Furniture Row Racing Toyota will include a new sponsor for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway – Maaco – North America’s Bodyshop.
MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress, Furniture Row Racing - How does it feel to have Maaco join your team? “Obviously, we’re really excited. This has been such a big season for everybody at Furniture Row Racing bringing on new partners and this is just another step in that direction, so again a great nationwide and even in Canada – a huge company (Maaco)."
Top Fuel’s Leah Pruett jumped to the top spot on the final pass of Friday at In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip, taking the provisional No. 1 spot for Tony Stewart Racing at the 66th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals.
CHANDLER SMITH, No. 38 QuickTie Ford F-150 – “Honesty, it just wasn’t in the Lord’s Will for us tonight, but, nevertheless, I’m grateful for the opportunity to be able to come out with this No. 38 QuickTie Products Ford F-150 group."
This is especially true for diesel-powered trucks, a Dodge Ram Cummins diesel ECM from Car Computer Exchange handles a more complex set of engine parameters than a standard gas unit
