Official Release

RYAN REED, No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang – Finished 11th - HOW DID THAT EARLY DAMAGE EFFECT YOUR DAY? “Yeah, I don’t know that much about it. He just said we knocked the grille in a little on that initial start."

You might say Johnny Sauter is on a roll. Then again, that might be an understatement. Passing Matt Crafton near the start/finish line with two laps left in Friday night’s Striping Technology 350 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, Sauter pulled away to win his second straight race in the inaugural NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Chase.

Starting on the pole is always a great achievement for a driver, but for Austin Dillon, winning the pole in his No. 3 Realtree/Bad Boy Chevrolet SS for the AAA Texas 500 is extra special. An avid outdoorsman, Dillon in now the proud owner of Henry Repeating Rifle, the coveted prize for getting the number one starting position at Texas Motor Speedway after laying down a lap of 28.081-seconds/192.301-mph was enough to put the second year driver on the pole for Sunday’s334-lap/501-mile race.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 AAA Ford Fusion – QUALIFIED 2nd “That is really frustrating. Last week we missed it by eight thousandths and this week by six thousandths. Second stings the most. That is okay. Our team is tough and we showed speed in qualifying the last couple weeks. I think this AAA Fusion has a lot of speed in race trim too. I am excited. It is a fun track to race and is really racey as well. We are starting toward the front and this is a 500-mile race so I am looking forward to it.”

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 REALTREE/BAD BOY CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - GREAT JOB TO WIN THE POLE: "Man, that's huge! Great job by everybody on our Bad Boy Realtreee Chevy and everybody at Dow for supporting us and getting us this far, it is our second pole of the year, and I can't be happier for RCR and everybody back at the shop."

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What happened in practice today? “Unfortunate there with our practice crash that we had, kind of puts us a little bit more behind the eight ball than we’d like to be. Hate that happened for my guys and all the work they’ve already put into my primary and now having to switch to a backup car is not how we wanted to start off practice."

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Sport Clips Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Do you feel good about your chances this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway? “Yeah, we’ve got a really fast race car."

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Matt Kenseth was made available to the media at Texas Motor Speedway: MATT KENSETH, No. 20 DeWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Are you looking forward to this weekend’s events at Texas? “I’d say recent history we haven’t run great here, but Kyle (Busch) won in the Spring and we ran fourth or fifth and had something happen on a pit stop or something and ended up a little bit farther towards the back."

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare/SEAL Legacy Foundation Ford Fusion, met with media members at Texas Motor Speedway Friday afternoon in advance of Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 KLEENEX CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed the school reading program and dog park he opened with Target mascot Bullseye, how hungry drivers out of the Chase are to get a victory, who he wants to win this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series title and many other topics.