Official Release

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - How confident are you coming into the race weekend at Pocono? “Definitely have some confidence coming here to Pocono. It’s a really good track for us the last few years. Last year we had a couple really strong cars here and if I remember right, we had a lugnut knock the inner valve stem off both races."

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 KALAHARI RESORTS & CONVENTIONS CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed stage racing, the progress of his team, getting a win versus points-racing, rules changes, and more.

CHRIS BUESCHER, NO. 37 SCOTT PRODUCTS CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed last year’s win at Pocono, his season thus far, the progress of the team, and more. TALK ABOUT THE EMOTIONS OF WINNING THE RAIN-PLAGUED RACE AT POCONO LAST YEAR “Yeah, we needed a jon boat to get back to the hauler afterwards."

DANIEL SUÁREZ, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What’s it like to be part of fan events? “It’s very cool because, I think to have some good interaction with all the fans a little bit outside of the race track, I think that is something good. Sometimes you can start to know the personality in a different way. I think it’s going to be fun. Donald (Edwards, PR rep) told me about this a few days ago and I am excited about it. I like this place a lot, I like the mountains and the fans are great. I had the opportunity to interact with a few fans here and they are actually waiting for us to come back. It’s a great place and I’m looking forward to coming back later in the year and enjoy this fan fest.”

Kurt Busch, driver of the No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion, was part of a press conference in the Pocono Raceway infield media center before practice. KURT BUSCH – No. 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion – A BIG WEEKEND WITH MONSTER ENERGY AND FREE FRIDAY. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT BEING INVOLVED IN THAT? “I think it’s great to see more and more of what Monster can do at track and what the tracks can do with Monster Energy."

Darrell Wallace Jr. will be making his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut this weekend at Pocono Raceway as he fills in for Aric Almirola, who is still recovering from a back injury suffered during the race at Kansas Speedway. Wallace held a Q&A session this morning to talk about his opportunity.

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET SS, met with the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his run last weekend at Dover, the team’s progress thus far this season, his potential plans for 2018 and many other topics.

The Tricky Triangle has baffled more than a few drivers over the years. Harrison Rhodes gets his first shot at Pocono Raceway in an Xfinity car in Saturday’s Pocono Green 250, a 100-lap chase around the triangular, fast tr

After a big weekend at Dover International Speedway, Ross Chastain rolls into Pocono Raceway this week with momentum. Chastain had fine runs in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup, Camping World Truck and Xfinity races at Dover.

Garrett Smithley will race in his third NASCAR event at Pocono Raceway when Saturday’s Pocono Green 250 Xfinity Series race gets the green flag. Smithley has driven in Xfinity and Camping World Truck Series races at the tough 2.5-mile track.