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BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Wurth Ford Fusion) -- CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CAR AND THE OUTLOOK FOR TOMORROW? “Yeah, this year so far we’ve had really good race speed and not a lot in practice and qualifying speed. It seems to be the case this weekend as well. Not really where we want to be on the practice charts. It seems like that goes in cycles where you’re really fast in practice sometimes and really good in the race to go with that. Sometimes it’s the other way around where you’re not very good in practice and you’re good in the race. And sometimes it’s the other way where you’re really good in practices and not in the race. That’s part of the cycle. It can be frustrating at times but I’m confident we’re going to be strong tomorrow based on the last few weeks and how the scenarios have played out.”

The defending NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Champion Johnny Sauter arrived in Dover hoping to find the win that had eluded the team for the first five races of the 2017 season. The Allegiant team, led by crew chief Joe Shear, Jr., worked through both Thursday practice sessions to make improvements on a tight-handling Chevrolet. Friday morning, Sauter qualified his Silverado in the 11th position for the 200-lap event after advancing to the final round of multi-vehicle qualifying.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Pedigree Petcare Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How does it feel to win the pole here at Dover International Speedway? “It feels great to beat that 78 (Martin Truex Jr.). Our team cars have been really fast this year, so those guys are really on it, but overall couldn’t be more excited about this Pedigree Camry and the guys and all the work that we’ve done all year long, but to sit on the pole here means a little bit for us – it gives us a really good pit selection for Sunday and, more importantly, just gives us the track position right off the bat."

KURT BUSCH (No 41 Haas Automation/Monster Energy Ford Fusion) -- Qualified 6th “We’re making good improvements. We were sixth in Kansas and going for the pole position at Charlotte and ended up P12. I was going for it today with a good, clean lap. We want a little more. We’re making improvements. Any time that I pressure the car to get that extra tenth out of it, we lose a tenth. We need to figure out how to get that tenth on Fridays. Overall, I’m happy with the effort. The car unloaded with a lot of speed.”

Kyle Larson made a strong showing at Dover International Speedway today by qualifying his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS in fifth place for Sunday’s AAA 400 Drive for Autism Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race. Larson ran a fast speed of 158.179 mph around the famed Monster Mile track.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to be back at Dover International Speedway where you’ve won and you now have the points lead? “Yeah that all sounds good coming here, so excited about the weekend obviously. It’s definitely a special race track for me. I love coming up here and hopefully we’ll have a successful weekend. Got a good season going, you know? I think leading points after last week is really cool. I think – my trip to the media center in Charlotte, I left there not knowing that, so I was surprised that nobody talked about that, but definitely excited about it and hopefully we can hang on to that for the rest of the season.”

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 AAA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed last weekend’s victory in the Coca-Cola 600, the difficulties of getting refocused after earning his first career victory and tackling the Monster Mile, plus many other topics.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 ToyotaCare Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to come back to Dover International Speedway as the defending race winner? “Yeah, I’ve always liked this track. It’s always been one of my favorites. It’s a very unique layout. There’s not really another track like it on the circuit, so it’s a fun track to come to. Typically, we’ve ran fairly decent here, so it’s nice getting a decent run last weekend and hopefully we can perform well this weekend.”

JEFFREY EARNHARDT, NO. 33 CIRCLE SPORT/TMG CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway to discuss a new sponsorship partner, the incident last weekend on-track with Chase Elliott and many other topics.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed last week’s race at Charlotte, what makes Dover work with his racing style, traction compound, the upcoming race at Pocono, and more.