MATT KENSETH, No. 20 DeWalt Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Duel 1 Finishing Position: 5th - How was your race and were you able to learn anything for Sunday’s Daytona 500? “Yeah I think so. It was pretty good."
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion (Finished 2nd) – IT LOOKED LIKE YOU AND KEVIN HARVICK WERE TRYING TO GET A RUN, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD DO TO GET THE WIN? “It was a solid night for the Miller Lite Ford. We had some good speed and learned some more things about this car.
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner - LAST YEAR, YOU ALMOST BEAT YOURSELF UP TOO MUCH OVER WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RACE TRACK DURING YOUR ROOKIE SEASON. WHERE DID YOU IMPROVE THE MOST THAT IT SHOWED TONIGHT? “Oh, man we had such a fast NAPA Chevy tonight. I didn’t think anybody was going to help us there at the first part of the race and I had a couple good pushes to get us out front and our spotter did a great job on the roof making sure he was calling the lanes correctly and we were able to get back in front. Just want to thank our partners and the Hendrick engine shop. They had some steam tonight at it was apparent.”
FedEx announced today its extension with Joe Gibbs Racing to serve as the sponsor of the #11 Toyota with driver Denny Hamlin in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
After a 2016 campaign that saw Jeremy Clements and the #51 JCR crew battling to nearly make the innaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series “Chase”, the team is excited about the new season’s prospects. They head to Daytona for the PowerShares QQQ 300 with a new superspeedway car and a lot of motivation from long time sponsor RepairableVehicles.com who has further expanded their program with JCR for the 20017 season.
Bass Pro Shops, a leading destination retailer offering outdoor gear and apparel in an immersive setting, continues its partnership with Furniture Row Racing as the primary co-sponsor on Martin Truex Jr.’s Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry during the 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series season.
His race teams have run 1,474 races in the series now known the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and won 98 of them along with 116 poles. His drivers have led 24,580 laps, and back in the day he posted many of those numbers himself, when he was the team’s main driver.
Ross Chastain will begin his third season in JD Motorsports with Gary Keller Chevrolets in Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway.
Fans can find out all the latest news about the upcoming Bass Pro Shops Night Race Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway via a 70-page commemorative souvenir program available for free in both printed and digital formats.
Haiden Deegan break through for his first premier class victory in the 450SMX Class, while Levi Kitchen came out on the winning end of a tiebreaker to prevail in the 250SMX Class.
The reigning O'Reilly Auto Parts Series champion from Menlo Park, California, led 70 of 180-scheduled laps and executed a race-winning pass with 16 laps remaining to notch his first victory since the 2025 finale and establish his championship-defensive run.