Official Release

Kaz Grala, driver of the No. 33 Allegiant Travel Chevrolet Silverado, brought home a 31st-place finish in Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Grala started the 250-lap event from the 19th position for his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) debut.

Johnny Sauter started from the third position in the No. 21 Smokey Mountain Herbal Snuff Chevrolet for Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. The Necedah, Wis., native ran in the top five until an incident on lap 43 concluded the No. 21 team’s day.

Spencer Gallagher, driver of the No. 23 Alamo Rent-A-Car Chevrolet Silverado, brought home a 6th-place finish in Saturday’s Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway. Gallagher advanced through all three rounds of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) qualifying on Saturday morning to earn an 11th-place starting position.

Toyota driver Kyle Busch was victorious in Saturday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway.

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Martinsville Speedway along with Andrew Barberena who is a senior at Martinsville High School. He is in the engineering program at the school and is the captain of the robotics team he is also taking some night classes at Patrick Henry Community College in their motorsports program. This weekend Andrew will serve as an honorary crew member on the No. 1 Chevrolet SS team. McMurray discussed racing on short tracks growing up, the increase on the importance of engineering in NASCAR and many other topics. Selected Racing Related questions and answers:

Richard Petty is the all-time winner in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville Speedway, but one of his drivers – Brian Scott – will be making his first start at the half-mile track in Sunday’s STP 500. Scott, who received his first Mustang earlier this morning from Petty’s Garage, will start 26th. Both Petty and Scott spoke about Martinsville and how it’s a one-of-a-kind facility.

Joey Logano won his third straight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series pole today at Martinsville Speedway. In addition, this marks the seventh straight race he’s qualified sixth or better at the half-mile track. Here’s a look at his last seven qualifying efforts: 1st (2016); 1st and 1st (2015); 2nd and 3rd (2014); 6th and 4th (2013).

Kasey Kahne led the way for Team Chevy in knock-out style qualifying for the STP 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville Speedway with a lap of 19.515 seconds, 97.033 mph in his No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS. With his solid run, Kahne will start on the outside front row in the 40-car field for Sunday’s 500-lap event at the 0.526-mile paper-clipped shaped venue. This marks his second top-10 start of 2016 and ninth in 25 races at Martinsville Speedway.

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 GREAT CLIPS CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED 2ND - THIS IS YOUR BEST START OF THE YEAR. HOW GOOD DOES THAT FEEL? “It feels good. The car was really fast, this Great Clips Chevrolet. The guys did a nice job in practice and in qualifying. I just kept getting better with my laps.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s 75 Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 7th - How was the car in qualifying? “We were okay, we’ve just been lacking a little bit overall all day and that’s just kind of what we missed it by there. Overall, we have decent speed, we just need some more.”