Due to inclement weather, Friday’s on-track activity has been moved to Sunday; the Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will be moved to Sunday at 11 a.m.; Saturday’s Bank of America 500, the only Saturday night race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, will begin at 7 p.m.
JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – THERE WERE SOME MOMENTS IN ROUND ONE WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT TO ROUND 2? “I was thinking the same thing. On the first run we hit the splitter and made some adjustments to get off of that. Once we did that it came to life. Our Pennzoil Ford is fast. We had that extra run on our tires. How much did that hurt us? I don’t know."
KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUSCH HUNTING CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER “I just got to the green a little bit better. The car was too loose the time before. And I got to the green better. It was good in (Turns) 1 and 2; but I felt like I gave up a little something in (Turns) 3 and 4 coming to the checkered."
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries/ABC Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What would it mean to you to get a win at Charlotte Motor Speedway? “It would certainly mean a lot. We’ve been trying here for a long, long time and we’ve been close a few times and it just hasn’t all quite worked out the way we would have wanted it to I guess at the end of some of the races, so certainly we feel as though there’s no better opportunity to win a Charlotte race than in the Chase."
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 STANLEY Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What are your expectations entering the ‘Round of 12’ with Talladega Superspeedway looming? “Somebody’s going to leave here really happy and I hope it’s me. This is – this round I believe is probably the toughest one just with Talladega out there and these mile-and-a-halves."
Martin Truex Jr.’s Furniture Row Racing Toyota will include a new sponsor for Saturday night’s Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway – Maaco – North America’s Bodyshop.
MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress, Furniture Row Racing - How does it feel to have Maaco join your team? “Obviously, we’re really excited. This has been such a big season for everybody at Furniture Row Racing bringing on new partners and this is just another step in that direction, so again a great nationwide and even in Canada – a huge company (Maaco)."
AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW COATING MATERIALS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media to discuss making it through the first round of the Chase, the importance of winning early in the Round of 12 and many other topics.
UniFirst and 11-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions Hendrick Motorsports have reached an eight-year agreement that will make the workwear and textile service company a primary sponsor of the No. 5 Chevrolet SS driven by Kasey Kahne. The contract runs through the year 2023.
This weekend marks the fifth time that the NASCAR Cup Series has competed at the 1.25-mile paved oval located just outside of St. Louis, Missouri in Madison, Illinois.
NASCAR driver Josh Bilicki today announced that he is partnering with SnowEx for the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Phoenix Raceway in October.
The 20-year-old Day from Clovis, California, will return for a second consecutive full-time campaign in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and make limited Cup Series starts in 2027 as part of his long-term contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports.
TRICON Garage (TRICON) is pleased to announce that veteran NASCAR Truck Series competitor Bayley Currey has been tabbed to drive the No. 5 Toyota Tundra
