TODD GORDON, Crew Chief – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “I thought it was pretty cool. It’s a different format with the 50-50-13 and it definitely brought some different strategies forward. I thought a quick synopsis of what we thought, but I thought our long-run speed was pretty good in the first section.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS – Finished 3rd: - WE HEARD YOU ON THE RADIO EARLIER REMINDING YOU OF THE FIRST TIME YOU FLEW A REMOTE CONTROL HELICOPTER. WAS THAT THE KIND OF CRAZY DAY THIS WAS?
Toyota driver Matt Crafton drove his Tundra to victory lane in Saturday afternoon’s rain-postponed NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Matt Crafton returned to Charlotte Motor Speedway, the site of his first NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory in 2008, and scored a convincing win in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200, which was completed on Saturday afternoon due to rain showers on Friday.
Roush Fenway Racing’s Trevor Bayne and Greg Biffle swept the first two segments in Saturday morning’s Sprint Showdown race at Charlotte Motor Speedway to race their way into tonight’s Sprint All-Star Race; keeping alive Roush Fenway’s streak of now 27 consecutive All-Star starts.
revor Bayne, Greg Biffle and Kyle Larson rocketed to segment victories in an exhilarating Saturday afternoon Sprint Showdown, the prelude to Saturday night’s fender-banging NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, while Chase Elliott andDanica Patrick claimed the final two positions in the biggest all-star event in sports by being the top vote-getters in the Sprint Fan Vote.
KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – Winner of Segment #3 of the Sprint Showdown and will make his first NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race start: “We had a good Target Chevy. I knew Chase (Elliott) was going to be good on four tires and he was going to win the fan vote and I probably wasn’t going to win the fan vote. So, I did what I could do.”
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 Cheez-It Ford Fusion – TALK ABOUT THAT STRATEGY OF TWO TIRES UNDER CAUTION AND TWO MORE BETWEEN SEGMENTS? “Brian Pattie is a very, very smart veteran crew chief in this sport and it was his call. I was skeptical of it, trust me, but I tell you what, what really made the difference was we made a chassis adjustment, two left side tires, the car was really fast the last single lap that we made under green and I was able to pass four cars in one lap."
A day-long slate of inclement weather didn’t dampen the fun for race fans who partied in the rain on Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but showers pushed back the exciting Sprint Showdown and the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 to a Saturday showcase of races that will conclude at night with the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, the biggest all-star event in sports.
The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals is always a special race for six-time Pro Stock world champion Greg Anderson and this year’s trip to Summit Motorsports Park gives him a chance to add two more trophies to his extensive collection
