DARRELL WALLACE JR. – No. 6 EcoBoost Ford Mustang – WHAT HAPPENED AT THE START OF THE RACE, WHERE YOU HAD TO PIT BEFORE THE GREEN FLAG? “That was just unfortunate and explains how our luck is going. We rolled off for the main and it just started sputtering and the motor shut off. I switched distributors and it fired back up, so I’m like, ‘Great, we have an electrical issue.’
Jeb Burton returned to the NASCAR XFINITY Series on Saturday afternoon at the blistering hot Indianapolis (Ind.) Motor Speedway. Burton partnered with Estes Express Lines to race the No. 98 Ford owned by Biagi-DenBeste Racing - a winning team this season in the XFINITY Series.
Indiana native Tony Stewart led a contingent of Chevrolet SS drivers in qualifying for the 23rd running of the The Combat Wounded Coalition 400 at the Brickyard. Stewart will start the third with a lap of 48.826-seconds/184.328 mph behind the wheel of the No. 14 Mobil 1/Chevy Summer Sell Down Chevrolet SS fielded by Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR)
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Skittles Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What was the key to your pole-winning run? “I don’t know if there’s necessarily a key. I just think that everything kind of worked together."
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – “A top five on a hot day like today isn’t too shabby, but of course we want the pole and we want to win the race. That’s the most important part is winning the race, so we can win the race from fifth.”
Greg Biffle arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend with a heavy heart following the death of his father, Jack, earlier in the week. Biffle also arrived with the confidence of three-straight top-10 finishes and past success at the track along with speed in his 16 Fusion during the practice sessions. Biffle spoke about all those topics prior to qualifying Saturday at the Brickyard.
LIKE RIDING A BIKE? “No, I mean yes and no. When you get to drive a race car like this it certainly just helps you focus on what you need to do out there. Being out of the car that long and not really having a lot of experience with this package it was a tall task, I will be honest."
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Skittles Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as the defending race winner? “It’s pretty cool."
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/CHEVY SUMMER SELL DOWN CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed his last race as a full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, his thoughts on Eldora’s success and the potential for more races there in the future and many other topics.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S RED VEST CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed the progress of Dale Earnhardt Jr., having Jeff Gordon in the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy SS this weekend as a substitute for him, the challenges of extremely high heat at Indianapolis this weekend, and more.
Shawn Langdon finished off an impressive weekend with a victory on Monday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, defeating Tony Stewart in the final round of the prestigious 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Carson Brown (No. 28 Klean Freak Chevrolet) dominated the ARCA Menards Series Audubon Park 100 at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds to score his second series victory of the season.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team earned their sixth consecutive top-10 finish with a seventh-place result in Sunday night’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
