TODD GORDON, crew chief, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TELL US ABOUT THE FINAL LAPS. “I would say we were probably the lowest stressed group coming into today. The final laps there we had a good car. I felt like we could contend and execution in the pits got us to the point where we got off pit road that last fuel only stop first and we were watching it go and seeing what was happening with the 16."
DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET SS - WALK US THROUGH THE FINAL RESTART AND YOUR TAKE ON IT: “I couldn’t believe he (Joey Logano) gave me the bottom. I was like ‘man this is a gift.’ I was going to win the race for sure, but that caution came out."
Richard Childress Racing drivers Paul Menard, Ryan Newman and Austin Dillon finished sixth, 12th and 14th, respectively, in the CampingWorld.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.
Martin Truex Jr.’s come-from-behind seventh-place finish Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway advanced the Furniture Row Racing driver to NASCAR’s Eliminator Round of the Chase, equivalent to college basketball’s Elite 8.
Jeff Gordon will start out front in his final race at Talladega Superspeedway after winning the pole position and leading the Chevrolet SS contingent in qualifying for the CampingWorld.com 500.
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 3M CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - HOW DEEP DOES THIS EFFORT GO? “It’s very deep. These guys work extremely hard. I know everybody does for these restrictor plate tracks. To be able to get the results like that and they have been doing it all year long on these tracks.
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 DeWALT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 4th - What can everyone expect in tomorrow’s race? “One thing about Talladega is you always have to expect the unexpected so who knows what’s going to happen."
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 Cheez-It Ford Fusion – “I feel pretty good about the Cheez-It Ford Fusion. It was good in drafting and that’s what tomorrow is gonna be like, so it’s not a great spot to be starting 19th because it’s kind of in the middle of the whole thing, but we’ll work our way to the front."
In a knockout qualifying session dominated by Hendrick Motorsports on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, the outgoing king of restrictor-plate time trials—Jeff Gordon—won the pole position for Sunday’s CampingWorld.com 500, the final race in the Contender Round of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones (second) and Christopher Bell (third) delivered podium finishes to lead Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday evening.
23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick was made available to the media on Saturday after winning the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race from Darlington Raceway.
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “I thought it was really smooth. It looks like Chris is qualified right next to me. I felt like I got all it had. We know the cars are gonna be very difficult to drive and that did not disappoint.”
