Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 6 LoudMouth Exhaust Ford Mustang, led four laps and overcame damage from contact with the outside-retaining wall to earn a seventh-place finish in the NASCAR XFINITY Series event at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday night.
BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – THAT HAS TO BE A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. “Yeah. What can you say? I guess it happens. We weren’t as fast as we wanted to be all weekend, but we had a lot of heart and fought as hard as we could. "
Ryan Blaney and his No. 21 Virginia Tech Ford Fusion led the way for Ford Motor Company in Friday’s Sprint Cup qualifying session at Bristol Motor Speedway.
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 EcoBoost Ford Fusion – WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE SPIN IN QUALIFYING? “I was just a little bit too loose. It was gonna be a great lap. It was gonna be a sub-15.00 lap for sure, and I got in the corner really deep and got on the throttle and I didn’t even feel the back move.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 STANLEY Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - Are you surprised you won the pole? “A little bit surprising – we didn’t make a mock run. That tells you how great of teammates I have."
Carl Edwards (Toyota) won the pole, Denny Hamlin (Toyota) was second, Kyle Busch (Toyota) was third, Ryan Blaney (Ford) was fourth and Matt Kenseth (Toyota) will start fifth to round out the Top five qualifiers.
The winner of the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race on Saturday, August 20 at the Bristol Motor Speedway will take home a one-of-a-kind championship trophy that salutes American freedom.
CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA AUTO PARTS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway and discussed his involvement with a youth initiative, Chase U, at Charlotte Motor Speedway, his current position in the point standings, his thoughts heading into Bristol this weekend and many other topics.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How much do you enjoy racing at Bristol? “I always love to come to Bristol, it’s a fun race track. The track is a lot different right now though."
Tyler Ankrum, driver of the No. 18 LIUNA Chevrolet Silverado RST was forced to end his 2026 NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series season a few short laps early after getting collected in an incident with 21 laps to go.
