Official Release

“I think this is probably our second-best race of the season as far as just putting it all together. We raced with some good cars, but after the first and second pit stop, we just missed it a little bit. We probably were at our best at the beginning of the race, but I’m proud of my guys.

ERIK JONES, No. 20 GameStop Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Heat 1 Finishing Position: 1st - How do you feel about the performance of the car in the heat race? “We did everything we needed to right there."

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 NATURE’S BAKERY CHEVROLET SS – Involved in an on-track incident with Denny Hamlin and sustained rear damage to the No. 10 Chevrolet

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Comcast Business Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What does this pole mean to you here at Bristol? “Just awesome, what Comcast Business does is they find solutions for complex problems and this place is really complicated and my guys did a really good job making the car drive well on all different segments. When you’re driving in the corner and these things take off and slide and Dave (Rogers, crew chief) and everybody did a really great job. It’s really cool to get this pole.”

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Comcast Business Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What does this pole mean to you here at Bristol? “Just awesome, what Comcast Business does is they find solutions for complex problems and this place is really complicated and my guys did a really good job making the car drive well on all different segments."

LANDON CASSILL – No. 38 Snap Fitness Ford Fusion – WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE TO AVOID THAT SITUATION? “I’ll be honest, I wasn’t looking in my mirror. If I would have seen a car sideways at the right time, I probably would have tried to speed up.

Jimmie Johnson was fastest among the Chevrolet drivers qualifying for Sunday’s Food City 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The six time NSCS champion posted the sixth fastest lap with a lap time of 15.173 secs and average lap speed of 127.997 in his No. 48 Lowe’s Chevrolet SS. Johnson leads all active drivers with 12 short track victories.

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS/RANGER BOATS CHEVROLET SS, AND HIS BROTHER, TY DILLON, NO. 14 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER BOATS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway to talk about their promotion with Bass Pro Shops Bro VS Bro and discuss how much the brothers have competed against each other, their workout regimens and many other topics.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Bristol Motor Speedway and discussed having Peyton Manning as a guest at the track this weekend, his thoughts on loose wheels, the success of the banana and mayonnaise and many other topics.

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Comcast Business Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What is your outlook for this weekend? “I’m getting up to speed now, this place takes a little bit to get going. It’s just so fast. There’s nothing like it on the schedule. It’s fun and I think by the time we get through today and tomorrow, I’ll have caught up with the race car and the race track."