If Toyota and Ford are to break the Chevrolet stranglehold on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the two manufacturers took a positive step in that direction during NASCAR Sprint Cup Series time trials on Saturday.
RYAN BLANEY – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – “It’s my fault, obviously. You saw it. I screwed up. This team doesn’t deserve that. I dropped the ball for them today and I take full responsibility. It’s all my fault.”
Two-time Brickyard 400 winner and Indiana native, Tony Stewart, turned a lap of 49.228 seconds/182.82 mph in his No. 14 Mobil 1/Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet SS to earn a fourth-place starting spot in Sunday’s Crown Royal presents the Jeff Kyle 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How confident were you about the lap you posted in the second round to secure the pole? “Tony (Stewart) had me nervous – he was so fast in that first round. Our guys did awesome. Yesterday they worked so hard – everybody in the garage worked hard changing engines."
Leonard Wood, whose work over the years on the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane/JDRF Ford earned him induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, has a special appreciation for Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 9 Medallion Bank Ford Fusion – HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING EFFORT AND POSITION FORTOMORROW? “I feel a lot better about it than what I did yesterday. We struggled a lot through the first two sessions in trying to find speed in the car. It’s definitely a lot different package than what we’ve ever had on the car, so I think we’re all pretty frustrated."
Our other car isn't like this one! That may be the thoughts of Luther and Stephani Martin after Eckrich and NASCAR driver Aric Almirola surprised the military family with a new custom-made 2016 Ford Fusion, designed to replicate the No. 43 scheme that Almirola will race in Sunday's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Skittles Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What have the last four weeks been like for you winning three of the races? “It’s certainly been pretty remarkable to come back and be as successful as we have been for us and this 18 team. Certainly it started out a little rough, but it’s certainly gotten a heck of a lot better here as of late in the last three of four weeks."
Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 43 Eckrich Ford Fusion, presented Army Veteran Luther Martin and his family with a new Ford Fusion and a free year of groceries as part of Eckrich’s participation in Operation Homefront this morning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Almirola spoke about that and the new rules package being used this weekend after the presentation.
JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S/CESSNA CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his former win at the Brickyard and what it meant to him, his season to date, the rules package change for this weekend, keeping his cool on-track, and more.
The Racing to End Alzheimer's with Stephen Cameron Racing team heads to legendary Sebring International Raceway this week for race two of the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge (IMPC) season
Continuing its relationship with veteran NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series driver Ryan Ellis, Sweetwater Construction will return for the 2026 season, joining Young’s Motorsports for a four-race campaign beginning March 21 at Darlington
Corvette Racing’s four Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R teams are set for the second and final race of their season-opening Florida swing at America’s oldest sports car race.
The FMP NHRA Arizona Nationals presented by NGK Spark Plugs is the second event on the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series’ 20-race calendar in 2026.
Joey Logano and the No. 22 Pennzoil Ultra Platinum Ford Mustang Dark Horse team came away with a 15th-place finish in Sunday's Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
