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.
Timothy Peters finished Saturday’s fred’s 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway exactly where he started—at the front of the pack—despite an extraordinary ebb and flow between the opening green flag and the checkers.
BRIAN KESELOWSKI – No. 29 Cooper Standard Ford F-150 – “I did the one thing I said I shouldn’t do is speed down pit road, so it didn’t start off the way that we needed to. Obviously, starting on the bottom helped because the bottom line was the way to be, so we rode in line and had that first pit stop and had to go back. I was like, ‘OK, let’s see if we can work our way to the front,’ and we worked our way to the front."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 3M CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media Friday at Talladega Superspeedway. He discussed his approach to Sunday’s final race of the Contender round, his history and best memories at Talladega, his season to date and other topics.
MATT KENSETH, No. 20 DeWALT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How is the car for this weekend and what is your approach for the race? “It’s always hard to tell where you stack up here at Talladega really until you get into the race."
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Fusion, came into this event last year needing a win in order to advance to the Eliminator Round, and he got it. This season, he finds himself seventh in a crowded field of drivers looking to be one of the eight who advance next week at Martinsville. Keselowski spoke about his situation and other issues around this weekend’s event before today’s practice.
Already teammates with Chip Ganassi Racing, two Verizon IndyCar Series champions are teaming again this weekend for another grueling athletic endeavor. Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan will compete Oct. 25 in the Ironman 70.3 Miami.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 eero team return to EchoPark Speedway this weekend for the Quaker State 400 after producing several strong performances at the track in recent seasons.
The event highlighted the history of North Wilkesboro Speedway as the first points Cup series race in 30 years returns to the historic track next weekend
The 2020 Cup Series champion from Dawsonville, Georgia, will make his first Truck start in three years and drive the No. 7 entry for Spire Motorsports at North Wilkesboro Speedway (July 18).
Noah Gragson and the No. 4 team head to the EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, hoping to improve from a 27th-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway last week.
For the first time this season, the NASCAR Cup and O’Reilly Auto Parts Series will make a return visit to a venue as the sport’s top-two divisions head back south for a pair of events under the lights at EchoPark Speedway.
