Will Power's lap of 1 minute, 05.4332 seconds on the 2.258-mile, 13-turn Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was the fastest among 24 drivers participating in practice for the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio on Aug. 4.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Peanut Butter Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - Are you happy with your race car? "I thought that the Peanut Butter M&M's Camry was really, really fast today."
CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion – TELL US ABOUT YOUR LAP OUT THERE. “We got very fortunate with our draw. The track was getting faster and faster so that was very good for us. We didn’t expect to pick up that much so that was a nice surprise to drive down into turn one and have that much grip."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S PLANES CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - YOU WERE 1 SECOND FASTER THAN YOU WERE IN PRACTICE. HOW DID THAT FEEL? “Yeah, it might even be more than that. I think we were like a 51.l5 was my fastest lap in qualifying runs and then just to run a 49.80-something; so (laughs)."
CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion (Qualified 3rd) – “I left a little bit out there but not much. This is a really good race car. My guys did a great job. Jimmy Fennig and the engineers took a pretty big stab at our setup because we didn’t have it right at the end of practice."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed racing at Pocono, upcoming test sessions and other topics.
DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the challenges at Pocono and of her year to date, her relationship with GoDaddy, the upcoming road race at Watkins Glen, and more.
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 GODADDY CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his sprint car accident this week, the first practice session and other topics.
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 HAAS AUTOMATION 30TH ANNIVERSARY CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his week following winning at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
An 11th hour agreement between SS Green Light Racing and former United States Auto Club (USAC) driver Ricky Ehrgott will allow the two to compete in Saturday’s Pocono Mountains 125 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) event at Pocono (Pa.) Raceway.
