Official Release

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - Did you think you had a pole-winning race car today? “I told you I had a fast car I just wasn’t sure we could get the balance of it right. There right at the end that last run was the best it’s been all day. Adam Stevens (crew chief) and these guys they did it again."

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 JIMMY JOHN’S/BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED – 2ND - DESCRIBE THE LAP THAT ALMOST PUT THE NO. 4 ON THE POLE: “Just really proud of everybody on our Jimmy John’s/Budweiser team for running our fastest lap in the last session. A lot of that lies on me for putting the lap together something I hadn’t done over the last couple of months. I feel like we all did a good job there and made some good adjustments."

GREG BIFFLE, No. 16 Roush Performance Ford Fusion – (Qualified 25th) – “We were just really loose. We were having a hard time coming off the truck with the right balance. We were super tight the last practice session and then I almost wrecked on the first lap from being way too loose. "

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 MICROSOFT CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his Pocono sweep in 2014, the status of his team heading into the Chase and many other topics.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AARP MEMBER ADVANTAGES CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed rules packages, different challenges of racing at Pocono and his memories of this particular track, how he feels about making the Chase at this point in the season, his feelings about going to various tracks for the final time as a competitor, and more.

MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/VISSER PRECISION CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Pocono Raceway and discussed his win at the ‘Tricky Triangle’ in June, his thoughts on the recent developments at Michael Waltrip Racing and many other topics.

MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 ChiChi’s/Menards Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing - What is your outlook for this weekend at Pocono Raceway? “Just go into this race like we do each and every race. Just try to go and lead laps and put ourselves in position to win. We haven’t really honestly looked at points."

Earlier this season, Roush Fenway Racing’s Chris Buescher led 94 laps at Iowa Speedway en route to his first victory of the 2015 season. It was the start of a good month for Buescher, who earned another victory just two weeks later at Dover International Speedway.

What Turn Four?... The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) heads to the track this weekend in Long Pond, Pennsylvania known as the “Tricky Triangle” for the Pocono Mountains 150. Travis Kvapil will make his 1st NCWTS start at the Pocono Raceway.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How much momentum does your team have at Pocono after winning four of the last five races? “I’d say we’re certainly doing the right things and our momentum is certainly high at this point. The guys have just done a phenomenal job both at the shop – everyone there at Joe Gibbs Racing as well as here at the race tracks that we’ve been to."