After two weeks of mechanical failures that sent Eric McClure on a downward slide in the NASCAR Owner standings, he headed to his hometown track of Bristol Motor Speedway looking for redemption. Despite a bad start to the weekend that forced the Hefty®/Reynolds® team to change the entire set-up of the NO. 14 Camry prior to qualifying, the 34-year-old driver was able to overcome his 24th starting position to finish the Jeff Foxworthy’s Grit Chips 300 as follows:
Jeff Lapcevich and Fastline Motorsports will once again compete with the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in 2013, with the Grimsby veteran excitedly announcing the return of long-time marketing partner Tim Hortons for a landmark 24th season.
SAM HORNISH JR. – No. 12 Alliance Truck Parts Ford Mustang – “We had some kind of issue with the power-steering on the car. The handling was pretty good, but it gave me a workout today. The Alliance Truck Parts Ford Mustang was really good through traffic."
Roush Fenway driver Chris Buescher took his first ever lap at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS) on Friday, during Nationwide Series practice at the .533-mile track known at "Thunder Valley."
Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion, has started the 2013 season with three straight top-five finishes and is coming off a season-best third at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend. The defending NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion spoke about his start, along with a variety of other issues.
Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Great Clips Chevrolet SS, put down the second-fastest lap of the day and will start Sunday’s Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on the outside of the front row. His lap time of 14.875 seconds and 128.995 mph was also above the previous track qualifying record set by Ryan Newman in 2003. This is Kasey’s fourth top-10 start of 2013 and his 10th in 19 races at Bristol.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - How are you so good at Bristol? "It's just kind of gone that way for me. After a couple of years of getting used to wrecking here, it sort of all fell into place. I've never sat on a pole here at Bristol and qualifying is not everything here."
