Hamlin won the Coors Light Pole for the "FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks” NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, circling the Monster Mile at 160.121 mph. He stayed ahead of Martin Truex Jr. who will start second after a lap of 159.723 MPH.
Martin Truex Jr. earned his best start of the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup season today by qualifying his No. 78 Furniture Row/Visser Precision Chevy SS second quick for Sunday’s FedEx 400 at Dover International Speedway. Truex, Jr., currently ranked second in the point standings, ran a lap of 159.723 mph at the place he considers his home track, which is near where he grew up in Mayetta, NJ. He also scored his first career Cup victory at the ‘Monster Mile’.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Cares Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What does it mean to get the pole this weekend in Dover? “It’s so special especially during FedEx 400 weekend. The FedEx Cares is about the employees – the 70,000 hours that they spend volunteering all over the world to help people in need, so this is part of that program and Autism Speaks is on the car once again. So, I’m proud of the efforts of our race team. We came here and we tested and we felt pretty good about it and my team just brought me another fast Camry.”
MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/VISSER PRECISION CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED 2ND - YOU WERE SO CLOSE TO GETTING THAT FIRST POLE OF THE YEAR “Yeah, we were close. For whatever reason, we thought we were in good shape, and then right there, I went to go for it and for some reason the car just got really tight laying it down in the corners."
GREG BIFFLE, No. 16 Safety-Kleen Ford Fusion (Qualified 7th) – “I am encouraged with where our lap times are. We are less than a tenth off the pole. A tenth of a second, if I had one more chance at it I think I could have done that. Momentum is kind of on our side."
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Cares Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What does it mean to be a part of FedEx and running a special paint scheme this weekend? “It’s obviously the FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks. It’s a great relationship we’ve had with Autism Speaks over the last few years. Obviously it’s kind of a spin-off from that, but the FedEx Cares paint scheme is more of an appreciation for the nearly 70,000 hours that all the employees have put in at FedEx."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 3M CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed the physical demands of Dover, what Daytona International Speedway has meant to his career and many other topics.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How was your car in practice? “Our Stanley Toyota was really fast in practice and it’s just such a fast race track. You really get a sensation of speed here. My first run I wasn’t very fast and I went back and looked and I just wasn’t driving the corner fast enough."
Jack Link’s and Big Machine Records will co-sponsor Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 15 Toyota driven by Clint Bowyer in the June 7 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway.
Darrell Wallace Jr., diver of the No. 6 Ford EcoBoost Mustang in the NASCAR XFINITY series is one of four drivers competing for an extra $100,000 in the first Dash for Cash race of the season. Wallace met with media members Friday afternoon to discuss the weekend ahead.
HSR's First Overseas Race This Weekend at the Le Mans Classic Legend Celebrates the Golden Anniversary of NASCAR's First Appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1976
Spire Motorsports has one previous start at the 1.5-mile oval dating to 2019, though Daniel Suárez and Michael McDowell have combined for 12 Cup starts at the track.
Zane Smith, driver of the No. 38 Front Row Motorsports Ford Mustang Dark Horse, will be making his 100th career NASCAR Cup Series start when the green flag falls this weekend at Chicagoland Speedway.
This weekend will mark the first NASCAR action at Chicagoland Speedway since 2019. Prior to that, the circuit made a yearly stop at the 1.5-mile track for 19 consecutive seasons, starting in 2001.
