JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AMERICAN RED CROSS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Kansas Speedway. He discussed his record and expectations at Kansas, tire development, diversity in NASCAR and having American Red Cross on his Chevy SS this weekend.
ERIK JONES, No. 18 M&M’s Red Nose Day Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What are you doing to prepare for both the NSCS and NCWTS races this weekend? “I watched quite a few videos from last year’s race – not only on the Cup side, but the truck side too. Talked to Kyle (Busch), he won the Truck race here last year and on the Cup side he gave me a few tips.
Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion, presented a check to Folds of Honor from his Joey Logano Foundation to help military families in need of education assistance. After the presentation, Logano met with media members Friday morning at a soggy Kansas Speedway and fielded one question pertaining to the race weekend.
“It was good to be the fastest Honda in the second session but we’ve got to get some predictability in the car. It’s pretty difficult to drive; it’s on edge which is how it’s been all year but as I said to someone earlier, if it’s on edge and fast, that’s cool but if it’s on edge and its slow, that’s obviously not so at least we’re at the fast end. We’ve got to find some more things to make the Steak ‘n Shake car faster to be good in qualifying and on race day.”
Nickelodeon today announced world-renowned artist KAWS is reimagining SpongeBob SquarePants for the SpongeBob 400 Sprint Cup race on May 9, at the Kansas Speedway. Through this collaboration, KAWS will bring his dynamic, and avant-garde, interpretation of the most absorbing personality on all TV to NASCAR fans across the country. Elements will feature the artist’s KAWSBOB character and include a custom 3-ft. trophy and a 70-ft. x 900-ft. mural spanning the track’s backstretch
Joey Gase and Go Fas Racing announce their sponsorship line up for the SpongeBob SquarePants 400 at Kansas Speedway. Tri State Tower, the premier cell phone and data National Turnkey Construction and maintenance company in the Midwest, will be the hood sponsor on the #32 Ford Fusion.
“It’s just about having good trucks. These guys bring really, really good Menards Toyota Tundras each and every week to the mile-and-a-half stuff. I think our short track stuff is just as good as our mile-and-a-half stuff. I look forward to each and every week that we go to the race track to be totally honest.”
“First of all I want to say thank you to Kyle Busch Motorsports because to be honest they’ve been super helpful to me through all this learning process that I’ve been through so far in 2015 with them – with three races. There’s been a lot of things to learn and to improve and to work on. They’ve been super helpful to me and helped me with a lot of key points and helping me to be competitive at every race track. "
“Kansas Speedway has been repaved in the past few years and it’s a lot smoother,” Allmendinger said. “I really hope the grip level at Kansas relates to Vegas (Las Vegas Motor Speedway) because we really ran strong there and finished sixth. We have got one of our newer No. 47 Dillons/SCOTT Products Chevrolet SS race cars that we are taking to Kansas. I feel like we will have a fast car with what we learned and how we ran at Vegas. I feel pretty good about this weekend.”
After a month long hiatus from racing, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series is back in action this week. Korbin Forrister is set to make his tenth career start in the NCWTS Friday night in the Toyota Tundra 250 at the Kansas Speedway behind the wheel of the No. 08 Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery Chevrolet Silverado.
The two-time ARCA Menards Series East champion from Johnston, Iowa, reeled in, slingshotted and outdueled teammate Carson Kvapil on the final lap to snatch his first elusive O'Reilly victory of the 2026 season and his second national touring series victory of this weekend at Talladega.
Dean Thompson delivered an incredible save mid-race and recovered to finish eighth to lead Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday afternoon.
Joe Gibbs Racing driver Chase Briscoe was made available to the media on Saturday after willing the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway.
The two-time Southern 500 champion from Mitchell, Indiana, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 186.065 mph in 51.466 seconds for his first Cup pole of the 2026 season and the 10th of his career at Talladega.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Kroger Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “That’s solid. We had a lot of speed here today. I know it’s single car, but it translated really well at Daytona..."
Kyle Larson, driver of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, met with the media in a panel with fellow Chase contenders, Chase Briscoe and Ryan Blaney, in advance of the NASCAR Cup Series practice qualifying session at Talladega Superspeedway.
