KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge Challenger R/T) Race Winner CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH THE RACE AND WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE IN THE NATIONWIDE SERIES CAR AGAIN? "This was a lot of fun to come out here and fill in for (Brad) Keselowski and have Todd Gordon here running the show."
Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Joey Logano (third) and Kyle Busch (fourth) earned top-five results for Toyota in Saturday's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Watkins Glen International.
When the checkered flag finally flew over the 11-turn road course of Watkins Glen International on Saturday afternoon, Alex Kennedy and the No. 23 Primalyn Enterprises/Dream Factory Chevrolet overcame a lack of cautions and kept their nose clean to finish 23rd in the race.
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Ruby Tuesday/Discount Tire Dodge Challenger R/T) Race Winner IT CAME DOWN TO A GREEN-WHITE CHECKERED FLAG; TAKE US THROUGH THE RESTART? "I knew that it was going to be a good finish."
CARL EDWARDS - No. 60 Fastenal Ford Mustang - "I messed up the last restart. I messed it up, but Kurt did a really good job. He didn't spin the tires and I wish I could have done a better job for my guys."
Going out 25th in the qualifying order, Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet, sat on the provisional pole in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying after his lap broke the existing track record at Watkins Glen International as driver after driver couldn't match his lap of 1:10:188.
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Starting Position: 1st Do you have confidence for tomorrow's race? "We were confident going in before. Certainly we knew we had a great race car this weekend."
AJ ALLMENDINGER - No. 43 Best Buy Ford Fusion - HOW WAS YOUR LAP? "It was pretty good. I felt like I got into one just a little bit deep and locked the right-front just a little bit, but felt like I carried good momentum through there."
BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 12th “I thought that is was a really good lap for our Miller Lite Dodge Charger. I probably under-drove the lap just a little bit."
KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO JIMMIE JOHNSON'S COMMENTS TOWARDS YOU YESTERDAY IN THE MEDIA CENTER? "When you said Jimmie was in here, I didn't know if you meant (Jimmy) Spencer or (Jimmie) Johnson (laughs)."
The two-time Xfinity Series champion from Corning, California, fought through an illness to claim his first regular-season title in NASCAR's premier series by a single point.
In a wild race that featured more twists than a pretzel factory, Scott McLaughlin held off six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon to win the second race of the Hy-Vee Milwaukee Mile 250s doubleheader Sunday.
Jak Crawford rebounded from an unlucky qualifying session to score a pair of points-paying finishes as the FIA Formula 2 Championship resumed at Monza following the summer break.
