Each race weekend, selected SRT Motorsports Engineers, Penske Racing engineers and crew chiefs, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race.
Kasey Kahne led the way for Chevrolet earning his first pole of 2012 and solidifying a spot in the 2013 Budweiser Shootout during Friday’s qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED ON THE POLE - ON HIS RUN: “It was a good lap. We carried a lot of speed to the line in the Farmers Insurance Chevy."
KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Brown Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Qualified: 2nd Is it more stressful to qualify or to race at Las Vegas? "Definitely more stressful for sure. Coming to Las Vegas, it's always fun of course to be able to come back home and see friends and everything like that, but it's more stressful when you get to the race track because you want to do well. "
A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 14th HOW WAS YOUR QUALIFYING LAP? “I thought it was a good lap for the Pennzoil Dodge. I’m a little lost because the lap felt faster than the speed showed. Our car is fast. I’m not quite sure what happened.”"
TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/OFFICE DEPOT CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed his chances this week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, dirt racing and other topics.
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 3M Ford Fusion – “I’m a little disappointed. Maybe I held it out a little too long getting into turn three, but it didn’t seem like it wanted to turn to the bottom. That’s where I lost my time."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT 20 YEARS CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed 20 years of racing with DuPont, his wreck at Daytona and other topics.
Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) COMMENT ON COMING TO LAS VEGAS. “Absolutley. Great facilities, and I was just amazed last night being downtown and seeing all the fans here."
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed the Phoenix race, Danica Patrick’s performances and other topics.
Brady Golan earned his eighth win of the season in Formula Regional Americas Championship (FR Americas) competition, winning Race 1 at Barber Motorsports Park
Clemente Huerta Raab scored his first win in Formula 4 United States Championship (F4 U.S.) competition, taking the Race 1 victory at Barber Motorsports Park on Saturday afternoon.
Jack Speth kept his championship hopes alive with a Race 1 win in the Ligier Junior Formula Championship (Ligier JFC) Gen. 2 class at Barber Motorsports Park.
