KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 10th "It was an OK lap with our Shell/Pennzoil Dodge. The car just didn't loosen up for qualifying. It's a long race tomorrow night."
DAVID RAGAN - No. 6 UPS Ford ( ) - "I don't know how we pulled that off but it was really fast. I have to give credit to our UPS team and Drew Blickensderfer who made a gutsy call."
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed challenges of the Texas schedule, racing at Talladega and other topics.
Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, is currently second in the point standings heading into Saturday night's Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 AMP ENERGY/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET met with media and discussed last week's race at Martinsville, the upcoming race at Talladega, his crew chief and their relationship, and more.
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed practice on Thursday, Hendrick Motorsports performance and other topics.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Office/March of Dimes Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing How was your time with Jake and Josh Aron (Dallas twins, nine years old) designing this weekend’s paint scheme?
RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 U.S. ARMY RESERVE CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed racing at night at Texas Motor Speedway, the bumps at TMS, traction control and more.
William Sawalich earned his second straight top-five finish as he brought his Supra home in fifth overall to lead Toyota in the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Kroger/Minute Rice Ford Mustang Dark Horse – “This is what we come to the racetrack for every week is to figure out how to put a trophy up on the shelf and bring the team to Victory Lane."
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 186.598 mph in 48.232 seconds for his fourth Cup career pole at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The 2020 Truck Series champion from Alpine, California, clocked in a pole-winning lap at 169.591 mph in 53.069 seconds for his first O'Reilly pole of 2026 at Indianapolis.
