SM Archive

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion (Qualified 40th) – “I think everyone is confused. We worked with Kyle and got a good run and drafted off the right guys and were fast enough to make it but we just didn’t get across the line in time.”

Timothy Peters captured the checkered flag in Saturday afternoon's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Alabama's Talladega Superspeedway.

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Talladega Superspeedway. He discussed his standing in the Chase, needing a win Sunday to advance, how to control the race, Talladega preparation and other topics.

JUSTIN ALEXANDER, CREW CHIEF, NO. 27 MOEN/MENARDS CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed moving from his current race engineering role to the crew chief position for Paul Menard and the No. 27 Chevrolet SS team.

Terry Labonte, driver of the No. 32 C&J Energy Services Ford Fusion, will be making his 890th and final NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start this weekend in the Geico 500. The two-time series champion has 22 career victories, including two with Ford Racing in 1989 (Pocono and Talladega) while driving for Junior Johnson. He spoke to the media earlier today about his career and hopes for his final start.

MATT CRAFTON, No. 88 Menards/Fishers Toyota Tundra, ThorSport Racing - Starting Position: 3rd - What did you think of the new qualifying format? "I liked it -- definitely a lot better than what they had when they were 10 or 15 minute segments especially when we're going to do exactly what we did right there and all the fans and all the people on TV can actually enjoy it and don't have to wait and go get a beer in between while we're sitting out there on pit road."

James Hinchcliffe will be back in his hometown of Toronto, Ontario on Saturday 25th October attending a fundraising charity event that’s close to his heart on behalf of the Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia Foundation of Canada (WMFC –www.wmfc.ca), hosted at the Bata Shoe Museum on Bloor Street West.

For the first eight years of its existence, the Canadian Motorsports Expo (CME) was a standalone, racing-only show catering to motorsports fans and the industry. The CME usually took place in early February, when Canadian winters can make it challenging for even the most hearty racers, exhibitors and enthusiasts to participate.

The Thanksgiving weekend at Peterborough Speedway was our final race of 2014 and was a great weekend for both our Late Model and Modified. This was the 10th Autumn Colors we had been part of and it was our best weekend yet.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx One Rate Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How will you approach Sunday's race? "I think we'll have to kind of play it by ear and really kind of look and see what the guys around us in points are planning on doing. We need to get a good, solid finish out of this to move on."