SM Archive

On Sept. 27, 1964 Fred Lorenzen won at Martinsville Speedway. His prize for crossing the finish line first – a grandfather clock. It was then NASCAR’s most iconic trophy was born.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway to discuss advancing to the next round of the Chase, the challenge of Talladega and the fallout from the Charlotte weekend, among other topics.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Home Depot Husky Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How do you approach Talladega knowing how critical it is to transfer in the Chase?"Obviously this is one that everybody has been worried about. In this round, we have not performed well in the first two rounds, even besides our problems last week, we probably..."

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed post-race activities at Charlotte last week, his opinion of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup format at this point, the upcoming Martinsville race, qualifying at Talladega, and more.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Talladega Superspeedway. He discussed the pressures of advancing in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship and racing at Talladega, his relationship with crew chief Chad Knaus, drafting at Talladega and other topics.

Brad Keselowski, driver of the No. 2 Redd’s Wicked Apple Ale Ford Fusion, spoke to members of the media prior to the opening practice Friday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway. Keselowski addressed his incident with Matt Kenseth last weekend in Charlotte and spoke about the pressure on he and the No. 2 team to win and advance.

ANIEL SUAREZ, No. 35 Arris Toyota Tundra, WinTron Racing - How was practice today and what is your outlook for Talladega? "Thank you. Hello to everyone. To be honest, I didn't really know exactly what to expect. A new race track, a new truck and so I went there and tried to learn with everything."

GERMAN QUIROGA, No. 77 Net 10 Wireless Toyota Tundra, Red Horse Racing - How was practice and what is your outlook this weekend at Talladega? "Thank you. Hello to everybody. Practice went pretty good, pretty smooth for the No. 77 Net 10 Wireless team. The truck was fast. We got in the draft and we tried to setup a lap, but we weren't in a good position and so we came back to pit road and start changing things that we knew weren't going to work."

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway, and discussed racing at Talladega, race strategy, teammates at Talladega, car setups and other topics.

DARRELL WALLACE JR., No. 54 Toyota Care Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports - How was the practice session this morning? "This and Daytona are probably the only two tracks where we don't worry about where we're at on the speed charts. Had some issues early on in practice that kept us from getting out in the big pack draft."