Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 2nd CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THOSE LAST LAPS? "Obviously there was a pretty good fight there and Jimmie (Johnson) had some good speed, so did Kyle (Busch). Those two were really good. I think our three cars were the three cars to beat all day long. We had a run there where we got out front and had a shot at it."
JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET, RACE WINNER: YOU GUYS WENT BARE KNUCKLES THOSE FINAL TWO RESTARTS. YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO LET YOUR DRIVING DO THE TALKING WHAT KIND OF STATEMENT WERE YOU MAKING WITH THAT FINAL RESTART? “It was an awesome race. Great way to put it and the gloves are off and it’s bare knuckle fighting."
MATT KENSETH, No. 17 Ford EcoBoost Fusion (Finished 4th) – YOU REALLY BATTLED BACK, HOW DID YOU DO IT? “It was Jimmy and those guys that made some really good decisions for adjustments and pit stops and we had some fairly decent restarts and got back in it. I didn’t think we would ever be standing here with a top-five the way our day started. We started way off and these guys never gave up. They battled hard all day long and got me a good finish.”
Michael Annett was poised to bring home another top-five or top-10 finish in Saturday night’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge, running a strong race with a fast Pilot Flying J Ford Mustang all evening. Unfortunately, a late-race incident didn’t allow the No. 43 team to earn the finish they deserved.
Camry driver Kyle Busch drove his Kyle Busch Motorsports No. 54 Monster Energy Toyota Camry to a third-place finish in Saturday night's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Ryan Blaney (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger) Finished Second YOU FINISHED SECOND. WHERE DID YOU COME FROM THOSE LAST 20 LAPS? “Jeremy (Bullins, crew chief) made a good call there late in the race."
RICKY STENHOUSE JR., No. 6 NOS Ford Mustang (Finished 4th) (PIT ROAD INTERVIEW) - YOU DID WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TONIGHT, COMING BACK, TALK ABOUT YOUR NIGHT. “It was okay to start and then it went really bad. The guys did a great job steadily working on the car."
Each race weekend, SRT Motorsports provides insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race. This week SRT Motorsports engineer Howard Comstock discusses the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Traveling to Texas Motor Speedway for the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series WinStar World Casino 350 with a brand new Toyota Tundra chassis in tow, the No. 17 Red Horse Racing team and driver Timothy Peters were prepared to battle in race number 20 of the 2012 season.
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing wasn’t fueling around in Talladega Sunday. Brad Keselowski was the mastermind of a Stage One strategy that became the talk of the race.
The reigning two-time Cup Series champion from Elk Grove, California, led 23 of 189-overscheduled laps and went from 11th to 1st in half of the final lap during an overtime shootout to score his first superspeedway victory and increase his points lead by 73 points with two-scheduled events remaining.