Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 11th TONIGHT FUEL MILEAGE BIT YOU, SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN GOOD FOR YOU MOST OF THE YEAR. “Yeah, it’s like playing blackjack. Sometimes you’re going to get a good deal but you’re not going to win ‘em all. You know that. You hope that you’re sitting there with 13 and not have a lot of chips in the pile."
Five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup series champion Jimmie Johnson, led the way for Team Chevy with a third-place finish in the Bank of America 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Fuel management was key in the 334-lap race and Johnson put his No. 48 Mylowe's Chevy in fuel-save mode during the final laps, a move that aided Johnson in closing the gap on series point leader Brad Keselowski (Dodge). Johnson sliced his 14-point lead in half, and is now just seven (7) points shy of Keselowski, who finished 11th.
GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 3M Ford Fusion – “It’s amazing that those guys can go that far on a tank of gas. It’s just unbelievable, but we had a really fast car. The 3M Ford Fusion – a top-five finish – we finished fourth here in the spring in the 600, but I just want to win one of these races. We had the fastest car at the end, but couldn’t make it on fuel.”
Toyota Racing today announced that Samantha Busch is the winner of the 'Racing for Awareness' T-shirt design contest. Busch's winning design -- which earned the most votes from fans -- was unveiled at the Toyota PitPass display, and she will see her design come to life this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Mike Wallace and the No. 01 G&K Services battled 42 other cars, long green-flag stretches and a loose handling condition on their own Chevrolet in Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Joey Logano qualified the No. 20 GameStop Toyota in the third position for Friday evening’s NASCAR Nationwide Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the Dollar General 300.
Michael Annett started the Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway from the 13th position and shortly after the drop of the green flag the caution flew on Lap 2 for water on the track. At the conclusion of the lengthy cleanup Annett restarted in 15th on Lap 10. After running several laps under green flag conditions, Annett relayed to crew chief Philippe Lopez that the Pilot Flying J Cheez-It Ford was tight exiting the corners.
Brad Keselowski (No. 22 Discount Tire Dodge Challenger) Finished 18th “It was very fast. We certainly had a car to win with the Discount Tire Dodge. Discount Tire does tires, not gas so they’ve got that part right (smiles). Just didn’t have any gas there at the end and they won’t run without that.”
Camry driver Joey Logano drove his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 GameStop Toyota Camry to victory lane in Friday evening's NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
TONY GIBSON, CREW CHIEF: “Something happened there. We started off in Happy Hour to make a long run and we got about six laps into it and it started tightening up on him (Ryan Newman) pretty good, so he shut it off and came in (to garage) and there is definitely something big wrong."
Zilisch was originally scheduled to race at Texas Motor Speedway in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race last year, but sat out due to the late-race Talladega crash, which resulted in a back injury.
One day after veterans dominated the speed chart, rookie Caio Collet rode the aerodynamic wave to the fastest overall speed of the Indianapolis 500 Open Test on Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
