CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Kellogg’s Ford Fusion – OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTMENT FOR YOU TONIGHT. “Yeah, this isn’t about one race. It is 26 races and we just let too many points get away for a bunch of different reasons. There was a lot of luck involved and everyone tried really hard. This is the fastest we have been the last six weeks all year and I am proud of everyone for rallying around Chad (Norris) and Bob (Osborne) included for making the best effort we could. We will just go try to build the best team we can for next year and try to make sure a Ford wins this championship.”
JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET HOW IS YOUR CAR? “It’s been a handful. We are working on it. We will just keep going until the race is over and get everything we can out of it. We missed it. It’s unfortunate, but a lot of racing left to go.”
Sam Hornish Jr. (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Currently 7th YOU ARE RUNNING WELL UNDER GOOFY CIRCUMSTANCE TONIGHT. “Well I wish we were another 48 laps into it. Hopefully we’ll get out back out there and at least get to halfway. The car is really good. The Shell/Pennzoil Dodge is able to make some passes and move up a little bit and the car is really good right now. I hope we get to keep running it.”
MATT KENSETH, No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion – A LOT OF GUYS ARE SAYING THEY ARE LOOSE, SOME SAYING THEY ARE TIGHT. WHERE HAS YOUR CAR BEEN? "It is both. It was petty good when the track was green after the rain the first part of the race.
Richard Childress Racing teammates finished first (Kevin Harvick), sixth (Austin Dillon), seventh (Ty Dillon) and 12th (Elliott Sadler). Sadler leads the NASCAR Nationwide Series driver championship point standings by one point over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Dillon ranks third in the standings, trailing his RCR teammate by 30 points.
Mike Wallace and the No. 01 SB Ballard Construction Chevrolet team of JD Motorsports w/Gary Keller completed all 250 laps in Friday night’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race at Richmond International Raceway. They even led two of them.
Race Summary: Starting the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 at Richmond International Raceway from the 13th position, Annett slipped back one spot in the early laps of the race and remained there until the first caution flag of the night flew on Lap 38.
MICHAEL ANNETT, No. 43 Pilot/Flying J Ford Mustang (Finished 5th) – “It was a good night. After practice I really thought tonight was going to be on the easier side actually. I thought we would run top-10 and get a top-five with ease because our car was so good in practice. The race started and we were completely the other way and I thought, ‘Oh no, what are we going to do?’
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. captured his first pole of 2012, setting the fastest lap today at Richmond International Raceway (RIR) for Saturday night's Federated Auto Parts 400.
4th, CLINT BOWYER 15th, KYLE BUSCH 6th, MARK MARTIN 29th, BOBBY LABONTE 7th, DENNY HAMLIN 32nd, TRAVIS KVAPIL 8th, JOEY LOGANO 34th, JOE NEMECHEK 9th, MARTIN TRUEX JR. 40th, MIKE BLISS 12th, LANDON CASSILL
This race marks a significant milestone for Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing as driver Chris Buescher makes his 400th Career Start after leading 53 laps this past weekend in Talladega.
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