A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 9th YOU HAD A TOP 10 FINISH DESPITE RUNNING OUT OF GAS ON THE FINAL LAP. “I was happy with the way most of the day went, especially around here because I haven’t been good around here."
The Furniture Row Racing driver, who was credited with a 33rd-place finish in Saturday night's Quaker State 400 Sprint Cup race, saw a solid performance spoiled by being in the wrong place at the wrong time at Kentucky Speedway.
Hendrick Motorsports showed that they have the 1.5-mile Kentucky Speedway figured out as good as any team and saw all four of their teams post top-six finishing positions.
KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 QUAKER STATE CHEVROLET – FINISHED SECOND - WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. WHAT KIND OF STATEMENT DOES THIS SEND TO EVERYBODY? "Well, we had a really good Quaker State Chevrolet. We had to pass a ton of cars and came up a little short."
Amidst sweltering temperatures at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta on Friday, Kurt Busch notched another hole in his NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) belt, achieving a second-place finish in his first series start on the 1.5-mile 'Bluegrass State' track.
Keselowski on if his three Sprint Cup victories this season give him an advantage in qualifying for the Chase: “Three wins feels pretty good and there’s never a guarantee but that’s as close as you can come. "
Brent Crews was the top-finishing Toyota driver in the NASCAR O’Reilly Series race at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the Dash 4 Cash $100,000 bonus with a fourth-place result on Saturday afternoon.
The 23-year-old Hocevar from Portage, Michigan, clocked in a single qualifying lap at 191.340 mph in 28.222 seconds to claim his second consecutive Cup pole at the Lone Star state by 0.003 seconds over teammate Daniel Suarez.
LEGACY MOTOR CLUB driver John Hunter Nemechek was made available to the media on Saturday prior to the NASCAR Cup Series race from Texas Motor Speedway.
TRICON Garage teammates Kaden Honeycutt and Brandon Jones led the Toyota Tundra contingent with third and fourth-place results, respectively, on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway.