NASCAR Cup Series

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 4 BUDWEISER/JIMMY JOHN’S CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE HANDLING IN THE CLOSING LAPS? “The handling was great. Our Budweiser Chevy was really fast, but we were just terrible on the restarts getting going. We would go into defense mode there trying to just keep from going from fifth to sixth or something like that and try to minimize the damage. All-in-all great fast car we just have to do something different for the restarts.”

RICKY STENHOUSE JR. – No. 17 Zest Ford Fusion – “The brakes were getting hot and we were having to pump them up. They kind of maintained the first run and everything felt OK. I was still having to pump it up and on that last run I was having to pump them up three or four times, and then when the 13 got into us down the back straightaway I was too busy catching it and too busy being sideways, and then once I finally caught it I didn’t have time to pump up the brakes and the brakes went to the floor. Then I was just trying to make it through the corner without hitting anybody else and tried to keep it out of the wall, but didn’t quite do it.”

MARTIN TRUEX, JR., NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/VISSER PRECISION CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - TELL US THE EMOTIONS AND THE FEELINGS RIGHT NOW. IT HAS BEEN 69 RACES BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY SO DOMINATE SO MANY TIMES THIS YEAR – NOW IN VICTORY LANE: “Well we finally got it. That is all I can say we finally got it. We have had a good run. We have had a great season. We have had everything it has taken to win races we just hadn’t got it done yet."

This week, I’m going with Dale Earnhardt Jr. The driver of the No. 88 Chevrolet is coming off a sweep of this track last year, winning both this race and the August race. He was fast in Friday practice, running fourth, and with his Talladega win, he can now afford to gamble a little bit to get a second win this season.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Fusion, is making his first appearance at Pocono Raceway this weekend. He spoke with Ford Performance before today’s first practice session to talk about the track and how he’s seeing signs of progress with his team.

Matt Crafton drove his Tundra to victory lane in Friday night’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) race at Texas Motor Speedway.

NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying can be fraught with twists, turns and unexpected bumps in the road. Friday's qualifying session at Pocono Raceway, which saw Kurt Busch capture the Coors Light Pole for Sunday's Axalta 'We Paint Winners' 400, had them all.

Kurt Busch captured the pole position for Sunday’s Axalta ‘We Paint Winners’ NASCAR Sprint Cup Race at Pocono Raceway by turning a fast lap of 177.599 mph in his No. 41 Haas Automation Chevrolet SS. It marked Busch’s 19thcareer Cup pole, his third of the 2015 season, and second pole in 28 races at Pocono.

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - How strong was the car in qualifying? “It’s nice to have three shots at it – this place has always been tough for me the first time out. We get to run the first run, work on it a little bit, second run and work on it and for me, that was the best run that we had all day. I was real proud of my guys and everybody worked together really well."

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AXALTA/PENN STATE CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED 4TH - ON THE QUALIFYING SESSION ENDING EARLY: “That is unfortunate. You want to see everybody get a chance at it. But that is what I love so much about this format. It creates drama in so many different ways. "