NASCAR Cup Series

To borrow a saying from a television commercial -- Martin Truex Jr. and the single-car Furniture Row Racing team won Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway the old fashioned way -- THEY EARNED IT!

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, finished in the 24th position on Sunday afternoon in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Pocono Raceway.

Camry driver Matt Kenseth (sixth) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania, which was won by Martin Truex Jr.

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.