NASCAR Cup Series

Roush Fenway Racing’s Bubba Wallace and the No. 6 SpongeBob SquarePants Ford Mustang finished 20th at Talladega Superspeedway in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series race, after a late-race melee left the Ford Mustang with damage.

Roush Fenway Racing’s Elliott Sadler finished in seventh-place during Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Talladega Superspeedway. Sadler qualified for the 300 mile event on Saturday morning and started the NXS race from the 10th position.

Austin Dillon captured the pole position for the Talladega 300 at Talladega Superspeedway and was the highest qualifying Richard Childress Racing driver. Ty Dillon qualified second, Brian Scott third and Brendan Gaughan seventh.

Roush Fenway Racing driver Ryan Reed and the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes American Diabetes Association team finished 32nd Saturday afternoon at Talladega Superspeedway after getting caught up in a mid-race incident while running in the top-10.

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Discount Tire Ford Mustang – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – HOW DID YOU DO THAT? “It’s such a fast Discount Tire Ford. Tab Boyd, my spotter, he’s on it. We spent a lot of time before Daytona to figure out these superspeedways and we watched some more footage before we came down here just trying to understand the differences between Talladega and Daytona and it’s just so cool.

Camry driver JJ Yeley (fourth) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Saturday’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, a race won by Joey Logano.

Jeff Gordon will lead the pack of 43 cars when the green flag waves. Gordon, who is in the final season of his 23-year Sprint Cup career, captured the Coors Light Pole Award during Saturday’s qualifying session with a fast lap of 194.793 mph.

Jeff Gordon won the pole in the final round of qualifying for Sunday’s GEICO 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race with a fast lap of 49.160 seconds, 194.793 mph. It marked the 80th career pole for the four-time NSCS champion and third in 2015 to date. It was also the fourth pole in 45 races at Talladega Superspeedway for the driver of the No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS. He was the pole winner for the season-opening Daytona 500.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS – POLE SITTER "We definitely have a fast Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet. I think we've shown that all weekend long. But you never know what you've got until you put it on the clock. "

ARIC ALMIROLA – No. 43 Fresh From Florida Ford Fusion – “I thought in the draft in practice our car was really good. I was really happy with the way it drove and drafted and it got good runs. It did all of the things I was really looking for, so I’m happy with that. Qualifying is what it is, so we’ll get ready to go race.”