NASCAR Cup Series

“This is a big weekend coming up for us. It’s the home track for the team. We just came off a spectacular finish at Kansas. After making it into this round of the Chase, we wanted to kick it off with a good points day, a solid run, no mistakes, and a lot of luck. We need another good run here in Charlotte.

Well, boys, you are not in Kansas anymore. Thank God, at least for the gents from Hendrick. If not for a blown tire by Brad Keselowski to allow a Penske driver in on some of the fun, the bottom four would consist entirely of drivers working for Rick Hendrick. However, unlike Napoleon at Waterloo, Hendrick's boys will have a shot at redemption.

With Kansas City Royals Manager Ned Yost commanding the drivers to start their engines, here is what else was surprising and not surprising from the 14th annual Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas Speedway.

JOEY LOGANO, TODD GORDON, ROGER PENSKE POST RACE PRESS CONFERENCE - JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CHANCES GOING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR. “I feel good about it. Obviously everyone at Team Penske and this 22 team in particular has been amazing.

Joey Logano claimed his first win at Kansas Speedway on Sunday in the Hollywood Casino 400. Logano started fourth and was in contention to win all day and was able to capture his second win in the chase and locked himself into the next round. The win was also important for the team, it takes the wild card Talladega Superspeedway out of the picture for Logano in two weeks.

Chevrolet Rookie of the Year challenger, Kyle Larson, continued his impressive ways with a second-place finish at that Hollywood Casino 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway, the first race in the ‘Contender’ segment in the new 2014 playoff format. The run was Larson’s eighth top-five finish of the season. The 22-year old driver of the No. 42 Target Chevrolet continues leads the Rookie of the Year battle over fellow Chevrolet competitor Austin Dillon.

“Awesome job guys, let’s keep it going and win Charlotte,” said Martin Truex Jr. to his crew following his fourth-place finish in Sunday’s Hollywood Casino 400 Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway.

Kyle Busch (third) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Kansas Speedway that was won by Joey Logano.

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - WHERE WAS JOEY (LOGANO) JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN YOU AT THE END? “I don’t know if he was better than us, and I don’t know if we were better than him. I thought we were pretty equal and were running about the same laps there on the last run.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion (Finished 1st) VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW - YOU HAVE A FREE PASS INTO THE ELIMINATOR ROUND “I think my fiancée just took the Ice Bucket Challenge right here in victory lane. What a crazy race. We had such a fast Shell Pennzoil Ford again. It is so much fun to race these cars lately. Everyone at Team Penske has given me great stuff to work with. It is awesome to be back in victory lane again.