NASCAR Cup Series

JOEY LOGANO THIRD PLACE PRESS CONFERENCE -- JOEY LOGANO, No 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TAKE US THROUGH THE RACE AND THE LAST FEW LAPS. “I had a really good Shell Pennzoi Ford. My guys did a good job all weekend. We had a fast car when we unloaded and showed that in qualifying and practice all week. I woke up this morning and felt really good about it."

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – FINISHED 3rd - WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RESTARTS? “I had a bunch of good ones. The last one wasn’t the greatest. I got through the gear box good and had the 24 cleared and I should have pulled down in front of him and got that draft but he got up next to me and pulled me back so hard that I couldn’t get away from him."

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner - IT’S BEEN 13 YEARS SINCE YOU’VE BEEN TO VICTORY LANE HERE AT MICHIGAN. YOU HAD TO ASK WHERE IT WAS. ON THE RESTARTS:“It wasn’t easy."

This weekend in Michigan Gordon broke the track record in the final session of qualifying with a lap of 206.558 miles per hour. The speed is the seventh fastest qualifying speed in NASCAR history and the only one not on a super speedway. It is Gordon’s sixth pole award at Michigan and the 76th of his storied career.

Jeff Gordon, driver of the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS, set a track qualifying record en route to winning the pole for the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway on Friday. Gordon turned in a fast lap of 206.558 mph around the two-mile oval. It is the seventh-fastest qualifying speed in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history.

"The guys on this Aaron's Dream Machine brought a great race car here. Man, it's hairy out there running -- so close to wide-open. We have a good Camry for Sunday. We have a great starting spot. I'd love to be on the pole, but it wasn't meant to be. I couldn't be more proud of these guys. The car is just so fast. I'm almost wide-open."

“Close but didn’t quite make it. Once again. That is our seventh front row start this year, which we are very proud of don’t get me wrong. It takes a lot of effort to do that but we only have one pole. That is frustrating. That means that is a lot of second place starting positions.

“I don’t know how to make it much better than that. This entire Axalta Chevrolet crew just did a phenomenal job. Our first qualifying effort today, and practice, was not good. I’ve been hearing a lot about tire chatter and we had it big-time. The next run out we made some adjustments and it was better.

"I knew that we were really strong here the last time we were here and what our team is doing right now it’s just phenomenal how they continue to improve race cars and just the whole effort. I’m just so proud of them. You don’t go around this place like that, that fast without a really good race car.

Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS met with media and discussed tires during practice, the new rule change announced today by NASCAR, how he tries to keep emotions in check, pit crews as athletes today, and more.