NASCAR Cup Series

DO YOU THINK THE RACING CONDITIONS OF THE TRACK CAME TO YOU? “Not really, I think it was our adjustments. We started really bad, really loose and then we got the car where it was driving great and I think we got up to fifth or sixth. Then we adjusted our way out of it, and then got it back at the end. So it was all adjustments, what we did, and the communication. Then at the end Kenny made a great call with fuel and how we played that game because it had a big part in what our splitter was doing. So it was a team effort and the guys did great tonight and I am pretty pumped to be here.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford Fusion – “We were rallying pretty well. I made a pit road mistake a little bit earlier that got us behind, but got up to fourth and had a shot at winning the race. Kevin was really strong, but we were just starting the pit sequence and one of the slower cars in front of us was pitting and so was Denny Hamlin, who was running second or third there, and he just made the decision to pit from the middle lane and clogged the whole track. That kind of ruined our day with the Alliance Truck Parts Ford.”

Roush Fenway Racing placed a pair of Fords in the top 10 of Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway and kept alive its bid to place two cars in the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup field. Carl Edwards, who is already locked into the Chase with a pair of wins, led the Roush Fenway effort with a fifth-place finish in his No. 99 Subway Ford. Greg Biffle drove the No. 16 Ortho Ford to a solid 10th-place finish to keep his Chase hopes alive with only one race remaining before the cutoff. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. rebounded from a blown tire to finish 20th in his No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford.

Matt Kenseth (second) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Atlanta Motor Speedway behind race-winner Kasey Kahne.

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - YOU DID IT, BUT IT TOOK A LOT TO GET HERE:“Yeah, man, it took a lot. We were all over the place during the race but the guys stayed with me and worked hard. On those restarts - I didn’t know what would happen because I had great restarts all night and I struggle with restarts a lot. "

When you're pushed into a corner and need to win a race (or completely out-perform your rivals), can you do it? That was the question for Kasey Kahne, as he was the only Hendrick Motorsports driver not in the chase. He answered with a thrilling victory at Atlanta Motor Speedway Sunday night.

Heading into this weekend, Jamie McMurray is one of the drivers hoping to reach victory lane so that way he can stamp his ticket for the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup.

People have been wondering each week before a NASCAR Sprint Cup race if this would be the week that Tony Stewart would choose to return behind the wheel of the No. 14. It's not just NASCAR race fans but race fans in general and the public.

A subdued Tony Stewart addressed the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway Friday for the first time since the fatal accident that claimed the life of Kevin Ward Jr. His voice reflected the emotional toll that the events of August 9 have had upon him.

On the back bumper of Kevin Harvick's No. 4 Jimmy Johns Chevrolet, it says 'freaky fast'. Those words played true for the sixth time this year as Harvick scored his sixth pole of the season in qualifying for the Oral-B USA 200. Harvick would post a lap of 29.118 seconds for his 12th career pole, and his first at Atlanta Motor Speedway.