NASCAR Cup Series

Brad Keselowski – No. 2 Alliance Truck Parts Ford Fusion – “It’s by far the best qualifying effort I’ve ever had here. That’s a testament to the team and the work they’ve done and trying to be better.

“Our Home Depot Husky Tools Camry was really good. The last run we kind of missed a little bit there. The first round was good, the second round was actually better and the tires drop off so much here, the third round just didn’t quite get it as good. Overall it was good. It was way better than we’ve been all day, so our adjustments were good and it seemed to have good speeds and was driving decent, so that was all encouraging.”

“Our car didn’t really change that much. I just messed the first round up really bad trying to do something that I wasn’t doing in practice. Luckily we were fast enough to be able to get through the first round into the second round. The second round we got into a little better rhythm where I wanted to run on the race track. I’ve got to thank everybody on our Jimmy John’s team they make my life a lot easier on Friday’s and this is a lot of fun.”

“Our car didn’t really change that much. I just messed the first round up really bad trying to do something that I wasn’t doing in practice. Luckily we were fast enough to be able to get through the first round into the second round. The second round we got into a little better rhythm where I wanted to run on the race track. I’ve got to thank everybody on our Jimmy John’s team they make my life a lot easier on Friday’s and this is a lot of fun.”

Carl Edwards turned a lap of 28.747 (192.855 mph) around Atlanta Motor Speedway to lead Friday afternoon’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) practice session at the 1.5-mile oval. Roush Fenway rookie Chris Buescher followed suit, turning a lap of 31.167 (177.880 mph) to lead the first Nationwide Series (NNS) session.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 PANASONIC CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed making his 750th start at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his longevity, last week at Bristol, Atlanta’s 2015 date and many other topics.

“It worked out great. It’s a really interesting program that Aaron’s has helped put together and support. We’ve had the opportunity this year to visit with various Boys and Girls Clubs across the country, specifically we did some stuff around the races in Talladega and Daytona. A lot of it for Aaron’s is just supporting the communities, support the young men and women of the future and grow leadership. Then a lot of it is around STEM -- Science, Technology, Engineering and Math program. It’s something that is a big push nationwide."

Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 Ortho Ford Fusion, is holding down the final Chase spot going into this weekend’s Oral B USA 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Biffle spoke about his bubble position with members of the media after today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice session.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 BASS PRO SHOPS/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET SS AND BRETT FROOD, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF STEWART-HAAS RACING, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

TY DILLON, NO. 33 REALTREE/RHEEM CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Atlanta Motor Speedway and discussed making his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut at Atlanta, what he likes about this track and many other topics.