NASCAR Cup Series

Matt Kenseth (10th) was the first Camry driver to the finish line in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Brad Keselowski was the Las Vegas race-winner.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 MOUNTAIN DEW KICKSTART CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 2ND - ON HIS SECOND-PLACE RUN AT LAS VEGAS: “We weren’t going to run first or second had we not stayed out on that strategy. We knew we were a lap short. We tried to save as much as we could."

This marks the first time a Ford driver has won both series events on the same weekend since Carl Edwards did it at Phoenix in 2010.

Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion, and new crew chief Trent Owens have gotten off to a good start with NASCAR’s new qualifying format, advancing to the final round at Phoenix and Las Vegas. Almirola, who is scheduled to start eighth in tomorrow’s Kobalt 400, spoke about the start to his season while Owens gave his impression of how things have gone so far at Richard Petty Motorsports.

Last weekend, McMurray had a solid weekend at Phoenix International Raceway as he qualified third and raced to a 10th place finish.

For Jimmie Johnson, Las Vegas is one of the track that he likes to go to each year as he spent a lot of times as a young kid racing dirt bikes in the area.

At Phoenix International Raceway, it was Brad Keselowski grabbing the pole with his Team Penske teammate Joey Logano second. This weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, it was the opposite as Joey Logano grabbed the pole with Keselowski second.

“It was obviously good. To have a Penske front row the last two weekends at two completely different race tracks just goes to show how hard these guys have been working. When you work hard those results come.

"“I’m not used to this. Our normal deal is to be scared once a weekend -- three times is a lot to ask out of us. You know it is really exciting, especially once you get down to the end and you’re in the game and you got a shot at it. Not a huge fan of the cool down deal."

With the season opener Daytona and one-mile anomaly Phoenix under his belt, Brian Vickers heads into Sunday’s race in Las Vegas needing to establish speed on the first of 17 intermediate track races this season.