NASCAR Cup Series

Hendrick Motorsports crew chief, Alan Gustafson, continues to showcase his talent when faced with adversity. The gusty chassis adjustment call at Richmond earlier this season that vaulted his No. 24 team into the Chase when the possibility of making the postseason looked grim, was just one example of many timely and “out of the box” calls Gustafson has made to overcome a problem.

Ford’s Warriors in Pink Ford Fusion will start Sunday’s Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 in the lead pack after Trevor Bayne qualified eighth fastest at 190.722 miles per hour on Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway.

Pleasantly surprised. Shocked and blown away. There are possibly more adjectives for Clint Bowyer about how he felt qualifying third for Sunday’s Good Sam Road Assistance 500 at Talladega, but those are all he could utter Saturday.

Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 5 Hendrickcars.com Chevrolet, will lead the field to the green in Sunday’s Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, Round 30 on the tour and the fourth stop of the 10-race Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Hendrick Motorsports driver, Kasey Kahne turns the fast lap of 191.455 mph, to edge out Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) driver Ryan Newman by only .061 sec. to score the pole for Sunday's Good Sam Roadside Assistance 500. This was Kahne's third pole of the season.

3rd, CLINT BOWYER 35th, TIMMY HILL 9th, MARTIN TRUEX JR. 36th, TRAVIS KVAPIL 11th, MICHAEL WALTRIP 37th, JOE NEMECHEK 13th, KYLE BUSCH 38th, LANDON CASSILL 14th, JOEY LOGANO 40th, BOBBY LABONTE 23rd, DENNY HAMLIN 43rd, ROBERT RICHARDSON JR. 30th, DAVID STEMME

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 HENDRICKCARS.COM CHEVROLET – POLE WINNER TALK ABOUT YOUR RUN: “So far so good. Our Hendrickcars.com Chevy felt really good. It was fast. We will see what holds up. It’s definitely somewhere in the top five I would say."

TREVOR BAYNE – No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion – “I felt like I was sitting on the sofa holding the steering wheel, but I think it was a good lap. I don’t know if it will hold up because it’s a little slower than yesterday."

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET met with media and discussed his restrictor-plate race record so far this year, tracks on the upcoming schedule that are good for him, NASCAR’s driver/crew chief meeting, and more.

No DNF’s, 99.9% laps completed (only missed five laps of 8,231), 2 wins, 10 top fives, 15 top tens, 14 weeks atop the points standings. These numbers indicate a spectacular season, and one that many Sprint Cup drivers would love to have. However, even with all this success, Greg Biffle, who has struggled in the Chase, with finishes of 13th, 18th, 16th, is now focusing on trying finish in the top 5 in the season standings.