NASCAR Cup Series

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.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Freight Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Is Talladega really a wild card race? "It's obviously been documented a whole bunch about how much of a wild card this race is and it obviously is for a lot of different reasons, but you really kind of find out what your chances are going to be for the championship once you leave here."

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/OFFICE DEPOT CHEVROLET, met with members of the media today at Talladega Superspeedway following an announcement that Bass Pro Shops would join Stewart-Haas Racing and the No. 14 Chevrolet as primary sponsor in 2013 for 18 races including the Daytona 500. Stewart discussed the addition of Bass Pro Shops, racing at Talladega and other topics.

KEVIN HARVICK NO. 29 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed his strategy for this weekend’s race at Talladega, painting the track pink for breast cancer and other topics.