NASCAR Cup Series

PETE RONDEAU, CREW CHIEF, NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW/FARM AMERICAN CHEVROLET, sidelined with engine failure on lap 15: WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? "We had an engine failure and are not sure at this point what caused it."

499 or so miles will make up the Aaron's 499 tomorrow afternoon, and all 499 miles will surely be filled with chaos throughout the 43-car field. A slue of rule changes has been passed down by NASCAR officials to break up the two car tango, which we saw last season.

Tmone will go superspeedway racing with David Reutimann and Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) at Talladega Superspeedway. The U.S. Call Center Insourcing firm will have associate placement on the No. 10 TBR Chevrolet in the Aaron’s 499.

Jeff Gordon captured the pole position in his No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet for Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, the 71st of his career.

THIS IS YOUR 71ST CAREER POLE AND YOUR 20TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR OF WINNING A POLE POSITION, WHICH TIES YOU WITH DAVID PEARSON FOR THE LONGEST STREAK ALL-TIME

Jeff Gordon captured the poll for Sunday’s Sprint Cup Series Aaron's 499 at Talladega Superspeedway with a lap of 191.624 mph (49.973 secs).

A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified Second “The Shell/Pennzoil Dodge qualifying run was a little surprising. I didn’t get to make a full-blown Q (qualifying) run yesterday, so we weren’t really sure what we had. It had nothing to do with me."

MARCOS AMBROSE, No. 9 Stanley Ford Fusion (Qualified 3rd) “We missed the pole by two-one hundredths. I am proud of Todd Parrott, he works really hard at these Superspeedway events."

MICHAEL WALTRIP, No. 55 Aaron's Color Your Way Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing Starting Position: 9th What does this type of qualifying result mean to you? "Well, it's cool because of my team. This reminds me a whole lot of when I endurance race."

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Talladega Superspeedway and discussed racing at Talladega, his season to-date, the Earnhardt legacy at Talladega, Danica Patrick and other topics.