NASCAR Cup Series

Martin Truex Jr. captured the pole for Saturday nights Samsung Mobile 500 at Texas Motor Speedway with a lap of 190.369 MPH (28.366 SECS).

MATT KENSETH, No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion – THIS HAS BEEN KIND OF A CRAZY SCHEDULE. HOW HAS THAT AFFECTED YOU? “The schedules have been really different this year and even last year they did a lot of this qualifying like this."

GREG BIFFLE, No. 16 Filtrete Ford – “That was all she had in her. It was just a hair too loose. I wasn’t sure what it was going to be like down there in three and four with all the wind. I backed out of the throttle when it got a little yawed out but I shouldn’t have."

Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified Eighth CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING LAP? "We worked on qualifying a lot in practice, including working on the driver (laughs). "

25 worthy nominees, only five of whom will be inducted as the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Class of 2013. Of them, I would think three would be rather easy decisions if I had the vote.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed track repaves, performance this season and much more.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing How does it feel to have this strong start to the season? "The whole NAPA team has done a nice job. We talked about it over the winter."

CARL EDWARDS, No. 99 Fastenal Ford – THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE TRACKS WITH YOUR SUCCESS HERE. TALK ABOUT COMING TO TEXAS. “It is a fun race track for me and for our team."

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1 ADVANCED FUEL ECONOMY/OFFICE DEPOT CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed going to a back-up car this weekend at TMS, the success of Stewart-Haas Racing in 2012 and other topics.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be racing under the lights this Saturday night at the Texas Motor Speedway during the running of the Samsung Mobile 500.