NASCAR Cup Series

Each race weekend, selected SRT Motorsports Engineers, Penske Racing engineers and crew chiefs, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race.

TRAVIS PASTRANA, No. 99 Boost Mobile Toyota Camry, Pastrana199 Racing What are you expectations for the K&N Series race? "I'm really excited. I had an amazing test here two weeks ago and Matt Crafton was able to get in the car and we got it right, right away."

After finishing ninth in points last year and struggling at some points, Denny Hamlin and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) team knew they needed to make a change.

Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) YOU ARE IN A GREAT MOOD NOW, THE SEASON IS GOING WELL. SOME DRIVERS ARE NOT SO FORTUNATE. IS THERE A DIRECT RELATION BETWEEN A DRIVER’S MOOD AND HIS FORTUNES ON THE TRACK? “Yeah, I think so. Your performance on the track makes a huge difference in how you feel about your life, that’s for damn sure as a race car driver. And we’ve been kind of up and down."

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Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 5th “We’ve got a great Miller Lite Dodge in race trim and we did last fall, obviously. We had a really fast lap. We made some great changes between practice and qualifying and got a great car in race trim."

‘The Rocket Man’ Ryan Newman, No. 39 Quicken Loans Chevrolet, earned a third-place starting position during Friday’s qualifying session at Bristol Motor Speedway. Newman was the 41st qualifier out of 45 cars and missed his fourth career pole win at Bristol by just one-tenth of a second.

Carl Edwards was fastest in NASCAR Sprint Cup practice, but it was another Roush Fenway driver that claimed his first pole here at Bristol Motor Speedway. Greg Biffle came from 11th in practice to claim the pole for Sunday's 52nd Annual Food City 500.

Roush Fenway’s Greg Biffle covered the .533 oval of Bristol Motor Speedway in 15.324 seconds (125.215 mph) to win the Sprint Cup pole and cap off a strong performance for RFR that saw Carl Edwards lead the day's Sprint practice session as well.

GREG BIFFLE, No. 16 3M Ford Fusion – NOT ONLY WILL YOU START OUT FRONT BUT YOU QUALIFY FOR THE 2013 SHOOTOUT AT DAYTONA. IT IS A GOOD START FOR YOU AND THE 16 CAR. “Yeah it is. I just couldn’t be more proud of how hard my team is working. I know a lot of people say that but we got in line with about nine minutes to go to make our bonsai run with sticker tires."