NASCAR Cup Series

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET, met with members of the media today at Kansas Speedway and discussed his 13 race winless draught, repaving race tracks and other topics.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Are you looking forward to racing at Kansas this weekend? "We're excited to get back on track and we feel like we're slowly working on our mile-and-a-half program and getting it to where we need to be. "

CLINT BOWYER, No. 15 5-hour ENERGY Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing What are your thoughts on 5-hour ENERGY committing for the full season? "It takes dollars to have success on the race track and the funding that 5-hour has provided for our race team has been just that. Really excited to get this year started off the way we have."

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing What do you think about racing at Kansas this weekend? "I'm looking forward to it. I had a good practice already today. "

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, is 11th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings coming into Sunday’s race. He spoke with reporters between practices on Friday.

Trevor Bayne, one the NASCAR’s most popular young drivers and the winner of the 2011 Daytona 500, will star in a new television ad campaign that focuses on the new 2013 Ford Fusion.

5-hour ENERGY announced today it will sponsor Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 15 Toyota driven by Clint Bowyer for the all but one of the remaining races in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup season.

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/DIET MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Kansas Speedway and discussed progressive banking, researching his family tree and other topics.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 RHEEM CHEVROLET, met with members of the media today at Kansas Speedway and discussed repaving Kansas Speedway, winning in 2012 and other topics:

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Kansas Speedway and discussed repaving of tracks, why there are fewer cautions at this point of season compared to last season, getting Hendrick Motorsports its 200th win and much more.