NASCAR Cup Series

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET – Sidelined in multi-car accident on Lap 23:

Race car drivers often tell you there’s nothing worse than seeing someone else drive their car. Comparing it to seeing their wives or girlfriends date another man.

I'm starting my column this week as I sit aboard a 32 foot Columbus MotorHome that has been my chariot to Bristol Motor Speedway 12 times before. For this spring race, we're traveling a bit lighter than normal, and I have the ability to pull my laptop out and actually get some work done on the 12 hour trip to the hills of Tennessee.

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.