NASCAR Cup Series

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 QUICKEN LOANS CHEVROLET met with media and discussed the tight level of competition, traveling across the country to race, how top finishers at Las Vegas do well in year-end results, and more.

FAS Lane Racing is proud to announce that TMone is continuing their Associate Sponsorship of the team’s No. 32 Ford entry in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series this week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

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.

Kasey Kahne led the way for Chevrolet earning his first pole of 2012 and solidifying a spot in the 2013 Budweiser Shootout during Friday’s qualifying session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Jeff Gordon has been racing in NASCAR for 20 years now and has kept a solid partnership with sponsor, Dupont, through that time. To honor that partnership, Gordon is running a special paint scheme this weekend at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Kasey Kahne scored the pole today during qualifying for the Kobalt Tools 400 earlier today.

Kasey Kahne captured the pole for Sunday’s Kobalt Tools 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a track record lap of 190.456 MPH.

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET – QUALIFIED ON THE POLE - ON HIS RUN: “It was a good lap. We carried a lot of speed to the line in the Farmers Insurance Chevy."

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Brown Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Qualified: 2nd Is it more stressful to qualify or to race at Las Vegas? "Definitely more stressful for sure. Coming to Las Vegas, it's always fun of course to be able to come back home and see friends and everything like that, but it's more stressful when you get to the race track because you want to do well. "

A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 14th HOW WAS YOUR QUALIFYING LAP? “I thought it was a good lap for the Pennzoil Dodge. I’m a little lost because the lap felt faster than the speed showed. Our car is fast. I’m not quite sure what happened.”"