NASCAR Cup Series

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."

9th, JOEY LOGANO 28th, DAVID STREMME 13th, KYLE BUSCH 29th, LANDON CASSILL 15th, MARTIN TRUEX JR. 34th, TRAVIS KVAPIL 16th, CLINT BOWYER 36th, BOBBY LABONTE 20th, DENNY HAMLIN 40th, J.J. YELEY 25th, BRIAN VICKERS 41st, JOE NEMECHEK

Roush Fenway Racing’s Greg Biffle carries the Sprint Cup Series points lead into this weekend’s showdown at Bristol Motor Speedway. Biffle is the third Roush Fenway driver to hold the Cup point lead in the last year and leads a lineup of RFR Champions into this weekend race.

Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M Ford (Qualified 1st) – “The sun just went behind the clouds. It was cooler earlier when some of those guys went and then the sun came out and it looked like the track lost a tenth and now the clouds are out again. I don’t know if it will stay."

Carl Edwards was the quickest in the first morning session of practice here at the Bristol Motor Speedway.

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will be rolling into Thunder Valley this weekend: the Tennessee based home of the Bristol Motor Speedway. This half mile concrete oval is the home of some of the finest short track racing you'll ever want to see.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What are your thoughts about the Bristol race? "We come in here with a little bit of optimism -- knowing that it is a short track and what we found last week is kind of our weakness."

Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion is the current Sprint Cup points leader and talked about his impressive start to the season with media members Friday afternoon at Bristol Motor Speedway.