NASCAR Cup Series

A.J. Allmendinger (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 15th “It was okay. You know I messed the first lap up pretty bad and at that point the second lap was just survival. "

Greg Biffle, No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (Qualified 7th) – “Oh man. My car is so fast it isn’t even funny. I never got loose and my car was flat stuck out there. I guess I just ran higher than everybody has been running down there and I got in the gray."

53 year old Mark Martin took the pole for Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500 away from Regan Smith with just one driver remaining to the applause of the fans at Phoenix International Raceway.

Elliott Sadler and Michael Waltrip Racing have agreed to a deal where the Emporia, VA. native will drive five races in the No. 55 Toyota Camry.

Michael Waltrip Racing announced today that Elliott Sadler will drive the team’s No. 55 Toyota in five NASCAR Sprint Cup races in 2012 beginning at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 18.

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. This week, Howard Comstock, SRT Motorsports Engineering - provides the keys for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Brown Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing How did things go today on the race track? "It's alright for a little while. Not too bad. Just shaking her in -- getting it used to being back here in Phoenix. "

After another successful run in the annual Daytona 500, FAS Lane Racing announces that TMone will be an Associate Sponsor on the No. 32 Southern Pride Trucking/US Chrome Ford for this week’s running of the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

We didn't even mention Martin Truex Jr. at all during the first practice and now we definitely are. The #56 NAPA Toyota was 22nd fastest earlier.

During that gap of NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers and team members trying to leave Daytona to get home just long enough to repack suitcases to leave for Phoenix there were several comments that deserved to be repeated.