NASCAR Cup Series

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Qualified: 1st How was your pole-winning qualifying run? "It was really a good day all around for us. We obviously showed some pretty good speed in the first practice. "

Kasey Kahne No. 5 Quaker State Chevrolet, earned a fifth-place starting position during today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session at Auto Club Speedway. Kahne was the 44th qualifier out of 46 cars and missed claiming his second pole of 2012 by just two-tenths of a second in the closely stacked field.

For Trevor Bayne, this season has been a roller coaster ride as well he has run well, there is a question as to how many races he is going to be able to compete in this season.

Brad Keselowski (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 17TH CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR QUALIFYING LAP? “Obviously, Fontana is a lot different than Bristol and even though we ran well last weekend, we have to prove it again here at Fontana."

CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Subway Ford Fusion – “That’s a lot of fun. I talked to a couple guys before I went out and I was watching some guys run a lot different line. We weren’t that fast in practice, so we said, ‘The heck with it."

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series will roll onto the massive Auto Club Speedway for Sunday's running of the Auto Club 400. This massive, two mile, oval has always been conducive to five wide, full throttle, racing.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Auto Club Speedway and discussed the incident at Bristol with Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other topics.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing How has your season been heading into the fourth race of the season? "We're four weeks in. We've had two good weeks and two bad weeks -- obviously, coming off the two bad weeks."

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Fastenal Ford Fusion, and Greg Biffle, driver of the No. 16 3M Ford Fusion, held back-to-back press conferences in the Auto Club Speedway infield media center after today’s practice session.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Auto Club Speedway and discussed the first practice session at Auto Club Speedway, a hot dog eating contest at Martinsville and other topics.