NASCAR Cup Series

The truth cannot be held back. Jimmie Johnson has been the best driver in NASCAR since his rookie season. No one has really matched his statistics.

A total of 17 Team Chevy drivers will start the Ford 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Round 36 of the 2011 season.

Roush Fenway Racing moved one step closer to history, with Carl Edwards winning the team’s career-high 11th Sprint Cup pole in Saturday afternoon’s qualifying session for Sunday’s season finale Ford 400 at Miami-Homestead Speedway.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Miami-Homestead Speedway and discussed qualifying, the championship battle, Gene Haas and other topics.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 56 NAPA AUTO PARTS Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing Starting Position: 2nd How was your qualifying lap? “It’s been a good day for the NAPA Toyota so far. We’ve been happy with the car all day. "

CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion (Qualified 1st) – “Thank you to the fans for coming out to support this Ford weekend. It is a big weekend obviously and it is really neat to be part of a battle like this."

With a seventh place qualifying effort, four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Serie (NSCS) champion Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet, was the fastest of the 17 Team Chevy drivers that qualified for the season-ending race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 4th HAVE YOU GOTTEN OUT OF YOUR RACE CAR WHAT YOU WANTED TODAY? “I think so. We started off way on the tight side and ended up way on the loose side so I was like ‘Hey, let’s shoot for the middle’ and I think we got a good lap in with our Shell/Pennzoil Dodge."

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD/AMP ENERGY CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Homestead-Miami Speedway and discussed racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway, testing at Daytona and the tandem drafting, Austin Dillon in the No. 3 and the history of the number and other topics.

AJ ALLMENDINGER – No. 43 Best Buy Ford Fusion – “That was okay. We struggled a little bit today with the Best Buy Ford. We’ve kind of struggled with getting into the corner and I’ve really struggled to run the top."