NASCAR Cup Series

It is down to two drivers in the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup following today's race at Phoenix International Raceway. Tony Stewart powered his No. 14 Mobil 1/Office Depot Chevrolet to a third place finish to remain just three points out of the lead as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) heads to Homestead-Miami Speedway next week for the season finale.

Only one finish guarantees Carl Edwards his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship – a victory in Sunday’s season-finale Ford 400.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 MOBIL 1/OFFICE DEPOT CHEVROLET – FINISHED 3RD: YOUR CREW CHIEF, DARIAN GRUBB, APOLOGIZED FOR AN ADJUSTMENT; WHAT HAPPENED? “Well, he shouldn’t apologize for it. We just made another air pressure change and we finally got too far on it."

CAN YOU GIVE US OPENING STATEMENT GOING INTO HOMESTEAD WITH TONY THREE POINTS BEHIND YOU, YOU ARE THE ONLY TWO IN CONTENTION AND THIS IS THE THIRD CLOSEST CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE GOING INTO HOMESTEAD IN NASCAR HISTORY. “That is cool. I couldn’t ask for anything more. It is going to be fun. It is neat to go to Homestead and race it out. I am sure these guys are going to be good down there."

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished 18th “We had a really good Dodge Charger at the first of the race and felt like we had a car to win it. As the race progressed, just lost the handle on it. Lost a bunch of spots on pit road and I just didn’t execute at the end of the race.”

Carl Edwards, No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion -- PIT LANE INTERVIEW “We have never gone into Homestead with the points lead. You know they give a boat away if you win that thing. I saw that boat and I would like to go down there and win it. That would be fun to put a cap on this season."

Darian Grubb, who has guided driver Tony Stewart to four victories and a second-place standing in NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup Series Championship, was named today as the WYPALL* Wipers Crew Chief of the Year during a ceremony held at Phoenix International Raceway.

A total of 16 Team Chevy drivers will start the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Phoenix International Raceway, Round 35 of the 2011 season.

M&M’s Mars has been one of NASCAR’s few full-time sponsors, adorning the car of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, usually driven by Kyle Busch.

Matt Kenseth earned Roush Fenway’s team-high 10th Sprint Cup pole of the season, turning a lap of 26.26 seconds (137.101 mph) around the 1-mile low banked tri-oval of Phoenix International Raceway on Saturday to score his career-high third Sprint Cup pole of the season.