NASCAR Cup Series

JEFF GORDON NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER/CHEVY 100TH ANNIVERSARY CHEVROLET ON HIS QUALIFYING EFFORT: QUALIFIED 23RD "We are missing something today. We have been off all day, in practice and we tried to get more out of it there."

Tony Stewart captured his thirteenth career pole Thursday evening at Charlotte Motor Speedway with a qualifying speed of 191.959 mph.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ultra Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 20th “A fun lap, just too loose for our car and we’ll see where we end up. You know when it goes into nightfall the track get fast, you just don’t know what to expect exactly.”

There's good news for racing fans: the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is bringing their 2011 Chase For The Championship to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, a racing environment that has been serving up on track excitement and drama since 1960.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ultra Dodge Charger R/T) HOW DID PRACTICE GO TODAY? “Practice was good. We were in race trim quite a bit and then switched over to qualifying and man, the speeds are intense today. Everybody is bad fast.”

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE'S/CHEVY 100TH ANNIVERSARY CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed racing at Charlotte, the battle in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, qualifying, mile-and-a-half tracks and other topics.

TONY STEWART NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/ MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway about the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Dollar General Sponsorship announcement, Talladega and other topics.

RICHARD CHILDRESS, OWNER OF RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING (RCR) spoke with media following press announcement to unveil the No. 33 USO/CHEER Chevrolet that will be driven by Clint Bowyer at the upcoming NASCAR Sprint Cup race in Phoenix.