NASCAR Cup Series

Kentucky Speedway announces its 2012 schedule will feature five NASCAR-sanctioned events highlighted by the return of the Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) "Quaker State 400" in June and the addition of a second 300-mile Nationwide Series (NNS) race in September.

AJ Allmendinger, driver of the No. 43 Best Buy Ford Fusion, qualified fourth for tomorrow night's Bank of America 500. Allmendinger, who currently stands 14th in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series point standings, spoke about tomorrow night's race and his goals for the rest of the year.

Each race weekend, selected Dodge Motorsports engineers, Penske Racing engineers and crew chiefs, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race.

Two-time Daytona 500 champion Michael Waltrip owns 50 NASCAR Sprint Cup starts at Talladega Superspeedway, but he'll reach back into family history when he makes his 766th start on Oct. 23 at the Alabama track.

KASEY KAHNE, No. 4 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Starting Position: 8th How was your qualifying lap? "It was a pretty decent lap. We had a really good car."

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) IT SEEMS LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE BRING NEW CARS TO THE TRACK THEY HAVE A HARD TIME TUNING THEM. “Things like that happen. That’s okay. You’re not going to get better standing still.”

For 13th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) career, Tony Stewart will lead the 43-car field to the green flag.

DAVID RAGAN - No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion - "Our UPS Ford was pretty good in practice. We made a few small adjustments and would have liked to have gone a little bit more. I wish I could do it all over again, but our car is really fast here at Charlotte and we were afraid to really do too much. Hopefully, that will wind up in the top 10 or so and we'll have a great car for Saturday."

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.