NASCAR Cup Series

KASEY KAHNE, No. 4 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Starting Position: 2nd How was your qualifying lap? "It was a good effort. We ended up right where we would have ended up if it rained so it was good."

For the 49th time in his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series career and the sixth time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Ryan Newman, No. 39 Haas Automation Chevrolet, will lead the 43-car field to the green flag.

In spite of the rain drops that yet again delayed action on the track, Ryan Newman continued his love affair with the ‘Magic Mile’, scoring a record-setting sixth pole.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 5th “New car blues. We're really just struggling finding the front-end, the settle point. We're either dragging the splitter or it's five feet off the ground, literally."

GREG BIFFLE - No. 16 Ford40mpg.com Ford Fusion - IS IT THE FORD FUSION THAT GETS 40 MILES PER GALLON? "Yeah, it is. This car, we figured it out, 783 laps I could run without stopping."

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) YOU WON THE 3RD QUARTER VOTING FOR DRIVER OF THE YEAR. “I think it’s pretty cool to win an award like this. "

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DUPONT CHEVROLET met with members of the media at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and discussed his race at Chicago, fuel mileage strategies, Dale Earnhardt, along with other topics.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What is your outlook for this weekend’s race? “It’s a long 10 weeks and obviously we had a bad finish right off the get-go so it’s not where we wanted to start by any means...."

Beginning Sunday, Ray Evernham joins SPEED as a regular analyst on SPEED Center, the definitive motor sports news program.

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, sits third in the point standings and is 10 points behind leader Kevin Harvick after one race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.