NASCAR Cup Series

PAUL MENARD, NO. 27 MOEN/MENARDS CHEVROLET, QUALIFIED 3RD: "I have a really good race car. Really good long-run car. We are going to start third, which is good. The track picked up a lot of speed from where we did our last run. It is about how brave you are diving off in the corner."

CLINT BOWYER, NO. 33 BB&T CHEVROLET met with media and discussed the upcoming Kansas race and also the All-Star.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 5 LOWE'S 5% EVERY DAY CHEVROLET, met with media and discussed racing in the All-Star this weekend and the million-dollar prize, planking, the importance on how the race car unloads off the truck, and more.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 BURGER KING CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed racing the All-Star versus the Coke 600, health of short track racing, driving Lewis Hamilton's car and other topics.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF ALL-STAR WEEKEND AND COMING BACK TO CHARLOTTE MOTOR SPEEDWAY? “It’s great to go out there and race for no points and a million bucks. It’s a great atmosphere. "

Roush Fenway Racing’s Cup program will take a break from Sprint Cup point racing this weekend and focus on the Sprint All-Star Challenge event.

Sprint (NYSE:S) announced today The Army Ground Forces Band Brass Brigade will perform as part of the pre-race ceremonies at the 2011 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday, May 21, at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER-REALTREE CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Charlotte Motor Speedway and discussed where he ranked his All-Star victory in career wins, being more aggressive in the All-Star race, safety issues and much more.

Toyota Racing today awarded the grand prize to “Chelsea’s Hope” in the third round of its popular Sponsafier contest— where fans could design and enter their own NASCAR Sprint Cup car at www.ToyotaRacing.com from Feb. 14 to March 20, 2011.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What would it mean to win the All-Star race? “It would certainly be nice. We’ve run well here in the past and we’ve had some fast race cars and some opportunities to win. "