NASCAR Cup Series

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Finished Third "It was our best finish, but not our best run. We were probably a 15th-place car. We played some strategy there at the end."

CARL EDWARDS - No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion - "First of all, congratulations to Regan. He earned that. On the restart, he spun the tires a little bit and I thought, 'Alright, I'm not gonna beat him to the line because I've got a good enough car with fresh tires."

Regan Smith held off Carl Edwards on the final green-white-checkered restart on Saturday night to win the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

A total of 17 Team Chevy drivers will start the Showtime Southern 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Darlington Raceway, round 10 of the 2011 season.

As the Lady in Black begins to carefully prepare herself for the upcoming weekend, the drivers already know that she will be more then ready to take on all comers whether young or old.

Ryan Newman put the No. 39 Tornados Chevrolet on the front row for the Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.

KASEY KAHNE, No. 4 Red Bull Toyota Camry, Red Bull Racing Team Starting Position: 1st How is the track different now than when you won the Truck race? "It's a little bit different, but it's the same tire so some of the things are similar."

Kasey Kahne won the pole for Saturday nights Sprint Cup Series Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway with record lap of 181.254 mph. Jamie McMurray set the previous record a year ago with a lap of 180.370 mph.

DAVID GILLILAND - No. 34 Taco Bell Ford Fusion - "We got messed up in qualifying. We had a broken ignition wire underneath the dash and we hardly got any practice. "

BRAD KESELOWSKI (No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger R/T) Qualified 10th QUALIFYING RUN INITIALLY WASN'T RECORDED: "There's a couple different ways that you can look at it."