NASCAR Cup Series

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished Eight “We’ll take a top 10. It was a pretty good day for the Shell/Pennzoil Dodge today. Steve (Addington, crew chief) and the guys gave me a fast car for qualifying."

AJ ALLMENDINGER – No. 43 Valvoline Ford Fusion (Finished 9th) – “It was all right. I don’t know why this race kind of works out like that. You always get some yellows early and guys doing two tires and no tires."

Due to Phoenix International Raceway’s (PIR) racing surface being “used up its life expectancy”, following Sunday’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 the track will undergo a complete makeover.

TREVOR BAYNE - No. 21 Motorcraft Ford Fusion - "I don't know what happened. We were battling with the 13 car a little bit and I don't know if it was the 38 car behind us or who, but something happened."

JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET, involved in 13 car accident on the backstretch on lap 66 after being involved in earlier multi-car incident on lap 59: WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE? "It looked like the No 83 (Brian Vickers) had some trouble on the outside."

The last time Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin visited Phoenix International Raceway, he was only two races away from accomplishing what no other driver had been able to achieve since NASCAR brought into play the Car of Tomorrow.

No matter who of the four drivers that came roaring off turn four toward the finish line would have won the Daytona 500, the story would have been big.

Regan Smith's qualifying lap Saturday resulted in the fifth-starting position for Sunday's Sprint Cup race at Phoenix International Raceway.

With a fifth-place qualifying effort, Regan Smith, No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet, will lead a contingent of 17 Team Chevy drivers in Sunday's Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

Two-time USAC Midget winner at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway (PIR) J.J. Yeley successfully qualified for tomorrow’s Subway Fresh Fit 500 at the one-mile oval.