NASCAR Cup Series

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 2nd - How would you sum up that qualifying session tonight? “It got a little crazy, but it’s the games that you’re going to play through the whole thing of just trying to put yourself in the right position"

The 2019 season has started off with a lot of unknowns, a new performance package, some controversy and small names making big moves.

Kevin Harvick will start out front for the 26th time of his career in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with a time of 29.914 seconds at 180.517 mph.

NASCAR heads to Atlanta Motor Speedway for another triple-header weekend as the Monster Energy Cup Series, Xfinity Series and the Gander Outdoors Truck Series hit the track for the third race of the 2019 season.

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CAMARO ZL1, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed the new rules package, his expectations for qualifying, thoughts on the team thus far this season and many other topics. Partial Transcript:

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed his expectations and unknowns of the new rules package for Sunday’s race, his approach to qualifying, the upcoming races at Phoenix and Fontana, and more. Partial Transcript:

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW SILASTIC SILICONE ELASTOMERS CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed the current speed in his race car, his approach to qualifying, the unknowns about the new rules package for Sunday’s race at Las Vegas, the upcoming race at Phoenix, and more. Full Transcript:

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M’s Chocolate Bar Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What does this contract extension with Joe Gibbs Racing mean to you? “My relationship with Joe, (Gibbs), JD (Gibbs) and the family has grown a lot of the years and each year I think it gets better and better."

CHRISTOPHER BELL, No. 20 Rheem/Smurfit Kappa Toyota Supra, Joe Gibbs Racing - What do you expect at Las Vegas? “I don’t know. We have the same rules package as last year, so I don’t really foresee anything out of the norm. Las Vegas is a cool place. You can move around. You can run the top. You can run the bottom. This was one of our worst race tracks last year."

KURT BUSCH, NO. 1 STAR NURSERY CAMARO ZL1 and Craig Keough, President of Star Nursery, met with members of the media at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and discussed Kurt coming up through the ranks, this week’s aero package, the expectations for qualifying and the race and many other topics. Full Transcript: