NASCAR Cup Series

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 DC SOLAR CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 3rd - YOU LED 284 LAPS BUT LOST THE LEAD ON PIT ROAD. WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT LAST RUN? IT SEEMED LIKE THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT “It’s always important to come out the leader off pit road or be the control car on the restart. I felt like if I could have been in clean air, I would have been all right. All day when I would get in traffic I’d get loose. "

Kyle Busch (seventh) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Darlington Raceway.

BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 2 Miller Genuine Draft Ford Fusion – VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – “I’ve got to give a lot of credit to my pit crew. We were running second and that last stop they nailed it and got us out in the lead. I thought Kyle was really good, and he was flat-out flying. I know how it goes. In 2015 we led a bunch of laps and lost it on the last pit stop and today my team won it on the last pit stop. Then it was just about me hitting all my marks and not screwing it up. How cool is this winning in Rusty Wallace’s Throwback car, the Southern 500, Throwback Weekend.”

DARLINGTON, SC — Brad Keselowski took advantage of the final caution in Sunday night’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, winning the race off pit road to ultimately claim the trophy.

Taking a page from its own history book, Richard Petty and STP once again reached an agreement to place the STP day glo red on the Petty blue No. 43 for today's running of the Bojangles' Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway. The agreement is to celebrate the longest and most famous paint scheme in the history of NASCAR, and to also relive the story of how this iconic paint scheme came to be. The car was transformed this morning after approval from NASCAR.

RICHARD CHILDRESS, TEAM OWNER, RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING – Driving his own 1969 Camaro “I’m looking forward to getting back on a racetrack with my 1969 Camaro. I ran a Camaro in the Talladega 500 in 1969 when the track was opened, so it seems fitting for me to be a part of Chevy’s Camaro parade laps. Darlington’s throwback weekend is really special for our fans and a good way to remember our heritage. I’m honored to share the track with this group, I just hope they make sure my Camaro is out front!”

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Throwback Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 1st - How significant is this pole as you look to defend your Southern 500 title from last year? “The number one pit stall is obviously very important here. I’m excited about that. Really, the team has done a great job with the car all weekend, so pretty optimistic and you know hopeful that we have a good smooth race on Sunday and continue to build some momentum here over the next few weeks.”

DARLINGTON, SC — Denny Hamlin won the Bojangles’ Southern 500 Busch Pole Award Saturday afternoon at Darlington Raceway with a 173.571 mph lap in his No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, scoring his 29th career pole and his third this season. He has won twice at the 1.366-mile track and is the defending race winner.

KURT BUSCH, No. 41 Haas Automation Ford Fusion – “We worked really hard to qualify ninth.  I just messed up the first time out in round two.  I chose the middle lane in three and four and I should have stayed on the bottom.  That put us in P13, so we went back out and picked up time, so it verified the line that I chose, it’s just that we had an extra outing on our tires for round three.  There’s no way to go for the pole.  There’s no way to try to stretch it, especially with an impound and having an extra lap on the tires, so that’s kind of the cash register of stuff we went through to qualify ninth, so we’ll go from there.”

Kyle Larson was second quick in knockout qualifying at Darlington Raceway today for Sunday’s Bojangles’ Southern 500 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race, Round 25 on the 2018 tour. Larson posted a lap speed of 173.411mph in his No. 42 DC Solar Camaro ZL1 to earn the outside front row starting position on the 1.366-mile track nicknamed ‘The Lady in Black’.