NASCAR Cup Series

Elliott’s Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 Chevrolet edged teammate Jimmie Johnson by .067 seconds in the 55-minute final tune-up at the “Monster Mile.” Elliott will start 12th in Sunday’s Apache Warrior 400 (2 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM), the final event for the three-race Round of 16 in the NASCAR Playoffs.

DOVER, Del. – The two drivers who have seized control of the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff continued their domination in Friday’s knockout qualifying session at Dover International Speedway.

KEVIN HARVICK – No. 4 Busch Beer Ford Fusion – HOW WAS QUALIFYING? “We have a good Busch Ford Fusion. From practice to qualifying we just got a bit tighter compared to what we were in practice. I never just did catch up with the balance. The car has been good. It was good in race trim and good in qualifying trim. Hopefully we can have a good day on Sunday.”

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CHEVROLET SS – Qualified 3rd - TOP 10 START IS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FOR? “Yeah, I mean you always want to qualify well especially here, pit selection is important and track position as well. So, the No. 78 (Martin Truex, Jr.) and the No. 18 (Kyle Busch) have been really good and we have been right with them, so, we will work on race trim for tomorrow and hopefully be good on Sunday.”

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 AXALTA CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed his career at Dover, spending more time with family, potential of running late model races in the future and many other topics.

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series heads to the "Monster Mile" this weekend, the site of the third race of the NASCAR Playoffs. Matt DiBenedetto and the Go Fas Racing team will be bringing back their fan-favorite throwback scheme from earlier this year, courtesy of Tom and T.J. Keen from CorvetteParts.net. The gold and white scheme that will run this weekend is a nod to a famous Bobby Allison scheme that is among one of the most recognizable schemes in NASCAR history.

Danica Patrick, No. 10 Ford Warriors in Pink Ford Fusion, met with the media prior to first practice at this weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Apache Warrior 400 at Dover International Speedway.

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 AAA CHEVROLET SS AND RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 WASTE MASTERS CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed their thoughts and expectations of the race at Dover.

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 GEARWRENCH CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Dover International Speedway and discussed being in a cutoff position, the difficulty of Dover and many other topics.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (No. 17 Fastenal Ford Fusion) met with the media today prior to first practice for this weekend’s Apache Warrior 400 at Dover Speedway as part of a three-driver panel with Ryan Newman and Austin Dillon. All three drivers are battling to advance to Round 2 of the Playoffs next weekend.