NASCAR Cup Series

After a lengthy rain delay, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was solidly running in the top 15 when the Sunny D Ford got loose under another machine sending him into the inside wall. The damage was too severe to continue forcing him to settle with a 35th-place finish at the historical Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

DAVID RAGAN – No. 38 Dockside Logistics Ford Fusion – “I was just on the outside of the 7 car and we were on exit of turn one and I don’t know if he just pushed up the race track a little bit, but we were really tight. Restarts are about the only spot that you can pass, so for those first three or four laps you have to be pretty aggressive. I guess the 7 just ran over our left-rear and spun me out.”

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner - WHAT IS BIGGER, A VICTORY FOR YOUR CAREER OR TO WIN THE BRICKYARD 400? “The career is big, for sure; but the win and the history here. To win at this track is unreal. We used to always be really close. We lost to Jeff (Gordon) and we lost to Tony (Stewart); just some fast cars back then. Today’s strategy got us here. This Farmers Insurance Chevrolet was great once I got out front. I just had to get there. I’m exhausted. But, an unbelievable win. The team just kept working. We had great pit stops. Farmers Insurance, Great Clips, and Chevrolet have been huge to us. To win at Indy is unbelievable. I wish my son, Tanner, was here.”

JEFF GORDON, CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1 PACE CAR DRIVER, met with members of the media today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed driving the pace car, his thoughts on the future of NASCAR and many other topics.

RICK HENDRICK, OWNER-HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS, DALE EARNHARDT, JR-DRIVER NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS, ALEX BOWMAN-ANNOUNCED 2018 PLUS DRIVER OF NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS AND JIM MCCOY-DIRECTOR MOTORSPORTS MARKETING NATIONWIDE met with members of the media at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and discussed the naming of Alex Bowman as the new driver of the No. 88 Nationwide Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS after Dale Earnhardt, Jr. retirement.

Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag tomorrow afternoon after winning the pole for the Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Martin Truex Jr. qualified sixth and his Furniture Row Racing teammate Erik Jones qualified ninth for Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

KEVIN HARVICK – No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion – IS THERE A PART OF THE LAP YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE BACK? “In the second round I was too tight through three and four, and I was good in one and two. We had way more speed when we were good through three and four and loose through one and two, but I got a little bit sideways coming off of one and I couldn’t put the throttle down like I needed to, and then I was probably just a little over-cautious on the entry to two because I didn’t want to miss that corner and keep stacking time up.

TEAM CHEVY POST QUALIFYING QUOTES: JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA/MCDONALDS CHEVROLET SS: "Our cars have been so good this year with only having two hour-long practice sessions, you have to hope you unload really close, and they did a really good job. I thought we were one of the best cars in race trim. In qualifying trim, I think we were fourth or fifth in practice. I don't think we had a shot at the pole. We had a really good lap going at the end, but I don't know that I had anything for the No. 18 (Kyle Busch)."

Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s farewell tour rolled into Speedway, Indiana this weekend and the gift he received from the Brickyard was a piece of the old scoring pylon.