NASCAR Cup Series

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 Performance Plus Motor Oil Ford Fusion, rebounded after having to go to a backup car following an incident in final practice on Saturday to earn a 13th-place finish in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) event at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday afternoon. The result is Bayne’s fifth top-15 finish in the first seven races of 2017.

Despite the newly repaved surface, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove his Ford Performance Ford to a 14th- place finish in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Texas Motor Speedway scoring two top-10 and three top-15 finishes in his past three starts.

RYAN BLANEY (No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion) - Finished 12th “That last pit stop was pretty discouraging. We got back in that third debris caution. I don’t know what it was there at the end of segment two and that made everybody have split strategies and we got in the back and couldn’t pass anybody."

After dominating the early stages of the O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, winning the first two stages, miscues on pit road pushed the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion back to a 12-place finish.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER - THEY SAY EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS. HOW BIG WAS THIS WIN? “I guess I remembered how to drive; and I guess this team remembered how to do it! I’m just real proud of this team."

Today, Dell EMC announces that, for the first time ever, the company is sponsoring a NASCAR team, JTG Daugherty Racing. Through this partnership, Dell EMC is working with JTG Daugherty Racing to help provide a competitive edge through the implementation of technology within the racecar, on the track and at the shop.

Kevin Harvick topped the leaderboard in all three rounds of Coors Light Pole qualifying, circling Texas Motor Speedway in the final round at 198.405 mph to earn his 19th career pole. The Stewart-Haas Racing driver is also the first repeat pole-sitter this season, having earned the top qualifying spot at Atlanta Motor Speedway in March.

KEVIN HARVICK (No. 4 Jimmy John’s Ford Fusion) - Qualified 1st “I just didn't feel like I got through turns 1 and 2 like I needed to. The front took off and I didn't want to do what everyone was doing in practice and get out of the groove and drive it into the wall. I'm just really proud of everyone on our Jimmy Johns/Busch Ford. I have to thank everyone at Mobil 1, Outback, Hunt Brothers, Morton Off Road for sticking behind us with this Ford. It's been a stressful day. Coming in and breaking in a new race track and going out there running as fast as we had to run for qualifying. I have to say thank you to the Xfinity guys for letting me run that car this weekend because I really think the reps allowed us learn some things that I was able to apply here."

It was a challenging day on a new, slick, and unfamiliar track surface at Texas Motor Speedway (TMS) for many Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) drivers in preparation for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts 500, Round 7 on the 2017 schedule.

Furniture Row Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. was made available to the media at Texas Motor Speedway: MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Why have you had immediate success with this new format? “I think it's, you know, really not doing anything different, but consistently running up front, leading laps and trying to perform well is kind of what the stage points system rewards."