NASCAR Cup Series

Trevor Bayne, driver of the No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion, took the final restart of the afternoon from the 18th position and battled five-wide before recording a 17th-place finish in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) event at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday afternoon.

RYAN BLANEY – No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion – "We had a strong Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion all day. I could have made better decisions in lane selection there toward the end but you never know how that's going to work out. It's too bad Brad didn't get to finish. We tried to give him as much help as we could there when he was leading."

Three of Team Chevy’s best will race on in the Chase for the Sprint Cup after Sunday’s Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway. Jimmie Johnson, Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch each advanced to the Round of 8 with four races remaining in this year’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series campaign.

KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION/MONSTER ENERGY CHEVROLET SS – Finished 4th "It was really a fun Every time I would make a mistake and get shuffled to the middle it seemed like the crew guys would bring back a solid pit stop to put us in position and to be in control."

After running solidly in the top five and top 10 for much of the Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway this afternoon, Ryan Blaney brought the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion to the checkered flag in 11th place after getting shuffled backward on the race’s final re-start.

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Martin Truex Jr. will lead the field to the green flag tomorrow at Talladega Superspeedway. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota posted the fastest time in the final round of qualifying and scored the pole position for the Hellmann's 500 at Talladega Superspeedway with a time of 49.509 and a speed of 193.423 mph.

MARTIN TRUEX, JR., No. 78 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Starting Position: 1st - What does it mean to sit on the pole for tomorrow’s race in Toyota’s 1,000th NASCAR start?

All but needing a victory to advance to the next phase of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Chase Elliott qualified on the second row for the Hellmann’s 500 at Talladega Superspeedway as four Team Chevy drivers will start in the top-10 of Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion – “It’s good to qualify up front. I think it’s a good confidence boost. I feel like when we have cars that qualify well here, we race well. The Miller Lite Ford was really fast here in qualifying and hopefully it will stay the same for Sunday.” HOW MUCH CONFIDENCE DO YOU HAVE WITH FOUR WINS HERE? “It’s been a good track for us, but past success is no guarantee. You have to go out and put the work in and I think we’re ready to do just that.”

TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Among the topics Carl Edwards addressed with the media were if he thinks plate racing is "insane," the unpredictability of plate racing and Talladega not being an elimination race come next season.