NASCAR Cup Series

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 MOUNTAIN DEW CHEVROLET SS – FINISHED 3RD - WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT A THIRD PLACE RUN A VERY SOLID DAY TODAY, ASSESS YOUR DAY AND MOVING ON TO ROUND 2 OF THE CHASE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE AT:

Running a solid 12th place after 100 of 400 laps of the Citizen Soldier 400 at Dover International Speedway, Ryan Blaney and the Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford blew the right-front tire and made contact with the Turn Three wall forcing them to the garage area for extensive repairs and an eventual 38th-place finish.

Qualifying for Sunday’s Citizen Solider 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway has been cancelled due to persistent rainfall. The last race in the Chase for the championship Round of 16, field will be set per the provisions set forth in the NASCAR rulebook. The starting grid is determined based on the current 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series owner’s points.

Qualifying for Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway was rained out, so the field will be set according to the rulebook. As a result, Brad Keselowski will be on the pole. He stopped by the infield media center to talk about starting first.

“It’s been a good experience," Buescher said. "We’ve learned a lot through it. We look at Dover as the last race of this round and we really don’t have anything to lose. Chicago and Loudon weren’t the races that we wanted to have and we come into Dover, one of my favorite race tracks.

A persistent rain forced NASCAR to cancel qualifying for the Sprint Cup Series race at Dover International Speedway on Friday. As per the NASCAR rulebook, the field will line up based on points with points leader Brad Keselowski leading the field to the green flag on Sunday.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row/Denver Mattress, Furniture Row Racing - What does it mean to race at Dover International Speedway in front of a home crowd with a win in the Chase already? “Yeah, it’s always exciting to come back here."

In the opening Sprint Cup Series practice session on Friday morning, Kyle Larson ended up being the fastest at the Dover International Speedway. Larson’s lap at 165.578 mph was his final lap in the practice session as the No. 42 team was preparing for qualifying.

Over the course of his last three appearances in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Brad Keselowski has led the points following the race at Dover

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the first two Chase races, his expectations for track conditions today at Dover, and more.