NASCAR Cup Series

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 1st - Did you think you had a race car that could get the pole today? “I wasn’t sure. You know the track is a little strange."

Kyle Larson ran a fast lap of 126.233 mph/ 1:9.871 in his No. 42 Target Chevrolet SS to earn a front row starting position for Sunday’s Cheez-It 355 Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International. Larson’s second place qualifying effort marked his fifth top-10 start of the 2016 season, and his second in three races at the newly repaved, high speed, 2.45-mile, 7-turn road course.

JOEY LOGANO, No. 21 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – Qualified 7th “We missed it in 2 and the bus stop. Our car just didn’t do what I expected and then I made a mistake because of it. I don’t know that it was necessarily the green race track as much as it was just understanding road course qualifying a little better with this tire. The tire threw us for the biggest loop. We were expecting something different.”

Asked what winning does for his confidence, Chris Buescher said it's "always big to be able to pull off a win." Speaking before the NASCAR media corp during his media availability, the driver of the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford - coming off his first career Sprint Cup Series victory just four days earlier in the Pennsylvania 400 at Pocono Raceway - talked about what winning the race does for him and his team.

AJ Allmendinger topped the chart in final Sprint Cup Series practice at Watkins Glen International. The driver of the No. 47 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 1:09.149 and a speed of 127.551 mph.

Martin Truex Jr. topped the chart in first Sprint Cup Series practice at Watkins Glen International. The driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 1:09.513 and a speed of 126.883 mph.

It’s been a long time since the large media center at Watkins Glen was full, but full it was when Earnhardt took to the stage at noon sharp today to discuss his progress since stepping out of his No 88 race car a few weeks ago due to side effects of a concussion that was incurred at Michigan in June.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 NOS Energy Drink Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: How was your qualifying lap? “The lap was really good everywhere. I felt like I didn’t miss anything, that’s just all we had. We were a little bit off and I’m disappointed in that and hopefully we can make it up in the race.”

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 78 Furniture Row Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - Can you tell us a little bit about resigning with Furniture Row Racing? “Well, I think everybody knows the details, but obviously real excited to continue this relationship."

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Stanley Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What are your expectations for the Watkins Glen race? “They did a really good job with the repave, all the curving and everything – there are no problem spots."