NASCAR Cup Series

Jimmie Johnson will lead the field to the green flag Sunday for the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S PATRIOTIC CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER - A WIN AND A POLE, ARE YOU ON A ROLL? “Yeah, we are. We didn’t have the summer that we wanted, but these guys have been working so hard on the No. 48 team and at Hendrick Motorsports."

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 STANLEY Tools Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 4th - How was your Camry in qualifying? “Our STANLEY Camry was pretty good."

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – “You always look at things you could do differently. As a driver, I can always find things that could be better and as a driver you always look at your car and where it could be better as well. "

Joey Logano, driver of the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion, needs a win on Sunday to advance to the Championship 4 next week at Ford Championship Weekend. Logano, who leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series with six wins this season, spoke to members of the media after today’s practice session about his chances.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 PEPSI CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Phoenix International Raceway and discussed this weekend’s race, if his looming retirement is hitting him yet, his thoughts on racing in the championship finale next week at Homestead-Miami Speedway and many other topics.

Jimmie Johnson topped the charts Friday at Phoenix International Raceway. The driver of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 25.383 and a speed of 141.827 mph.

CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 STANLEY Tools Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Are you looking forward to this Phoenix race? “I love this place, it’s really a fun track. The car was fast in practice, so we have to keep working, keep moving forward."

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KURT BUSCH, NO. 41 HAAS AUTOMATION CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Phoenix International Raceway and discussed his season thus far, the pressures of the Chase, what he has to do this weekend in order to win and move on to the championship round and many other topics.