NASCAR Cup PR

"It's been a long weekend in the Dow Coatings Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, but the good news is we learned a lot that we can take back to Welcome and use in preparation for future trips to Sonoma Raceway. We fell behind in practice and just never recovered."

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 – Finished 10th “It was better than normal for us. I fell back early but I was just taking care of my stuff. I seem to be a lot better on long runs than normal, so I’m happy about that. And we came away with a Top 10. So it was good."

RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 PPG Ford Mustang -- Finished 3rd “You come into every weekend expecting to run well, no matter if it is your best track or worst track. I don't really go into any weekend expecting to run a certain way. You just try to do your best. You just do the best you can during practice to get your car where it needs to be in the race."

Amid ongoing preparations to become “ROVAL™-ready” for the second running of the historic Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 on Sept. 27-29, Charlotte Motor Speedway officials on Sunday announced groundbreaking changes to the 2.28-mile road course oval’s backstretch chicane.

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Ground Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualifying Position: 6th - How did the new curb in turn five affect you? “It didn’t affect me any. I wasn’t one of the guys that was getting off the track."

Kyle Larson drove his No. 42 Credit One Bank Camaro ZL1 to the top spot in qualifying for the Toyota/SaveMart 350 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) race at Sonoma Raceway, with a fast lap of 94.784 seconds, 95.712 mph. It was the third consecutive pole (2017-2019) in six races at Sonoma for Larson, and his eighth career pole in the MENCS.

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 – Pole Winner WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE TRENDS YOU’RE SEEING FOR THE RACE TOMORROW? “I guess the trend of getting the pole and then struggling in the race (laughs).. I hope it’s not the same for tomorrow. I felt good. I had a mock run yesterday in practice."

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Mustang -- Qualified 3rd “I feel like my lap was pretty good, I was just a little loose. I feel like I got through it mainly pretty decent. I got a little loose off of 10. If I could find one spot, I got too loose off 10 trying to throttle up too aggressively and stuck half my left sides up in the dirt and got loose and knocked a few mile an hour off on the exit compared to what I would have been."

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed his previous poles at Sonoma, his views of running the Carousel, racing at his hometown track, and more. Full Transcript:

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Mustang -- HOW DID THE CAROUSEL EFFECT THE PRACTICES FOR YOU? “I think it affected us before we got here trying to figure out what it was going to take to go fast through the carousel but still have the control you need through the rest of the race track. You have a few laps trying to figure out where you are going and what you need in your car and then start working on it. We all have plenty of time to work on it and figure it out. The thing that is still an unknown is how it races. We got behind some cars in traffic in practice to see what effect it has to your car and those little things. There are a lot of unknowns until we race in all honesty.”