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“No. I think we missed our gaps from first practice to second practice a little bit so we were on the splitter. We got that situation resolved and it felt pretty good.”

William Byron captured the pole for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) Pocono 400 race with a lap of 51.875 seconds, 173.494 mph in his No. 24 Hendrick Autoguard Camaro ZL1. It marked the third pole and eighth top-10 start in the 2019 season for Byron, and his first at Pocono Raceway, known as the ‘Tricky Triangle’.

WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 HENDRICK AUTOGUARD CAMARO ZL1 – Pole Winner - YOU HAVE A CHECK MARK NOW NEXT TO POLE DAY. WHAT DOES THIS TEAM NEED TO FOCUS ON TO PUT THE ENTIRE RACE TOGETHER?

CLINT BOWYER, No. 14 Haas Automation Ford Mustang: Qualified 3rd “We were fast. Holy cow that feels fast. It has been a lot of years coming here and I have never rolled through the corners like that. It is hard to convince yourself how much you can get away with and not get too much. You know you have to roll in faster than you did in practice."

DAVID RAGAN, No. 38 ExploriaResorts.com Ford Mustang – YOU HAVE A NEW SPONSOR THIS WEEK. “Yeah, I was there earlier today. I didn’t want to come to the race track. I wanted to hang out by the swimming pool. Exploria Resorts has a lot of properties around destination towns around America and happen to have a few here in the Poconos, so it’s great to have them on our Ford Mustang this weekend.

HOW WAS PRACTICE? “Practice has been all right. This is a tricky place and all the other rules and everything are different, but I still feel like it still has some Pocono of old tendency, which is nice."

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed his expectations at Pocono this weekend, his personal future idea changes to grow sport attendance, what the teams might be able to do to plan for the double-header at Pocono in 2020, and more. Full Transcript:

ALEX BOWMAN, NO. 88 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1 met with media to discuss the impact of the changes to the weekend schedule, his confidence level from his consistently strong finishes, the potential effects of the rules package, his perspective on changes to bring more of the younger generation into the sport, and more. Full Transcript:

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Roush Fenway Racing heads north to the mountains of Pocono, Pennsylvania, as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) converges on Pocono Raceway for the first of two times in as many months this weekend. RFR has four Cup wins at the track all-time along with 13 runner-up finishes.