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1 22 Brad Keselowski Discount Tire Dodge
2 20 Joey Logano GameStop/God of War III Toyota
3 88 Kelly Bires Hellmann’s Chevrolet
4 60 Carl Edwards Copart Ford
5 27 Greg Biffle Red Man Moist Snuff Ford
6 18 Kyle Busch Z-Line Designs Toyota
7 38 Kasey Kahne Great Clips Toyota
8 32 Reed Sorenson Dollar General Stores Toyota
9 66 Steve Wallace 5-hour Energy Toyota
10 10 Jason Leffler ABF Toyota
11 87 Joe Nemechek AM FM Energy/ComputerWorks Chevrolet
12 1 James Buescher # Phoenix Racing Chevrolet
13 33 Kevin Harvick Rheem Chevrolet
14 21 John Wes Townley Zaxby’s Chevrolet
15 70 Shelby Howard Fore Travel Chevrolet
16 90 Danny O’Quinn Jr. D’Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet
17 05 Willie Allen 31-W Insulation Chevrolet
18 99 Trevor Bayne Diamond-Waltrip Racing Toyota
19 7 Scott Wimmer JR Motorsports Chevrolet
20 16 Colin Braun # Con-way Ford
21 56 Kevin Lepage Start Natural Energy Chevrolet
22 62 Brendan Gaughan South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota
23 11 Brian Scott # AccuDoc Toyota
24 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. # Roush-Fenway Racing Ford
25 34 Tony Raines Long John Silver’s Chevrolet
26 02 Andy Ponstein CarLocate.com Chevrolet
27 43 Scott Lagasse Jr. Dr. Gadget Ford
28 98 Paul Menard Tide/Menards Ford
29 91 David Gilliland D’Hondt Humphrey Motorsports Chevrolet
30 12 Justin Allgaier Verizon Wireless Dodge
31 28 Kenny Wallace Hot Rod Grills Chevrolet
32 61 Josh Wise Specialty Racing Ford
33 92 Johnny Chapman K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge
34 89 Morgan Shepherd DealTaker.com Chevrolet
35 01 Mike Wallace Monster Diesel Chevrolet
36 35 Jason Keller Tristar Motorsports Chevrolet
37 23 Coleman Pressley Jasper Engines & Transmissions Chevrolet
38 15 Michael Annett Pilot Travel Centers Toyota
39 26 Brian Keselowski K-Automotive Motorsports Dodge
40 81 Michael McDowell Mobile-Shop Dodge
41 40 Mike Bliss Key Motorsports Chevrolet
42 24 Eric McClure Hefty/Food City Ford
43 73 Derrike Cope Charter/Asset Protect Dodge

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Carl Edwards, Brad Keselowski, Jack Roush, Roger Penske all met this morning at Bristol Motor Speedway.  Here’s what they had to say to the media afterwards.
CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion – HOW DID THINGS GO IN THE
MEETING? “Everything went really well. I think the biggest thing
coming out of that meeting is that now, I think, Brad and I understand
one another a little better. I think we’re gonna be able to just go
forward and go racing, and that’s what this is all about. It was
really cool to be able to talk with Jack and Roger and Brad all at
once. We laughed. We cried. In the end, I think it’s gonna be
good.”

WHAT HAS THIS WEEK BEEN LIKE FOR YOU? “This last week was
really good, actually, for me. I got to spend a lot of time at home,
but I guess this is just part of life and part of the way things go,
especially with the way the media works. Sometimes people don’t
understand everything that’s going on. It’s interesting, I’ll say
that.”

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WHAT DON’T PEOPLE UNDERSTAND? “Well, for instance, with what
happened at Atlanta. It’s very hard for people to understand that the
result is far different from the intent. Things can be presented in a
lot of ways, but I guess that’s just part of it. What’s most
interesting to me is that sometimes it’s about selling ad time or
newspapers and it’s not about explaining the story.”

YOU HAVE SORT OF
BEEN PORTRAYED AS AN ANGRY GUY WHO GETS UPSET. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
THAT? “I addressed that a little bit yesterday. I think some people
would like that to be the case, but let me put it this way – it’s real
easy to stand back and throw stones at someone and make little chirps
and say things that make you feel better about yourself, but, in the
end, what I said yesterday holds true. The people who know me know
that I’m a very fair person. I guess if my biggest fault is standing
up for myself, I’ll take it. They can fault me all day for that.”

JACK ROUSH, Owner – No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion – WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT
INSIDE? “The ultimate responsibility that we all have – that NASCAR
has, the owners have and the drivers have – to keep everybody safe in
this business. It’s a sport that needs to be contentious, but it
needs to be safe too and we’ve got to be careful to respect that
line.”

DO YOU FEEL THIS IS BEHIND BOTH DRIVERS? “Carl and Brad both
said things that would indicate that they’re willing to put it behind
them and let bygones be bygones, to give one another racing room, and
that’s what’s needed. They need to give one another a little extra
room for awhile.”

DO YOU AND ROGER SEE EYE TO EYE ON THIS? “Oh,
yeah. Roger and I are on the same page.”

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO CARL
REGARDING THIS SITUATION? “I told him I did not condone what he did,
but I did understand it.”

DO YOU THINK BRAD AND CARL SEE EYE TO EYE?
“No, but I think that they will give one another enough respect that
we won’t see another occurrence like that. I think Carl is not likely
to have incidental contact with Brad and cause a wreck, and I think
Brad is not like to have incidental contact with Carl and cause a
wreck in the foreseeable future.”

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ROGER PENSKE (Chairman & CEO Penske Racing) WHAT CAME OUT OF THE MEETING WITH NASCAR THIS MORNING? “Obviously it was important that we all got together from the standpoint of just having open conversation – the drivers, Jack (Roush) and myself. I think it was good conversation. I think Carl (Edwards) realized that what had happened last week wasn’t what he expected – the car flying. To me, it was just good, open communication. The guys agreed that they’re going to race hard. They’re going to race fair and give themselves some room on the race track so that we don’t become the poster boys every weekend on what’s happening. I said, ‘Hey, at the end of the races, if we’re racing for the lead and there’s a lap or two to go, you guys are gonna have to run hard, but try and stay out of each other’s way during the race.’ It was a good conversation. They’re both good guys. To me, it’s just great that we have an environment where we can sit down.”

HAVE YOU EVER TOLD BRAD TO BACK DOWN? “Brad has only driven for us for this year. He’s a terrific talent. I don’t tell my drivers to run hard or to run soft. I think he knows what he has to do on the race track with his peers and quite honestly, he’s not making any statements about what he’s gonna do or not do. I think the media has taken some of that and moved it further and made him with a bigger circle around him. What I want him to do is run fair on the race track and be competitive. But he’s got to respect the other drivers. They have to respect him.”

BRAD HAS SAID THAT HE’S NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN, CHANGE HIS STYLE: “He hasn’t said that to me as far as I’m concerned. He wants to race. He wants to have his car in the race at the end. Consequently, if you’re not keeping your car underneath you, you’re gonna get yourself in trouble and not be there in the end. As far as I’m concerned, it’s behind us. It’s an issue that was between the two drivers. I think it mounted because of accidents that had happened. Maybe it was their fault, maybe it wasn’t. At the end of the day, nobody got hurt last week. We’re here to have a good race.”

WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU SEE YOUR DRIVER INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT LIKE THAT? “I heard on the radio from the spotter that said, ‘Look like he’s trying to wreck you back over in (Turn) 3.’ I looked over in 3 because Kurt (Busch) was leading the race at that point and I saw that there was no contact. And then I was watching Kurt going into Turn 1 and I heard them say “yellow” on my radio and I looked down and saw the car barrel rolling. Obviously, I was concerned for Brad and his safety and anybody else’s. Brad on the radio – the first thing he said to me was, ‘Did anybody get hurt in the stand?’ That was the first thing that came out of Brad’s mouth. And then he said, ‘I’m fine.’ At that point I was worried about Kurt winning the race after that.”

BRAD KESELOWSKI

WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEETING WITH NASCAR THIS MORNING? “I don’t know how Carl feels about it, but I don’t think it’s cool to say everything that was said in there. Hopefully, it will be productive to where we can move forward and continue to race each other hard and not have any more incidents like we had at Atlanta.”

“We hadn’t talked before. I wouldn’t say there was anything said that surprised me. You have to understand, Carl and I have a mutual respect for each other in a sense we’re almost the same people. We come from similar backgrounds. We drive the same way. I have a lot of respect for him before and after the accident. Hopefully, that will stay the same.”

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE WAY YOU WILL BE RACING? “Carl and I have talked before about leaving each other more room, but it seems like when it came down to it, it just never worked out. It’s racing. The biggest thing to me, you know, is incidents are going to happen because we race against each other more than 60 times. We’re going to run by (beside) each other. We just each have to build up a tolerance for that.”

WHAT ROLE DID JACK ROUSH AND ROGER PENSKE HAVE IN THE MEETING? “Jack and Roger are two different people for sure, but they are both extremely supportive of us. Carl and I both put a lot of emphasis and trust into our car owners, where we listen to them and talk to them. I think we both see the same things in them. They’re kind of mentors to us.”

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Joey Logano takes home his first career Cup Series pole, at one of NASCAR’s hardest tracks, Bristol Motor Speedway

1 20 Joey Logano Home Depot Toyota
2 2 Kurt Busch Miller Lite Dodge
3 66 Dave Blaney PRISM Motorsports Toyota
4 48 Jimmie Johnson Lowe’s Chevrolet
5 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Chevrolet
6 42 Juan Pablo Montoya Target Chevrolet
7 17 Matt Kenseth Crown Royal Ford
8 99 Carl Edwards Scotts Ford
9 47 Marcos Ambrose Little Debbie Toyota
10 00 David Reutimann Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota
11 14 Tony Stewart Office Depot/Old Spice Chevrolet
12 98 Paul Menard Pittsburgh Paints/Menards Ford
13 5 Mark Martin GoDaddy.com Chevrolet
14 31 Jeff Burton Caterpillar Chevrolet
15 11 Denny Hamlin FedEx Express Toyota
16 38 David Gilliland Taco Bell Ford
17 1 Jamie McMurray Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Chevrolet
18 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. National Guard/AMP Energy Chevrolet
19 56 Martin Truex Jr. NAPA Toyota
20 78 Regan Smith Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet
21 39 Ryan Newman Haas Automation Chevrolet
22 77 Sam Hornish Jr. Mobil 1 Dodge
23 43 A J Allmendinger Insignia/Best Buy Ford
24 9 Kasey Kahne Budweiser Ford
25 16 Greg Biffle U.S. Census Ford
26 33 Clint Bowyer BB&T Chevrolet
27 09 Aric Almirola Phoenix Construction/Graceway Chevrolet
28 83 Brian Vickers Red Bull Toyota
29 82 Scott Speed Red Bull Toyota
30 6 David Ragan UPS Ford
31 26 David Stremme Air National Guard Ford
32 7 Robby Gordon Warner Music Nashville/Blake Shelton Toyota
33 29 Kevin Harvick Shell/Pennzoil Chevrolet
34 90 Casey Mears Keyed-Up Motorsports Chevrolet
35 87 Joe Nemechek ComputerWorks Toyota
36 12 Brad Keselowski Penske Dodge Dodge
37 19 Elliott Sadler Stanley Ford
38 18 Kyle Busch M&M’s Toyota
39 55 Michael Waltrip PRISM Motorsports Toyota
40 46 Terry Cook # Whitney Motorsports Dodge
41 34 Travis Kvapil Long John Silver’s Ford
42 37 Kevin Conway # Extenze Ford
43 71 Bobby Labonte TaxSlayer.com Chevrolet

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