Austin Dillon Earns Best-Career Indianapolis Motor Speedway Finish with Ninth-Place Showing in Dow Mycogen Seeds Chevrolet

“There was a big wreck going on towards the end of the race right near me and I just stayed towards the middle and kept my line in order to avoid being involved in it. It worked because we survived for several more restarts and I was able to get my best finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and we advanced to 12th in the driver point standings. I feel like we still have some work to do though. I need to try something different with restarts because those hurt me a little bit today. At the end, we finished where we were supposed to finish, though. I’m proud of the No. 3 Dow Mycogen Seeds team. They worked hard today and they built a fast race car. With six races to go until the Chase for the Sprint Cup begins, you have to have these good days in the overall standings so today was good.”

– Austin Dillon

The No. 27 Valvoline/Menards Chevrolet Team Capitalize on Late-Race Cautions to Bring Home 10th-place Finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

“Our No. 27 Valvoline/Menards Chevy battled tight handling conditions for the majority of the race. We were loose in traffic and made an adjustment to help. Unfortunately, we must have had a bad set of tires or something because the car got worse. The drive off the corners wasn’t very good, we had no side bite. Justin (Alexander, crew chief) and the guys worked hard to fix it, then we got some damage during the caution with 10 to go. The yellow flags fell in our favor at the end and we came home with a 10th-place finish. I’m proud of the fight this team had all weekend long.”

– Paul Menard

Late-Race Accident Costs Grainger Team Top-10 Finish and Results in 31st Place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

“Our Grainger Chevrolet was super sensitive today, especially in dirty air. It was a handful in traffic. With about seven laps to go, we were running in sixth on the restart and we were looking good but then got hit by someone. We were able to stay on the lead lap and in 15th but then got clobbered again in overtime and that was it for us. I thought we were going to come out of this with a third-straight top-10 but it didn’t work out for us.”
– Ryan Newman

Richard Childress Racing Announces Competition Changes to Strengthen its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series Programs
Danny Stockman to take over No. 27 Sprint Cup Series Crew Chief role, Gil Martin to assume
No. 2 XFINITY Series interim Crew Chief position

Welcome, N.C. (July 25, 2016) – Richard Childress Racing (RCR) has made a change in crew chiefs for its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series programs, effective immediately. Continue reading Richard Childress Racing Announces Competition Changes to Strengthen its NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and NASCAR XFINITY Series Programs →

Paul Menard and the Richmond/Menards Team Notch a Podium Finish at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

“Our Richmond/Menards Chevy was a little loose on our qualifying run, so we started in the eighth spot. We ran in the second heat and were just a little too tight. We were faster at the start of the main race, on the splitter a little bit, but after a couple laps we came off and the car started to turn better. We were making some ground on the guys in front of us. The RCR XFINITY series program is making gains.”

– Paul Menard

Dillon finishes Consistent Day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 11th top-10 of the Season

“You’ve got to be happy with how consistent we were all afternoon in our No. 3 Rheem/Nidec/US Motors Chevrolet Camaro, but felt as if we could have finished a little bit better. Track position is so important here and I sort of put us behind the eight ball with a not-so-great qualifying effort. We gained some of that positioning back in the heat races, but it was difficult to pick up track position in the main race. Overall, I’m proud of our efforts getting back on the right track and look forward to racing next weekend at a track I had a chance to win at last time (Iowa Speedway).”

– Ty Dillon

Brandon Jones Earns Top-10 Finish in Indianapolis Debut

“I can’t be mad about a 10th-place finish at all, especially where we were on Friday. I didn’t feel like we were really good in practice. Crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. and all the guys on the Jeld-Wen/Menards team did a great job adjusting on it throughout the weekend and getting it ready for qualifying. Advancing to the second round and qualifying 11th surprised me a bit. It ended up putting us in a good position for both the heat race and the main event. The main event was up-and-down. With the green-flag stops we didn’t have much time to work on the handling, but they did a good job with the conditions we had and got us back inside the top 10.”

– Brandon Jones

Brendan Gaughan Finishes 16th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

“At Indianapolis Motor Speedway momentum is everything. We managed to lead a lap during the green flag pit stops, but in the closing laps the South Point Chevrolet got held up and it cost us several spots. I made a mistake on the last pit stop and pinned my guys at the wall. I know better than that and it cost us the lucky dog position. Overall not the day we wanted. We will regroup, lick our wounds and move on to Iowa (Speedway).”

– Brendan Gaughan