NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA TEXAS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 31, 2014

JIMMIE JOHNSON, NO. 48 LOWE’S RED VEST CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Texas Motor Speedway and discussed his special Lowe’s Red Vest paint scheme this weekend at Texas, not being in the 2014 championship title picture and many other topics. Full Transcript:

CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE LOWE’S RED VEST PROGRAM AND WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON TODAY:
“On a funny note (Chad) Knaus (crew chief) is even in one of these (red vests). So everybody should leave here immediately and go see it firsthand themselves. Then on a serious note the red race car and wearing the vest and all the red this weekend in general is really to honor the 260,000 plus employees at Lowe’s, that put on the vest every day and go to work and make all the magic happen in the stores. It’s a cool program. I’m of course having a little fun with it and going to wear the vest and so are the crew guys, but in all seriousness they are what make it all happen and it’s neat to see Lowe’s utilize the relationship from a marketing stand point, but also internally amongst all their employees really kind of worldwide now.”
Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Jimmie Johnson →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA TEXAS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 31, 2014

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media today at Texas Motor Speedway. Newman discussed his position in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, his thoughts on this weekend’s race and the season, being aggressive at Texas and other topics. FULL TRANSCRIPT:

WHAT’S YOUR OUTLOOK FOR THIS WEEKEND AT THIS BIG, FAST 1.5-MILE TRACK?
“We’re looking forward to the opportunity. We had a good run going at the first race and caught a windshield tear-off on our splitter, so we had to pit under green and lost a bunch of positions. This is an opportunity to come back here to prove and show the things that we’ve learned as a team and organization since the first race in Texas, and to keep our consistency going with a couple of top-fives and couple of top-10s – and hopefully have some fun with what we’re doing with our Caterpillar Chevrolet.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Ryan Newman →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA TEXAS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 31, 2014

Team Chevy Chase Drivers Qualify in Top-Seven at Texas
Jeff Gordon, Kevin Harvick and Ryan Newman will Start 2nd, 5th and 7th
• Four Chevy SS drivers score top-five starting spots for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500
• Tony Stewart, No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS, set the track qualifying record with a lap of 200.111 mph, breaking the previous record of 198.282 mph, set by Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Budweiser Chevrolet SS, in April, 2014. It was the first 200 mph qualifying lap at a 1.5-mile track in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history, and is the 22nd qualifying record set in 2014
• Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS, posted his 22nd top-10 start of the 2014 season, and his 15th at Texas Motor Speedway
• Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe’s Red Vest Chevrolet SS, third fastest qualifier, posted his 15th top-10 start at Texas Motor Speedway, and his 19th in 34 races this season.
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FT. WORTH (October 31, 2014) – The three Team Chevy drivers battling in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup had strong qualifying runs for Sunday’s AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Top-Seven →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA TEXAS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER QUALIFYING NOTES & QUOTES
OCTOBER 31, 2014

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS – QUALIFIED 2ND
OUTSIDE FRONT ROW PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE FOR SUNDAY: 
“It was three incredible laps and a great effort by our Drive To End Hunger Chevrolet team today. All day long we have had a fast race car. It’s awesome to be able to back that up in qualifying. It’s so tricky at a track like this where the tires fall off a little bit and this is an abrasive track, but super-fast. Great conditions and you are just trying to keep up with the adjustments each time you go out. I thought the team did a great job. We were fourth, third and second, so we kept getting better each round and Matt (Kenseth) put up a great lap and I just was off by the tiniest bit. I could go back over that lap now a hundred times and do it over again to try to find that one thousandth or two thousandths of a second.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Qualifying Notes →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
AAA TEXAS 500
TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 31, 2014

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed the Chase format, the No. 24 teams strengths for winning the title, his current level of confidence, and more. Full Transcript:

IS THIS CHASE FORMAT WHAT FANS WANT? WHAT DO THE FANS REALLY WANT TO SEE IN RACING? IS IT WRECKING? IS IT PASSING? WHAT DO THEY WANT?
“I wish I knew. It seems like whenever I think I know what they want, they seem to ask for something different. I would think they want exciting racing and great tight battles down to the finish. Obviously fans have their favorites and those that they pull for and they want to see them in the mix. So, I love this format. I think this format is amazing. I hope that they like it. I don’t know how you make it any more interesting or any more exciting or tense than what they have. We feel it here in the garage area. I would think that they would sense and feel it. And from a lot of fans that I’ve spoken to, they do. Like at Talladega. They felt that intensity and nervousness. That’s going to happen again as we go through Phoenix coming up here in a couple of weeks.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Texas–Jeff Gordon →

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Puts Chevrolet in Victory Lane at Martinsville
Victory is First for Earnhardt, Jr. at Famed Short-track and the Eighth Consecutive Martinsville Win for the Bowtie Brand

· Win is the fourth of the season for Earnhardt, Jr. and the No. 88 Chevrolet SS team and the 23rd of his career
· Victory is 17th win of the 2014 season for Team Chevy in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS)
· Chevrolet SS drivers claimed the top-four finishing positions, and five of the top-10: Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet SS – 2nd; Ryan Newman, No. 31 Quicken Loans Chevrolet SS – 3rd ; Tony Stewart, No. 14 Bass Pro Shops/Mobil 1 Chevrolet SS – 4th and AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Clorox Chevrolet SS – 9th
· The three Chevrolet SS drivers in the Eliminator round of the Chase leave Martinsville first (Gordon), second (Newman) and eighth (Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Outback Chevrolet SS) with two races remaining to be one of the four cars racing for the championship at the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Dale Earnhardt Jr. →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY POST RACE NOTES AND QUOTES
OCTOBER 26, 2014

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET SS – RACE WINNER
THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO WANT TO WIN TODAY. WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU TODAY?
“Oh, man. We’ve been trying to win here for so many years. And this place is so special to me. I’ve wanted to win here so bad. We brought the good cars. I’m out of breath from celebrating more than driving. It’s a real emotional win. This team on pit road was great and Steve (Letarte, crew chief) and the guys did a real good job all day. They gave me a great shot at it there with the call at the end to take tires. I can’t believe we won here. This means so much to all of us. It’s just real emotional.” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Post Race →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014

JAMIE McMURRAY PUTS CHEVROLET SS ON POLE AT MARTINSVILLE
Five Chevy drivers qualify in top-12 positions for Sunday’s race

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (Oct. 24, 2014) – Jamie McMurray drove his No. 1 McDonald’s Chevrolet SS to the pole position Friday at Martinsville Speedway for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500. McMurray posted a lap of 18.954 seconds (99.905 mph) for his second career pole position at the track. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Qualifying →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY QUALIFYING NOTES AND QUOTES
OCTOBER 24, 2014

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S CHEVROLET SS – POLE WINNER
“Great start to our weekend for our McDonald’s Chevrolet. We tested here and I thought we had a really good test. Keith (Rodden, crew chief) and Josh (Sell, Engineer) just did a really good job adjusting on the car. It’s amazing you can go quicker your second time out. For years we came here to these places and ran slower. That was a good lap. It’s cool that Carter is here with me. It’s the first time for a father-son weekend together so we’re going to get our picture taken together!” Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville Qualifying →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media and discussed her first time racing at Martinsville, her thoughts on the crew chief and team switch in 2015 and many other topics. Full Transcript:

TALK ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE CHANGES TO YOUR TEAM ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK:
“Talladega was just about right. Going into the pits leading, coming out leading and having Jimmie (Johnson) behind me. I knew there wasn’t very much left because I knew that we were not that far off on making it on fuel so I knew it was a pretty short distance. I thought ‘wow this is going to be awesome, me and Jimmie.’ Then I was like ‘and Jimmie has got to win to get in the Chase’, I’m like ‘this could get really messy’. But then the yellow came out, so then it could have gotten a different kind of messy, but we were in a good spot. I think in general things have been going alright. We have been running better here at the end of the season and putting our races together better, I think we had some speed like we have had lately earlier this season, but just weren’t able to fully execute or had either mistakes on my part or failures or mistakes on pit lane that would affect our outcome. In general things have kind of just been coming together a little bit better lately. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Danica Patrick →

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES
GOODY’S HEADACHE RELIEF SHOT 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
TEAM CHEVY DRIVER PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
OCTOBER 24, 2014

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his past success at Martinsville, delivering a millionth meal to a local resident, the Hendrick plane tragedy, the traditional grandfather clock trophy, and more. Full Transcript:

YESTERDAY YOU HELPED DELIVER A MILLIONTH MEAL TO SOMEONE ON BEHALF OF DRIVE TO END HUNGER. TALK ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE
“I get to do a lot of really cool things. It’s opened my eyes so much to this cause and how many millions of people are dealing with hunger issues in America. And because of that, we get to do some pretty cool things. Yesterday was definitely one of the highlights. A woman names Freida (Evans, 89), who lives in Rockingham County very near by, to here, in North Carolina, who relies on Meals on Wheels to deliver her meals every day. She’s the classic story of individuals who need those meals desperately because she worked so hard to feed her family throughout her whole life and gave everything for them. And now, she relies on those meals. And it was pretty cool to be able to deliver that one-millionth meal for Meals on Wheels to her in the state of North Carolina. Continue reading Chevy Racing–NASCAR–Martinsville–Jeff Gordon →