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Roush Fenway Qualifying Report: Las Vegas

Greg Biffle paced the Roush Fenway effort in Friday's Sprint Cup qualifying at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. All four of the Roush Fenway Fords will start inside the top 20 for Sunday's race.

GREG BIFFLE – No. 16 3M Ford Fusion (Qualified 7th) – “I bounced up the race track a little bit trying real hard, but you just never know.  Should I have gone around the bumps or drove a little bit lower?  My car was really, really loose in qualifying trim.  I had a real struggle with it, so I wasn’t sure what to expect there, but it was pretty good.”  HOW MUCH QUALIFYING WORK DID YOU DO IN PRACTICE TODAY?  “We made two runs, so that just makes all the difference because it gave us an idea of what to expect.”

MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Crown Royal Ford Fusion (Qualified 11th) – “We worked more on qualifying this week, but we still emphasized race trim a lot today.  We think it’s gonna rain tomorrow, but we did make two mock-up qualifying and it didn’t run very well.  The guys went to work and made some really good adjustments and got the car a lot better for that run.”

CARL EDWARDS – No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion (Qualified 12th) – “Annie is doing great and Kate is doing really well.  I just talked to her and maybe that’s what I needed right there.  That’s the best performance our Aflac Fusion has had for a long time.  That might end up12th or something like that, but it’s still a huge improvement.  My car felt good.  It was a whole different vehicle from practice, so my guys did a great job.”  YOU WERE DOWN ON THE SPEED CHART IN PRACTICE.  “We picked up over a second and I was not in race trim.  That was qualifying in practice.  We tried and I thought we were gonna be in deep, deep trouble, but the guys really did a good job.  David Ragan in his UPS Fusion came on the radio and gave me a couple of little hints right as I was pulling on the race track.  I went and thanked him.  He said he shouldn’t have helped me because I finished right in front of him, but hopefully that will be a good spot.”

DAVID RAGAN – No. 6 UPS Ford Fusion (Qualified 18th) – “That was a good pickup for our UPS Ford.  I always wish we could have gotten one more run in practice and maybe we could have gotten a little better lap in qualifying, but I think that will be an OK starting spot for Sunday.  I still think we’ve got a little work to do in race trim, but hopefully the weather will be nice on Saturday and we can get some laps, but it was a nice pickup.”

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