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NASCAR and the NASCAR Hall of Fame today announced legendary motorsports reporter Steve Waid as the eighth recipient of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence.

Toyota executives Ed Laukes and David Wilson, and Toyota Racing drivers Kyle Busch and Christopher Bell were made available to the media at Daytona International Speedway during an announcement on Thursday night:

Toyota Supra is back at the track! Beginning in 2019, the globally-recognized iconic sports car will prove its championship mettle in the hotly contested NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS). Supra will make its on-track debut in the NXS race at Daytona on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019.

On Thursday, NASCAR returned to Daytona International Speedway with practice sessions in advance of Saturday night’s 60th annual Coke Zero Sugar 400, the traditional midsummer, midseason night-time classic for the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 CREDIT ONE BANK CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed the race with Kyle Busch last week at Chicagoland Speedway, whether or not he weighs risk versus reward during a race, vacations as a youngster, and more. Full Transcript:

Palm Coast, Fla. native Ray Black Jr. (@RayBlackJr) is poised to make his fourth career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) start in Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway aboard Rick Ware Racing’s No. 51 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

DARREL 'BUBBA' WALLACE, JR., NO. 43 U.S. AIR FORCE CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1 met with media and discussed returning to Daytona I July, the season thus far, his expectations for the last lap of the race on Saturday evening, and more. Full Transcript:

Ilmor Engineering will be going for its 72nd-consecutive ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards victory. Since the ARCA Ilmor 396 was approved for competition in 2015 it has won all 71 events and earned all 53 General Tire Pole Awards (18 qualifying sessions have been canceled).

BRANDON JONES, No. 19 Comcast/NBC Universal Salute To Service Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Could you please explain what's going on with the whole Salute to Service program that you're associated with this weekend? "Yeah, well, obviously it's July 4th, you know, the whole week and the weekend."

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford Fusion, is the defending winner of this weekend’s Coke Zero 400. Stenhouse, who is 16th in the current Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings, held a press conference this afternoon in the media center.