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CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA PATRIOTIC CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his contract extension with Hendrick Motorsports (HMS), the past few races, his relationship with Dale Earnhardt Jr., at HMS, his approach to the Daytona race this weekend, and more.

Michael McDowell is returning to the site of his best finish in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) for the Coke Zero 400 at Daytona International Speedway (DIS).

NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon will drive the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Pace Car to lead the field to the start of the 24th annual Brickyard 400 on Sunday, July 23 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Another Top-10? : Earlier this year, the Go Fas Racing team and Matt DiBenedetto kicked off their 2017 season with a top-10 in their first race working together. This Saturday night, they'll look to find some of that same magic in hopes of another great finish on the high-banks of Daytona International Speedway. Daytona will be the first track the circuit returns to for a second time thus far on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season.

As Eddie Wood heads to Daytona International Speedway for Saturday’s Coke Zero 400, the co-owner of the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion driven by Ryan Blaney figures there’s no better time to be campaigning a Ford Fusion.

SPONSOR THIS WEEKEND: "I'm really proud to be able to bring the red, white and blue patriotic No. 37 Coffee-mate Chevrolet to Daytona (International Speedway) this weekend," Buescher said. "We have several Nestle brands on the car and we want to thank them all for letting us have some fun with their paint scheme to help celebrate Independence Day."

Challenges: "Daytona is like a Christmas present that you open up and it’s socks sometimes - - it depends on how it plays out," Allmendinger said. "It’s just a challenge. This Daytona race is a lot slicker than the Daytona 500. It’s very humid. The cars don’t have hardly any downforce on them at that point. Racing gets three wide there. So, track position is even more critical early in the race than trying to wait it out. You can’t quite do that anymore. If you do wait it out, you have to go a lot quicker. So, it’s a challenge for sure."

Sonoma Recap: Denny Hamlin finished fourth in Sunday’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Sonoma Raceway, charging his way through the field in the #11 FedEx Ground Toyota on two separate occasions to ultimately capture his second career-best finish at the 1.99-mile California road course. Following a fourth-place finish during Stage 2 of Sunday’s 110-lap race, the #11 team elected not to pit during the Stage break, so Hamlin led the field to green to begin the event’s final 60-lap segment.

The No. 43 Smithfield team found success at the first two superspeedway races, scoring a fourth-place finish in the both the Daytona 500 and GEICO 500. Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr., filling in for the injured Aric Almirola, looks to build on that success with his first Daytona International Speedway Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start this weekend.

The No. 98 Fresh Form Florida Ford team looks to return to Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway with Casey Mears behind the wheel. Mears will once again fill in for the injured Aric Almirola in Saturday's XFINITY race after subbing at Pocono Raceway. As defending winners of the Daytona Firecracker 250, Biagi DenBeste Racing and Fresh From Florida are looking to repeat their 2016 victory. Fresh From Florida will return to its home state for the second time this year to promote locally grown produce and seafood.