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TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – HOW DO YOU VIEW THIS WEEK? “You’ve already seen a lot of ups-and-downs in just one week, but I’m really pumped about the Duels tomorrow.

Locked In: Following Sunday's Daytona 500 pole qualifying session, Elliott Sadler and the No.7 Golden Corral team locked themselves into the Daytona 500 with the second fastest time among open teams. Now the team shifts their focus to shaking down the car during practice sessions on Friday and Saturday.

Toyota driver Matt Tifft was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Matt Tifft, No. 19 Tunity Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How was the car, when you tested? “Well, we tested a few weeks ago, so it's definitely different. The low downforce package from this year is way, way different. I'm excited to see how it plays out. It's definitely harder."

Toyota driver Christopher Bell was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Christopher Bell, No. 4 JBL Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports - Are you ready to get back in the truck and a preview for Daytona? "I'm really excited that the 2017 race season is upon us because it's just been a long off‑season, and I feel like last year we were starting to get hot towards the end of the year."

Toyota driver Noah Gragson was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Noah Gragson, No. 18 Switch Toyota Tundra, Kyle Busch Motorsports - Are you looking forward to your 2017 race season? "I'm looking forward to the season, getting started with Kyle Busch Motorsports."

Toyota driver Matt Kenseth was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Matt Kenseth, No. 20 DEWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Is it a big deal there might not be any practice before the Duels? “No (laughter). You want more than that? We had four hours the other day. Just single‑car runs. I guess a little less than half the cars ran on Sunday, too. I don't think it's a big deal, not really.”

Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - What was your reaction when you heard Carl Edwards was leaving NASCAR? “I was completely shocked, yeah. I did not see it coming at all, and I spent quite a bit of time around him last year doing Toyota stuff and everything. I never saw it coming."

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA/MCDONALD’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript: QUESTION REGARDING CARL EDWARDS “Yeah, I was taken back by that only because it happened so late in the winter. He has another year left on his contract. I didn’t watch the press conference, but it didn’t seem like there was a light bulb that went off like oh, that’s the reason why."

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript: ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING 2017 STARTED? “Absolutely, looking forward to 2017 getting started tomorrow night. It should be a great season."

Toyota driver Erik Jones and Daniel Suárez were made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Daniel Suárez, No. 19 ARRIS Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What did you learn from running in the Clash the other day? “Well, it definitely was something very, very helpful for me."