ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 98 Fresh from Florida Ford Mustang – Finished 1st “I was an emotional last few laps. I thought I had a shot to win but wasn’t sure I would get it done. I got a big push from the 7 and then he pulled out and the 18 came and gave me a good push."
Camry driver Jeff Green (seventh) was the top-finishing Toyota driver in Friday night’s NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) race at Daytona International Speedway.
GREG BIFFLE, No. 16 EcoBoost Ford Fusion – Qualified 1st - TELL US ABOUT THAT FAST LAP. “Yeah, we knew the car had pretty good speed from our practice but we never made a mock qualifying run. It was a little bit of unknown and we thought the car had enough speed to be top-10 for sure."
Austin Dillon notched his seventh top 10 starting spot of the season after qualifying sixth for the Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway in his No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum Chevrolet SS.
CARL EDWARDS, No. 19 Subway Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Starting Position: 2nd - How do you feel about your starting position for tomorrow night? “It’s a great starting spot – congratulations to Greg (Biffle) and all those guys at Roush Fenway, I know they work hard on this program."
Aric Almirola, driver of the No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion, looks to return to victory lane at Daytona International Speedway, where he piloted the iconic Richard Petty Motorsports Fusion to victory in 2014. Almirola spoke with media members after the only practice session for Cup cars Friday afternoon.
On Wednesday, NASCAR levied a $15,000 fine against John Wes Townley and placed him on probation for the remainder of the season for his involvement in a late-race incident at Gateway Motorsports Park on Saturday night.
DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Have you come down from the high of the Daytona 500 win? “It’s definitely been a good year no matter what when you win a race like that, but it’s cool to come back here and obviously you go – had to do some Coke ride-alongs yesterday and you’re back in victory lane where you were and definitely brings back some good memories for sure. Really this track has been very good to me throughout my career. We hope to complete the sweep this weekend.”
DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS met with media and discussed his approach to restrictor plate racing, the pre-race pit road crowd, Austin Dillon’s accident at Daytona one year ago, and more.
Carson Brown (No. 28 Klean Freak Chevrolet) dominated the ARCA Menards Series Audubon Park 100 at DuQuoin State Fairgrounds to score his second series victory of the season.
Josh Berry and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane team earned their sixth consecutive top-10 finish with a seventh-place result in Sunday night’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Menards/Richmond Water Heaters Ford Mustang Dark Horse started 24th and finished fourth in Sunday's Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
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