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CASEY MEARS, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript: HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE? “I think that really people are everything in our sport. I mean obviously budge and having a strong organization that puts a good group of people together is very important, but at the same time as a small group we have kind of had the same group of guys for quite a while."

What is this race week like for you? "The Daytona 500 for me is so challenging – it's frustrating, it's exciting. It's just a weird weekend because it's our kick off to the season so everybody is excited and it's the first day of school, but oh by the way it's the biggest day of school. The most prestige is on the line with the very first crack at racing for the year. It is very, very hard to balance all that. You want to get the year started off on the right foot. You want to get the year started off with a Daytona 500 win. It's very hard to balance all that, but at the end of the day it's all about the Daytona 500 and winning the Daytona 500 when you get here for this week."

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 DOW CHEVROLET met with media at DIS. Full Transcript: CAN TESTING TURN A TEAM’S PERFORMANCE AROUND, OR IS IT OVERRATED? “I think there is something to learn at all tests. You can definitely make gains. But it’s one of those things where trial and error and finding something that works during a race probably means a little bit more.”

DANICA PATRICK: Not necessarily, but, you know, I trust the team that they'll make good decisions for me and do the best thing for me and for the team overall. They know that I worked with Daniel back in 2012 when I did 10 races with Zipadelli. He was the engineer, and they knew that I got along with him and liked him. It's all a big balancing act in the team, especially a big team.

When Jeff Gordon retires from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series after more than two decades, one of his many legacies will be his ability to deliver marketing results through mainstream media.

Albertsons and the Safeway family of stores, which combined is the second-largest supermarket chain in North America, will partner with Richard Childress Racing, Brian Scott and the No. 2 NASCAR XFINITY Series team in 2015. The stores operate under store banners Albertsons, ACME, Shaw's, Star Markets, United Supermarkets, Market Street, Amigos, Jewel-Osco, Shaw's, Tom Thumb, Randalls, VONS, Pavil-ions, Carrs and Safeway.

Front Row Motorsports and CSX will partner for a third straight season in 2015, returning the railroad's "Play It Safe" public service message to David Ragan's No. 34 Ford. The partnership will put the CSX Ford on track for eight NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races, which will include the short-track excitement of Bristol Motor Speedway in April, the Fourth of July holiday weekend at Daytona International Speedway, and the historic Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing completed a two day test with Graham Rahal today at the 2.67-mile NOLA Motorsports Park road course. Rahal completed 96 laps today for a two day total of 187 laps at the course.

From a secondary viewing spot at NOLA Motorsports Park, KV Racing Technology co-owner Jimmy Vasser confirmed what he saw on pit lane.

February 11, 2015 SS Green Light Racing is pleased to announce that Korbin Forrister has signed to drive the No. 08 Chevrolet Silverado for a minimum of fifteen races in the 2015 Camping World Truck Series Schedule starting with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona on February 20th. The schedule will be expanded if additional funding is secured.