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Our final guest today is Darian Grubb who is the crew chief of the No. 14 Office Depot Mobil 1 Chevrolet piloted by Tony Stewart. The 14 team has a 3-point deficit in the standings and is entering this weekend as one of the closest points battles in NASCAR history 3 point.

MARTIN TRUEX JR., No. 56 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing What have you learned so far from this morning’s test session at Daytona? “Well, first of all, I know the off -season’s get shorter every year, but dang I’m working on 2012 already."

The 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup season may be winding down, but No. 00 Aaron’s Dream Machine Toyota driver David Reutimann has a busy schedule of charitable events planned in the coming weeks.

U.S. Army driver Ryan Newman will finish off one of his best seasons in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in Sunday's Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Seven drivers took part in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series test session on Tuesday at historic Daytona International Speedway in an effort to evaluate and prepare aerodynamic baseline packages for January’s Preseason Thunder testing sessions as well as Speedweeks 2012 and the 54th annual Daytona 500 on Sunday, Feb. 26.

Aric Almirola No. 88 GT Vodka Chevrolet “Homestead is a track that’s a lot of fun to race on. It has progressive banking through the corners. "

Carl Edwards on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway: “I love racing the Nationwide cars at Homestead. This race is very special because it presents two great opportunities for our team."

Team Chevy has six drivers in the standings of the 10- race 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Standings after Race 9 of 10:

The 25-year-old BRANDT Chevy driver has three NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) starts at Homestead-Miami Speedway (HMS). He is credited with a best finish of 11th coming in the 2010 season finale.

Carl Edwards on racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway: “I’m just excited to get in the race car this weekend. It’s a fun race track and we run very well there."