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MATT KENSETH, No. 20 Home Depot "Let's Do This" Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How does it feel to be back at Talladega? "Yeah, so Talladega -- man, I don't know. Yeah, I mean obviously the Chase has been pretty good up to this point, so I'm glad to be leading, glad we had a good run last week -- got a pretty good finish out of it -- and at Talladega."

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY CHEVROLET SS, took questions from the media at Talladega Superspeedway following the announcement that Aspen Dental will be joining the No. 10 team in 2014 for two primary sponsorship races and a year-long associate partnership. Patrick discussed racing this weekend at Talladega Superspeedway, how racing at Talladega differs from racing at Daytona and other topics.

David Ragan, driver of the No. 34 Safecar.gov Ford Fusion, combined with teammate David Gilliland for a surprising finish in the spring race at Talladega. The win for Ragan was a game changer, not only for the driver but for the Front Row Motorsports organization. Ragan met with members of the media Friday morning to look back on that magical spring afternoon.

Brendan Gaughan will compete full time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series during the 2014 season in Richard Childress Racing's No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro.

Two time Charlotte Nationwide Series winner, Mike Bliss made his 28th career start Friday night at the 32nd Annual Dollar General 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Starting 24th, Bliss was quick to break into the top-20 by lap 13. Radioing that the No. 19 Toyota Camry was a little tight on the gas, Crew Chief Paul Clapprood made slight changes throughout the event.

The recipe for success at the sprawling five-eighths-mile Rolling Wheels Raceway Park in Elbridge, N.Y., requires pure speed and also some track position. Kraig Kinser was able to combine the two on Saturday, Oct. 12, as he finished fifth in the World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series event that accompanied the Super Dirt Week XLII festivities.

Taylor Ferns has one main goal for the last handful of races on her 2013 schedule and that is to record solid finishes and build a foundation for next year. She was able to keep with this plan on Saturday, October 12 at Columbus Motor Speedway in Ohio, finishing fifth in the season finale for the Honda USAC National Midget Series Pavement Championship.

Helio Castroneves has been in this position before.

Earlier today, Target Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull and Penske Racing president Tim Cindric participated in an INDYCAR Conference Call to discuss the MAVTV 500.