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DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY CHEVROLET SS - QUALIFIED ON THE POLE - THAT WAS A FAST LAP, HOW WAS IT? "Everything went smooth. This is very much a moment to talk about being proud of the guys who prepare the car. For us drivers, it's very important for us to hit your shifts, and be smooth, and all that out there. But, there is a certain amount of speed that the car has as potential, and that is what you are getting to. As far the GoDaddy crew, Hendrick for the power and Chevy with the car, those are the elements that are really important. The driver plays a part, but a small part."

Danica Patrick made NASCAR history today during Coors Light Pole qualifying for the Daytona 500, becoming the first female driver to win a pole at NASCAR’s top level – the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.

TREVOR BAYNE (No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion) – QUALIFIED 3rd “The Wood Brothers know how to do it, that is for sure. That is what is so cool about qualifying here. It shows all the hard work that they put into these cars. Once you get in the race and get beat up a little bit it doesn’t matter quite as much but qualifying shows all the hard work they put into it."

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Qualified: 7th How was your qualifying run? "It was definitely better than what we expected. We were consistently about a tenth off of our teammate so we're pretty happy running right there where Kyle's (Busch) at. Good run for our FedEx Camry team."

Kevin Harvick and the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS team kicked off the 2013 season by capturing a win in the Sprint Unlimited Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway. The Bakersfield, Calif., native started the 75-lap, three-segment event from the 17th position and survived a nine-car accident before the caution flag was displayed, signaling the completion of the first 30-lap segment.

It's been a rough Daytona Speedweeks start for Kurt Busch. The Furniture Row Racing driver, who got collected in a practice accident Friday, didn't fare any better Saturday night in the Sprint Unlimited race.

Kevin Harvick made his No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet as wide as he could in the final laps, holding off repeated challenges for the lead on his way to victory Saturday night in The Sprint Unlimited at Daytona International Speedway

“I could see those guys, the No. 16 (Greg Biffle) in the middle-half there, and then the No. 14 (Tony Stewart), they were kind of timing it as to how far they needed to get back to get that dive to the bottom, but with the top there, you could guard the bottom if they didn’t get all the way by you with the side draft and that’s really what you were looking for."

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell Pennzoil Ford Fusion – TALK ABOUT YOUR FIRST OFFICIAL RACE IN THE NEW SHELL PENNZOIL FORD AND HOW THINGS WENT TONIGHT. “I thought it went pretty smooth."

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
“I didn’t see much. I was just kind of cruising along and I saw sparks in front of me. I knew that wasn’t good. Then before I knew it just the cars inside of me and around me everybody just slid up the race track and into me and around we went. I still haven’t seen the video replay of exactly what triggered it, but it started in front of me and got a bunch of us.”