NASCAR Cup Series

Dillon is fourth in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver championship point standings, seven markers behind the leader; while Gaughan ranks 28th in the standings.

All-Pro NFL linebacker Ray Lewis will wave the green flag as honorary starter of the 55th annual Daytona 500 set for 1:00 p.m. ET Sunday at historic Daytona International Speedway.

Tundra driver Johnny Sauter started the 2013 season with a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (NCWTS) victory in Friday night's 250-mile race at Daytona International Speedway.

An engine turned sour derailed a promising run for Scott Riggs and the No. 92 BTS Tire and Wheel Distributors/fleetHQ Chevrolet in the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.

Do you want predictions? I have them here. I probably will be no better than anyone else, and maybe worse, but as we begin a new season, it just seems proper to throw out a few. Having seen very little of the new Gen 6 car, it’s probably foolish, but maybe we can revise this as we go along. Or maybe we won’t.

Roush Fenway’s Trevor Bayne started his campaign for the 2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series Championship in fine form, turning a lap 50.801 (177.162 mph) in his No. 6 Cargill Ford to win the pole for Saturday’s NNS kickoff race at Daytona International Speedway. His RFR teammate Travis Pastrana posted the fourth-fastest time in the session at 50.952.

PARKER KLIGERMAN, No. 77 Bandit Chippers Toyota Camry, Kyle Busch Motorsports - Starting Position: 3rd - How was your qualifying lap? "That was a great lap for the Bandit Chippers Camry."

TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 Cargill Ford Mustang – “I’m starting to like this stage up here pretty good. It normally means something good happens, but I’m excited about our pole run. This whole team, I’ve been talking them up all off-season, but that’s because they deserve it."

With NASCAR Speedweeks in full gear, Roush Fenway Racing moves into this weekend looking to repeat as Daytona 500 champions. Greg Biffle led the RFR effort with runner-up finishes in last weekend’s Sprint Unlimited and Thursday's Duel events. Biffle will look to continue the charge for Roush Fenway as it moves into the second weekend of Speedweeks.

RYAN NEWMAN AND MATT BORLAND (CREW CHIEF), NO. 39 QUICKEN LOANS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed the reuniting of the two as crew chief and driver for the 2013 season, winning the Daytona 500 in 2008, and other topics.