NASCAR Cup Series

MATT KENSETH – No. 17 Best Buy Ford Fusion – WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO GET TO WHERE YOU WERE A YEAR AGO TO GET TO WHERE CARL WAS? “I’m trying to word this the right way, but I think we performed better than Carl down the stretch, we really did."

BOBBY LABONTE, No. 47 Kroger Toyota Camry, JTG-Daugherty Racing How have things been progressing at the race shop? "Those guys have done a lot of work in the off-season. I think September 15 -- there wasn't anything in the race shop."

Food City Race Night, one of NASCAR’s largest and most popular fan events, features a number of racing’s biggest stars in the free event Friday, March 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway.

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 39 US ARMY CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed Tony Stewart and the 2011 Championship, new teammate Danica Patrick, his previous Daytona 500 win and other topics.

KURT BUSCH, NO. 51 HENDRICKCARS.COM CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed his new team Phoenix Racing, having fun and working for his brother Kyle in 2012.

JEFF BURTON, NO. 31 CATERPILLAR CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed last year’s performance, social media, the history of Martinsville Speedway, Kevin Harvick and other topics.

DANICA PATRICK, NO. 10 GODADDY.COM CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed the pressures of NASCAR racing, pack-racing verses tandem racing, not running the Indy 500 and much more.

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER BOATS CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed race day routines, EFI, pack drafting, and other topics.

REGAN SMITH, NO. 78 FURNITURE ROW CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed the confidence a Cup win gives a driver, attending Daytona 500 races as a kid, not racing in the Budweiser Shootout and much more.

ROBBY GORDON (No. 7 MAPEI/Menards/SPEED Energy Dodge) SINCE WE LEFT HOMESTEAD, HOW MUCH RACING HAVE YOU DONE? “The 150 (qualifying race on Thursday) next week will be my 17th race of 2012. That’s counting Dakar – every day being in the race, about 500 miles every day. We had a lot of fun with Dakar. Our cars were very fast.”