NASCAR Cup Series

MICHAEL WALTRIP, No. 40 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota Camry, Hillman Racing What makes winning the Daytona 500 difficult? "It's just a special race, it's hard. Everybody brings their best stuff."

Three months ago Tony Stewart climbed out of his stock car in Florida and hoisted the Sprint Cup Series championship for the third time in his career.

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed his recent surgery, Hendrick Motorsports and snow in his home state of Washington.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 M&M's Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What would it mean to win the Daytona 500? "It means the world to anybody, I think. It's a huge race to win. It's something that we all hope to do and dream of doing."

ARIC ALMIROLA – No. 43 Smithfield Ford Fusion – HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE THIS FULL-TIME OPPORTUNITY? “It feels great to come in here to Daytona and get ready for the year."

DENNY HAMLIN, No. 11 FedEx Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing Do you ever let yourself think about winning the Daytona 500? "Not really because I feel like when you look forward too much at results or what the result will be then you won't do as good in that particular moment."

CLINT BOWYER, No. 15 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry, Michael Waltrip Racing What can you bring to Michael Waltrip Racing? "Looking at last year, they showed signs of brilliance and then I think where they lacked is being consistent throughout the year."

TONY STEWART NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVORLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed winning the Daytona 500, his teammate Danica Patrick and racing over the off season.

DALE EARNHARDT, JR., NO. 88 DIET MOUNTAIN DEW/NATIONAL GUARD CHEVROLET, met with members of the media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed how Danica has improved his team, how he feels coming into the season and his chances of winning this year’s 500.

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET, met with members of media at Daytona International Speedway and discussed skill verses luck in winning the Daytona 500, his charitable endeavors with children’s hospitals, pack racing versus the two-car draft and much more.