NASCAR Cup Series

CARL EDWARDS - No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion (Qualified 1st) - "We've got a fast race car and these Goodyear tires come in the second lap."

JEFF GORDON, NO. 24 DRIVE TO END HUNGER CHEVROLET met with media and discussed Trevor Bayne and his win of the Daytona 500, extreme sports, points, and more.

KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Combos Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing What is your outlook for this weekend at Phoenix after winning the Truck Series race last night? "Everything went real well for us last night with our Dollar General Tundra."

Each race weekend, select Dodge Motorsports engineers, team crew chiefs, drivers or engine specialists give their insight on the ‘Keys for Success’ for the upcoming race. This week, the green flag drops in the ‘Valley of the Sun”.

Carl Edwards, driver of the No. 99 Aflac Ford Fusion, won the last two races of 2010, including the event here at Phoenix International Raceway. Edwards, who leads the point standings going into Sunday's race, held a press conference Friday between practice sessions at PIR.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) WHY WERE YOU ALMOST A HALF-SECOND FASTER THAN EVERYONE IN THE FIRST PRACTICE? “What’s interesting right now is that we have the ability to do what we want in qualifying practice."

PAUL MENARD, NO. 27 MENARDS CHEVROLET met with media and discussed using multiple radio channels during the Daytona 500, concentrating full time on Cup this season, and more.

TONY STEWART, NO. 14 OFFICE DEPOT/MOBIL 1 CHEVROLET met with members of the media at Phoenix International Raceway and discussed the end of the Daytona 500, repaving at Phoenix and other topics.

The two Kyles were the only writers able to pick top-ten finishing drivers at the Daytona 500. Kyle Ocker earned ten points for correctly picking Trevor Bayne as the winner (his dark horse pick) and Kyle Brandt earned six points for his dark horse pick Juan Pablo Montoya finishing sixth.

BOBBY LABONTE, No. 47 Clorox Toyota Camry, JTG-Daugherty Racing What was it like at the race shop following your fourth-place finish in the Daytona 500? “Obviously, first of all it was a little bit of disappointment that we didn’t win because we were this close..."