NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500 pole-sitter Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 24 NAPA Chevrolet SS, won the Can-Am Duel at Daytona race 1 at Daytona International Speedway Thursday night. Elliott, the series’ Rookie of the Year in 2016, led 24 of the 60 laps en route to his first qualifying points-paying race win.

MATT KENSETH, No. 20 DeWalt Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Duel 1 Finishing Position: 5th - How was your race and were you able to learn anything for Sunday’s Daytona 500? “Yeah I think so. It was pretty good."

BRAD KESELOWSKI – No. 2 Miller Lite Ford Fusion (Finished 2nd) – IT LOOKED LIKE YOU AND KEVIN HARVICK WERE TRYING TO GET A RUN, WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD DO TO GET THE WIN? “It was a solid night for the Miller Lite Ford. We had some good speed and learned some more things about this car.

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA CHEVROLET SS – Race Winner - LAST YEAR, YOU ALMOST BEAT YOURSELF UP TOO MUCH OVER WHAT HAPPENED ON THE RACE TRACK DURING YOUR ROOKIE SEASON. WHERE DID YOU IMPROVE THE MOST THAT IT SHOWED TONIGHT? “Oh, man we had such a fast NAPA Chevy tonight. I didn’t think anybody was going to help us there at the first part of the race and I had a couple good pushes to get us out front and our spotter did a great job on the roof making sure he was calling the lanes correctly and we were able to get back in front. Just want to thank our partners and the Hendrick engine shop. They had some steam tonight at it was apparent.”

FedEx announced today its extension with Joe Gibbs Racing to serve as the sponsor of the #11 Toyota with driver Denny Hamlin in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

Bass Pro Shops, a leading destination retailer offering outdoor gear and apparel in an immersive setting, continues its partnership with Furniture Row Racing as the primary co-sponsor on Martin Truex Jr.’s Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry during the 2017 NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series season.

His race teams have run 1,474 races in the series now known the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and won 98 of them along with 116 poles. His drivers have led 24,580 laps, and back in the day he posted many of those numbers himself, when he was the team’s main driver.

Officials from Rick Ware Racing (RWR) announced today that BUBBA burger® has joined their Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) team for the 2017 season.

He’s Back. Dale Jr. Set To Return At Daytona - After missing the final 18 races of the 2016 season Dale Earnhardt Jr. returns to his No. 88 Chevrolet for Sunday’s 59th running of the DAYTONA 500 (2 p.m. ET on FOX).

Toyota driver Kyle Busch was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Kyle Busch, No. 18 M&M’s Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - What do you think about the new format? “I think it's going to be good because I think it just gives you a better opportunity to score more points and to score those points that will obviously transfer with you through the different rounds of the Chase all the way to Homestead."