NASCAR Cup Series

Toyota driver Denny Hamlin was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Denny Hamlin, No. 11 FedEx Express Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - It's been a long time since anybody won the 500 back‑to‑back. Why is this race so hard to go back‑to‑back? “The odds are stacked against you. I mean, if this was Martinsville, I'd say the odds were really good, or Richmond, or somewhere like that."

Trevor Bayne heads into the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS) season ready to improve on gains made in 2016 and earn a way into NASCAR’s 10-race playoff format.

Heading into his fifth season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (MENCS), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. will team up with veteran crew chief Brian Pattie who will take over the reins of the No. 17 team.

TREVOR BAYNE – No. 6 AdvoCare Ford Fusion – HOW DO YOU VIEW THIS WEEK? “You’ve already seen a lot of ups-and-downs in just one week, but I’m really pumped about the Duels tomorrow.

Sunday, Feb. 26 will mark the 59th running of the Daytona 500 but did you know that it has been the season-opener only since 1982? The first “Great American Race” was held in 1959 and won by Lee Petty in his first appearance at the event in his No. 42 Oldsmobile Super 88. He led 38 laps and won by two feet in a photo finish battle with Johnny Beauchamp and Joe Weatherly.

Toyota driver Matt Kenseth was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Matt Kenseth, No. 20 DEWALT FLEXVOLT Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - Is it a big deal there might not be any practice before the Duels? “No (laughter). You want more than that? We had four hours the other day. Just single‑car runs. I guess a little less than half the cars ran on Sunday, too. I don't think it's a big deal, not really.”

When the checkered flag flies on Sunday, that's the conclusion of the journey for arguably NASCAR's ultimate journeyman.

Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr. was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry, Furniture Row Racing - What was your reaction when you heard Carl Edwards was leaving NASCAR? “I was completely shocked, yeah. I did not see it coming at all, and I spent quite a bit of time around him last year doing Toyota stuff and everything. I never saw it coming."

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 CESSNA/MCDONALD’S CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript: QUESTION REGARDING CARL EDWARDS “Yeah, I was taken back by that only because it happened so late in the winter. He has another year left on his contract. I didn’t watch the press conference, but it didn’t seem like there was a light bulb that went off like oh, that’s the reason why."

KASEY KAHNE, NO. 5 FARMERS INSURANCE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript: ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING 2017 STARTED? “Absolutely, looking forward to 2017 getting started tomorrow night. It should be a great season."