NASCAR Cup Series

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."

TY DILLON, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET SS, met with media at the annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. Full transcript: WHO DO YOU THINK WILL WIN IT ALL THIS SEASON IN XFINITY? "I've got some good teammates at our RCR group. "

CHASE ELLIOTT, NO. 24 NAPA CHEVROLET SS AND KYLE LARSON, NO. 42 TARGET CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript:

AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER CLICK LIST CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript: WHAT IS IN YOUR HAIR? “It’s Got to Be Glue.”

MICHAEL MCDOWELL, NO. 95 K-LOVE RADIO CHEVROLET SS, met with media at the annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway. Full transcript: IS THE SEGMENT FORMAT THE GREAT EQUALIZER FOR YOU BEING A SMALLER TEAM? “Yes, I definitely think so. For whatever reason for the last three or four years, we have put together a string of good finishes.

The 2017 season officially begins this weekend as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, XFINITY Series and Camping World Truck Series travel to Daytona International Speedway for the first points races of the year. Please check below for the complete schedule of events.

DALE EARNHARDT JR., NO. 88 NATIONWIDE CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at the annual Daytona 500 media day at Daytona International Speedway. Full Transcript:

JOEY LOGANO – No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Fusion – WHY DO YOU RACE? “Because I’m not good at anything else (laughing). I didn’t try hard at anything else. This is the only thing I’ve really tried hard at, and it’s just something I really enjoyed as a kid and put all my eggs in one basket.”