NASCAR Cup Series

“It’s a different game – you’re right – it changed. I think it changed in the last two or three years to where people have figured out that you have to be in front, which when I won the two Daytona 500s I was in front, so that’s nothing new or different. But you just have to block quite often.

JEFFREY EARNHARDT, No. 32 Can-Am Ford Fusion – IT MUST BE A RELIEF TO BE LOCKED INTO THE RACE SUNDAY. “Yeah, definitely. Not having to worry about qualifying in every weekend for this whole year is a huge stress reliever. That is tough when you know you aren’t locked in on race weekends."

DANICA PATRICK: -- more confident I could get a top-10 finish at Atlanta than I feel confident that I could get a top-10 finish at Daytona just because it's such a crapshoot. You have to have so much luck on your side. You have to avoid the accidents, be at the right place at the right time, have smooth pit stops, make good decisions on the track. There's just a lot that you can't count on.

CASEY MEARS, NO. 13 GEICO CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Media Day at Daytona International Speedway.

MICHAEL ANNETT, NO. 46 PILOT/FLYING J CHEVEROLET SS, met with members of the media at Media Day at Daytona International Speedway.

JAMIE MCMURRAY, NO. 1 MCDONALD’S/CESSNA CHEVROLET SS met with members of the media during NASCAR Media Day at Daytona International Speedway.

PAUL MENARD, NO. 27 PEAK ANTIFREEZE/MENARDS CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Media Day at Daytona International Speedway.

CHASE ELLIOTT: It's definitely been busy I guess the past couple days, with everything on Sunday happening like it did, which is great. It was a good way to start things off for our entire team and for NAPA, their first year back in Cup, kind of, other than the five races we ran last year.

RYAN NEWMAN, NO. 31 CAT CHEVROLET SS, met with members of the media at Media Day at Daytona International Speedway.

CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 34 Love’s Travel Stops Ford Fusion – “I am a little behind on social media. I need to catch up. I am on Twitter and Facebook and barely Instagram and that is it. I am not going any farther. I tried Snap Chat for a little while but it just wasn’t for me. There are a lot of other ones out there that keep popping up but I am done. I’ve got my three platforms and I will stick to that.”