NASCAR Cup PR

DID THE KOBE BRYANT TRAGEDY MAKE YOU RETHINK PRIVATE PLANS AND HELICOPTER TRAVEL THAT SO MANY ATHLETES USE NOWADAYS? “You know, life always gives us reminders and it is up to us to learn from them and pay attention to them or ignore them."

TYLER REDDICK NO. 8 CATERPILLAR CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Daytona 500 Media Day Highlights:

AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BASS PRO SHOPS/TRACKER OFF ROAD CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Daytona 500 Media Day Highlights:

BUBBA WALLACE, NO. 43 U.S. AIR FORCE CAMARO ZL1 1LE, Daytona 500 Media Day Highlights:

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Erik Jones was made available to media at Daytona 500 Media Day:

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin was made available to media at Daytona 500 Media Day:

YOU ARE NOT A SURPRISE ANYMORE, ESPECIALLY AT THIS RACE. WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS GOING INTO SUNDAY? “Obviously, our team has a lot more speed than we’ve had from when I was here last year."

NASCAR officially starts its season at Daytona International Speedway with the Cup Series, Xfinity Series and Gander Trucks all taking to the track.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING TO START THE SEASON? EXCITED TO GET GOING? “Yeah, definitely. It is always nice to come back down and know that it is time to go again and get back into a rhythm and swing of things."

JOEY LOGANO, No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Ford Mustang – DID YOU AND BRAD TALK AFTER SUNDAY? “We’ve talked and I think so. We’ll see. We’re gonna have different opinions on a lot of things all the time. That’s part of racing and things like that, but I think we’ll be fine.”