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As the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) kicks off the 2017 season at Daytona International Speedway this weekend, driver Ray Black Jr. is eager to get the 2017 season underway. The driver of the No. 07 SS Green Light Racing Chevrolet Camaro is competing full time in the NASCAR XFINITY Series for the second consecutive season.

After a 2016 campaign that saw Jeremy Clements and the #51 JCR crew battling to nearly make the innaugural NASCAR XFINITY Series “Chase”, the team is excited about the new season’s prospects. They head to Daytona for the PowerShares QQQ 300 with a new superspeedway car and a lot of motivation from long time sponsor RepairableVehicles.com who has further expanded their program with JCR for the 20017 season.

Ross Chastain will begin his third season in JD Motorsports with Gary Keller Chevrolets in Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona International Speedway.

Harrison Rhodes, who raced for JD Motorsports with Gary Keller in 2015, returns to the team this year for a full-season run in the Xfinity Series.

No longer a rookie, Garrett Smithley will tackle Daytona International Speedway Saturday in the first race of his sophomore season.

When the NASCAR XFINITY Series season kicks off with the PowerShares QQQ 300 on Saturday, February 25th, Morgan Shepherd will behind the wheel of a very special Chevy Camaro SS to mark his 50th Anniversary in racing.

On the heels of a top-10 finish in the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards season-opener at Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway last weekend, NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) rookie Clint King is hopeful for a similar performance in Saturday’s PowerShares QQQ 300.

Ryan Reed heads into the 2017 season-opener at Daytona International Speedway looking to get back into Daytona victory lane and secure a position in the 2017 playoffs. Reed, who won the 2015 Daytona race, enters his fourth full-time season behind the wheel of the No. 16 Lilly Diabetes Ford Mustang.

Locked In: Following Sunday's Daytona 500 pole qualifying session, Elliott Sadler and the No.7 Golden Corral team locked themselves into the Daytona 500 with the second fastest time among open teams. Now the team shifts their focus to shaking down the car during practice sessions on Friday and Saturday.

Toyota driver Matt Tifft was made available to the media at NASCAR Daytona Media Day: Matt Tifft, No. 19 Tunity Toyota Camry, Joe Gibbs Racing - How was the car, when you tested? “Well, we tested a few weeks ago, so it's definitely different. The low downforce package from this year is way, way different. I'm excited to see how it plays out. It's definitely harder."