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Before the green flag even flew in the Subway Jalapeno 250 on Friday night at the Daytona International Speedway there had already been fireworks.

SAM HORNISH JR (No. 12 WÜRTH Dodge Challenger R/T) Finished 10th CAN YOU TAKE US THROUGH YOUR RACE? “Yeah, it was a strange race. We were able to miss a lot of the carnage and that helped us a lot."

RICKY STENHOUSE – No. 6 NOS Energy Drink Ford Mustang – “That late restart, we didn’t have many people to work with and I saw him hung out there in the center and I got a good restart and jumped to the middle and caught up with the 1."

The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is proud to announce its inductees for 2013: Dale Inman, Rusty Wallace, Rick Hendrick and Don Schumacher.

T.J. Bell and the #50 Gulfcoast Loss Prevention Chevrolet prepare to honor the 156th Airlift Squadron for tomorrow’s Subway Jalapeno 250 night race at Daytona International Speedway.

Denny Hamlin started having back spasms shortly after the Kentucky race. By the end of the next day it was real tight. “I sat down for dinner and couldn't get up. I've had a history of back spasms now for probably four years and it just flared up again."

Michael Annett, driver of the No. 43 Pilot/Flying J Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, currently sits seventh in the point standings going into tomorrow night’s race. He visited the Daytona International Speedway infield media center Thursday before practice to talk about his season to date and hopes for the rest of the season.

Bobby Santos will get behind the wheel of the No. 36 Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) in this weekend’s NASCAR Nationwide Series race (NNS). Santos will make his second Daytona International Speedway (DIS) start in the Subway Jalapeno 250 powered by Coca-Cola.

“The night race at Daytona in July is always exciting, but it’s even more exciting this weekend because we are celebrating ‘The Kings’ 75th Birthday. Richard is such a legend and icon in our sport. I really want to bring home a great finish for him this weekend. We’ve got momentum going into Friday night’s race after our fourth-place run in Kentucky last weekend."

DODGE QUOTES: “We need a little bit of luck at Daytona and Talladega towards the end of the race and hopefully we’ll have a little bit of that on Friday night. I love going to those restrictor plate tracks. It’s about momentum."