After emerging victorious in the 2014 Daytona 500, Dale Earnhardt Jr. met with the press at Daytona International Speedway along with his crew chief Steve Letarte and car owner Rick Hendrick.
Matt Kenseth won a caution-free first Duel on Thursday night, while Denny Hamlin won the second after escaping a major multi-car wreck on the final lap.
Two multi-car accident during mid-week qualifying for the Daytona 500 have seen seven drivers including Joey Logano and Brian Vickers resorting to back-up cars.
The track at Daytona International Speedway is going to need repaving in turn 3, the area that suffered an intense fire after Juan Montoya hit the back of a jet dryer.
Trevor Bayne, who broke records and captured headlines with his win at the Daytona 500 in February, is to miss this weekend's Nationwide Series race after being admitted to hospital for a second time.
The teams have had one last practice outing, ahead of tomorrow's Daytona 500, with Duel 2 winner Jeff Burton topping the timesheets with an identical time to Clint Bowyer.
With two days to go to the Daytona 500, two more practice sessions were available to the drivers and teams now that the Gatorade Duels have set all the starting positions for the main race on Sunday.
While Dale Earnhardt Jr was quick to hit out at Brian Vickers for his part in the ten-car wreck that hit the Daytona 500, there was little surprise to see Vickers take an alternative view on the most controversial incident on the NASCAR Sprint Cup opener.
Elliott Sadler knows how to take one for the team - even if it's the same team that tried to oust him in November - as he played his part in ensuring that AJ Allmendinger made the Daytona 500 field for the first time in three attempts.
Robby Gordon says he is excited by the prospect of making his first race start in his new Toyota in the Gatorade Duels at Daytona. Gordon switches to the Toyota for 2009 after making his final start at the wheel of his Dodge during the Budweiser Shootout.
Atlanta Motorsport Speedway has revealed that its Racing Roulette ticket offer will return for fans purchasing tickets for the Kobalt Tools 500 in March.
David Reutimann and Boris Said both received boosts to their Daytona 500 bids on the eve of qualifying at the Florida superspeedway, with Aaron's agreeing to become the primary sponsor of Michael Waltrip Racing's #00 for the whole of 2009, and US Chrome joining Said's roster of backers.
Martin Truex Jr and Mark Martin are the two men who know where they'll start next Sunday's Daytona 500, having snared the top two times in qualifying for the blue riband event.
Sprint Cup Series team owner/driver Robby Gordon became the first template casualty of 2008 when the nose section of his new #7 Dodge failed pre-practice technical inspection at Daytona.
Every single grandstand seat surrounding the monstrous 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway for Sunday's Daytona 500 has been sold, according to track officials.