NASCAR community celebrates the start of the 2017 season – FOXSports.com

Race fans were thrilled that the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series began over the weekend at Daytona International Speedway, where Joey Logano won the Advance Auto Parts Clash and Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and Dale Earnhardt Jr. swept the front row in Daytona 500 qualifying.

And from the looks of things, the drivers and teams were pretty happy to be back, too.

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