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Heard at Media Day: RCR Drivers Talk 2017 Season Opener

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  • “My motto this season, especially in these RCR XFINITY cars, is to have fun.” – Ben Kennedy
  • “The preparation really started before the off-season. I made the transition after Homestead and was at RCR the next week getting to know my crew chief Danny Stockman and all of the guys working on the No. 21 car this year. All of us working together, the expectations are high, the goals we are setting for ourselves are high.” – Daniel Hemric
  • “This year I’ve been to every track on the schedule and I know the guys I’m racing against. I can strictly focus on myself and my team, so I have high expectations entering this season. Winning is definitely a top goal this year.” – Brandon Jones
  • “We’ve got a lot of great employees and a lot of great partners and we want to give them a trophy this year. We’re going to work hard to do that. It’s not going to be from lack of effort … It’s time.” – Austin Dillon
  • “The cumulative effort that goes into a championship I think is back. Not to the way it was, but without a doubt, a step in the right direction of having a true Cup champion.' – Ryan Newman
  • “We’ve got to win races. What is on the line is what is on the line for every organization that doesn’t perform the way it expects to. That is pretty much every organization that didn’t win the championship last year. A lot on the line. You’ve got to win races. That is the first and foremost, that is why we show up to the racetrack.” – Paul Menard
  • 'I've got some good teammates at our RCR group. I'm really excited to go back to Xfinity racing. I'm doing 27 races myself. Looking forward to being a part of that, and I think we have a good team of drivers that have a chance at winning it.” – Ty Dillon
  • “I’m 41-years-old, I have played sports my whole life and this is a continuation of what I have done since I was 16-years-old. I’ve played college football, I’ve played college basketball and I’ve raced cars. I love what I do, I love being competitive. I love waking up in the morning and saying, I get to still be a professional athlete, still prove it and go win races.” – Brendan Gaughan