Call me what you want: redneck, loser, dork or someone who just follows the trend, I don’t care, I can’t wait for Sunday. Why? THE DAYTONA 500!
For about four years now, I have looked at racing’s World Series as the second greatest sporting event in all of sports; better than hockey’s Stanley Cup, better than the NBA Championship, hell, even better than the World Series of baseball, and I love baseball. This year’s edition promises to be the best yet, with all the different story lines that even the casual fan can get excited about. Let’s look at two of them, since I got to keep it short and sweet.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. makes the transition from DEI to Hendrick’s Racing: Looks like Jr. had a legitimate beef with how DEI was running things when he left. After struggling all of last year, Jr. has already bounced back strong in his Hendrick car, winning the Budweiser Shootout and the first Gatorade Duel run at Daytona. He now goes for the triple-crown of Nascar Sunday afternoon, where he looks to win the 500, a 500 many have him favored to win.
Toyota looks to improve after horrible ’07: Things couldn’t have gone much worse than they did last year for the Toyota teams. The company’s biggest name, Michael Waltrip, was busted for having an illegal substance in his engine, and well, let’s just say things continued to go downhill after that. It’s a new year though, Toyota now has its teeth sunk into two superstars in Tony Stewart, who is in the third row for the Daytona 500 and Denny Hamlin, who won the second leg of the Gatorade Duel and is in the second row. Things already have improved for Toyota, who with Hamlin’s Gatorade Duel win, made history, winning Toyota’s first race ever (points or no points).
Now, enjoy the race!
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