Daytona 500!

Daytona 2 p.m. ET Sun. FOX

Today is the Daytona 500! Blogging about no other! It's the "superbowl" for Nascar!

They called it the Big D, and no one had ever seen anything like it. Two and a half miles around, with sweeping, high-banked turns, Daytona International Speedway created an instant sensation among both the townsfolk and the people who would eventually compete on it. NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. moved Daytona's annual big race from the oceanfront to his mammoth new facility in 1959, and even tough, grizzled racecar drivers were left gawking.

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I am hoping my favorite Driver - DALE EARNHARDT JR. Wins this race!