49 DAYTONA 500 Questions and The Answers
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Many questions will be answered for Daytona 500
BY MARK DeCOTIS
FLORIDA TODAY
DAYTONA BEACH - Forty-nine questions, and answers, heading into today's running of the 49th annual Daytona 500.
1. Why is the 500 referred to as NASCAR's 'Super Bowl?' The traditional season opener on the speedway that is the sport's equivalent of Yankee Stadium is the richest and most prestigious race on the schedule. Its TV ratings are the highest in the sport and its trophy the most coveted.
2. Who is singing the National Anthem? Country singers Big and Rich. Hardly Billy Joel, who performed the song at the Super Bowl, but they'll do.
3. Who is driving the pace car? Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal
Ripken.
4. Who will wave the green flag? Phil Parsons, younger brother of the late Benny Parsons, a NASCAR and Daytona 500 champion who died in
January.
5. Who will give the command to start engines? Actor Nicholas Cage.
6. What's up with all the cheating? Cheating has been as much a part of NASCAR history as tires and gasoline, but as the sport grows, the sanctioning body needs to convince sponsors and potential corporate partners that things are on the level. It appears NASCAR needs to do a better job.
7. Has there been more cheating this week as opposed to past 500s or has the media spotlight exacerbated everything? NASCAR's more stringent rules and inspections are resulting in more people being busted and thusly with the media out in force for the 500, every infraction is reported in detail -- as well they should be.
8. Is this Tony Stewart's year for his first 500 victory? Sure looks that way. His Chevy has been strong in winning the Budweiser Shootout and one of Thursday's two qualifying races.
9. Is he a lock to win? No. There is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to the 500. The only predictability is the unpredictability.
10. Who else looks strong? Jeff Gordon (Chevy), Kevin Harvick (Chevy), Ricky Rudd (Ford), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevy), and race rookie and pole-sitter David Gilliland (Ford).
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Many questions will be answered for Daytona 500
BY MARK DeCOTIS
FLORIDA TODAY
DAYTONA BEACH - Forty-nine questions, and answers, heading into today's running of the 49th annual Daytona 500.
1. Why is the 500 referred to as NASCAR's 'Super Bowl?' The traditional season opener on the speedway that is the sport's equivalent of Yankee Stadium is the richest and most prestigious race on the schedule. Its TV ratings are the highest in the sport and its trophy the most coveted.
2. Who is singing the National Anthem? Country singers Big and Rich. Hardly Billy Joel, who performed the song at the Super Bowl, but they'll do.
3. Who is driving the pace car? Baseball Hall-of-Famer Cal
Ripken.
4. Who will wave the green flag? Phil Parsons, younger brother of the late Benny Parsons, a NASCAR and Daytona 500 champion who died in
January.
5. Who will give the command to start engines? Actor Nicholas Cage.
6. What's up with all the cheating? Cheating has been as much a part of NASCAR history as tires and gasoline, but as the sport grows, the sanctioning body needs to convince sponsors and potential corporate partners that things are on the level. It appears NASCAR needs to do a better job.
7. Has there been more cheating this week as opposed to past 500s or has the media spotlight exacerbated everything? NASCAR's more stringent rules and inspections are resulting in more people being busted and thusly with the media out in force for the 500, every infraction is reported in detail -- as well they should be.
8. Is this Tony Stewart's year for his first 500 victory? Sure looks that way. His Chevy has been strong in winning the Budweiser Shootout and one of Thursday's two qualifying races.
9. Is he a lock to win? No. There is no such thing as a sure thing when it comes to the 500. The only predictability is the unpredictability.
10. Who else looks strong? Jeff Gordon (Chevy), Kevin Harvick (Chevy), Ricky Rudd (Ford), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Chevy), and race rookie and pole-sitter David Gilliland (Ford).
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