Settling down to watch the Daytona 500, I thought it might be fun to repeat last year’s experiment and live blog the event.

Before the green flag drops, here’s a few thoughts and the inevitable predictions. It seems that following his Bud Shootout and Duel 125 victories this week Dale Earnhardt Jr. is on a roll with his new team. On Speed TV this morning they showed a local Daytona newspaper headline that declared that Jr had been “Reborn to Run.” A Jr win seems to be on the cards. But my gut feeling is that Tony Stewart will give Toyota its first Cup win, as well as his first 500 win.

Our family favorite is Juan Montoya (who we’ve seen race most of his career), but given the current perfomance of the Dodge and Ganassi team track record at Daytona (in NASCAR that is), I seriously doubt he’ll add the 500 to his recent Rolex victory.

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