And We're Off

The snow is coming down pretty hard here just west of D.C., I've got two 6-packs of Root Beer, plenty of snacks, and a hankering for some racing and some posting. Lets get this thing underway!!

Early predictions for the Daytona 24 itself from me:

-With the rain out there we still don't match the record caution number from last year, we do however set a new record for distance covered. Montoya whines about something, Pruett says hello to his family, and The Ganassi 02 entry full of IndyCar drivers are never interviewed on camera. But a lot of those seems a given... how about an overall prediction?

Ok then, Sylvain Tremblay and Nick Ham take their Mazda back to the champions spot of the GT class (while the Camaro goes down as a dud for all the teams that took it in) and the 02 Ganassi takes the runner up spot overall and in DP, afterwards Scott Dixon may crack a smile.

BUT, my surprise champion of the race has to go to Team Castaways: Spirit of Daytona which has Buddy Rice, Darren Manning, Paul Menard and Antonio Garcia, 3 of the 4 being guys who spent their previous 24s as ringers in the past brought into other past winning teams, but this year cast away only to start their own line-up together in the #90, you don't mess with this kind of karma... even if Paul Menard is involved.