NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona has always had this magical aura with stories surrounding the Daytona 500 that everybody loves to tell over and over.

Let's face it, when it comes to available resources to get just about any job done Hendrick Motorsports, (HMS), is very hard to beat.

Kenny Wallace, known as the 'Hermanator' and for his unusual laugh that he sports so often on his SPEED TV gig, is indeed a man of many talents.

The biggest site is not the best site. The best is not whose you might think. The most well known is light years behind and disappointing. And by the replies from the organizations combined with their sites the drivers who are most committed to their fans would perhaps surprise you. But perhaps the biggest surprise is who has the biggest following behind them.

Number 14 - Number of Sprint Cup wins held by each Kevin Harvick and Ryan Newman.

You have to admire Frankie Stoddard. He was the boy genius that came on the scene with Roush Racing and led the No.99 Jeff Burton team to 14 Sprint Cup wins.

During the course of the past few days we waited in anticipation for a supposed titillating tell all interview with former NASCAR driver Jeremy Mayfield only to discover that he had nothing to say.

Scott will always be remembered as the man who prepared the way for future generations of minorities in stock car racing. But what we should never forget is this. Wendell Scott was at heart simply a racer.

Since our last meeting, Sprint Cup drivers have spent several days testing on the new Daytona International Speedway asphalt and interacting with media from around the world at the Sprint Media Tour presented by Charlotte Motor Speedway.

From contract talks with three of their four drivers – Edwards, Biffle and Ragan – to building a daycare on site. OK, so only the first part is true, but with three drivers adding to their families, it might be needed.