Today at 1pm, the 54th annual running of the Great American Race, the Daytona 500, at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, will take place. 200 laps, 500 miles to NASCAR glory. The pre-race show will start at 12 noon.
This year also marks the full-time NASCAR debut of Danica Patrick, who, unfortunately, due to wrecking her car during practice, will start in last place today (if you crash your car and decide to still run in a backup, you must start at the back of the 43-car pack). Let's see if she can win, but passing 42 other cars is no easy task!