Daytona Day!!!!

As far as the big epic sporting events go in today's world I would rank them like this:
Super Bowl
March Madness
Daytona/Bristol
NBA Playoffs
and the remaing two are the other sports of the World Series and the NHL Playoffs.

The Daytona 500 has some of the most white knuckle non stop action that you could ask for in an event. Since the advent of restrictor plate racing which promotes more of a pack driving style on the super speedways, the racing has been closer and more dangerous. Now this isn't a good thing.

In a restrictor plate race there is a bigger chance that "the big one" will happen which is usually a crash that involves five or more cars. It is usually big and loud and wouldn't have happened in a non-restrictor plate race. The restrictor plate is a plate that goes between the carburetor and the intake to restrict the amount of fuel and air that the engine runs on. This cuts back on the horsepower and makes every car basically run the same....and together.

The reason they did this was because the speeds were getting well over 200 miles per hour and there were calls for safer racing at those speeds, this was the fix. To make everyone drive at nearly 200 miles per hour in one pack.

No one really likes it in the NASCAR world but for the fans it does produce a race that is great to watch and is similar to a dangerous chess match with drivers shuffling positions in very tight quarters.

The Daytona 500 is one of the pinnacle sporting events as well as a pinnacle race. It isn't to be missed.

No other sport has their best on display every week in one event. Every week you are going to see every single star that NASCAR has in one race. If you go to a NFL game are you going to see every star? Nope. Can you name any sport where every star competes against each other in every event? Nope.

NASCAR is unique because when you start to watch you just naturally bond with a driver and you tend to be very loyal to that driver and really pull for him.

Sometimes people wonder why NASCAR has become the second most popular sport, why there will be 250,000 people at Daytona today and why millions more will watch it from the comfort of their own homes.

Well watch Daytona today, you'll see for yourself!