[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

She's only going to do "ok" at Daytona or Talladega. Those are the two tracks where driving ability is about 10% of the effort, and the car is 90%. She has as much chance of getting a top 10 at one of the superspeedways as any of the other pikers in the back of the field. Heck, David Ragan and David Gilliland finished 1-2 at Talladega last year, so it's all about staying with the pack, and teaming up to make a big push on the back straight on the last lap (and I like Ragan and Gilliland, I'm just making a point that at Daytona or Talladega, it's not about ability, it's about the last half lap, which about 20 cars all have a shot at winning).

Winning Daytona involves luck, and all the drivers all know that. Tony Stewart hasn't won the Daytona 500 (yet), and it took Dale Earnhardt 20 years to win it.

This year, Dale Jr. had the golden horseshoe up his butt.

I'm glad Dale Jr acknowledged the fact that people say he's overrated. I think he understands why, and I also think that's why he's been in such a slump the past few years. Just too much pressure on him to perform.

I hope that this year he KNOWS, and BELIEVES, he has a very good chance at being the 2014 champion.

The super speedways have produced sooooo many one hit wonders that happened to be at the right place at the right time at these 2 tracks. Drivers that won on these 2 tracks and have never won another race in their career.