DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Here at Daytona, the sun is shining, the seagulls are gulling, and the hotels are price gouging. All that means it must time for 64th edition of the "Great American Race," the Daytona 500, the "Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing," run at the "World Center of Racing" and apparently also the world center of nicknames.
Like the actual Super Bowl one week ago, a lot of people who might not watch another NASCAR race all year long tune in to this event. And like the big game, there is always that one person at the viewing party who believes it is their duty to wow the room with their surprising depth of knowledge.