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Texans' J.J. Watt delivers Daytona 500 opening line perfectly

What else would you expect from J.J. Watt? The Texans star brought lots of energy as grand marshall of Sunday's Daytona 500, delivering the famous line, "Drivers! Start ... your ... engines!" with plenty of gusto.

Watt said his delivery of the line - which you can watch here - came after film study.

"I've done quite a bit of research and I've watched about eight-to-10 years worth of 'Gentlemen, start your engines,'" Watt said in a pre-race press conference. "Dale (Earnhardt Jr.) had a great one last year with tons of energy and passion that I'm going to try to match.