Daytona 500: 15 Predictions for the Great American Race

With all of the buzz and excitement from the holiday season winding down, it is time to start getting excited about something else. If you are a NASCAR fan, at this point in the year, there can only be one thing that grabs your excitement, and that is the Daytona 500. The Great American Race is just under two months away, and while that may seem like an eternity to some of us, it will actually be here before we know it. It will be tough to match last year's race in terms of quality (aside from the two pot hole debacles), and Jamie McMurray's emotional victory lane celebration, but the 2011 version of the Daytona 500 is sure to leave its own lasting images. And with that, I offer you my 15 predictions for the opening race of 2011.Begin ...

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