Daytona 500 2013: Former Winners with Best Chance at NASCAR’s Marquee Race

Reigning NASCAR Daytona 500 champion Matt Kenseth will be hunted down Sunday, Feb. 24, as drivers will be looking to knock him out of the 2013 competition —including previous winners like Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick.The 40-year-old Kenseth won his second Daytona 500 in last year's rain-drenched edition. The odds are very much against him picking up his third Daytona 500 win, though, as Sterling Marlin was the last driver to repeat as winner of the Great American Race, having won in 1994 and 1995.Starting 12th, Kenseth certainly has a good chance of working his way up the pack. It's going to be difficult, though, to have everything go right the same way it did in 2012.Three other former winners have much better o...

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