NASCAR 2013 Power Rankings: Complete Preseason List of the Best Drivers

Sunday's 55th running of the Daytona 500 will kick off a new NASCAR Sprint Cup season full of promise and excitement.

Every driver that takes the green flag on Sunday is a potential winner and a potential champion in the making—well, at least for one race.

Where those same drivers wind up 35 races later—after the season finale at Homestead—is a whole different story.

That's why, while Daytona is still the biggest race of the season, the outcome of Sunday's race doesn't necessarily mean all that much in how the season ultimately plays out.

But this is still Daytona. Once a Daytona champion, always a Daytona champion. Even if you never win a Cup championship, a Daytona 500 title means almost as mu...

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