It's hard to believe we're in the middle of "Speed Weeks" already, but we are.  Seems like yesterday that we were wrapping up the 2012 season.

I hope you have the same excitement I do leading into the Daytona 500 Sunday.  It's a new year, a new car, some new full time drivers, and even a new high-tech track drying piece of machinery. Hope they didn't show it to Juan Pablo! ;)

Whether you're a NASCAR fan or not, you've got to appreciate a sanctioning body that cares about the fans.  Let's face it, some of the racing last year was "Ho-Hum" if not boring.  I'm a race fan and caught myself not caring who won or how they won last year.

With the Daytona 500 Sunday, the beginning of a new year, the anticipation of warmer weather and tail-gate parties followed by great racing....why shouldn't we be excited?

Make sure you're signed up for the Kevin Whitaker Fantasy Racing League.  Sign up before Sunday.  You might win a Myrtle Beach vacation for two.  Great weekly prizes all season long.....and we'll crown another season's point winner with a $1,000 Ingles Markets Gift Card.  Good Luck!