Daytona Preview: It’s a Wide-Open Field
By Jared Turner In the Super Bowl, two teams have an opportunity to win. In the Super Bowl of NASCAR – the Daytona 500 – the number of contenders is far greater. Thanks to the horsepower-choking restrictor plates that keep drivers bunched in tight packs all day long at Daytona and Talladega and erase the advantages normally held by NASCAR’s top teams, numerous drivers enter the sport’s biggest race with at least a fighting chance of ending the day in Victory Lane. In fact, as rookie Trevor Bayne proved with his shocking Daytona 500 triumph for Wood Brothers Racing in 2011, Daytona’s…