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2012 Daytona 500: Ranking the Teams for the Great American Race

While NASCAR may technically be an individual sport, there are few tracks on the circuit that require teamwork more than Daytona. With such reliance on drafting partners, there's just no winning Daytona without some help.With that in mind, which teams have the strongest chance of putting one of their drivers in Victory Lane Sunday?To bear down on such a ranking, a few rules would have to be put in place. What criteria should be used? Past wins in the Great American Race? Certainly.Drivers with wins in the Daytona 500? Absolutely.I'll also look at how the current drivers performed last year on restrictor plate tracks, in both qualifying and finishes.And yes, I'll restrict this to multi-car teams. I realize full well that Trevor Bayne won las...

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2012 Daytona 500: Ranking the Teams for the Great American Race

While NASCAR may technically be an individual sport, there are few tracks on the circuit that require teamwork more than Daytona. With such reliance on drafting partners, there's just no winning Daytona without some help.With that in mind, which teams have the strongest chance of putting one of their drivers in Victory Lane Sunday?To bear down on such a ranking, a few rules would have to be put in place. What criteria should be used? Past wins in the Great American Race? Certainly.Drivers with wins in the Daytona 500? Absolutely.I'll also look at how the current drivers performed last year on restrictor plate tracks, in both qualifying and finishes.And yes, I'll restrict this to multi-car teams. I realize full well that Trevor Bayne won las...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - Motorsports
Article is property of BleacherReport.com

Posted in MotorSports.