Ahh, Daytona. The sun,the surf, the sand, the sound of restricted engines bumblebeeing down the backstretch. What's not to like? Glad you asked. Here are some of my dislikes from the duels, twins, or whatever the sponsor is paying to have them called this year.

---Blown, blistered tires. Goodyear had to soften up the rubber compound just to help make the COT almost driveable at Daytona. Imagine how bad these cars would handle if the compound was hard enough to hold up.

---The new sta-dri powder---WTF was this stuff? It looked like the white chalk they use to line a football field with. That zamboni they had putting it down looked like a steam locomotive on pit road. Let's red flag the race twice for blown engines because of this ####. You could actually see the white dust settling on the cars as they were parked on the track. Hey NASCAR, you might want to do some on track tests with this baby powder before you go on live TV.

---Darrell Waltrip. This guy is NOT funny. He is an embarassment. FOX/Speed TV should be embarassed to put him on TV. I'm embarassed to be a NASCAR fan when my non-NASCAR friends hear him on my TV. How many times did Mike Joy have to correct or cover for DW during the broadcast? Ten? Twenty?

Memo to DW: We know the sun shines in the driver's eyes. Rusty told us ten times per race last year.

Memo 2.0 to DW: When your brother screws up--- such as when Mikey made his own teammate jump start him---don't be afraid to admit it. Or, when your brother is blocking everything but the fire exit, it's not cute.

---Personal favorites not making the 500. It sucked that Ken Schrader, Sterling Marlin, Boris Said, A.J. Allmindinger, Wood Brothers, and others didn't make it this year.