As you likely already know, this Sunday is the Great American Race: the Sprint Cup season opener at Daytona, NASCAR's Superbowl, the Daytona 500. And I couldn't be more stoked: it seems like it's been a couple of years since I got to watch the 500 from home instead of from the track, and while nothing beats being there, I'm definitely looking forward to breaking out my traditional Daytona race-day spread of Fritos and Bud Lite and watching the entire thing flag-to-flag in HD. Of course, there's already been a whole series this week of events, exhibition runs, and qualifying races at Daytona leading up to the big race. And judging from the chaos that's unfolded over the last week, including an electrifying Budweiser Shootout last Sunday, a cut-throat couple of Gatorade Duels on Thursday, and a wreck-filled Craftsman Truck Series race last night, I would guess that this year's 500 is going to be nothing short of mind-blowing. There've been some key changes made to both the cars and the rules, including the advent of fuel injection, and the cutting off of in-car radio communication between drivers. This latter move will short-circuit that two-sies tandem draft that characterized superspeedway racing last season, and break the pack up again so it'll literally be anyone's race. The second-tier Nationwide race is underway right now on ESPN: all I know is that Danica Patrick qualified on the pole, and I haven't let myself look at it since the start because I'm DVR'ing it to watch the whole thing later. So if you already know who won, don't tell me! The 500 itself will be on Fox tomorrow starting at noon Eastern/9am Pacific. Check out NASCAR.com for the latest.