Daytona 500 (12 images)

Country music artist Trisha Yearwood speaks at a pre race press conference prior to the 50th annual NASCAR Daytona 500 will be run today at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Chris Gordon)

Rock and roll legend Chubby Checker speaks at a pre race press conference prior to the 50th annual NASCAR Daytona 500 will be run today at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Chris Gordon)

Dario Franchitti relaxes by his to car on pit road prior to the start of the 50th annual NASCAR Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Michael Bush)

Jeff Gordon and his wife Ingrid Vandebosch hold their daughter Ella Sofia on pit road prior to the start of the 50th annual NASCAR Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida on February 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Jeff Daly)