Daytona, Round 2

It's back to Florida this weekend for the Coke Zero 400 (the former Pepsi 400) at Daytona International Speedway. As many might remember, last year's race had a great finish between Kyle Busch and Jamie McMurray with McMurray just edging Busch for his first win at Daytona. Will this weekend's race have the same great finish? Who knows, but i'm still gonna try and pick the drivers to watch this weekend.

Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Lowe's Chevrolet (Hendrick Motorsports)
Last Week: 9th place finish in the LENOX Industrial Tools 301
Career at Daytona: 13.2 Avg. Finish, 1 win, 5 top 5's, 8 top 10's
Why he could win: Of active drivers with more then 10 career Daytona starts, Johnson has the best average finish (13.2) with 1 win ('06 Daytona 500). Johnson has been a serious threat to win at the super speedway's for the last few years, so saying he could win really isn't that big of a stretch.

Jeff Gordon, No. 24 DuPont Chevrolet (Hendrick Motorsports)
Last Week: 11th place finish in the LENOX Industrial Tools 301
Career at Daytona: 14.7 Avg. Finish, 6 wins, 11 top 5's, 17 top 10's
Why he could win: Say hello to the active drivers win leader, Jeff Gordon. If there is a race at Daytona Jeff Gordon is a threat to win, no matter what the conditions.

Tony Stewart, No. 20 Home Depot Toyota (Joe Gibbs Racing)
Last Week: 13th place finish in the LENOX Industrial Tools 301
Career at Daytona: 17.6 Avg. Finish, 2 wins, 6 top 5's, 10 to 10's
Why he could win: The second Daytona race is traditionally Tony Stewart's jumping off point. In his 19 races at Daytona, Tony has led 531 laps total. The only semi-active drivers to do better? Bill Elliott and Sterling Marlin. Yeah, i'd put money on Tony this weekend.

I'm gonna pick a former Daytona 500 winner as this week's underdog.

Michael Waltrip, No. 55 NAPA Toyota (Michael Waltrip Racing)
Last Week: 2nd place finish in the LENOX Industrial Tools 301
Career at Daytona: 20.6 Avg. Finish, 3 wins, 6 top 5's, 12 top 10's
Why he could win: Waltrip has two Daytona 500 wins under his belt, so its obvious he knows how to drive at Daytona. Plus, he has a little momentum on his side after his strategy driven second place finish at New Hampshire last week. Could Michael surprise everyone and win on Saturday?