GrandAm is just too close to call. The Daytona Prototypes (kind of a contradiction in terms since they are a spec racer) are all so close that on any given day almost any of them can win.
Looking over the entrants, there are some real names there this year. The Gnassi teams are always fast. The Howard Motorsports teams are always good and are the guys I always root for; "Go Max and Jan!!!" (Kiwis take note Max Crawford is from New Zealand.) Dan Gurney's son is sitting on the pole with the Gainsco team who really came on throughout last year. Then there is the Vision Racing team who has Anthony Foyt and some not to shaby team mates: Ed Carpenter, Tomas Scheckter, Tony George and Stephan Gregoire. I don't know if Anthony is as good a driver as A.J. was but he has got the name. Wayne Taylor's SunTrust team is always good and can never be counted out. And, of course there is EFR, Elliott Forbes-Robinson, the man is stud to be his age and still racing with all the young guys; he has to be a sentimental favorite at least. I could go on and on about good teams and drivers which only goes to support my original statement: on any day........
The heels of the group, IMHO, are Kevin Doran with only one car entered this year (my heart bleeds peanut butter for him) and Eddie Cheever who is the bigges whinny baby, premadonna in the racing world. He thinks everyone owes him the track when he's out there and he proved this in more than one racing series; he should have had charges brought against him for what he did to Marco Andretti (and to Danica Patrick) last year in the IRL race at the Glen. (I notice he doesn't have an IRL team this year; couldn't happen to a nicer guy, IMHO.)
(I doubt anyone will surpass the Porsche 917 win in '70(?) when they had to completely rebuild the transaxle (in the old case) during the night and still won. That was miraculous and proved what a helluva car it was(is). )
Anyway, it'll be fun watching to find out who crosses the finish line first. Just wish Speed had flag to flag coverage like they did in 2001. (But that was before they were bought out and drank the NASCAR cool-aide.)
Lynn