Has anyone been paying attention to the Daytona 500 practice sessions going on Saturday? Well, I have. An interesting thing happaned during both Daytona 500 practice sessions. Bill Elliott, yes the same Bill Elliott with two Daytona 500 wins on his resume, was fastest in BOTH Daytona 500 practice sessions Saturday.

That is signifigant for a few reasons. First, these cars weren’t drafting, they were running individual runs to prepare for Sunday’s qualfying sessions. Thus, Bill Elliott has, possibily, one of the fastest single cars at the track and is a threat to take home the Daytona 500 pole.

Second, Bill Elliott and the Wood Brothers No. 21 aren’t guarnteed a spot in the Daytona 500. If Elliott is able to qualify on the front row then that would guarntee the team a spot in the race. Even if he doesn’t qualify on the front row, as long as he is among the top three teams not quarnteed a spot in the race in terms of speed, that will get him in the show as well.

Here’s hoping the Wood Brothers make the race, they missed the show last year.

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