NASCAR: All is Well for Daytona 500

Jimmie Johnson, two time series champion, took a trip to the Florida Keys. Crew Chief, Tony Eury Jr. visited Sea World. Some of the NASCAR's top officials played golf. All was quiet for a change at Daytona International Speedway on Monday, just the NASCAR wanted it. Cheating scandals rocked the Daytona 500 the previous two years, tarnishing NASCAR's most prestigious event and turning the attention to the uglier side of racing. It made for a busy Monday and Tuesday at Daytona, which is traditionally closed to crews on those two days of Speedweeks. Instead, NASCAR officials huddled in their offices to determine punishments, while offending teams waited nervously for the hammer to drop and it did. Five teams were popped last season and six people were kicked out of the season opener, nearly turning NASCAR into a national laughingstock in the days leading up to the Super Bowl of racing. But not this year. All is well for Daytona 500 this year.