Dustin goes fast
Our racin' writer, Dustin Long, got to take a few laps around Daytona last night. He was riding shotgun, and he was only going about 125, but still.
A sample:
You cannot get a true appreciation of the 31-degree banking in the corners until you are going through them. One thing is you see how vital spotters are. When you enter turn 1, you cannot see turn 2, you're at such an angle that your forward view is limited. So, if there was a crash in turn 2, you wouldn't know until you were nearly on top of and it was too late to avoid it.
Read about his account here.