Were my racing questions answered last night?

Looking back at my last Blog entry, I noted two things I was looking forward to with NASCAR racing in 2008: how will Dale Jr do with Hendricks Motorsports, and how will Joe Gibbs Racing do after switching to Toyota's from Chevrolet. Maybe last night's Budweiser Shootout at Daytona provides part of the answer. First, Dale Jr won driving the National Guard 88 car, with drafting help from his Hendricks team members, who finished 3rd, 4th and 6th. Pretty darn good team effort. Tony Stewart, driving the Gibbs Home Depot 20 Toyota, was 2nd. I prefer to wait, however, until after the Daytona 500 next Sunday to get a better idea of how this is all going to go.