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While the Great American Race doesn’t always predict the NASCAR season’s champion, it remains a thrilling and unpredictable event.

Starting in 1959, the Daytona 500 is the birthplace of NASCAR, and is often hyped up as the Super Bowl of stock car racing.

Trucks, ARCA and Xfinity all begin their NASCAR seasons this weekend, but the Daytona 500 arrives Sunday to steal all the spotlight.