Where else do you go and barely make the field and cry tears of joy?” The answer is Daytona, the place that means so much to the Earnhardt family.

The biggest race on the NASCAR schedule will kick off the season this Sunday with the Daytona 500. After the qualifying races, the 'Great American Race' will feature NASCAR royalty.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. blinked back tears as the moment socked him at Daytona International Speedway — a track bursting with triumph and tragedy for his family — that he was, with a country star and a NASCAR champ in tow,