Silly Season Stuff: Nearly 300 days ago, teams were getting ready to head to Daytona with hopes of a great year. Some were well-established teams while others were just hoping to make it in the big time. Do you realize that, of the 53 teams that drove through the tunnel at Daytona back in February, only 40 of them had the same driver in the seat come the end of the season? That’s a 25.5 percent turnover rate. Sterling Marlin, who finished eighth and led the point chase for 25 weeks, is one. Mike Wallace, who was in the #33 that day, finished the year in the #14. The #33 team lost funding and didn’t run the whole season. Stacy Compton, who started in the #14, ended up finishing ninth in the Busch Series. Others who ran the Daytona 500 but had other deals come last weekend were, Kenny Wallace (1/23), Casey Atwood (7/91), Hut Stricklin (23/?), Jerry Nadeau (25/44/01), Joe Nemechek (26/25), Buckshot Jones (44/?), Shawna Robinson (49/?), Todd Bodine (66/26), Dave Marcis (71/retired) and Robert Pressley in the #92/CTS.(Caledonian Record)(11-22-2002)
