Ford teams have been conspicuously absent from all the Speedweeks hoopla so far. Maybe they're sandbagging, not showing all they have, but so far it doesn't look as though Ford is bringing much to the Daytona 500 table. Two weeks ago, Ford racing bosses said they were looking ahead to Sprint Cup races in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and Matt Kenseth and the other Jack Roush drivers may, indeed, do well there. Kenseth is a good pick at California Speedway for sure. But the Daytona 500 is the biggest race of the season, and Chevrolet teams have won 15 of the past 19. And the past few days, the show here has been Chevrolet vs. Toyota, or more precisely, Rick Hendrick's Chevrolets vs. the Joe Gibbs and Michael Waltrip Toyotas. Has Ford simply given up on this year's Daytona?
-- Winston-Salem Journal
Winston-Salem Journal | Daytona looking bleak for Ford teams this year