Fewer cars for this year’s Daytona 500 trials

The entry list for this year's Daytona 500 has dropped 15% from 61 in 2007 to just 52 for the 2008 Daytona 500. That means just nine cars will fail to qualify for this year’s 50th running of the Daytona 500, instead of 18 DNQs last year. And with the top 35 in 2007 owner points locked into the 500 field, the final eight starting spots will be contested by 17 cars instead of 26 like last year.