After a long, cold winter without racing NASCAR makes its annual pilgrimage to Daytona Beach. While most of the country huddles under blankets, the drivers and some lucky fans get to spend two weeks basking in the Florida sun. Several practices, exhibition races and a qualification session give fantasy players a ton of data. Unfortunately, none of it is particularly useful in handicapping the Daytona 500.

With the Daytona 500 just days away, here's how the eight drivers in the Coca-Cola racing family are gearing up for the 2012 NASCAR season:

The No. 6 car of Roush Fenway Racing may have been the last vehicle to win a Sprint Cup event at Daytona International Speedway, but these Speedweeks it feels like something of a stepchild. The driver, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., is a full-time competitor in the Nationwide Series. The crew chief, Chad Norris, usually runs Roush's research and development department. The entire effort is a one-time deal, partly because the program had top 35 points available from last season, partly to provide the Roush brigade with an even number of entries in Sunday's Daytona 500.

Speedweeks 2012 at Daytona International Speedway is a third of the way complete and maybe the most significant face that hasn't been seen is that of Sprint Cup driver Brian Vickers.

As teams make final preparations to start the 2012 race season, NASCAR announced Tuesday the lineup of 2012 contingency program sponsors for all three national series.