He's won Daytona before, so he's a threat again. He was fast today for sure.
I remember one of the Brickyard races back a few years ago, where Awesome Bill from Dawsonville had the #9 Dodge Intrepid out in front and Rusty Wallace was in second, back when Penske was running Fords. They were coming to the green with maybe 10 laps to go, and Elliott hit the acceleration line with his foot to the floor. Rusty was in his dust. Elliott opened probably a two-second lead by the end of the front straightaway and just drove away from Wallace to win the race. Today, he looked that good again. Although, Tony Stewart looked pretty good--and so did Juan Pablo Montoya. BTW, Montoya is going to win something other than a road course this year.