9 stories to watch in '09

By foxsports
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The parties have ended, the confetti has been swept away, and the hangovers are mostly cured. Yep, 2009 has officially arrived.

So even though the NASCAR season feels like it just finished, we are, in reality, just a few weeks away from revving up once again as the sport's brightest stars prepare for the 51st running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 15, 2009.