Bucs tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. has been named Honorary Race Official for next week's Coke Zero 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Daytona International Speedway.

"We're excited to welcome a talented NFL star such as Kellen Winslow and look forward to his participation in pre-race festivities," Speedway president Robin Braig said in a statement.

Here's the release from Daytona's official site. Winslow isn't the only current Bucs player to serve in a guest capacity at Daytona -- I covered a race at Daytona back in 2004 when quarterback Byron Leftwich, then with the Jaguars, was the grand marshal back in the summer race's Pepsi days. Defensive end Stylez White was at the Daytona 500 in February, along with then-Bucs receiver Joey Galloway.

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-- Greg Auman, Times staff writer