This weekend marks the start of another NASCAR season. And unlike other sports, where the biggest event of the year is held at the end, the folks at NASCAR like to do things a little differently, and open the season with their marquee event: The Daytona 500.

So to celebrate the 53rd time the green flag will drop on this great race, GT Vodka, the official vodka of the Daytona International Speedway and a sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr., has come up with a trio of cocktails (insert your own "running three wide" joke here), guaranteed to (insert your own "rev your engine" joke here.) And like the newly paved Daytona track, GT is seriously smooth (with zero impurities). Try all three before the checkered flag drops.

Daytona Lemonade
1 oz GT Vodka
1/2 oz Rum
1/2 oz Tequila
1/2 oz Trip Sec
1/2 oz Sweetened Lemon Juice
7UP or Sprite

Fill a large tumbler with ice, adding all the ingredients except the 7UP or Sprite. Stir together then add 7UP or Sprite.

Trophy Girl Martini
1 oz GT Vodka
1/2 oz Triple Sec
Splash Cranberry Juice
Splash Lime Juice

Place all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass.

Grand Marshal
1 oz GT Vodka
1/2 oz Grand Marnier
1/2 oz Southern Comfort
Pineapple Juice

Pour first three ingredients into a tall glass filled with ice. Stir, then top off with pineapple juice.