Trevor Bayne finally made a mistake. Fortunately for him, it didn’t happen until he missed the turn pulling into Victory Lane at the Daytona 500.
The youngest driver to win the Great American Race gave the historic Wood Brothers team its fifth Daytona 500 victory — its first since 1976 with David Pearson — and Bayne did it in a No. 21 Ford that was retrofitted to resemble Pearson’s famed ride.
In just his second Sprint Cup start, the 20-year-old Bayne stunned NASCAR’s biggest names with a thrilling overtime win Sunday at Daytona International Speedway, holding off Carl Edwards after fan favorite Dale Earnhardt Jr. crashed in NASCAR’s first attempt at a green-white-checkered flag finish. The Associated Press
“You did it, man,” crew chief Donnie Wingo shouted over the radio as Bayne, who turned 20 on Saturday, became the race’s youngest winner in just his second career Cup start. Carl Edwards was second and David Gilliland third as Ford swept the top three spots, with Labonte (Toyota) fourth and Kurt Busch fifth. USA Today
“I keep thinking I’m dreaming,” Bayne said in a television interview. “This is just incredible.”
As the field came down the back straightaway on the first overtime, former Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman spun and collected Martin Truex and Dale Earnhardt Jr., among others.
Bayne drives for the Wood Brothers racing team, a dominant NASCAR team in the 1960s and ‘70s but one that hadn’t won a Cup race since 2001.
The newly repaved Daytona International Speedway spawned a constant shuffling of the leaders while they raced in two-car pairs around the 2.5-mile, high-banked track. Los Angeles Times
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Trevor Bayne Gets First Win In Record-Setting Daytona 500
FIN CAR DRIVER MAKE 1 21 Trevor Bayne Ford 2 99 Carl Edwards Ford 3 34 David Gilliland Ford 4 47 Bobby Labonte Toyota 5 22 Kurt Busch Dodge 6 42 Juan Montoya Chevrolet 7 78 Regan Smith Chevrolet 8 18 Kyle Busch Toyota 9 27 Paul Menard Chevrolet 10 5 Mark Martin Chevrolet 11 43 A.J. Allmendinger Ford 12 9 Bill Elliott Chevrolet 13 14 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 14 6 David Ragan Ford 15 32 Terry Labonte Ford 16 7 Robby Gordon Dodge 17 33 Clint Bowyer Chevrolet 18 1 Jamie McMurray Chevrolet 19 56 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 20 77 Steve Wallace Toyota 21 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 22 39 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 23 20 Joey Logano Toyota 24 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 25 4 Kasey Kahne Toyota 26 36 Dave Blaney Chevrolet 27 48 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 28 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 29 2 Brad Keselowski Dodge 30 0 David Reutimann Toyota 31 83 Brian Vickers Toyota 32 38 Travis Kvapil Ford 33 71 Andy Lally * Chevrolet 34 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 35 16 Greg Biffle Ford 36 31 Jeff Burton Chevrolet 37 9 Marcos Ambrose Ford 38 37 Robert Richardson Jr. Ford 39 87 Joe Nemechek Toyota 40 115 Michael Waltrip Toyota 41 192 Brian Keselowski* Dodge 42 29 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 43 46 J.J. Yeley Chevrolet
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