SB Nation Denver - Daytona 500 Winner: Rookie Trevor Bayne Becomes Race's Youngest Championhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48907/denver-fave.png2011-02-20T15:41:41-07:00http://denver.sbnation.com/rss/stream/17674832011-02-20T15:41:41-07:002011-02-20T15:41:41-07:00Daytona 500 Winner: Rookie Trevor Bayne Becomes Race's Youngest Champion
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<p>The 2011 Daytona 500 winner is 20-year-old Trevor Bayne, driving the No. 21 car for Wood Brothers Racing. He is the youngest winner in the race's history, having turned 20 on Saturday, and the 35th different drive to take the final flag. This was just his second start.</p>
<p>A Green-White-Checkered flag situation was brought out for the final stretch of the race, which rookie Bayne led at the start of it. Though he had limited fuel left none of the other drivers were able to make a move on him on the fourth turn. All Bayne could say as he crossed the finish line was, "Are you kidding me!?"</p>
<p>Finishing behind Bayne in the top five were Carl Edwards, David Gilliland, Bobby Labonte and Kurt Busch.</p>
<p>My chosen favorite for this race, Greg Biffle, did not complete the race and finished 35th. On lap 135, he tapped teammate Matt Kenseth, who then crashed into the wall. On lap 147, Biffle was out of the race after wrecking his car in a crash with Juan Pablo Montoya.</p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/2/20/2004436/2011-daytona-500-the-big-one-strikes-at-lap-29">Lap 29 featured a 14-car crash</a>. Michael Waltrip and teammate David Reutimann started the crash when the former sent the latter into the path of cars. There were a record 16 cautions in this race.</p>
<p>Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/">SB Nation NASCAR</a> for their in-depth coverage on all things <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/2/12/1989955/daytona-500-qualifying-nascar-2011-lineup-gatorade-duels">Daytona 500</a>.</p>
https://denver.sbnation.com/2011/2/20/2004711/daytona-500-winner-trevor-bayne-rookie-wood-brothers-racingRuss Oates2011-02-19T18:53:11-07:002011-02-19T18:53:11-07:002011 Daytona 500: Start Time, Lineup And Choosing Who To Root For
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<p>The biggest NASCAR race of the season occurs on Sunday, Feb. 20: the Daytona 500. That's what SB Nation's NASCAR expert Jeff Gluck writes in his <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/2/18/2001113/2011-nascar-schedule-daytona-500">unofficial list of top NASCAR races</a>. For someone like me who knows very little about NASCAR, the Daytona 500 is one of the few things I recognize. That it falls into the dead zone of sports between the end of the Super Bowl and the start of Spring Training MLB games shouldn't be too surprising. It would barely register for me at any other time.</p>
<p>The race will be televised on FOX at 11:00 a.m. MT. The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/2/17/1999973/2011-daytona-500-lineup-starting-grid-nascar">complete starting lineup can be found here</a>. Dale Earnhardt Jr. <a target="_blank" href="http://denver.sbnation.com/2011/2/17/1999094/2011-daytona-gatorade-duel-start-time-dale-earnhardt-jr-pole">won the pole but then lost it</a> after he crashed his car. He will now move to the back of the lineup.</p>
<p>If you are just getting into NASCAR or want to root for a particular driver to win the Daytona 500 on Sunday, Jeff Gluck also has you covered. He has a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/2/7/1979867/nascar-what-driver-root-for-2011">NASCAR Rootability Rating</a>. I'm going with Greg Biffle to win.</p>
<p>Make sure you visit <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbnation.com/nascar/2011/2/18/2001113/2011-nascar-schedule-daytona-500">SB Nation NASCAR</a> for their coverage of the Daytona 500 all day Sunday.</p>
https://denver.sbnation.com/2011/2/19/2330076/2011-daytona-500-start-time-lineup-and-choosing-who-to-root-forRuss Oates