Who The F–k Is Trevor Bayne?

Just when you thought NASCAR was about to die, they do something pretty interesting. Trevor Bayne, who turned 20 just one day before the Daytona 500, won that race in a green-white-checker overtime finish. Bayne’s win gives the sport an unlikely hero and another top-flight star heading into the Sprint Cup Series schedule.

Bayne, making only his second Sprint Cup start, drove a near mistake-free race in a fast car but also benefited from attrition on a day in which Daytona 500 records were set for lead changes (74), different leaders (22) and caution flags (16) and matched for most caution laps (60).

By the time Bayne led the leaders to the line on a second attempt at a green-white-checkered finish, most of the favorites were either in the garage or had damaged race cars – the blame going, in part, to the risky two-car draft hookups that were made possible on Daytona’s $20 million new pavement.

–Tampa Trib.

So that “racing three-wide” stuff was either a really good or really bad idea, depending on how much you like guys winning races in only their second Sprint Cup start ever. Bayne was just ten years old when Dale Earnhardt was involved in a fatal crash in Daytona a decade ago, and he’s the sports newest star…at least until IBM creates a computer that can race with the best. It can’t do any worse than Danica Patrick.

Complete Daytona 500 Results:

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS
1	32	21	Trevor Bayne	Ford	Motorcraft / Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center	0	208	Running
2	22	99	Carl Edwards	Ford	Aflac	42/0	208	Running
3	39	34	David Gilliland	Ford	Taco Bell	41/0	208	Running
4	31	47	Bobby Labonte	Toyota	Kroger / USO	41/1	208	Running
5	3	22	Kurt Busch	Dodge	Shell / Pennzoil	40/1	208	Running
6	13	42	Juan Montoya	Chevrolet	Target	39/1	208	Running
7	5	78	Regan Smith	Chevrolet	Furniture Row Companies	38/1	208	Running
8	10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M’s	37/1	208	Running
9	19	27	Paul Menard	Chevrolet	Peak / Menards	36/1	208	Running
10	17	5	Mark Martin	Chevrolet	GoDaddy.com	34/0	208	Running
11	15	43	A.J. Allmendinger	Ford	Best Buy	34/1	208	Running
12	29	09	Bill Elliott	Chevrolet	Security Bene fit / Rydex / Billboard.com	32/0	208	Running
13	25	14	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Office Depot / Mobil 1	31/0	208	Running
14	34	6	David Ragan	Ford	UPS “We Love Logistics”	31/1	208	Running
15	43	32	Terry Labonte	Ford	U.S. Chrome	30/1	208	Running
16	30	7	Robby Gordon	Dodge	Speed Energy	29/1	208	Running
17	6	33	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet	Cheerios / Hamburger Helper	28/1	208	Running
18	14	1	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops / Tracker	27/1	208	Running
19	20	56	Martin Truex Jr.	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	26/1	208	Running
20	36	77	Steve Wallace	Toyota	5-Hour Energy	0	208	Running
21	18	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Express	24/1	207	Running
22	21	39	Ryan Newman	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	24/2	206	Running
23	38	20	Joey Logano	Toyota	The Home Depot	21/0	206	Running
24	1	88	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Amp Energy / National Guard	21/1	202	Accident
25	11	4	Kasey Kahne	Toyota	Red Bull	19/0	199	Running
26	42	36	Dave Blaney	Chevrolet	Golden Corral	19/1	198	Accident
27	23	48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe’s / Kobalt Tools	17/0	189	Running
28	2	24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	Drive to End Hunger	17/1	173	Running
29	16	2	Brad Keselowski	Dodge	Miller Lite	16/1	166	Accident
30	24	00	David Reutimann	Toyota	Aaron’s Dream Machine	14/0	164	Running
31	27	83	Brian Vickers	Toyota	Red Bull	13/0	160	Running
32	40	38	Travis Kvapil	Ford	Long John Silver’s	0	153	Accident
33	37	71	Andy Lally *	Chevrolet	Super Eco-Fuel Saver	11/0	149	Running
34	9	17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	Crown Royal Black	10/0	133	Accident
35	26	16	Greg Biffle	Ford	3M	9/0	126	Accident
36	4	31	Jeff Burton	Chevrolet	Caterpillar	9/1	92	Engine
37	35	9	Marcos Ambrose	Ford	Stanley	7/0	82	Running
38	28	37	Robert Richardson Jr.	Ford	North Texas Pipe	0	45	Accident
39	41	87	Joe Nemechek	Toyota	AM FM Energy	0	29	Accident
40	8	115	Michael Waltrip	Toyota	NAPA Auto Parts	4/0	28	Accident
41	12	192	Brian Keselowski*	Dodge	K-Automotive Motorsports	3/0	28	Accident
42	7	29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	Budweiser	3/1	22	Engine
43	33	46	J.J. Yeley	Chevrolet	Red Line Oil	1/0	10	Engine