Trevor Bayne, turning annual old Saturday 20 defended a system of royalties Carl Edwards and David Gilliland in NASCAR's version of the second overtime hours to earn a wild Daytona on Sunday to point 500, which included a 14-car accident and a record number of lead changes and.
Making only his second start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Bayne won the round in the second overtime - known "green, white checker finish that - after the latest in a spree of accidents occurred in the first overtime, provided after the 200 laps in NASCAR crown jewel.
Bayne, who was the youngest race winner, was not even sure where to find Victory Lane, as he guided his No. 21 Ford to his teammates excited.
"I still think I'm dreaming," Bayne said in a television interview. "It's just unbelievable."
As the field came on the back immediately in the first overtime, Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman spun and collected on the former Martin Truex and Dale Earnhardt Jr., among others.
Bayne players for the team Wood Brothers Racing, a NASCAR team dominant in the 1960s and 70s, but had not won a Cup race since 2001.
The new pavement at Daytona International Speedway has a constant shuffle of leaders, as they drove two cars on the track with two 2.5-mile high-banked.
Earnhardt led the race at a time, but its late fall was a disappointment for fans of most popular driver in NASCAR. It was also the sentimental favorite because this weekend the 10 Anniversary of the death of his father, seven Cup champion Dale Earnhardt in a crash on the last lap of the Daytona 500
The reigning Cup champion Jimmie Johnson and teammate Jeff Gordon, three times winner of the Daytona 500 has lost his chance of winning if they were round, 29 of the 14 cars gathered in a huge accident. Johnson and Gordon back after lengthy repairs but finished several laps behind the leaders.
The accident also collected Brian Vickers, Marcos Ambrose, Michael Waltrip and teammate David Reutimann.
- Jim Peltz, reports from Daytona Beach, Florida
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Photo: Trevor Bayne with his racing team celebrates after winning the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Photo credit: Pierre Ducharme / Reuters
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