...Trevor Baynes

Oh man! If you did not see this race then you were soooo missing the action. This year's Daytona 500 broke some records. It had 16 cautions, the previous record was 12. It had 74 lead changes between 22 cars, that is half of the cars out there. It had the youngest winner at 20 years and 1 day old in Trevor Baynes. This was a race that started with some of the favorites getting in a wreck, Jeff Gordan, Jimmy Johnson, Dale Earnhadt, etc. etc. etc. Regan Smith was a favorite afterwards and so were the Busch brothers and Tony Stewart, but no one thought about the rookie Trevor Baynes starting his 1st Daytona 500 in only his 2nd Sprint Cup race. By him winning this race he becomes the 2nd driver to win the race in their first attempt. The 1st guy to do it was Lee Petty at the 1st ever Daytona 500 race, so it could have been anyone. There were wrecks and failures and 2 Green-White-Checkered attempts and he was in the right place at the right time and had little to no damage on his car at the end of the race. It is pretty interesting when you think about this kid winning on his 1st try and a driver such as Mark Martin has had 27 shots at it and has never won. Could this kid be the next big thing? Jeff Gordon thinks so. He took him aside on Saturday and gave him some tips and pointers. Could he be a flash int he pan? It would be easier to go with this, but who knows. He has been described as a "fresh-faced, God-praising, genuinely likable kid". This could be the future or just a moment in time. Still I will go ahead and give Trevor Baynes a Digit Up.