Trevor Bayne won the 53rd Annual Daytona 500, his first victory in only his second NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. Bayne is the youngest Daytona 500 winner in history (20 years, one day). This is team owner Wood Brothers’ fifth Daytona 500 victory, the last coming in 1976 with David Pearson. It is their 98th series win overall. Bayne is the seventh driver to earn his first points win in the Daytona 500 (Tiny Lund, 1963; Mario Andretti, 1967; Pete Hamilton, 1970; Derrike Cope, 1990; Sterling Marlin, 1994; Michael Waltrip, 2001). There were track records in lead changes (74), leaders (22) and cautions (16). The victory is Ford’s 600th win. Carl Edwards (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 13 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2011. David Gilliland (third) posted his second top-10 finish in six races at Daytona International Speedway. Because Bayne has chosen to earn championship points in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, Carl Edwards now leads the points standings by one point over David Gilliland.(NASCAR Statistics)(2-20-2011)
