NASCAR Cup Series

Regan Smith and the Furniture Row Racing team went into Sunday’s Daytona 500 with a legitimate chance to win, and nearly pulled it off.

MARCOS AMBROSE - No. 9 Stanley Ford Fusion (Finished 37th) - WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM YOUR SEAT? "Not a lot. I saw the 00 spun out and I just checked out. I was going pretty straight and they all started running over the top of me."

With fewer than three laps remaining in Sunday's Daytona 500, Ryan Newman was in position to claim his second career victory in NASCAR's most prestigious race.

Trevor Bayne, who won the 53rd Daytona 500™ just one day after his 20th birthday on Sunday, will head a star-studded cast of honored guests for Phoenix International Raceway’s annual “Night of Champions” charity event on Feb. 24 at the Arizona Biltmore.

When Eddie Wood announced during post-race celebrations Sunday night that Daytona 500 winner Trevor Bayne would race at Martinsville Speedway this spring, it marked the latest chapter in the longest-running team-track relationship in the sport.

Trevor Bayne, Donnie Wingo and the Wood Brothers, Eddie and Len, participated in a champion’s breakfast Monday morning to celebrate their victory in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

RCR drivers finished ninth (Paul Menard), 17th (Clint Bowyer), 36th (Jeff Burton) and 42nd (Kevin Harvick) in the 2011 Daytona 500.

Over the past 61 years, the Wood Brothers of Stuart, Va., have played a part in some of the most memorable moments in motorsports.

For Rusty Wallace Racing's Steve Wallace (No. 77 5-Hour Energy Toyota Camry), this afternoon's 53rd annual Daytona 500 left the 23-year old thinking not only of what was, but also of what could have been.

KEVIN HARVICK, NO. 29 BUDWEISER CHEVROLET – Sidelined with engine failure on lap 22 (Note: last engine failure was 9/24/06 at Dover): YOU NEVER BLOW MOTORS. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? “We had just a 10 – 15 more degree oil temp than what we had been (running).