NASCAR Cup Series

There have been big wins and championships for the Motorcraft brand in its long and storied motorsports history, but never has a season kicked off quite like 2011.

A total of 17 Team Chevy drivers will start the Daytona 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Daytona International Speedway, the opening round of the 2011 season.

So, what did we learn at the Daytona 500? Well, we learned that if the rest of the races this season are comparable to the first, 2011 will be one hell of a year in NASCAR.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series dreams really do come true. Bayne became the youngest winner of "The Great American Race", the Daytona 500.

The kickoff race for NASCAR, the Daytona 500, is always one of the biggest and most prestigious races of the season. Here is what was surprising and not surprising from the 53rd running of the Great American Race.

For the longest time Carl Edwards was considered a menace on the restrictor plate racetracks of Daytona and Talladega.

Jeff Gordon's 14 year reign as being the youngest driver ever to win the Daytona 500 was abolished today as Trevor Bayne, who was just making his second career Cup start.

MATT KENSETH - No. 17 Crown Royal Black Ford Fusion - "We were pretty beat up and it was pretty hard to control. I should have known better. "

Bobby Labonte (fourth) was the highest-finishing Toyota driver in Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) race at Daytona International Speedway in his first start with JTG-Daugherty Racing.

KURT BUSCH (No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge Charger R/T) Finished Fifth “What a race. On that last lap, I just needed to stay on the bottom of the track and it just didn’t seem like (Juan Pablo) Montoya could stay together and get enough steam built up on the run."