Daytona 500

Rookie Trevor Bayne heralded his existence, stunning the Daytona field in becoming the youngest 500 winner in history.

This year's Daytona 500 brought forth a whole new type of racing that fans have been trying to figure out whether if it is good or bad.

Cindy Elliott is doing what she does best, balancing talking about her life with NASCAR champion husband Bill and up and coming driver son Chase, while getting some exercise by taking a quick walk around the motor home lot.

Well the long awaited start to the season is in the history books. The racing was long hard and not overly exciting at times. History did indeed repeat itself. But not the history folks believed would repeat.

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.

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.

As ambassador not only for Coors Light, Rachel Rupert could not be more excited to be in Daytona for the first race of the season.

Daytona has always had this magical aura with stories surrounding the Daytona 500 that everybody loves to tell over and over.

The father and son combination of Bill and Chase Elliott are at a crossroads in both of their careers. For young Chase Elliott, fresh off his recent win at Speedfest 2011 this past weekend, the sky is limit as he steps forward in his career.

Kenny Wallace, known as the 'Hermanator' and for his unusual laugh that he sports so often on his SPEED TV gig, is indeed a man of many talents.