Trevor Bayne wins Daytona 500

[BIG JOE]

Saw Trevor on some of the pre-race stuff on "Speed".. Had a feeling he could go somewhere in NASCAR.. sure nuf.. he did. And it wasn't a Fluke.. he ran a real smart race, and managed to stay out'a the wrecks.

Thought it was kinda cool.. when he didn't know Where To Go.. Or what To Do.. when he WON.

I'll Betcha he'll go places. Seems to be a very "Collected".. young man.

Being a Race Fan.. I'm Real Happy for the Wood Brothers TOO.

 

[BIG JOE]

It was fun to watch him after the win.

Can someone tell me why it shows a g00se egg in points for him after the win?

When he signed on for a Limited* (race) season... he elected to have all his Points to go to his Nation Wide standings Bama. He Qualified for the 500 but...... Had No Idea he'd Win It.. as a Rookie.

*Due to Money/Sponsorship constraints.

 

[DaveBen]

He is not signed up to run the Sprint Cup schedule at the moment. If you are not full time in the Sprint Cup, you don't accumulate points for the Cup.

Dave

 

[Stroked68]

I didnt get to watch the race but I did look at the coverage on the net and Ford took top 3 spots! yee haww. Nice to see Wood Brothers Racing gettin a win. They've been in it a long time! Fords 600th win!

 

[BamaSixGun]

Thanks guys. I remember that now, but didn't put 2 and 2 together.

 

[police stroker]

As long as the FORD guys or Jack Roush racing stay on the podium Im a happy person the hell with Jimmy Johnson someone needs to knock him off the post.

 

[02SilverStroke]

As long as the FORD guys or Jack Roush racing stay on the podium Im a happy person the hell with Jimmy Johnson someone needs to knock him off the post.

I agree.

Regarding the points system. The same thing happened with Tony Stewart in the Nationwide race as with Trevor Bayne in the 500. NASCAR is only letting the drivers pick one series for points, either Nationwide or Sprint Cup. They're doing this to give the younger guys a chance to win a Nationwide championship. Trevor Bayne opted to go with points in the Nationwide series because he will run a full schedule with Roush/Fenway and only a limited schedule with the Wood Brothers in Sprint Cup racing. He seems like "his head is screwed on the right way".

 

[JLDickmon]

Class kid.

 

[Butch Cassidy]

It is great to see a new face win the 500!!! Jimmy Johnson winning gets old real quick.

Butch Cassidy

 

[02SilverStroke]

Jimmy Johnson winning gets old real quick.

Butch Cassidy

Of course, back in the Richard Petty days, Petty won something like 15 or more races one year. But then, NASCAR was alot different in those days.