The Daytona 500 is both the biggest race due to prestige as well as the biggest race due to the incredible and sometimes unbelievable moments that the superspeedway racing style produces. One of the biggest if not the biggest of these would be that of Trevor Bayne who won the 2011 Daytona 500 with the famed Wood Brothers #21 car. So today we look back at this moment in NASCAR history and see how the day worked itself out. This is the greatest underdog victory in Daytona 500 history.
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What are your favorite Daytona 500 moments?
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Mind so far is Michael McDowell 500 win but could change if Todd Gilliland wins the 500 next Sunday i want him to after how Front Row has treated him the last few days
Either Bayne winning, or Mcdowell. I went to the Daytona 500 every year since I was like 7, i remember seeing Johnson win in 2013 when he was my favorite driver. Also I have a pretty vivid memory when Bayne won the 500, I was only 7 wondering who the hell is that lol.
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One of my Daytona well not 500 but was the Busch series from 2006 when dale Jr. Did something I used to do in my 2012 nascar game, which was do a draft by yourself with no packs and win
I think the 2011 Daytona 500 is pretty underrated
It’s an even bigger deal when you consider the fact that the Wood Brothers missed the Daytona 500 entirely a few years previously.
And the Wood Brothers continue to race today with Harrison Burton. Waiting for win 100 for the legendary old school Nascar team.
It doesn’t matter how you look at his career. At the end the day he is a Daytona 500 champion. You can’t take it away from him
2011 Daytona 500 was by far the best one I’ve ever watched. Tandem drafting at plate races are easily the most overhated thing in Nascar
tAnDeM dRaFtInG wAs bOrInG!
I loved the tag team drafting.
I loved Tandem Drafting Man
I’m weird but probably my favorite 500 is probably 2017.
Watching those deck of cards fall and Kurt Busch comes out Champion on fuel mileage.
My kind of finish.
The second is 2007 Daytona 500 self explanatory.
I was here for this race all the way from canada eh! My 2nd nascar race and capped off the end off our honeymoon after a 7 day cruise. Even been to Las Vegas in 2009 I was absolutely blown away in the size and speeds and sorta pack even tho this was the start of the daytona tandem if I remember correctly
This was the first 500 I remember watching fully. It was great and I remember specifically saying “man this Trevor Bayne guy is going to win a lot of races!” That aside, the call is also permanently etched into my brain.
“Happy Birthday Trevor Bayne!”
I was 8 years old and I remember some bits and pieces from this day, when DW interviewed Trevor on the pace laps, I had a feeling he was gonna win this race.
Another underdog win at the Daytona 500 was Derricke Cope’s in 1990. Overshadowed by Dale Earnhardt blowing his tyre on the final corner of the final lap, Cope was in the right place at the right time to capitalise on Dale’s misfortune
I literally just watched this whole race last Sunday. I remember seeing it with my late grandfather and I couldn’t remember how good it was. Probably one of my all time favorite races now.
I remember watching this race and cheering on Trevor when it was coming down to the final laps and when he came down to block carl edwards I lost mind cheering for him!!
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. It was so cool to see this car in the Henry Ford museum. The amount of scuffs and damage to the bumpers was awesome.
This was actually the first Daytona 500 I ever watched. It was amazing. I’m going to try and watch the Daytona 500 next Sunday.
So glad I was THERE to see it!!!
The greatest Daytona 500 ever
One thing I love about this win, it gets swept under the rug a lot, but it was one of his pre race interviews earlier in the week. I can’t remember if it was duels or qualifying, but they were interviewing Trevor and I can’t remember who was interviewing him either, but she said “before we came on the air, what did I tell you not to call me because it makes me feel old?” He was like “ma’am, you asked I don’t call you ma’am” then she continues with the interview and as they finish he walks away with a “yes ma’am” and I laughed so hard. But at the same time I was like damn what a nice kid. Then a few days later he wins the 500 and I was so happy for him and everyone got the nice guys can finish first story. One of my favorite Speed weeks moments as a fan.
This is the first Daytona 500 I missed. I was in high school, and my choir had a concert that day (in fact, the most important concert in my time in that choir).
Luckily, I witnessed both of Dale, Jr.’s 500 victories, and Denny Hamlin dedicating his 2019 500 victory to JD Gibbs.