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NASCAR: #ThrowbackThursday – Daytona 500

By Joseph Shelton

Feb 17, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 17, 2016; Daytona Beach, FL, USA; NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Brad Keselowski (2) during practice for the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jason Higgins, BTF Staff Writer – 2011 Daytona 500 

2011 Daytona 500: Do you like underdogs? Does a 20-year old kid making his second career Cup start sound good? How about a once-legendary title-winning Cup team that was struggling so badly it did not run full-time and had not won in nearly 10 years? Not a bad combination for an underdog story, right? The Wood Brothers Ford had been fast all of Speedweeks (Trevor Bayne qualified the car third fastest.) and had been a pushing monster as the teams raced tandem-style. Bayne had pushed David Ragan to the front for a Green-White-Checkered attempt, and when Ragan was black-flagged for switching lanes before the start-finish line, Bayne found himself at the front of the field. With a great restart and a timely block on Carl Edwards coming out of turn four (with two separate wrecks behind them as they came to the checkers), Bayne became the youngest 500 winner in history and got the Wood Brothers back to Victory Lane.

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