The Daytona 500 is the most prestigious race in Nascar to win. It's the sports Super Bowl.
The Nascar driver who started the race, gets the points and the credit for the win. It doesn't matter who finished the race for them.
In European racing and some American series, when you win a race you stand on a podium. When you win a NASCAR race you stand on the roof of your car.
Red Bryon 1948.
Trevor Bayne
No, he did not.
He was the first African American to win a NASCAR race.
Greg Biffle did not win a Nascar Sprint Cup race in 2009, but he did win 2 Nationwide Series races.
It is just a form of celebration.
Earl Ross
Mark Martin won the Nascar All-Star Race twice. He won the event in 1998 and 2005.
It took Jeff Gordon 42 races to win his first Nascar Cup Series race. It was the 1994 Coca-Cola 600.