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In a day of records where crashes had drivers seeing too much yellow, Trevor Bayne, a 20 year-old rookie was the first to see the black and white of the checkered flag to take NASCAR’s biggest race earlier today at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Jimmie Johnson showed his mettle by moving up and finishing fifth over the weekend at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, when 25th place would have still clinched the championship – his fourth straight.