2011 Daytona 500 Race Results: Trevor Bayne Wins A Thriller

Improbably, unbelievably, 20-year-old Trevor Bayne has won the Daytona 500.

A kid who just left his teen years on Saturday won the Great American Race a day later, ushering in NASCAR's newest star. Amazingly, Bayne has no full-time ride and isn't even running for points in the Sprint Cup Series this year.

Somehow, Bayne sent the Wood Brothers' famous No. 21 car to Victory Lane, with a retro David Pearson paint scheme along for the ride.

Runnerup Carl Edwards' late charge – a push from third-place David Gilliland – was barely not enough to overtake Bayne.

There was a race record for both lead changes and caution flags resulted in one of the strangest Daytona 500s in the 53-year history of the "Great American Race."

The two-car drafts were prevalent throughout the race – as expected – and there were plenty of crashes because of it. Several star drivers were collected in early wrecks, leaving just a few solid contenders at the end.

Here are the full race results for the 2011 Daytona 500:

1. Trevor Bayne
2. Carl Edwards
3. David Gilliland
4. Bobby Labonte
5. Kurt Busch
6. Juan Pablo Montoya
7. Regan Smith
8. Kyle Busch
9. Paul Menard
10. Mark Martin
11. AJ Allmendinger
12. Bill Elliott
13. Tony Stewart
14. David Ragan
15. Terry Labonte
16. Robby Gordon
17. Clint Bowyer
18. Jamie McMurray
19. Martin Truex Jr.
20. Steve Wallace
21. Denny Hamlin
22. Ryan Newman
23. Joey Logano
24. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
25. Kasey Kahne
26. Dave Blaney
27. Jimmie Johnson
28. Jeff Gordon
29. Brad Keselowski
30. David Reutimann
31. Brian Vickers
32. Travis Kvapil
33. Andy Lally
34. Matt Kenseth
35. Greg Biffle
36. Jeff Burton
37. Marcos Ambrose
38. Robert Richardson Jr.
39. Joe Nemechek
40. Michael Waltrip
41. Brian Keselowski
42. Kevin Harvick
43. JJ Yeley