ESPN.com · Feb 17, 2025
Byron's second straight Daytona 500 win kept NASCAR guessing
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- There is one primary reason why the Daytona 500 continues to captivate the imaginations of hardcore NASCAR fans, but also once-a-year racing passers-by. One solitary element that keeps Earth's greatest stock car racers coming back year after year, even when the end result for all but one of them is that they end up hurt, embarrassed, frustrated or all three all at once.
It's a trick that any good couples counselor will tell you is the key to keeping any relationship exciting, even after 67 years, and even if it's between human beings and a 2.5-mile superspeedway.