3 hours, 45 minutes and 16 seconds at an average speed of 135 mph.

22 lead changes among 12 drivers.

A margin of less than a quarter of second for NASCAR’s Daytona 500 winner on Sunday translated into a payday of $392,116 more than what was awarded to the driver 0.158 seconds back.

That’s less than the cost of one dropped lug nut.

Pure persistence. Pure focus.

A 212 finish.

This picture was taken from my cell phone at a NASCAR event I attended last summer in Sonoma, CA. My fancy San Francisco buddy (you hear me Goose?) invited me out there with some pretty special tickets (helicopter up and back from SFO, passes to everywhere but the drivers’ seats, and some fantastic 212 service by the NASCAR people).

This crew member was practicing his lug nut installation and removal during the race.

That’s serious detail.

I was inspired.