Victory by Yards!

NASCAR ace Bill Elliott opened the season at Daytona’s famous banked speedway in Florida earlier this month by averaging just under 198mph to win the 50-mile Busch Clash sprint race, a week prior to the Daytona 500.

The victory was worth $75,000 to Elliott, whose Ford Thunderbird edged out Geoff Bodine’s Chevrolet Monte Carlo by less than a length.