Daytona: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s calculated aggression; Kyle Larson’s last-lap lament; the importance of crew chief-driver bonding; why so many unlikely winners

NASCAR on NBC analyst Steve Letarte on why the Daytona 500 made a triumphant return but still needs some practice tweaking; a plan for upping the number of car entries; the turning points in this year’s race; dissecting the winning move by Ricky Stenhouse Jr.; whether Kyle Larson let a win slip away with an incorrect decision; how Stenhouse’s superspeedway mistakes have turned him into a Daytona 500 winner; the symbiotic relationship of Stenhouse and crew chief Mike Kelley and the faith they built over the best decade of bonding; the essence of Stenhouse and why he’s so well liked by peers but still his own man; is the Daytona 500 diminished by its unlikely winners?; what we can expect in the season’s second race (and last on the 2-mile oval) at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.