Despite winning the Daytona 500 and making the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs in his rookie season, Austin Cindric claims he’s too competitive to say he did all he could. That’s why I’m here, that’s what the team expects and I think it’s what the team deserves,” Cindric said. Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500 as a rookie in 2011, but as he was not eligible to run for rookie of the year in the Cup Series, Cindric is considered the first to claim the prestigious victory. Coming into the year, I didn’t really know my competitors,” Cindric said. As he’s settled into the offseason, Cindric has had time to reflect on his year. Cindric will confidently move into next year as the defending Daytona 500 winner — and a rookie no more.

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