Saturday night I was watching the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at historic Daytona International Speedway for the annual Fourth of July weekend's Coca-Cola 400 and found myself rooting strongly at the end for someone I never thought I would.

No, it wasn't Jimmie Johnson, but instead was David Ragan. In his fifth full-time season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Ragan finally was able to score a victory.

Driving his No. 6 UPS Ford for Roush Fenway Racing, Ragan, still only 25-years-old, but his frustrating Daytona 500 race, where he seemingly had the race won, and got the win when on the last green-white-checkered finish he got a strong push from teammate Matt Kenseth and beat Kenseth, Joey Logano, Kasey Kahne and Kyle Busch to the finish.

In this season where guys like Regan Smith and Trevor Bayne have already got their first career Cup "W," it was great seeing Ragan add his name to that list.