Godwin Kelly

Godwin Kelly grew up in Daytona Beach, Florida, home to NASCAR and the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. While other children across the country admired the sports heroes of the day, such as Bart Starr and Mickey Mantle, Godwin's followed stock car racing's Fireball Roberts and Richard Petty. Godwin has been the Motorsports Editor at the Daytona Beach News-Journal since 1982 and published four books about stock car racing. Godwin has three children, two dogs and two cats, or seven children total. LOL! Godwin first met Trevor Bayne while he was testing with a pair of European drivers at New Smyrna Speedway, a half-mile oval in Samsula, FL. Trevor, then just 18, was showing the two former Formula One drivers how to drive a stock car on a short track. That was an interesting experience.