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Many benefits come along with winning a Daytona 500, but there's one that no other winner of the "Great American Race" could enjoy other than Kurt Busch.
Partying into the wee hours of the morning with New England Patriots tight end -- and notorious party rocker -- Rob Gronkowski.
Busch, who shares a sponsor with "Gronk" in Monster Energy, talked about his wild and crazy night following his epic win to open the 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season in a press conference at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Friday morning.
"My phone was blowing up with Monster people," Busch said. "They were down at Razzle's (Nightclub) and I was like, 'Razzle's, I remember that place, let's go.' Gronk was down there and had the VIP area so we went.
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"I was there partying with Gronk and that is a cool stamp to put down to say that you did that. Mark Hull and Mitch Covington, all the top Monster people were there. All the top SHR people were there ... Those are the celebrations you don't forget about. ... I left there about 3:15 or 3:30 a.m. and that is what it takes to pace yourself to make it to the breakfast event with Daytona pushing our car into the Hall of Fame museum the proper way on Monday morning."
While the vodka and Monsters were flowing and madness ensuing, however, there was a jewelry mixup that had yet to be resolved as of Friday morning.
Busch entered the media center and quipped about how there was an interesting story about the giant Daytona 500 winner's ring, but didn't expand.
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Naturally, he was asked about it pretty quickly and the story was worth the (short) wait.
"So, there are three rings for winning the Daytona 500. Driver, crew chief and owner," said Busch, aiming for his fourth win at AMS on Sunday. "As we gathered to take the picture, I have two owners, Gene Haas and Tony Stewart. So, Tony Gibson, he got his and we moved him off to the side with his and I gave my ring to Tony Stewart. I figured I will get mine later on when they do a ring ceremony with all the crew guys.
"I told Tony to take my ring. At Razzle's later on that evening, the ring is floating around with all the crew guys taking pictures and I am like, 'Whose ring is that?' I thought Stewart had mine and Gene was already off to Barcelona for the F1 test and Gibson had his on.
"So, Tony Stewart's ring was floating around all the crew guys and one guy shows up at the breakfast deal the next morning, and he was pretty lit up, and we were like, 'There it is, get it off his finger.'
"He had gotten a bit too drunk and didn't remember to pass it to the next guy. So, this is Tony Stewart's ring and I am going to give it back to him today and all the crew guys will get theirs later on."