2025 Daytona 500

DAYTONA 500 STATS HIGHLIGHTS

43 Different winners in 66 Daytona 500s

19 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Daytona 500

16 Champions won Daytona 500

Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 15 Daytona 500s (3 Wins) – 12 Others 1 win each 

William Byron only repeat winner last 11 Daytona races (2 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each

8 Different winners in last 8 Daytona races –

Michael McDowell, Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon,

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chris Buescher, William Byron & Harrison Burton

First Daytona 500 win for last 4 winners –

Michael McDowell (2021), Austin Cindric (2022), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2023) & William Byron (2024)

4 Won consecutive Daytona 500s – William Byron won 2024

Daytona 500 won from pole 9 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 2000

No Daytona 500 winner from pole last 24 Daytona 500s

Chevrolet leads all with 31 Daytona 500 poles including 11 of last 12

Ford: 1 Pole last 12 Daytona 500s – 2024 Joey Logano

Hendrick Motorsports won 8 of last 10 Daytona 500 poles with 5 different drivers

Hendrick Motorsports swept Daytona 500 front row 9 times

Toyota has no Daytona 500 poles – First season 2007

Daytona 500 win was first career victory for 9 drivers including Michael McDowell 2021 & Austin Cindric 2022

24 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona

13 Daytona 500s settled by last lap pass

Closest Daytona 500 finish: 2016 – Denny Hamlin over Martin Truex Jr. by one one-hundredth of a second

4 Daytona 500 winners started rear of field – Kenseth 2009, Dillon 2018, Hamlin 2020 & Byron 2024

Teammates swept top finishing positions 9 times in Daytona 500 – Hendrick Motorsports 4 times

Ryan Blaney: 3 Stage 2 wins in Daytona 500 – Winless

Daytona 500 pole winner crashed out 4 of last 6 Daytona 500s

Pole winner finished top 5 only 1 of last 23 Daytona 500s – 2023 Alex Bowman finished 5th

Final lead change with 13 laps or less to go in last 10 Daytona 500s – 4 of last 9 settled by last lap pass

Leader of most laps won only 3 of last 21 Daytona 500s

Fewest laps led by Daytona 500 winner: 1 – Kurt Busch (2017), Austin Dillon (2018) & Michael McDowell (2021)

9 Daytona 500 winners led 5 or fewer laps

Kyle Busch: Most laps led without a Daytona 500 win – 342 Laps led

Denny Hamlin led most laps 4 Daytona 500s – Tied for most all-time (Richard Petty)

William Byron didn’t lead 2024 Daytona 500 for first time until lap 197 – Led final 4 laps

Last 4 Daytona 500 winners didn’t lead for first time until lap 157 or later (392.5 Miles)

Most starts before first Daytona 500 win: Dale Earnhardt won in 20th try (1998)

Lee Petty 1959 & Trevor Bayne 2011 only drivers to win Daytona 500 in first try

Leader with 10 to go failed to finish 3 of last 4 Daytona 500s –

Joey Logano (2021), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2022) & Kyle Busch (2023)

Hendrick Motorsports & Petty Enterprises lead all with 9 Daytona 500 wins each

Hendrick Motorsports won 9 Daytona 500s with 6 different drivers

Only win of season for 17 Daytona 500 winners 

23 Involved in lap 192 crash 2024 Daytona 500 – Most ever

Biggest Daytona NASCAR Cup Series crash: 26 Involved (7/6/14)

Biggest Daytona crash: 37 Involved (2/13/60) – Modified-Sportsman race

William Byron: 2024 Daytona 500 champion – 18-1 Odds