NASCAR Daytona Saturday, February 14, 2026
DAYTONA 500
43 Different winners in 67 Daytona 500s
First Daytona 500 win for 4 of last 5 winners –
Michael McDowell (2021), Austin Cindric (2022), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2023) & William Byron (2024)
5 Won consecutive Daytona 500s (No driver won 3 straight) – William Byron won last 2 Daytona 500s
6 Won 3 or more Daytona 500s – William Byron trying to win 3rd Daytona 500
William Byron only repeat winner last 8 Daytona races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
William Byron only repeat winner last 6 Daytona 500s (2 Wins) – 4 Others 1 win each
No driver won 3 Daytona 500s by 28-years-old – William Byron 2 Daytona 500 wins (28-Years-old)
William Byron youngest with multiple Daytona 500 wins (2024 & ’25)
William Byron led 14 laps total in 2 Daytona 500 wins
William Byron: 2025 Daytona 500 champion – 17-1 Odds
20 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Daytona 500
16 Champions won Daytona 500
Kyle Busch: 63 Career wins – 0 for 20 in Daytona 500 (Most career wins without a Daytona 500 win)
Kyle Busch: Most laps led without a Daytona 500 win – 342 Laps led
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
Daytona 500 won by defending NASCAR Cup Series champion 5 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 1999 Champ & 2000 Winner
Kyle Larson defending NASCAR Cup Series champion
Denny Hamlin won the 2 closest Daytona 500s (2016 & 2020)
1-hundredth of a second over Martin Truex Jr. in 2016
14-hundredths of a second over Ryan Blaney in 2020
Denny Hamlin led most laps 4 Daytona 500s – Tied for most all-time (Richard Petty)
Ryan Blaney: 4 Stage 2 wins in Daytona 500 – Winless
Hendrick Motorsports leads all with 10 Daytona 500 wins
Hendrick Motorsports won 10 Daytona 500s with 6 different drivers
Hendrick Motorsports won last 2 Daytona 500s – No team won 3 straight Daytona 500s
23 Involved in lap 192 crash 2024 Daytona 500 – Most ever in Daytona 500
3 Crashes involving 10 or more drivers in 2025 Daytona 500
Biggest Daytona NASCAR Cup Series crash: 26 Involved (7/6/14)
16 Daytona 500 winners started front-row – 9 From pole
26 Daytona 500 winners started from first 2 rows
46 Daytona 500 winners started top 10
6 Daytona 500 winners started 31st or worse
4 Daytona 500 winners started rear of field – Kenseth 2009, Dillon 2018, Hamlin 2020 & Byron 2024
No Daytona 500 winner from pole last 25 Daytona 500s
Daytona 500 win was first career victory for 9 drivers including Michael McDowell 2021 & Austin Cindric 2022
Mid-race leader won 2 of last 33 Daytona 500s – Denny Hamlin 2016 & Denny Hamlin 2020
Mid-race leader crashed out last 3 Daytona 500s
Leader of most laps failed to win last 5 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
Leader with 10 to go failed to finish 3 of last 5 Daytona 500s –
Joey Logano (2021), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2022) & Kyle Busch (2023)
Final lead change with 13 laps or less to go last 11 Daytona 500s – 5 of last 10 settled by last lap pass
14 Daytona 500s settled by last lap pass
Teammates swept top finishing positions 9 times in Daytona 500 – Hendrick Motorsports 4 times
Hendrick Motorsports (1997) & Joe Gibbs Racing (2019) swept top 3 finishing positions in Daytona 500
Jeff Gordon 1998 Atlanta & 1999 Daytona 500 last to win season-finale & first race next season
Ryan Blaney won 2025 season-finale at Phoenix
Only win of season for 17 Daytona 500 winners
3 Father-Son Daytona 500 winners – Allison, Earnhardt & Petty
Chase Elliott looking for first Daytona 500 win
Youngest winner: Trevor Bayne 20 (2011)
2nd youngest winner: Austin Cindric 23 (2022)
3rd youngest winner: Joey Logano 24 (2015)
4th youngest winner: Jeff Gordon 25 (1997)
Oldest winner: Bobby Allison 50 (1988)