NASCAR Information Sunday, February 23, 2025

2025 Daytona 500

William Byron

2025 Daytona 500 winner – Started 5th, finished 10th in Stage 1 & 15th in Stage 2, 10 laps led, 9th entering final lap

Winner pit stops: William Byron – 7 Stops 11, 16, 67, 74, 84, 133, 163 (All caution)

Stage 1 winner: Joey Logano 35th

Stage 2 winner: Ryan Blaney 7th

Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 3rd & 1st

Most points scored: 48 Ryan Blaney

Passed for final lead change: Austin Cindric 8th

Winner final laps led: William Byron 1

Lead changes: 55

Leaders: 15

Cautions: 8

Failed to finish: 13

Longest green run: 45 Laps (87-131)

Best free pass finisher: Ty Dillon 14th

Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: None

Best starting rear of field finisher: Alex Bowman 6th

Best 23XI: Tyler Reddick 2nd

Best Hendrick: William Byron 1st

Best Gibbs: Chase Briscoe 4th

Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 7th

Longest green run: 34:40

4 Crashes involving 9 or more each crash

Team Penske: 124 Laps led – 310 Miles (62%)

Atlanta 2/25

Christopher Bell

Atlanta Feb. winner – Started 32nd, finished 24th in Stage 1 & 26th in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 16th, only final lap led

Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell – 5 Stops 64, 85, 137, 154, 189 (All caution)

Stage 1 winner: Josh Berry 25th

Stage 2 winner: Kyle Larson 3rd

Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 3rd & 4th, Bubba Wallace 4th & 2nd

Most points scored: 44 Kyle Larson & Bubba Wallace

Passed for final lead change: Kyle Larson 3rd

Winner final laps led: Christopher Bell 1

Lead changes: 50 (Record)

Cautions: 11

Failed to finish: 10

Longest green run: 61 Laps (Lap 1-61)

Longest green run time: 30 Minutes & 33 Seconds

Best free pass finisher: Michael McDowell 13th (6 Free passes)

Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Todd Gilliland 15th

Best starting rear of field finisher: None

Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 3rd (Other HMS drivers finished 20th or worse)

Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st

23XI Racing: Bubba Wallace 9th

RFK Racing: Ryan Preece 18th

Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 4th

Laps Led – Ford 195, Chevrolet 65, Toyota 6    

Laps led this season – Ford 337 (72%), Chevrolet 96, Toyota 34

Both races this season settled by last lap pass

105 Lead changes total in 2 races this season

Winners led 11 laps total this season – William Byron 10 (Daytona) & Christopher Bell 1 (Atlanta)

Both races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win each race