It was an exciting end to the 67th Daytona 500 as the leaders crashed on the last lap, leaving William Byron squeak by the wall to take the checkered flag. Starting from 5th place Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet won the 67th DAYTONA 500, his 14th win in 253 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is his 1st win & 1st Top-10 finish in 2025. This is his 3rd win & 5th Top 10 finish in 15 races at Daytona International Speedway. 5th driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500s, 1st since Denny Hamlin (2019-2020). Youngest driver to win multiple Daytona 500s breaking the record held by Jeff Gordon also in the #24 (Younger than Gordon by 4 months – Gordon was 27y, 6mo, 10 days). Byron is 27 years, 2 months and 18 days old. This is the 10th Daytona 500 win for Hendrick Motorsports, the series-most. 2nd Place Car 45 Tyler Reddick Nasty Beast Toyota, started from 11th place posted his 3rd Top 10 finish in 12 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his 1st Top 10 finish in 2025. 3rd Place Car 84 Jimmie Johnson Carvana Toyota, started from 40th place posted his 17th Top 10 finish in 41 races at Daytona International Speedway. Johnson’s best Daytona 500 finish since his win in 2013, first Top five finish since 2020.
Credit: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
4th Place Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota, started from pole followed by 5th place Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota, started from 18th place. 6th Place Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet, started from 38th place followed by 7th place Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Peak Ford, started from 16th place. 8th Place Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford, started from 2nd place followed by 9th place Car 40 * Justin Allgaier Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet, started from 19th place. Lastly in the Top 10 was Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford, in 10th place, started from 6th place. Riley Herbst (17th) was the highest finishing rookie. Ryan Blaney leads the point standings by 6 points over Alex Bowman.
Credit: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
The race had 8 Cautions for 47 Laps: 1st Caution on lap 10 for Weather [Red Flag: 03:09:59; Red Flag: 00:20:29]. 2nd Caution on lap 64 for #11, 38, 21 Crash on the Backstretch / Stage 1 Conclusion. 3rd Caution on lap 72 for #91, 1, 19, 84, 8, 35, 56 Crash in Turn 1. 4th Caution on lap 84 for Debris Turn 1. 5th Caution on lap 132 for Stage 2 Conclusion. 6th Caution on lap 163 for Debris Turn 1. 7th Caution on lap 187 for #22, 12, 4, 9, 8, 47, 34, 41 Crash on the Backstretch. 8th Caution on lap 197 for #20, 41, 60, 6, 5, 43, 99, 23 Crash on the Backstretch [Red Flag: 00:06:05].
Credit: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: Chase Briscoe, driver of the #19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota leads the field to the green flag to start the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
The Race had 56 Lead Changes among 15 drivers; C. Briscoe 1-4; T. Dillon 5-7; W. Byron 8-10; A. Cindric 11; W. Byron 12-15; M. McDowell 16-17; R. Blaney 18-21; J. Logano 22-30; W. Byron 31; *. LaJoie 32-34; J. Logano 35-39; C. Elliott 40-41; J. Logano 42-70; A. Bowman 71-74; R. Blaney 75-76; A. Cindric 77-78; R. Preece 79; N. Gragson 80; A. Cindric 81-89; M. McDowell 90; A. Cindric 91-93; M. McDowell 94; N. Gragson 95; A. Cindric 96; R. Preece 97-101; A. Bowman 102-105; A. Cindric 106-115; A. Bowman 116; A. Cindric 117-122; A. Bowman 123; A. Cindric 124; A. Bowman 125; A. Cindric 126-129; R. Blaney 130-132; C. Hocevar 133; R. Blaney 134-138; B. Wallace 139-141; R. Blaney 142; B. Wallace 143-145; R. Blaney 146-148; B. Wallace 149-152; R. Blaney 153-154; B. Wallace 155-156; R. Blaney 157; B. Wallace 158; W. Byron 159; R. Blaney 160; B. Wallace 161-163; A. Cindric 164; B. Wallace 165-166; A. Cindric 167-185; *. LaJoie 186-192; A. Cindric 193; D. Hamlin 194-199; A. Cindric 200; W. Byron 201.
Credit: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: A general view of racing during the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)
Stages:
Stage 1 Top 10: 22, 6, 12, 47, 20, 99, 48, 45, 43, 24
Stage 2 Top 10: 12, 2, 9, 48, 34, 17, 43, 22, 23, 8
Credit: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet, Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Menards/Peak Ford and Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 McDonald’s Toyota race during the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
Credit: DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 16: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford and Corey LaJoie, driver of the #01 Take 5 Oil Change/DuraMax Ford lead the field during the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 16, 2025 in Daytona Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NASCAR Cup Series Race Number 1
Race Results for the DAYTONA 500 – Sunday, February 16, 2025
Daytona International Speedway – Daytona Beach, FL – 2.5 – Mile Paved
Total Race Length – 201 Laps – 502.5 Miles
Provided by NASCAR Statistics – Sunday, 2/16/2025 @ 10:01 PM Eastern
Finish Start Car Team Laps Status
1. 5. Car 24 William Byron Axalta Chevrolet 201 Running
2. 11. Car 45 Tyler Reddick Nasty Beast Toyota 201 Running
3. 40. Car 84 * Jimmie Johnson Carvana Toyota 201 Running
4. 1. Car 19 Chase Briscoe Bass Pro Shops Toyota 201 Running
5. 18. Car 42 John Hunter Nemechek Dollar Tree Toyota 201 Running
6. 38. Car 48 Alex Bowman Ally Chevrolet 201 Running
7. 16. Car 12 Ryan Blaney Menards/Peak Ford 201 Running
8. 2. Car 2 Austin Cindric Discount Tire Ford 201 Running
9. 19. Car 40 * Justin Allgaier(i) Traveller Whiskey Chevrolet 201 Running
10. 6. Car 17 Chris Buescher Fastenal Ford 201 Running
11. 25. Car 71 Michael McDowell Go Bowling Chevrolet 201 Running
12. 4. Car 43 Erik Jones AdventHealth Toyota 201 Running
13. 36. Car 99 Daniel Suarez Freeway Insurance Chevrolet 201 Running
14. 7. Car 10 Ty Dillon Grizzly Nicotine Pouches Chevrolet 201 Running
15. 17. Car 9 Chase Elliott NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet 201 Running
16. 23. Car 54 Ty Gibbs Monster Energy Toyota 201 Running
17. 24. Car 35 Riley Herbst # Monster Energy/Zero Sugar Toyota 201 Running
18. 31. Car 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. SUNNYD Chevrolet 201 Running
19. 35. Car 7 Justin Haley Chili’s Ride the ‘Dente Chevrolet 201 Running
20. 22. Car 5 Kyle Larson HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 201 Running
21. 30. Car 41 Cole Custer HaasTooling.com Ford 201 Running
22. 12. Car 01 * Corey LaJoie Take 5 Oil Change/DuraMax Ford 201 Running
23. 15. Car 3 Austin Dillon Bass Pro Shops/Winchester Chevrolet 201 Running
24. 8. Car 11 Denny Hamlin National Debt Relief Toyota 201 Running
25. 28. Car 51 Cody Ware Parts Plus/Jacob Construction Ford 200 Accident
26. 34. Car 6 Brad Keselowski Kroger/Cottonelle Ford 200 Running
27. 14. Car 34 Todd Gilliland Love’s Travel Stops Ford 199 Running
28. 32. Car 4 Noah Gragson Rush Truck Centers Ford 198 Running
29. 3. Car 23 Bubba Wallace McDonald’s Toyota 197 Accident
30. 33. Car 77 Carson Hocevar Zeigler Auto Group Chevrolet 196 Fuel Pressure
31. 20. Car 20 Christopher Bell DEWALT/Interstate Batteries Toyota 195 Accident
32. 27. Car 60 Ryan Preece BuildSubmarines.com Ford 195 Accident
33. 26. Car 88 Shane Van Gisbergen # WeatherTech Chevrolet 193 Running
34. 21. Car 8 Kyle Busch zone Chevrolet 186 Accident
35. 10. Car 22 Joey Logano Shell Pennzoil Ford 185 Accident
36. 37. Car 38 Zane Smith Speedy Cash Ford 108 Accident
37. 29. Car 21 Josh Berry Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford 105 Accident
38. 39. Car 56 * Martin Truex Jr. Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Boats Toyota 71 Accident
39. 41. Car 91 * Helio Castroneves Wendy’s Chevrolet 70 Accident
40. 9. Car 1 Ross Chastain Busch Light Chevrolet 70 Accident
41. 13. Car 16 AJ Allmendinger Celsius Chevrolet 42 Engine
Race Comments: Prior to the start of the race, the following vehicle(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reason(s) indicated: No. 91 (engine change), Nos. 5, 6, 7, 35, 48, 54, 88, 99 (backup car), No. 47 (multiple inspection failures). Failed to Qualify: (4) 66 Chandler Smith(i), 62 Anthony Alfredo(i), 78 BJ McLeod, 44 JJ Yeley. Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 53 Mins, 26 Secs. Average Speed: 129.159 MPH. Margin of Victory: .113 Seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 47 laps. Lead Changes: 56 among 15 drivers.
(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series
Next Race: February 23, 2025 – Atlanta Motor Speedway
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