Loop Data Box Score : Daytona International Speedway
Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway , Daytona Beach, FL
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- Daytona International Speedway
- DAYTONA 500
- Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Kyle Busch
- Age: 40
- Team : No 8 - zone Jalapeno Lime Chevrolet
- Owner: Richard Childress Racing
- Crew Chief: James Pohlman
- Kyle Busch won the Pole Award for the DAYTONA 500 with a lap of 49006 seconds, 183651 mph
- This is his 35th pole in 751 NASCAR Cup Series races - 35 poles are 2nd most among active drivers
- This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2026 First Daytona 500 pole in his 21st race
- This is his second pole in 42 races at Daytona International Speedway
- Chase Briscoe (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2026 and his sixth in 11 races at Daytona International Speedway
- Ryan Preece (third) posted his third top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway
- Connor Zilisch (23rd) was the fastest qualifying rookie
- Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
- Laps Scheduled: N/A
- Laps Actual: 200 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
- Margin of Victory: 0.308 Seconds
- Time of Race: 3 Hours 23 Minutes 56 Seconds
- Average Speed: 147.107
- Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
- Lead Changes: 66
- Green Flag Passes: 15,158 (90.2 passes per green flag lap)
- Daytona International Speedway
- DAYTONA 500
- Race Winner: Tyler Reddick
- Age: 30
- Team : No 45 - Chumba Casino Toyota
- Owner: 23XI Racing
- Crew Chief: Billy Scott
- Tyler Reddick won the DAYTONA 500, his ninth victory in 219 NASCAR Cup Series races Becomes the 44th driver to win the Daytona 500
- This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2026
- This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 14 races at Daytona International Speedway
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 28 races at Daytona International Speedway It is his first top-10 finish in 2026
- Joey Logano (third) posted his 12th top-10 finish in 35 races at Daytona International Speedway
- Connor Zilisch (33rd) was the highest finishing rookie
- Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 17 points over Zane Smith
- Reddick led only the last lap, the fourth time a driver won the DAYTONA 500 after leading only one lap
- 23XI Racing's first DAYTONA 500 victory
- Toyota's 204th Cup Series win and fourth DAYTONA 500 win
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| DRIVER | ST | MID | CLO | FIN | HI | LOW | ARP | PL DIF | GFP | GFxP | PD | QPS | % QPS | FST | % T15 | LED | % LED | LAPS | DR | TOT PTS |
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| Tyler Reddick | 26 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 17.9 | 25 | 486 | 474 | 12 | 202 | 41.56 | 3 | 41.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 200 | 81.70 | 58 |
| Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 16 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 28.9 | 14 | 216 | 222 | -6 | 45 | 20.83 | 9 | 12.5 | 4 | 2.0 | 200 | 67.00 | 35 |
| Joey Logano | 3 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 15.9 | 0 | 486 | 489 | -3 | 160 | 32.92 | 7 | 42.5 | 9 | 4.5 | 200 | 90.90 | 36 |
| Chase Elliott | 4 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 33 | 12.6 | 0 | 474 | 497 | -23 | 328 | 69.20 | 2 | 72.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 200 | 94.90 | 33 |
| Brad Keselowski | 9 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 13.2 | 4 | 483 | 516 | -33 | 360 | 74.53 | 2 | 70.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 91.00 | 32 |
| Zane Smith | 30 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 14.5 | 24 | 539 | 520 | 19 | 236 | 43.78 | 0 | 50.0 | 9 | 4.5 | 200 | 86.20 | 41 |
| Chris Buescher | 41 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 11.7 | 34 | 413 | 411 | 2 | 289 | 69.98 | 3 | 71.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 200 | 100.70 | 39 |
| Riley Herbst | 28 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 19.1 | 20 | 499 | 462 | 37 | 238 | 47.70 | 4 | 45.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 65.60 | 35 |
| Josh Berry | 14 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 39 | 17.2 | 5 | 430 | 455 | -25 | 257 | 59.77 | 2 | 53.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 85.00 | 28 |
| Bubba Wallace | 27 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 11.7 | 17 | 466 | 479 | -13 | 277 | 59.44 | 2 | 64.5 | 40 | 20.0 | 200 | 101.90 | 37 |
| Noah Gragson | 25 | 28 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 21.7 | 14 | 414 | 399 | 15 | 193 | 46.62 | 7 | 38.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 78.10 | 27 |
| William Byron | 39 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 40 | 22.5 | 27 | 471 | 414 | 57 | 93 | 19.75 | 6 | 21.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 75.50 | 25 |
| Daniel Suarez | 15 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 40 | 23.5 | 2 | 400 | 377 | 23 | 33 | 8.25 | 9 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 62.10 | 31 |
| Ty Dillon | 34 | 26 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 39 | 21.8 | 20 | 478 | 458 | 20 | 93 | 19.46 | 5 | 20.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 200 | 70.40 | 23 |
| Kyle Busch | 1 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 39 | 14.7 | -14 | 465 | 475 | -10 | 200 | 43.01 | 4 | 52.5 | 19 | 9.5 | 200 | 74.60 | 29 |
| Kyle Larson | 8 | 7 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 31 | 16.6 | -8 | 498 | 471 | 27 | 224 | 44.98 | 2 | 47.5 | 7 | 3.5 | 200 | 74.50 | 21 |
| Cody Ware | 33 | 35 | 15 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 24.0 | 16 | 350 | 345 | 5 | 163 | 46.57 | 3 | 29.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 200 | 51.00 | 20 |
| Carson Hocevar | 6 | 33 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 40 | 25.3 | -12 | 231 | 225 | 6 | 55 | 23.81 | 4 | 20.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 200 | 59.40 | 27 |
| AJ Allmendinger | 35 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 40 | 27.4 | 16 | 327 | 342 | -15 | 4 | 1.22 | 12 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | 200 | 53.90 | 18 |
| Ross Chastain | 37 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 37 | 14.6 | 17 | 551 | 530 | 21 | 321 | 58.26 | 5 | 60.5 | 12 | 6.0 | 200 | 87.10 | 17 |
| Erik Jones | 24 | 29 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 35 | 21.7 | 3 | 401 | 423 | -22 | 72 | 17.96 | 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 57.20 | 16 |
| Michael McDowell | 10 | 21 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 22.6 | -12 | 275 | 266 | 9 | 51 | 18.55 | 5 | 22.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 200 | 50.60 | 19 |
| Ty Gibbs | 20 | 16 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 35 | 18.2 | -3 | 445 | 414 | 31 | 162 | 36.40 | 7 | 39.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 71.60 | 14 |
| Cole Custer | 23 | 15 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 39 | 18.8 | -1 | 383 | 430 | -47 | 224 | 58.49 | 4 | 47.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 59.40 | 13 |
| Ryan Preece | 19 | 30 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 38 | 22.6 | -6 | 360 | 376 | -16 | 178 | 49.44 | 7 | 33.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 200 | 63.10 | 15 |
| John Hunter Nemechek | 11 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 38 | 17.5 | -15 | 424 | 421 | 3 | 164 | 38.68 | 2 | 40.5 | 19 | 9.6 | 199 | 58.30 | 19 |
| Ryan Blaney | 5 | 5 | 24 | 27 | 1 | 31 | 14.5 | -22 | 484 | 471 | 13 | 167 | 34.50 | 2 | 43.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 199 | 73.50 | 27 |
| Corey Heim | 29 | 12 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 17.3 | 1 | 508 | 525 | -17 | 251 | 49.41 | 4 | 48.0 | 8 | 4.0 | 199 | 73.80 | 0 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 31 | 36 | 16 | 29 | 5 | 40 | 30.0 | 2 | 218 | 255 | -37 | 88 | 40.37 | 2 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 199 | 39.20 | 8 |
| Shane van Gisbergen | 13 | 3 | 32 | 30 | 1 | 32 | 18.7 | -17 | 290 | 284 | 6 | 193 | 66.55 | 4 | 43.5 | 3 | 1.5 | 199 | 82.10 | 7 |
| Denny Hamlin | 22 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 31 | 11.7 | -9 | 450 | 458 | -8 | 350 | 77.78 | 2 | 78.0 | 3 | 1.5 | 198 | 78.40 | 6 |
| Casey Mears | 17 | 37 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 40 | 36.5 | -15 | 7 | 41 | -34 | 2 | 28.57 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 195 | 30.30 | 5 |
| Connor Zilisch | 32 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 40 | 28.7 | -1 | 281 | 263 | 18 | 79 | 28.11 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 195 | 46.70 | 4 |
| Austin Cindric | 36 | 4 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 36 | 21.9 | 2 | 268 | 261 | 7 | 127 | 47.39 | 1 | 34.5 | 5 | 2.6 | 193 | 60.20 | 12 |
| Christopher Bell | 12 | 23 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 30 | 13.9 | -23 | 512 | 556 | -44 | 309 | 60.35 | 3 | 62.0 | 9 | 4.7 | 191 | 70.30 | 2 |
| Chase Briscoe | 2 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 1 | 39 | 24.4 | -34 | 121 | 130 | -9 | 97 | 80.17 | 10 | 39.0 | 23 | 12.2 | 188 | 82.50 | 1 |
| Austin Dillon | 7 | 40 | 37 | 37 | 2 | 40 | 28.0 | -30 | 192 | 190 | 2 | 127 | 66.15 | 1 | 32.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 137 | 62.70 | 1 |
| Justin Allgaier | 40 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 1 | 40 | 24.4 | 2 | 309 | 255 | 54 | 170 | 55.02 | 2 | 32.0 | 3 | 2.4 | 123 | 75.50 | 0 |
| Todd Gilliland | 18 | 22 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 35 | 25.7 | -21 | 287 | 269 | 18 | 114 | 39.72 | 1 | 24.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 123 | 70.80 | 1 |
| Alex Bowman | 21 | 24 | 40 | 40 | 3 | 36 | 28.5 | -19 | 248 | 221 | 27 | 66 | 26.61 | 3 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 123 | 57.80 | 3 |
| BJ McLeod | 38 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 23 | 38 | 40.7 | -3 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 23.20 | 1 |