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Pit Stop Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 18th, 2024

Race #1 of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
Miles Raced : 500.0
Time of Race: 03h 10m 52s
Average Speed: 157.178 mph
Cautions : 5
Caution Laps : 20
Lead Changes : 41
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (50 %)

Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: A detail view of the #41 NASCAR Next Gen car driven by Cole Custer is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

Pit Stop Summary Table

Detail table of each pit stop is below the summary table.

DRIVER	# STOPS	AVG SVC	AVERAGE STOP	FASTEST STOP	SLOWEST STOP
AJ Allmendinger	3	14.736	38.603	35.481	42.361
Brad Keselowski	2	15.249	38.677	38.240	39.113
David Ragan	3	17.528	40.566	37.261	42.440
Denny Hamlin	2	13.130	36.417	36.000	36.834
Jimmie Johnson	3	14.592	38.240	36.306	39.663
Joey Logano	2	14.264	36.644	36.562	36.726
Kyle Busch	2	13.914	36.675	35.300	38.050
Martin Truex Jr	3	11.845	36.204	33.275	37.946
Michael McDowell	1	17.217	39.984	39.984	39.984
Austin Dillon	3	13.246	36.581	34.522	40.356
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	2	14.648	38.600	38.491	38.709
Kyle Larson	2	14.498	37.399	35.673	39.125
Alex Bowman	2	14.047	36.690	36.224	37.155
Ryan Blaney	2	16.284	40.709	36.480	44.937
Corey Lajoie	3	15.226	38.330	37.375	39.413
Chase Elliott	2	13.597	37.111	36.656	37.566
Chris Buescher	2	17.678	41.208	38.401	44.014
Erik Jones	2	15.616	38.163	36.805	39.521
Ryan Preece	3	13.546	36.864	30.471	40.801
Daniel Suarez	2	13.613	36.314	36.252	36.375
Ross Chastain	2	14.884	37.582	36.520	38.643
Bubba Wallace	3	14.737	37.727	36.969	38.899
Daniel Hemric	2	18.218	40.800	39.850	41.750
William Byron	2	14.181	37.051	36.975	37.126
Tyler Reddick	1	15.649	38.824	38.824	38.824
Justin Haley	3	15.515	39.347	37.658	40.339
John Hunter Nemechek	1	12.045	35.362	35.362	35.362
Christopher Bell	2	15.816	39.404	38.805	40.003
Austin Cindric	2	13.631	36.713	35.798	37.628
Chase Briscoe	3	15.148	39.177	37.311	40.356
Noah Gragson	3	13.365	37.374	31.808	44.546
Riley Herbst	4	14.986	38.625	32.913	42.890
Anthony Alfredo	1	20.654	43.965	43.965	43.965
Zane Smith	1	17.317	41.662	41.662	41.662
Josh Berry	3	14.269	37.455	35.398	39.503
Ty Gibbs	2	14.348	37.877	36.099	39.655
Todd Gilliland	3	14.203	37.789	30.165	43.885

Pit Stop Detail Table

Summary table of each pit stop is above the detail table.

DRIVER	LDR LAP	DRV LAP	STOP	TOTAL	TYPE
Martin Truex Jr	9	8	8.28	33.28	Two Wheel Change Left
Corey Lajoie	9	8	15.15	39.41	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	9	9	13.91	38.71	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	59	59	12.41	35.40	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	59	59	13.01	35.77	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	59	59	16.32	39.32	Four Wheel Change
David Ragan	66	65	19.59	42.44	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	66	66	7.66	31.81	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	66	66	12.68	35.30	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	66	66	13.28	35.67	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	66	66	12.91	36.00	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	66	66	12.91	36.10	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	66	66	13.55	36.25	Four Wheel Change
Joey Logano	66	66	14.45	36.73	Four Wheel Change
Erik Jones	66	66	14.31	36.81	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	66	66	14.18	36.98	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	66	66	14.55	37.16	Four Wheel Change
Chase Briscoe	66	66	14.08	37.31	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	66	66	14.38	37.31	Four Wheel Change
Corey Lajoie	66	66	14.88	37.38	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	66	66	12.61	37.39	Four Wheel Change
Chase Elliott	66	66	13.71	37.57	Four Wheel Change
Austin Cindric	66	66	14.35	37.63	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	66	66	15.82	38.64	Four Wheel Change
Christopher Bell	66	66	15.32	38.81	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	66	66	16.78	40.34	Four Wheel Change
Anthony Alfredo	66	66	20.65	43.97	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	66	66	20.11	44.01	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	66	66	19.62	44.94	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	67	65	17.02	39.66	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	67	67	17.15	39.85	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	67	67	19.25	42.05	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	68	67	16.35	42.36	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	68	68	15.72	39.11	Four Wheel Change
Michael McDowell	108	102	17.22	39.98	Four Wheel Change
David Ragan	131	130	18.65	42.00	Four Wheel Change
Austin Dillon	132	78	15.62	40.36	Four Wheel Change
Austin Cindric	132	132	12.91	35.80	Four Wheel Change
Alex Bowman	132	132	13.55	36.22	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Suarez	132	132	13.68	36.38	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Blaney	132	132	12.95	36.48	Four Wheel Change
Ross Chastain	132	132	13.95	36.52	Four Wheel Change
Joey Logano	132	132	14.08	36.56	Four Wheel Change
Chase Elliott	132	132	13.48	36.66	Four Wheel Change
Denny Hamlin	132	132	13.35	36.83	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	132	132	14.05	36.97	Four Wheel Change
William Byron	132	132	14.18	37.13	Four Wheel Change
Martin Truex Jr	132	132	14.65	37.95	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	132	132	14.98	37.97	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Busch	132	132	15.15	38.05	Four Wheel Change
Corey Lajoie	132	132	15.65	38.20	Four Wheel Change
Chris Buescher	132	132	15.25	38.40	Four Wheel Change
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	132	132	15.38	38.49	Four Wheel Change
Tyler Reddick	132	132	15.65	38.82	Four Wheel Change
Kyle Larson	132	132	15.72	39.13	Four Wheel Change
Erik Jones	132	132	16.92	39.52	Four Wheel Change
Chase Briscoe	132	132	16.12	39.87	Four Wheel Change
Christopher Bell	132	132	16.32	40.00	Four Wheel Change
Daniel Hemric	132	132	19.29	41.75	Four Wheel Change
Todd Gilliland	132	132	19.95	43.89	Four Wheel Change
Noah Gragson	132	132	19.42	44.55	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	133	132	16.05	39.50	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	133	132	16.82	40.04	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	133	132	17.25	40.80	Four Wheel Change
Zane Smith	133	132	17.32	41.66	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	133	132	18.69	42.89	Four Wheel Change
Ty Gibbs	134	133	15.78	39.66	Four Wheel Change
Brad Keselowski	134	134	14.78	38.24	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	176	171	13.68	36.31	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	178	176	9.37	32.91	Two Wheel Change Right
Austin Dillon	179	125	12.28	34.86	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	181	179	7.37	30.47	Two Wheel Change Right
Todd Gilliland	181	180	6.34	30.17	Two Wheel Change Right
Austin Dillon	193	139	11.85	34.52	Four Wheel Change
Jimmie Johnson	193	189	13.08	38.75	Four Wheel Change
Riley Herbst	193	192	12.64	36.65	Four Wheel Change
Josh Berry	193	192	14.35	37.46	Four Wheel Change
Justin Haley	193	192	12.95	37.66	Four Wheel Change
Ryan Preece	193	192	16.02	39.32	Four Wheel Change
John Hunter Nemechek	193	193	12.05	35.36	Four Wheel Change
AJ Allmendinger	193	193	12.88	35.48	Four Wheel Change
David Ragan	193	193	14.35	37.26	Four Wheel Change
Bubba Wallace	193	193	15.78	38.90	Four Wheel Change
Chase Briscoe	193	193	15.25	40.36	Four Wheel Change

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Race Fast Facts

Daytona International Speedway
DAYTONA 500
Race Winner: William Byron
Age: 26
Team : No. 24 - Axalta Chevrolet
Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
William Byron won the DAYTONA 500, his 11th victory in 217 NASCAR Cup Series races.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 13 races at Daytona International Speedway.
Alex Bowman (second) posted his sixth top-10 finish in 16 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2024.
Christopher Bell (third) posted his second top-10 finish in nine races at Daytona International Speedway.
Zane Smith (13th) was the highest finishing rookie.
William Byron is the 43rd different driver to win the DAYTONA 500 in the NASCAR Cup Series, and the eighth active driver to win the DAYTONA 500.
Hendrick Motorsports (2024, '14, '13, '06, '05, '99, '97, '89, '86) has tied Petty Enterprises (1981, '79, '74, '73, '71, '70, '66, '64, '59) for the most DAYTONA 500 wins by an organization in the NASCAR Cup Series with nine each.
William Byron is the sixth Hendrick Motorsports driver to win the Great American Race ? Geoff Bodine (1986), Darrell Waltrip (1989), Jeff Gordon (1997, ?99, ?05), Jimmie Johnson (2006, ?13), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2014) and William Byron (2024).
This is the fourth time the No. 24 car has won the DAYTONA 500 - three with NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon (2005, '99, '97) and one with William Byron (2024).
This is the second straight season the DAYTONA 500 has produced 40 or more lead changes (2023 - 52 lead changes, 2024 - 41 lead changes) and 20 or more leaders (2023 - 21 different leaders, 2024 - 20 different leaders).

Race Recap

William Byron wins DAYTONA 500 under caution after frenetic next-to-last lap

February 19th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

William Byron gave team owner Rick Hendrick something extra to celebrate in the 40th anniversary year of Hendrick Motorsports.

In a frantic scramble after a restart on Lap 197 of 200 in the DAYTONA 500, Byron reached the finish line and took the white flag moments before NASCAR called the fifth caution of the evening as Ross Chastain slid wildly through the infield grass off the bumper of Austin Cindric’s Ford.

Alex Bowman was a close second to his teammate at the moment of caution, giving Hendrick a 1-2 finish and the organization’s first victory in the Great American Race since Jimmie Johnson beat teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. to the stripe in 2014.

The victory was Hendrick’s ninth in the DAYTONA 500, tying the company with Petty Enterprises for most in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series most prestigious event. The race was postponed from Sunday to Monday because of heavy rains during the weekend.

“I’m just a kid from racing on computers and winning the Daytona 500,” said the 26-year-old Byron, who picked up the 11th victory of his career and his second at Daytona, the first coming in the 2020 summer race at the 2.5-mile superspeedway.

“I can’t believe it. I wish my dad was here. He’s sick, but this is for him, man. We’ve been through so much, and we sat up in the grandstands together and watched the race (when Byron was younger). This is so freaking cool.”

Hendrick could barely contain his elation in Victory Lane.

“I’m telling you, you couldn’t write the script any better,” he said. “When we thought about coming down here the first time, we didn’t think we should be here, felt so out of place.

“We win this on our 40th to the day, it’s just… and tied a record now, so that’s awesome.”

Before the final restart, Chastain was racing at the front of the field on Lap 192 when a bump from Alex Bowman got Hendrick Motorsports teammate William Byron out of shape and knocked Byron into the right rear of Brad Keselowski’s Ford.

Keselowski turned up the track into the Ford of Joey Logano, who had led a race-high 45 laps to that point. Reigning series champion Ryan Blaney’s Ford was among the 23 cars involved in the accident that left string of mangled vehicles strewn along the backstretch.

The wreck knocked Blaney, Keselowski and Logano out of the race, along with Tyler Reddick, defending race winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daniel Suarez and Todd Gilliland. NASCAR red-flagged the race for 15 minutes 27 seconds for track clean-up.

“Speedway racing again,” Logano said ruefully. “It’s a lot of fun until this happens. It was pretty interesting with a lot of pushing and shoving there at the end. Our car was able to take it. Our Mustang was so fast. It could lead a line really well. I kind of thought I had the cars I wanted around me. I had at least one I wanted around me, but just couldn’t make it work.”

“Obviously, hate what happened on that backstretch,” Byron said of the accident. “I just got pushed and got sideways. But so proud of this team, whole AXALTA team, 40th anniversary to the day, on Monday.

“Just extremely blessed and thankful for all the opportunities, and we just want to keep it going. We have a lot to prove this year, and this is a good start, obviously.”

How much Byron has yet to prove is debatable. He won a series-best six races last year, qualified for the Championship 4 and finished third in the final standings.

The race was not quite five laps old when an eight-car accident off Turn 4 started the inevitable attrition. Contact from Keselowski’s Ford in a tightly bunched line of the outside knocked the Toyota of John Hunter Nemechek into the center lane and into the side of Harrison Burton’s Ford.

Burton slid toward the infield, collecting the Chevrolet of Sunoco rookie Carson Hocevar. Burton’s No. 21 Mustang shot up the track and slammed into the Ford of Kaz Grala and the Chevrolet of Austin Dillon. Behind Dillon, Hocevar careened into the path of seven-time series champion Jimmie Johnson, who couldn’t avoid the collision.

The wreck eliminated the cars of Burton, Hocevar and Grala. Dillon took his No. 3 Chevy to the garage for extensive repairs, and Johnson lost two laps on pit road as his Legacy Motor Club crew worked frantically to repair his Camry.

“I don’t remember exactly who it was on my outside,” Burton said after a trip to the infield care center. “It just looked like they either got a bad push or got loose and just hit me in the right side and sent me across.

“The grass was so wet that once I got in the grass, I thought I’d be OK, but the car just kept going and going… so really sad that our day is over as quick as it was. We had a really fast Ford. It’s just a bummer. There’s nothing we can do but just move on and try to win next week.”

It took 187 more laps of racing before the colossal wreck that dwarfed the earlier incident thinned the field and set up the fight to the finish among the cars that survived.

In a race that featured 41 lead changes among 20 drivers, Christopher Bell ran third, followed by Corey LaJoie, Bubba Wallace and AJ Allmendinger. Chastain, who didn’t have quite enough room when he dived to the inside of Cindric on the penultimate lap, finished 21st, one spot ahead of Cindric.