Practice #3 : 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
