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NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 20th, 2022

Race #1 of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 200
- Extended to 201 laps
Miles Raced : 502.5
Time of Race : 03 Hours 31 minutes 53 seconds
Average Speed: 142.295 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.036 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 37
Lead Changes: 35
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 15 (38%)

Austin Cindric celebrates with the checkered flag — Daytona Beach, Florida - February 20th, 2022: Austin Cindric, driver of the #2 Discount Tire Ford, celebrates with the checkered flag after winning the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by Sean Gardner | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	5	2	Austin Cindric	Ford	45	40	5	5	201	21	4	0	6	Running
2	16	23	Bubba Wallace	Toyota	43	35	8	0	201	12	7	0	3	Running
3	9	14	Chase Briscoe	Ford	34	34	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
4	7	12	Ryan Blaney	Ford	33	33	0	0	201	36	1	0	0	Running
5	38	10	Aric Almirola	Ford	32	32	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
6	10	18	Kyle Busch	Toyota	31	31	0	0	201	28	4	0	0	Running
7	6	34	Michael McDowell	Ford	30	30	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
8	34	15	David Ragan	Ford	29	29	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
9	3	6	Brad Keselowski	Ford	44	28	16	0	201	67	6	2	4	Running
10	11	9	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	28	27	1	0	201	0	0	10	0	Running
11	26	42	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
12	33	16	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
13	14	19	Martin Truex Jr	Toyota	44	24	20	2	201	11	3	1	1	Running
14	24	7	Corey Lajoie	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
15	27	77	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	201	0	0	0	0	Running
16	4	17	Chris Buescher	Ford	25	21	4	0	200	0	0	0	7	Running
17	32	51	Cody Ware	Ford	20	20	0	0	200	0	0	0	0	Running
18	21	99	Daniel Suarez	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
19	17	45	Kurt Busch	Toyota	22	18	4	0	199	0	0	7	0	Running
20	31	41	Cole Custer	Ford	17	17	0	0	199	0	0	0	0	Running
21	20	22	Joey Logano	Ford	31	16	15	0	198	1	1	5	2	Running
22	40	27	Jacques Villeneuve	Ford	15	15	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
23	25	31	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	198	0	0	0	0	Running
24	2	48	Alex Bowman	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Running
25	36	3	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	17	12	5	0	197	1	1	6	0	Running
26	35	50	Kaz Grala	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
27	37	78	BJ McLeod	Ford	10	10	0	0	196	0	0	0	0	Running
28	18	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	Chevrolet	22	9	13	0	194	16	3	4	5	Accident
29	13	43	Erik Jones	Chevrolet	11	8	3	0	191	3	1	8	0	Accident
30	22	4	Kevin Harvick	Ford	10	7	3	0	191	0	0	0	8	DVP
31	39	62	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	190	0	0	0	0	Accident
32	1	5	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	9	5	4	0	190	1	1	9	9	Accident
33	29	38	Todd Gilliland	Ford	13	4	9	0	190	0	0	3	10	Accident
34	12	20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	3	3	0	0	152	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	15	8	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	151	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	28	44	Greg Biffle	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	136	0	0	0	0	Running
37	30	11	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	1	1	0	0	63	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	23	24	William Byron	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	62	1	1	0	0	Accident
39	8	21	Harrison Burton	Ford	1	1	0	0	62	3	2	0	0	Accident
40	19	1	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	62	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Jacques Villeneuve	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Joey Logano	Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car	Tail End	0	0	White
Daniel Hemric	Pre-Race to the Rear 3 Inspection Failures - to the Rear AND Pass Thru	Pass Thru	0	1	White
Chase Briscoe	Pre-Race to the Rear 2 Inspection Failures	Tail End	0	0	White
Greg Biffle	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Garage	Pass Thru	25	27	Green
Ty Dillon	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	38	40	Green
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	45	Yellow
Kaz Grala	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	45	Yellow
Chase Briscoe	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	42	45	Yellow
Daniel Hemric	Improper fueling Pitted a 2nd time to "top off" as the Free Pass Vehicle	1 Lap	44	48	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	52	56	Yellow
Justin Haley	Car/Truck pitting out of the assigned pit box	Tail End	55	56	Yellow
Denny Hamlin	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	63	0	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	63	71	Yellow
Corey Lajoie	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	63	71	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	63	71	Yellow
Alex Bowman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	71	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	65	71	Yellow
Christopher Bell	Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon	Tail End	65	71	Yellow
Kurt Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	67	71	Yellow
Greg Biffle	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	86	88	Green
Kaz Grala	Going above the blend line exiting the pits	Pass Thru	99	103	Green
Daniel Suarez	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	108	111	Green
BJ McLeod	Commitment Line Violation	Pass Thru	110	112	Green
Daniel Suarez	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	130	137	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	131	137	Yellow
Kyle Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	132	137	Yellow
Cole Custer	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	132	137	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	132	137	Yellow
Michael McDowell	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	133	137	Yellow
Kurt Busch	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	135	137	Yellow
Tyler Reddick	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	151	0	Yellow
Martin Truex Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	152	159	Yellow
Kurt Busch	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	154	159	Yellow
Kurt Busch	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	154	159	Yellow
Joey Logano	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	155	159	Yellow
Justin Haley	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	155	159	Yellow
Chase Elliott	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Tail End	156	159	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	176	181	Green
Austin Dillon	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Pass Thru	176	181	Green
Jacques Villeneuve	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit	Pass Thru	179	181	Green
Kevin Harvick	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	191	0	Yellow
Austin Dillon	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	191	194	Yellow
Erik Jones	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	191	0	Yellow
Chris Buescher	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	195	199	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Daytona International Speedway
64th Annual DAYTONA 500
Race Winner: Austin Cindric
Age: 23
Team : No. 2 - Discount Tire Ford
Owner: Team Penske
Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
Austin Cindric won the 64th Annual Daytona 500, his first victory in eight NASCAR Cup Series races. He is the 41st different driver to win the Daytona 500
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
Bubba Wallace (second) posted his second runner-up finish and fourth top-10 finish in 10 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
Chase Briscoe (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Daytona International Speedway.
Austin Cindric (first) was the highest finishing rookie. Becomes the first rookie to win the Daytona 500.
Nine drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series victory with a win in the Daytona 500 ? Tiny Lund (1963), Mario Andretti (1967), Pete Hamilton (1970), Derrike Cope (1990), Sterling Marlin (1994), Michael Waltrip (2001), Trevor Bayne (2011), Michael McDowell (2021), Ausitn Cindric (2022).
This is Team Penske's third Daytona 500 victory - 2008 Ryan Newman, 2015 Joey Logano, 2022 Austin Cindric
This is Ford Motor Co.'s 17th victory in the Daytona 500.

Race Recap

Rookie Austin Cindric gets first NASCAR Cup victory in thrilling Daytona 500

February 20th, 2022

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

On the 85th birthday of his car owner, Roger Penske, 23-year-old NASCAR Cup Series rookie Austin Cindric beat Bubba Wallace to the finish line by .036 seconds in overtime to win Sunday's 64th running of the Daytona 500.

In a thrilling run to the finish in NASCAR's new Next Gen race car at Daytona International Speedway, Cindric held off Wallace and Chase Briscoe (.091 seconds behind) to notch his first Cup victory in his eighth start in the series.

Cindric got the win in chamber-of-commerce weather with a sold-out crowd jamming the grandstands.

"Oh, my God-do you know what makes this even better? A packed house," Cindric exulted after climbing from his car. "A packed house at the Daytona 500. "Oh, my God, I've got so many people to thank. First and foremost, Roger Penske. Happy Birthday!

"Everyone has worked so hard on this Next Gen car and through the whole process. I am so excited. This makes up for losing a championship in the last race I was in (2021 Xfinity Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway).

"I'm surrounded by great people, that's all there is to it. I know there's going to be highs and lows, being a rookie. I'm just grateful for the opportunity and excited to climb the mountain ahead of us on the No. 2 team. We're in the Playoffs-that's one box checked. My gosh, what an awesome group of fans; what an awesome race car. I'm just really thankful."

A three-car wreck in Turn 4 on Lap 195 of a scheduled 200 wiped out the No. 47 Chevrolet of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was leading for a restart on that same lap but was turned by a push from Brad Keselowski. The incident forced the race to overtime, requiring one extra lap for Cindric to claim victory.

An earlier six-car accident on Lap 190 had eliminated reigning series champion Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Todd Gilliland, Erik Jones and Noah Gragson, who was making his first start in NASCAR's top division.

Cindric was the leader when the race restarted on Lap 200, and at the end of a wild two-lap scramble-after blocking a strong run from Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney-he arrived at the finish line roughly three feet ahead of Wallace, who was runner-up in the Great American Race for the second time.

"I thought our Toyota teammates did good work until they got picked off 1, 2, 3 throughout the race, so we just had to survive," said Wallace, who finished .260 seconds behind race winner Austin Dillon in the 2018 Daytona 500.

"Great Speedweeks, though. We'll come home second. I'm going to be pissed off about this one for a while. I was happy on the first second place we got a couple years ago. This one sucks when you're that close, but all-in-all, happy for our team, happy for our partners, and on to California."

Blaney came home fourth, followed by Aric Almirola, who will leave full-time racing at the end of the season. Kyle Busch, Michael McDowell, David Ragan, Keselowski and Chase Elliott completed the top 10.

Less than three laps from the end of the first stage, a push from Keselowski turned the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford of Harrison Burton sideways at the head of the outside lane. Burton's Mustang nosed down the track into the No. 24 Chevrolet of William Byron, whose car slammed nose-first into the inside wall on the backstretch.

Kyle Busch spun sideways during the ensuing eight-car wreck. Denny Hamlin's Toyota sustained terminal suspension damage, eliminating the field's only multiple winner of the Daytona 500. The No. 1 Chevrolet of Ross Chastain was also knocked out of the race.

After the impact with Byron's car and a jolt from the Toyota of Christopher Bell, Burton's Ford turned upside down and landed on top of the Chevrolet of Alex Bowman, who had started the race on the outside of the front row. The impact righted Burton's car, which a wrecker towed to the garage. Bowman lost four laps as his crew tried to return the No. 48 Camaro to raceable condition.

"I'm fine-I've hit a lot harder before, that's for sure," Burton said after a trip to the infield care center. "It's just unfortunate. I hate it for the Wood Brothers group. They brought a really fast Ford Mustang down here and ended up on our lid, so that's never good…

"I don't know, I just got pushed and didn't take it the right way-the car didn't take it the right way or got pushed in the wrong spot. I'm not sure. I couldn't really tell. I was looking out front to see what I had to do next to side draft the next guy that was on me, so just a bummer. I don't really know what we could have done different, but we'll move on and get better from it."

From Hamlin's standpoint, it was clear what happened.

"The 6 (Keselowski) was pushing the 21 (Burton) and you could see the 21 was kind of getting out of control there," said Hamlin, who failed to finish a Daytona 500 for the first time in 17 starts and lost his chance for a fourth visit to Victory Lane. "So you know the mind-set was that you've got to back off, but I think the 6 was just insistent on pushing him at all costs and eventually turned the 21 around.

"Tough, you know, considering it was just for the stage. We were kind of boxed in there where I noticed that something was going to happen, but I was boxed in, I was behind a teammate (Kyle Busch), and I wanted to try to help. Again, just too aggressive pushing right there when they weren't lined up and in control."

Truex won the first stage under caution and then claimed victory in the second stage, which ran under green-flag conditions from the restart on Lap 72 to the conclusion on Lap 130. Truex came from third to first on the final lap to grab the stage win.

Keselowski, however, was first off pit road under caution for the stage break and led the field to green for a restart on Lap 138. Keselowski held the top spot until Tyler Reddick's Chevrolet broke loose in Turn 4 on Lap 151 and started a wreck that damaged the contending cars of Truex, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch.