Race Results : Daytona International Speedway

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  • Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Chase Briscoe earns Toyota’s first pole position for DAYTONA 500

Chase Briscoe spoiled Ford’s pole position party during Wednesday night’s qualifying session for the 67th running of the DAYTONA 500.

Fastest in both rounds of time trials, Briscoe turned a lap in 49.249 seconds (182.745 mph) to secure the top starting spot for Sunday’s race (2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

The pole position was the first for a Toyota driver in the Great American Race. Briscoe edged 2022 DAYTONA 500 winner Austin Cindric (182.463 mph) by 0.076 seconds for the top spot on the grid.

Given the race’s unique qualifying format, Briscoe, in his first season with Joe Gibbs Racing, and Cindric are the only two drivers locked into their starting positions for Sunday’s race.

“A great way to start our season,” said an ecstatic Briscoe, who earned his third career pole. “Unbelievable way to start off the year. Unbelievable way to start off with Toyota. To be able to be the guy to deliver them the first anything when they’ve already accomplished so much is pretty cool.

“Can’t thank (owner) Coach Gibbs enough, the entire Joe Gibbs Racing organization. The whole offseason, everybody kept telling me the focus was trying to qualify better at superspeedways. That’s something I really struggled at last year. For our 19 group to come here and sit on the pole at the biggest race of the year is pretty special.”

The rest of the field will be set in Thursday night’s Duel at Daytona 15-mile qualifying races, though both Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson know they’ll be in the field for NASCAR’s most prestigious race after posting the two fastest qualifying times among nine drivers of unchartered cars.

Truex qualified 22nd overall and Johnson 29th.

“Definitely a big relief,” said Truex, who is driving the first TRICON Garage entry in the Cup Series. “You never know what can happen in the Duels, they can get crazy, something on pit road can get you in trouble. Great job to all of the guys. They worked their butts off on this car.

“They were sweating all afternoon, and luckily, we were able to put a good lap in… All of the guys at TRICON and also at JGR, Toyota and TRD. I’m sure, it’s a big deal for them—both cars that just locked in are Toyotas. Big night for them, and hopefully, we can have some fun the rest of the weekend.”

Johnson drove the No. 84 Toyota fielded by Legacy Motor Club, the team he co-owns.

“What I went through last year (in the Duels) was so frightening, and I’m glad I don’t have to go through it again,” Johnson said. “I certainly respect this process and don’t envy the guys that have to race their way in.”

In the final round, Ford drivers were second through fifth fastest, with Cindric, Ryan Preece, reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano and Josh Berry occupying those respective positions on the speed chart.

Denny Hamlin, Austin Dillon (in the fastest Chevrolet), Christopher Bell, Ty Dillon and Kyle Larson were sixth through 10th fastest in the money round.

Briscoe will start from the pole in Thursday’s first Duel, with Cindric leading the field to green in the second qualifying race. Preece will start second in Duel 1, with Logano on the outside of the front row in Duel 2.

Qualifiers in odd-numbered positions fill the field behind the pole winner in Duel 1, with even-numbered qualifiers filling the field of Duel 2. The highest-finishing unchartered driver in each of the Duels will advance to the DAYTONA 500.

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • DAYTONA 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Chase Briscoe
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No 19 - Bass Pro Shops Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: James Small
  • Chase Briscoe won the Pole Award for the DAYTONA 500 with a lap of 49249 seconds, 182745 mph
  • This is his third pole in 145 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2025
  • This is his second pole in nine races at Daytona International Speedway
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2025 and his fifth in eight races at Daytona International Speedway
  • Ryan Preece (third) posted his third top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway It is his first in one race this season
  • Riley Herbst (27th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
  • This is Toyota's first pole in the Daytona 500
  • TRICON Garage's Martin Truex Jr (No 56) and Legacy Motor Club's Jimmie Johnson (No 84) have qualified into the DAYTONA 500 as the two open cars on speed

  • Sunday, February 16th, 2025
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
A little luck, good instincts give William Byron second straight DAYTONA 500 win

Like Houdini making an unlikely escape from a straitjacket, William Byron trusted his instincts and emerged from a smoky, last-lap wreck on the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway to win the DAYTONA 500 for the second straight time.

On Sunday night, after a long rain delay and a Presidential visit, Byron took full advantage when contact from Cole Custer turned three-time DAYTONA 500 winner Denny Hamlin at the front the field and started a wreck that gave Byron the opportunity he needed.

When Byron crossed the finish line 0.113 seconds ahead of runner-up Tyler Reddick in overtime, he became the first driver since Hamlin in 2019 and 2020 to win the Great American Race in consecutive years.

“Yeah, obviously some good fortune, but just trusted my instincts on the last lap there,” Byron said after climbing from his car. “I felt like they were getting squirrelly on the bottom, and I was honestly going to go third (top) lane regardless, because I was probably sixth coming down the back.

“Just obviously fortunate that it worked out in our favor. But just really proud of this team. Worked super hard all week and had an amazing car. Just had a really hard time with the fuel saving and kind of staying towards the front.”

“Crazy. I can’t honestly believe that. But we’re here. So proud of it.”

Last season, Byron claimed all three of his NASCAR Cup Series victories in the first 11 races. This year, after another Daytona win, he plans to sustain the momentum throughout the season.

“It’s an amazing race, and obviously a lot of crazy racing out there tonight and just a lot of pushing and shoving,” said Byron, who picked up his third victory at the 2.5-mile superspeedway and the 14th of his career.

“But just really proud of our team. I can’t stress that enough. I’m just super thankful for this group and everything that they do in the offseason to get prepared. We plan on trying to win a lot of races this year, so we’re not going to stop here. We’re going to continue to push forward and try to get to Phoenix (in the Championship 4 race).”

The wreck on the second lap of overtime frustrated both Hamlin, who was late to the lead and 2022 DAYTONA 500 winner Austin Cindric, who led a race-high 59 laps and combined with Team Penske teammates Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney to lead 125 of 202.

“Frustration—you’re taking the white as the leader,” said Cindric, who qualified on the front row and won Thursday’s second Duel at Daytona race. “I felt like I executed all the restarts the right way and really that whole third stage. I didn’t get wrecked out of the lead this time, so that was cool, but it still doesn’t make it feel any better.

“Obviously, I don’t even know where we finished, but it was still a decent points weekend and an incredible showing by our team for the entirety of Speedweeks. It’s just a shame we couldn’t get this Discount Tire Ford Mustang in Victory Lane.”

Hamlin had just pulled ahead of Cindric on the backstretch when Custer made a move to the outside and then steered down the track toward Hamlin’s No. 11 Toyota, triggering the crash.

“I measured up the 2 (Cindric), and got a run on him,” Hamlin said. “I stayed with him long enough where I could kind of control which side I wanted to pass him on, and then we had pulled away from the pack slightly, so I knew a run was going to come.

“The 41 (Custer) had a run, and I chose not to block him because these races, you have to live to make it off of Turn 4, and we just didn’t.”

Legacy Motor Club owner and part-time driver Jimmie Johnson finished third in his best result since 2020 at Dover. Pole winner Chase Briscoe was fourth and John Hunter Nemechek fifth, giving Legacy two drivers in the top five.

Alex Bowman, Blaney, Cindric, Justin Allgaier (in JR Motorsports first Cup race) and Chris Buescher completed the top 10.

The race was just over four laps from completion in regulation when a bump from Custer turned Christopher Bell hard into the outside wall on Lap 196. Bell’s Toyota bounced off the SAFER barrier and collected the Ford of Ryan Preece, whose car got airborne and landed on its roof before finishing upright.

That sort of wreck wasn’t unfamiliar to Preece, who endured a spectacular series of barrel rolls in the 2023 spring race at Talladega.

“When the car took off like that, it got really quiet, and all I thought about was my daughter,” Preece said. “So, I’m lucky to walk away.”

That wreck, which involved 10 cars, forced the race to overtime. An earlier melee on Lap 186, triggered by contact between Logano and Ricky Stenhouse Jr., changed the complexion of the race—eliminating Logano, Blaney, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski and Noah Gragson from contention for the win.

The 67th running of the Great America Race started in short bursts. With President Donald Trump in attendance and the grandstands packed with fans—reflective of a 10th straight sellout—drivers ran just nine green-flag laps from the start before rain interrupted the proceedings.

After a red-flag period that lasted 3 hours, 9 minutes, 59 seconds, drivers took to the track for a second time and ran another 12 laps under caution before a brief rainstorm halted the race for another 20 minutes, 29 seconds.

With Logano in the lead, the DAYTONA 500 resumed on Lap 24 and ran without incident until Lap 63 when the bottom lane checked up, and Zane Smith turned Hamlin’s Toyota on the backstretch.

Smith’s Ford slid up the track into the Ford of Josh Berry, seriously damaging that car. Smith took his car to the garage for attempted repairs, while Hamlin was able to continue without losing a lap.

Logano won the first stage under caution, but because of a problem with debris in the throttle body of his No. 22 Ford on the subsequent restart on Lap 71, Logano stacked up the top lane and ignited a seven-car melee in Turn 1. The accident eliminated the cars of Martin Truex Jr., Helio Castroneves and Ross Chastain.

Intense three-wide action throughout the race produced 56 lead changes among 15 drivers. Byron led five times for a total of 10 laps. There were eight cautions for 47 laps.

  • Drivers Entered: 45 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Laps Actual: 201 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.113 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 53 Minutes 26 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 129.159
  • Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
  • Lead Changes: 56
  • Green Flag Passes: 16,389 (106.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • DAYTONA 500
  • Race Winner: William Byron
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No 24 - Axalta Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Rudy Fugle
  • William Byron won the DAYTONA 500, his 14th victory in 253 NASCAR Cup Series races
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his third victory and fifth top-10 finish in 15 races at Daytona International Speedway Fifth driver to win back-to-back Daytona 500s, first since Denny Hamlin (2019-2020)
  • Tyler Reddick (second) posted his third top-10 finish in 12 races at Daytona International Speedway It is his first top-10 finish in 2025
  • Jimmie Johnson (third) 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
  • Riley Herbst (17th) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Ryan Blaney leads the point standings by 6 points over Alex Bowman
  • 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
William Byron celebrates in victory lane
Daytona Beach, Florida - February 16, 2025 : William Byron, driver of the #24 Axalta Chevrolet celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.
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Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 5 24 William Byron Chevrolet 46 40 1 5 201 10 5 10 0 Running
2 11 45 Tyler Reddick Toyota 38 35 3 0 201 0 0 8 0 Running
3 40 84 Jimmie Johnson Toyota 34 34 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
4 1 19 Chase Briscoe Toyota 33 33 0 0 201 4 1 0 0 Running
5 18 42 John Hunter Nemechek Toyota 32 32 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
6 38 48 Alex Bowman Chevrolet 42 31 11 0 201 11 5 7 4 Running
7 16 12 Ryan Blaney Ford 49 30 18 1 201 23 10 3 1 Running
8 2 2 Austin Cindric Ford 38 29 9 0 201 59 13 0 2 Running
9 19 40 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
10 6 17 Chris Buescher Ford 32 27 5 0 201 0 0 0 6 Running
11 25 71 Michael McDowell Chevrolet 27 27 0 0 201 4 3 0 0 Running
12 4 43 Erik Jones Toyota 31 25 6 0 201 0 0 9 7 Running
13 36 99 Daniel Suarez Chevrolet 29 24 5 0 201 0 0 6 0 Running
14 7 10 Ty Dillon Chevrolet 23 23 0 0 201 3 1 0 0 Running
15 17 9 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 30 22 8 0 201 2 1 0 3 Running
16 23 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 21 21 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
17 24 35 Riley Herbst Toyota 20 20 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
18 31 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Chevrolet 26 19 7 0 201 0 0 4 0 Running
19 35 7 Justin Haley Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
20 22 5 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
21 30 41 Cole Custer Ford 16 16 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
22 12 1 Corey Lajoie Ford 15 15 0 0 201 10 2 0 0 Running
23 15 3 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 14 14 0 0 201 0 0 0 0 Running
24 8 11 Denny Hamlin Toyota 13 13 0 0 201 6 1 0 0 Running
25 28 51 Cody Ware Ford 12 12 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 Accident
26 34 6 Brad Keselowski Ford 20 11 9 0 200 0 0 2 0 Running
27 14 34 Todd Gilliland Ford 16 10 6 0 199 0 0 0 5 Running
28 32 4 Noah Gragson Ford 9 9 0 0 198 2 2 0 0 Running
29 3 23 Bubba Wallace Toyota 10 8 2 0 197 18 7 0 9 Accident
30 33 77 Carson Hocevar Chevrolet 7 7 0 0 196 1 1 0 0 Fuel Pressure
31 20 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 12 6 6 0 195 0 0 5 0 Accident
32 27 60 Ryan Preece Ford 5 5 0 0 195 6 2 0 0 Accident
33 26 88 Shane van Gisbergen Chevrolet 4 4 0 0 193 0 0 0 0 Running
34 21 8 Kyle Busch Chevrolet 4 3 1 0 186 0 0 0 10 Accident
35 10 22 Joey Logano Ford 16 2 13 1 185 43 3 1 8 Accident
36 37 38 Zane Smith Ford 1 1 0 0 108 0 0 0 0 Accident
37 29 21 Josh Berry Ford 1 1 0 0 105 0 0 0 0 Accident
38 39 56 Martin Truex Jr Toyota 1 1 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 Accident
39 41 91 Helio Castroneves Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 Accident
40 9 1 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 70 0 0 0 0 Accident
41 13 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 0 Engine

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Kyle Larson Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Brad Keselowski Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Justin Haley Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Riley Herbst Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Alex Bowman Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Ty Gibbs Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Shane van Gisbergen Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Daniel Suarez Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Helio Castroneves Pre-Race to the Rear Backup Car Tail End 0 0 White
Helio Castroneves Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change Tail End 0 0 White
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Pre-Race to the Rear Multiple Inspection Failures Tail End 0 0 White
Michael McDowell Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 18 23 Yellow
Alex Bowman Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 18 23 Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 19 23 Yellow
Ryan Blaney Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Riley Herbst Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Zane Smith Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Jimmie Johnson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
John Hunter Nemechek Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Christopher Bell Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Cole Custer Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Cody Ware Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Justin Haley Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Brad Keselowski Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 22 23 Yellow
Zane Smith Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 63 0 Yellow
Josh Berry Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 64 70 Yellow
Kyle Busch Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 67 70 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 67 70 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 70 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 70 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 70 Yellow
Ty Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 70 Yellow
Martin Truex Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Jimmie Johnson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Riley Herbst Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Kyle Busch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Corey Lajoie Pitting before pit road is open Garage Tail End 71 0 Yellow
Jimmie Johnson Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Martin Truex Jr Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Tail End 71 76 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 72 76 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 72 76 Yellow
Joey Logano Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 73 76 Yellow
Kyle Busch Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 73 76 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon Tail End 73 76 Yellow
Denny Hamlin Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 75 76 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 75 76 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Bubba Wallace Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Cody Ware Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Jimmie Johnson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Chase Briscoe Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Kyle Busch Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 85 86 Yellow
Joey Logano Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 132 137 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Justin Haley Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Ty Dillon Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Cole Custer Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 136 137 Yellow
Shane van Gisbergen Unspecified Free Pass fueling after the designated lap 1 Lap 136 139 Yellow
Justin Haley Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Carson Hocevar Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Justin Allgaier Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Erik Jones Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Ryan Preece Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Cody Ware Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 164 165 Yellow
Ryan Blaney Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 186 192 Yellow
Noah Gragson Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 186 192 Yellow
Ryan Blaney Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Exit Tail End 186 192 Yellow
Todd Gilliland Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 187 192 Yellow
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 187 192 Yellow
Brad Keselowski Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 196 199 Yellow
Daniel Suarez Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 196 199 Yellow