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As of the end of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series, Johnson's 83 wins rank sixth all-time tied with Cale Yarborough, [10] behind Richard Petty , David Pearson (105), Jeff Gordon , Bobby Allison (84) and Darrell Waltrip (84). [15] Johnson holding the checkered flag at the 2008 Tums QuikPak 500 Johnson's car parked in practice for the 2009 Shelby 427.
Trevor Bayne and Bobby Allison are the youngest and oldest Daytona 500 winners, winning at the ages of 20 years and 1 day in 2011 and 50 years, 2 months, and 11 days old in 1988, respectively. [15] [16] Petty also holds the distinction of having the longest time between his first and last wins, 17 years between the 1964 and 1981 races. [17]
Stewart was in contention to win it, only to lose the lead to Earnhardt Jr. with 20 laps to go. That would be Stewart's best finish in the Daytona 500. At Infineon, Stewart was involved in an altercation with rookie driver Brian Vickers. On lap 88 of 110, Stewart got spun out by Vickers as retaliation for an earlier collision in the race.
Richard Petty has the most Daytona 500 wins with seven and Cale Yarborough is second with four. ... 2013: Jimmie Johnson. 2012: Matt Kenseth. 2011: Trevor Bayne. 2010: Jamie McMurray.
Here's a full list of past winners in the history of the Daytona 500: Daytona 500 history: Past winners of NASCAR's biggest race. 2023: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2022: Austin Cindric. 2021: Michael McDowell
[4] [8] Stewart's largest margin of victory was at the 2006 Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway, a race where he finished 12.422 ahead of the second-placed Casey Mears of Chip Ganassi Racing, [12] and the smallest margin of victory was at the 2011 DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona, where he beat his KHI teammate Clint Bowyer by 0.007 seconds.
Jimmie Johnson is competing in the Daytona 500 as both a driver and owner after a two-year absence from NASCAR. Here's why he decided to come back.
After a legendary “Start your engines” by Matthew McConaughey, the green flag waved with Dale Jarrett leading the field, but he lost the first lap to Jimmie Johnson and fell back through the field after a small bump from behind from defending Daytona 500 champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tony Stewart took the lead from Johnson on lap 4 and led 12 ...