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The 2021 Daytona 500, the 63rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race that was held on February 14–15, 2021 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Contested over 200 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway, it was the first race of the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season.
The majority of the Daytona 500 was incident-free. There were no crashes in between the two wrecks in the final 10 laps of the race and a crash that happened on the fifth lap of the race.
William Byron ends Hendrick Motorsports' nine-year Daytona 500 drought by hanging on to win after avoiding a crash just as the white flag comes out.
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 ]
Preece got caught in a late crash in the Daytona 500 and essentially did a wheelie in his No. 60 Ford. ... ahead of the race team’s debut in the Cup Series in the 2021 Daytona 500. But they ...
The 2020 Daytona 500, the 62nd running of the event, was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on February 16–17, 2020. It was contested over 209 laps—extended from 200 laps due to an overtime finish, on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) asphalt superspeedway. It was the first race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.
In 2020 and 2024 the race ended on Monday, and the 2021 race ended even later than Sunday night's race. Daytona 500 results William Byron, No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
2021: On March 4, 2020, NASCAR, fed up with the five massive incidents in the past 150 laps (from 2018 to 2020), and with plans for the seventh-generation cars to debut in 2021, and to alleviate an issue with nearby Super Bowl LV in Tampa, moves the Busch Clash to Tuesday night of Daytona 500 week, on the road course, and intended to be run ...