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The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long (805 km) NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three held in Florida, with the annual fall showdown Straight Talk Wireless 400 being held at Homestead south of Miami.
Three-time race winner Jeff Gordon leads the field to the start of the 2015 Daytona 500. The Daytona 500 is an annual American stock car race sanctioned by the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) and held every February at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
He averaged 161.550 mph—an all-time record for the Daytona 500. During the start of the 1974 NASCAR season, many races had their distance cut ten percent in response to the 1973 oil crisis . As a result, the 1974 Daytona 500, won by Richard Petty (his second straight, making him the first driver ever to do it), was shortened to 180 laps (450 ...
Hendrick Motorsports won its 10th Daytona 500 to break a tie with Petty Enterprises for the record. ... Tyler Reddick was second and two-time Daytona 500 champion Jimmie Johnson was third. Chase ...
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
Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and 2017 champion Martin Truex Jr. were among the nine drivers competing for four open spots, but Johnson and ...
Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, about 50 mi (80 km) north of Orlando.Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, the most prestigious race in NASCAR as well as its season opening event.
Lap-by-lap updates from the 66th running of the Daytona 500 as the NASCAR Cup Series begins the 2024 season on Monday. ... (Daytona Beach, Fla.) Time: 4 p.m. (green flag at 4:30 p.m.) Monday. The ...