Forty drivers make up the Daytona 500 field, which is underway Sunday exclusively on FOX. Here are the top moments!
[Christopher Bell](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/christopher-bell-driver) was hot on his tail and challenged Larson for the top spot as things continued. [Joey Logano](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/joey-logano-driver), [Austin Cindric](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/austin-cindric-driver), [Michael McDowell](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/michael-mcdowell-driver), [Kevin Harvick](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/kevin-harvick-driver), [Denny Hamlin](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/denny-hamlin-driver), [Austin Dillon](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/austin-dillon-driver) and [Jimmie Johnson](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/jimmie-johnson-driver). [ NASCAR Cup Series](/stories/nascar/clint-bowyers-25k-up-for-grabs-in-daytona-500-fox-bet-super-6-contest) [ NASCAR Cup Series](/stories/nascar/alex-bowman-grabs-daytona-500-pole-teammate-kyle-larson-on-front-row) [ NASCAR Cup Series](/stories/nascar/kevin-harvick-one-final-drive-at-daytona-500) He had to serve a pass-through pit road penalty as a result. [ NASCAR Cup Series](/stories/nascar/ty-gibbs-confident-in-translating-xfinity-championship-into-cup-success-as-rookie) The rest of the field formed up double-file, while Logano and Larson continued to race nearly side-by-side on the first few opening laps. 1 spot on just the second lap. Fans were treated to a flyover show by the Thunderbirds while those three drivers got situated. [Alex Bowman](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/alex-bowman-driver) won the pole on Wednesday night, earning his third career pole in the race, as Hendrick Motorsports swept the front row, with teammate [Kyle Larson](https://www.foxsports.com/nascar/kyle-larson-driver) qualifying second. It wasn't long before Bowman took over the lead, however, claiming the No.
For the first time ever, I am attending the Daytona 500! I'm dating myself here, but I have attended a NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway ...
There have been at least seven cautions in eight of the last 10 Daytona races. We saw their strength on Thursday, and we’ve seen it consistently at superspeedways in the past. Half the battle at Daytona is running at the end of the race. DraftKings still has a “winning manufacturer” bet available at those odds. So, rather than picking one, let’s just lump them all together and bet Ford at +150. [sports betting](https://www.actionnetwork.com/online-sports-betting) insights/analytics and is a content partner with NASCAR. However, I’ll be away from my computer for a chunk of the weekend while traveling to the race. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM) to make sure I’m not missing out on any of the top value bets for the “Great American Race.” That makes sense given Reddick’s performance in his Duel race, and Truex’s lack of solid superspeedway results over a large sample size. He had a 28.1 average running position on superspeedways last season. I’d bet this down to +500 and feel good about it. and Tyler Reddick.
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However, given the number of festivities expected to take place on Sunday, green flag is slated to be waved at 3:14 p.m. 3:38 p.m.: Ty Dillon looks to be in a bit of trouble. 3:49 p.m.: The No. Slick play by the Cup Series veteran, who gets a car-length in front of Preece to nab 10 stage points. Team is planning to make further repairs to the 23 car during this caution.— Jordan Bianchi (@Jordan_Bianchi) 5:12 p.m.: Allmendinger drew a lot of racers' ire by using a running pick to nab the lucky dog in Stage 1. 5:13 p.m.: Chastain and Bowman jostling for first on the final lap of the second stage. 5:20 p.m.: Caution flag waved after Blaney's tire flies off into the middle of the track. The No. 6:22 p.m.: Allmendinger leads the way after the restart. Suarez spins into the infield, prompting the yellow flag to be waved. On the restart, Stenhouse and Logano jostled back and forth.
Two overtimes eventually saw Ricky Stenhouse Jr. win the 65th running of the Daytona 500 on Feb. 19 to open the sport's 75th season.
43 (Jones) kind of went to the apron. “By the time we got slowed up, they were coming back across the track, and I was the lucky winner to get there first. 5 (Larson) and the No. It was a remarkable victory and a perfect highlight for the 75th anniversary of NASCAR racing. I felt like the three-wide was going a hurt a lane; looked like Kyle was getting pushed ahead, and then Ricky started getting pushed ahead. 43 Chevrolet of Erik Jones and the No. The No. “I knew if I went to the bottom my car didn’t handle good enough. But when NASCAR hit the button to illuminate the caution lights, Stenhouse’s No. This was the site of my last win back in 2017. got help from an unexpected source and won the sport’s most prestigious race when a wild wreck froze the field in the second overtime. Stenhouse and reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano were battling for the lead on Lap 212 when contact from Aric Almirola’s Ford started Travis Pastrana’s Toyota spinning in Turn 2.
Results and points standings after the 65th Daytona 500, which Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won for the first time in his NASCAR Cup Series career.
We were kind of in a bad spot in the pack to get caught up in something. Once he got off center, I tried to back up but I had (Brad Keselowski) in the back of me trying to push as well. I hate that we didn’t get to the finish line, but we got a lot closer than I thought. This package is pretty tough to pass with, but it was fun to be up there battling in the top 10 there for a bit.” [Austin Dillon](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/auto-racing/nascar/player/48393/austin-dillon) — Finished 33rd: “We had a strategy there, and it just didn’t play out. I feel like when the 22 pulled up in front of me I tried to slow down to engage him and I got hit by the 8 really hard and send the 22 three-wide and we lost momentum again. The outside just didn’t really get rolling and we didn’t get organized very well and by the time we did it was just a little too late. [Kyle Busch](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/auto-racing/nascar/player/48221/kyle-busch)) went to the bottom there, I was able to push ( [Joey Logano](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/auto-racing/nascar/player/48369/joey-logano)) and ( [Kyle Larson](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/auto-racing/nascar/player/48450/kyle-larson)). It was amazing that we were able to put it in the top 20. We recovered and we are getting better at this kind of racing and we are going to get one of these one day.” [Ryan Blaney](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/auto-racing/nascar/player/48406/ryan-blaney) — Finished eighth: “You know, unfortunately getting tore up in the second stage and I thought we did a good job fixing it and staying in it and got a couple of laps back and were able to get it driving decent enough to where we lined up in the top-15 and were able to miss some wrecks and finish okay. It was a win, and it was awesome. I was hoping we were going to get to the white there, and we didn’t, so I knew I was going to take the top. I felt like the three wide was going a hurt a lane; looked like Kyle was getting pushed ahead, and then Ricky started getting pushed ahead.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr edged ahead of Joey Logano and avoided a crash behind him on the final lap to clinch victory in the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500.
McLeod](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/b-j-mcleod/18365/) [Jimmie Johnson](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/jimmie-johnson/639/) [Justin Haley](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/justin-haley/442567/) [Austin Dillon](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/austin-dillon/14661/) [William Byron](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/william-byron/142818/) [Chase Briscoe](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/chase-briscoe-2/54367/) [Ryan Preece](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ryan-preece/16003/) [Erik Jones](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/erik-jones/19934/) [Chase Elliott](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/chase-elliott/19814/) [Tyler Reddick](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/tyler-reddick/19367/) [Ty Dillon](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ty-dillon/17046/) [Joey Logano](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/joey-logano/9725/) [Christopher Bell](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/christopher-bell/16942/) [Chris Buescher](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/chris-buescher/17348/) [Alex Bowman](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/alex-bowman/14374/) [A.J. Allmendinger claimed sixth place ahead of Daniel Suarez, with [Ryan Blaney](https://www.autosport.com/driver/ryan-blaney/829183/), [Ross Chastain](https://www.autosport.com/driver/ross-chastain/858605/) and Riley Herbst completing the top 10. [Kyle Busch](https://www.autosport.com/driver/kyle-busch/858248/)] went to the bottom there I was able to push [Logano] and [Larson],” Stenhouse said of the first overtime. [JTG Daugherty Racing](https://www.autosport.com/team/jtg-daugherty-racing/36619/) squad since 2014, when [A.J. Allmendinger](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/a-j-allmendinger/1713/) [Daniel Suarez](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/daniel-suarez/19888/) [Ryan Blaney](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ryan-blaney/18336/) [Ross Chastain](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ross-chastain/17535/) [Riley Herbst](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/riley-herbst/450672/) [Travis Pastrana](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/travis-pastrana/1586/) [Kevin Harvick](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/kevin-harvick/360/) [Cody Ware](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/cody-ware/54264/) [Corey Lajoie](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/corey-lajoie/19962/) [Martin Truex Jr.](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/martin-truex-jr/1975/) [Denny Hamlin](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/denny-hamlin/6539/) [Kyle Larson](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/kyle-larson/17135/) [Kyle Busch](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/kyle-busch/17035/) [Bubba Wallace](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/bubba-wallace/18588/) [Aric Almirola](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/aric-almirola/7837/) [Brad Keselowski](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/brad-keselowski/5696/) [Austin Cindric](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/austin-cindric/19256/) [Noah Gragson](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/noah-gragson/407569/) [Harrison Burton](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/harrison-burton/289321/) [Todd Gilliland](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/todd-gilliland/289554/) [Michael McDowell](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/michael-mcdowell/1426/) [Conor Daly](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/conor-daly/13328/) [B.J. That was a heck of a race.” Laps Led “We were out of fuel so the fuel light was going crazy. Laps All three of his wins have come on superspeedways. “I was hoping [Logano] was going to follow, and he did.
Here is the full schedule of races and results for the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Richard Childress has no doubt](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/can-kyle-busch-break-rcr-title-drought-richard-childress-has-no-doubt) [Ty Gibbs confident in translating Xfinity title into rookie Cup success](https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nascar/ty-gibbs-confident-in-translating-xfinity-championship-into-cup-success-as-rookie) [Bubba Wallace can't escape the spotlight. ET)
The final crash forced the event to end under caution, and it was Stenhouse who was just ahead of reigning Cup Series champion Joey Logano. It is the third ...
McLeod](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/b-j-mcleod/18365/) [Jimmie Johnson](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/jimmie-johnson/639/) [Justin Haley](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/justin-haley/442567/) [Austin Dillon](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/austin-dillon/14661/) [William Byron](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/william-byron/142818/) [Chase Briscoe](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/chase-briscoe-2/54367/) [Ryan Preece](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ryan-preece/16003/) [Erik Jones](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/erik-jones/19934/) [Chase Elliott](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/chase-elliott/19814/) [Tyler Reddick](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/tyler-reddick/19367/) [Ty Dillon](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ty-dillon/17046/) [Joey Logano](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/joey-logano/9725/) [Christopher Bell](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/christopher-bell/16942/) [Chris Buescher](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/chris-buescher/17348/) [Alex Bowman](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/alex-bowman/14374/) [A.J. Allmendinger](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/a-j-allmendinger/1713/). [PrimePrimeNASCAR CupDaytona 500 ](/nascar-cup/news/how-nascar-had-to-learn-a-harsh-lesson-ahead-of-its-next-gen-arrival/8224413/) [JTG-Daugherty Racing](https://us.motorsport.com/team/jtg-daugherty-racing/20493/). Allmendinger](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/a-j-allmendinger/1713/) [Daniel Suarez](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/daniel-suarez/19888/) [Ryan Blaney](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ryan-blaney/18336/) [Ross Chastain](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/ross-chastain/17535/) [Riley Herbst](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/riley-herbst/450672/) [Travis Pastrana](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/travis-pastrana/1586/) [Kevin Harvick](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/kevin-harvick/360/) [Cody Ware](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/cody-ware/54264/) [Corey Lajoie](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/corey-lajoie/19962/) [Martin Truex Jr.](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/martin-truex-jr/1975/) [Denny Hamlin](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/denny-hamlin/6539/) [Kyle Larson](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/kyle-larson/17135/) [Kyle Busch](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/kyle-busch/17035/) [Bubba Wallace](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/bubba-wallace/18588/) [Aric Almirola](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/aric-almirola/7837/) [Brad Keselowski](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/brad-keselowski/5696/) [Austin Cindric](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/austin-cindric/19256/) [Noah Gragson](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/noah-gragson/407569/) [Harrison Burton](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/harrison-burton/289321/) [Todd Gilliland](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/todd-gilliland/289554/) [Michael McDowell](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/michael-mcdowell/1426/) [Conor Daly](https://www.motorsport.com/driver/conor-daly/13328/) [B.J. Laps Led Laps And Travis Pastrana impressed on debut, finishing 11th despite being at the heart of the incident on the final lap. The 2x Cup champ has now gone 0-18 in the 500. It is the third career win for Stenhouse (all on superspeedways), and his first in nearly six years. The race went 30 miles (12 laps) past the scheduled distance, due to multiple late-race incidents.
Ricky Stenhouse has had a history of misfortune during his NASCAR career, including losing his ride with the then-Roush-Fenway Racing, qualifying for the ...
Fox's broadcast of NASCAR's Daytona 500 Sunday rolled out the "driver's eye" camera, the ostensible replacement to the helmet camera. The new angle is ...
[#Nascar]needs to get rid of the visor cam. A step backwards for in car shots.— Ryan Kintz (@jnayr17) You’ll see more of that convo later in the week. That’s the new drivers eye cam. The answer, put simply, is to protect proprietary information for the drivers. The new angle is designed to give viewers a look at what the driver is seeing at eye level, rather than inches higher.
JTG Daugherty Racing, a leader in NASCAR diversity, makes history in Daytona 500 win ... DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. avoided costly wrecks and ran a ...
The competition in this series is fierce, and it’s serious, and we’re blessed to have the partners that we have, but it’s a battle. I think you just keep digging, keep finding the next challenge and trying to conquer it. “And Brad certainly adds a different element to what we do, a different thinking, a different background, and I think that’s the same way for our engineers, our tire-changers, our drivers. We need it, and we need it now. We need it to happen.’” “He’s always been a huge supporter of me, and we’re a great support system for each other.” “Everyone has different points of view and different talents and treasures,” he said. “At the beginning, there were a lot of Ramen noodles and instant potatoes when we were starting the race team. “I’m not gonna tell you there aren’t mornings where it’s like, ‘Oooh I don’t know,’” Tad continued. “I talked to him for a few minutes,” JTG Daugherty part-owner Jodi Geschickter said. “I would say this: For a team our size, COVID was not good,” Tad said. (Teresa Earnhardt won four Daytona 500s, per NASCAR — in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2010.)
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution Sunday in the longest running of “The Great American Race.”
The first one out of the race was Ty Dillon on Lap 21 when his engine started smoking and he went to pit road and was almost immediately pushed behind the wall. Ross Chastain was able to hold off Bowman to win the stage by inches. The next race in the Cup series will be this Sunday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana. Chastain, running on the bottom, was aided by some pushing by Joey Logano. The race was pretty much the usual jostling among the top cars running race side-by-side until the first pit stop. The race was restarted with 13 laps to go and Logano pulled ahead of Harrison Burton before the usual late lap jostling went into effect. Because it was the white flag lap, the rules say that NASCAR will look at video to determine who was in front when the yellow light came on. It was at this point that NASCAR got to decide who was the winner. The incident eventually affected nine cars and knocked out Reddick, Chase Elliott and Erik Jones. Kyle Busch was looking for his first win in 18 starts with three laps to go when Daniel Suarez spun out on the front straightaway. It was a tough season, but man, we got it done, the Daytona 500.” “This was the site of my last win back in 2017 [at the July race].
Brad Keselowski won the first stage of the 2023 Daytona 500. But what does that mean?
[New fans to racing](https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/motorsports/2023/02/17/daytona-500-non-racing-nascar-fans-guide/69915749007/) might be asking: Wait, what are stages in [NASCAR](https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/nascar/2023/02/17/daytona-500-odds-nascar-picks-from-ryan-blaney-to-travis-pastrana-chase-elliott-kevin-harvick/69915143007/)? The Daytona 500 runs in three stages where drivers in the lead can earn points. [Daytona 500](https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/nascar/2023/02/19/daytona-500-live-coverage-nascar-race-at-daytona/69895877007/) by a nose thanks to a late pass. These bonus points apply to the weekly standings. The pending end of a stage adds some built-in urgency to two part of the race, way before those closing laps. [The latest from the 2023 Daytona 500](https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/sports/nascar/2023/02/19/daytona-500-live-coverage-nascar-race-at-daytona/69895877007/)