Tyler Reddick (23XI Racing/Toyota) venceu a Daytona 500, no Daytona International Speedway, etapa de abertura da NASCAR Cup Series. Foi a sua nona vitória na categoria, e primeira na principal prova da categoria. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Hyak Motorsports/Chevrolet) e Joey Logano (Team Penske/Ford) completaram os três primeiros.
Em um final de tirar o fôlego, com múltiplos acidentes na volta final, Reddick superou Chase Elliott (Hendrick Motorsports/Chevrolet) nos metros finais. Vencendo com 0s308 de vantagem sobre Stenhouse Jr. Logano fechou os três primeiros.
Elliot terminou em quarto, seguido por Brad Keselowski (RFK Racing/Ford).
Pole-position Kyle Busch (Richard Childress Racing/Chevrolet) foi o 15º.
Zane Smith venceu o primeiro estágio e Bubba Wallace (23XI Racing/Toyota) o segundo.
Foram 66 trocas de liderança, entre 26 pilotos, recorde da prova.
Foram cinco bandeiras, por 32 voltas. Á maior ‘big one’ envolveu 20 carros, na volta 124.
A próxima etapa, no EchoPark Speedway, acontece no dia 22 de fevereiro.
Final:
1 Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing Toyota 200 voltas
2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Hyak Motorsports Chevrolet 200
3 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford 200
4 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200
5 Brad Keselowski RFK Racing Ford 200
6 Zane Smith Front Row Motorsports Ford 200
7 Chris Buescher RFK Racing Ford 200
8 Riley Herbst 23XI Racing Toyota 200
9 Josh Berry Wood Brothers Racing Ford 200
10 Bubba Wallace 23XI Racing Toyota 200
11 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200
13 Daniel Suárez Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 200
14 Ty Dillon Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200
15 Kyle Busch Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200
16 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200
17 Cody Ware Rick Ware Racing Chevrolet 200
18 Carson Hocevar Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 200
19 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 200
20 Ross Chastain Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 200
21 Erik Jones Legacy Motor Club Toyota 200
22 Michael McDowell Spire Motorsports Chevrolet 200
23 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 200
24 Cole Custer Haas Factory Team Chevrolet 200
25 Ryan Preece RFK Racing Ford 200
26 John Hunter Nemechek Legacy Motor Club Toyota 199
27 Ryan Blaney Team Penske Ford 199
28 Corey Heim (i) 23XI Racing Toyota 199
29 Jimmie Johnson Legacy Motor Club Toyota 199
30 Shane van Gisbergen Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 199
31 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 198
32 Casey Mears Garage 66 Ford 195
33 Connor Zilisch (R) Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet 195
34 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 193
35 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 191
36 Chase Briscoe Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 188
37 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 137
38 Justin Allgaier (i) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 123
39 Todd Gilliland Front Row Motorsports Ford 123
40 Alex Bowman Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 123
41 B. J. McLeod Live Fast Motorsports Chevrolet 4
Campeonato:
1 Tyler Reddick 58 pontos
2 Joey Logano 46 (–12)
3 Chase Elliott 43 (–15)
4 Zane Smith 41 (–17)
5 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 39 (–19)
6 Brad Keselowski 39 (–19)
7 Chris Buescher 39 (–19)
8 Bubba Wallace 37 (–21)
9 Ryan Blaney 36 (–22)
10 Riley Herbst 35 (–23)
11 Daniel Suárez 35 (–23)
12 Carson Hocevar 35 (–23)
13 Josh Berry 33 (–25)
14 Kyle Busch 29 (–29)
15 Kyle Larson 29 (–29)
16 Noah Gragson 27 (–31)