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Daytona 500

Sunday, February 20th, 2022

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 18 Ford
  • 6 Toyota
  • 18 Chevrolet

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 64th Annual DAYTONA 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Kyle Larson
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 5 - HendrickCars.com Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Cliff Daniels
  • Kyle Larson won the Busch Pole Award for the 64th Annual DAYTONA 500 with a lap of 49.68 seconds, 181.159 mph.
  • This is his 11th pole in 260 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in 16 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Alex Bowman (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2022 and his eighth in 12 races at Daytona International Speedway. This is also his fifth straight DAYTONA 500 front row appearance (2018-2022)
  • William Byron Jr. (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first in one race this season.
  • Harrison Burton (10th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Sunday, February 20th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Rookie Austin Cindric gets first NASCAR Cup victory in thrilling Daytona 500

On the 85th birthday of his car owner, Roger Penske, 23-year-old NASCAR Cup Series rookie Austin Cindric beat Bubba Wallace to the finish line by .036 seconds in overtime to win Sunday's 64th running of the Daytona 500.

In a thrilling run to the finish in NASCAR's new Next Gen race car at Daytona International Speedway, Cindric held off Wallace and Chase Briscoe (.091 seconds behind) to notch his first Cup victory in his eighth start in the series.

Cindric got the win in chamber-of-commerce weather with a sold-out crowd jamming the grandstands.

"Oh, my God-do you know what makes this even better? A packed house," Cindric exulted after climbing from his car. "A packed house at the Daytona 500. "Oh, my God, I've got so many people to thank. First and foremost, Roger Penske. Happy Birthday!

"Everyone has worked so hard on this Next Gen car and through the whole process. I am so excited. This makes up for losing a championship in the last race I was in (2021 Xfinity Series season finale at Phoenix Raceway).

"I'm surrounded by great people, that's all there is to it. I know there's going to be highs and lows, being a rookie. I'm just grateful for the opportunity and excited to climb the mountain ahead of us on the No. 2 team. We're in the Playoffs-that's one box checked. My gosh, what an awesome group of fans; what an awesome race car. I'm just really thankful."

A three-car wreck in Turn 4 on Lap 195 of a scheduled 200 wiped out the No. 47 Chevrolet of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who was leading for a restart on that same lap but was turned by a push from Brad Keselowski. The incident forced the race to overtime, requiring one extra lap for Cindric to claim victory.

An earlier six-car accident on Lap 190 had eliminated reigning series champion Kyle Larson, Kevin Harvick, Todd Gilliland, Erik Jones and Noah Gragson, who was making his first start in NASCAR's top division.

Cindric was the leader when the race restarted on Lap 200, and at the end of a wild two-lap scramble-after blocking a strong run from Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney-he arrived at the finish line roughly three feet ahead of Wallace, who was runner-up in the Great American Race for the second time.

"I thought our Toyota teammates did good work until they got picked off 1, 2, 3 throughout the race, so we just had to survive," said Wallace, who finished .260 seconds behind race winner Austin Dillon in the 2018 Daytona 500.

"Great Speedweeks, though. We'll come home second. I'm going to be pissed off about this one for a while. I was happy on the first second place we got a couple years ago. This one sucks when you're that close, but all-in-all, happy for our team, happy for our partners, and on to California."

Blaney came home fourth, followed by Aric Almirola, who will leave full-time racing at the end of the season. Kyle Busch, Michael McDowell, David Ragan, Keselowski and Chase Elliott completed the top 10.

Less than three laps from the end of the first stage, a push from Keselowski turned the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford of Harrison Burton sideways at the head of the outside lane. Burton's Mustang nosed down the track into the No. 24 Chevrolet of William Byron, whose car slammed nose-first into the inside wall on the backstretch.

Kyle Busch spun sideways during the ensuing eight-car wreck. Denny Hamlin's Toyota sustained terminal suspension damage, eliminating the field's only multiple winner of the Daytona 500. The No. 1 Chevrolet of Ross Chastain was also knocked out of the race.

After the impact with Byron's car and a jolt from the Toyota of Christopher Bell, Burton's Ford turned upside down and landed on top of the Chevrolet of Alex Bowman, who had started the race on the outside of the front row. The impact righted Burton's car, which a wrecker towed to the garage. Bowman lost four laps as his crew tried to return the No. 48 Camaro to raceable condition.

"I'm fine-I've hit a lot harder before, that's for sure," Burton said after a trip to the infield care center. "It's just unfortunate. I hate it for the Wood Brothers group. They brought a really fast Ford Mustang down here and ended up on our lid, so that's never good…

"I don't know, I just got pushed and didn't take it the right way-the car didn't take it the right way or got pushed in the wrong spot. I'm not sure. I couldn't really tell. I was looking out front to see what I had to do next to side draft the next guy that was on me, so just a bummer. I don't really know what we could have done different, but we'll move on and get better from it."

From Hamlin's standpoint, it was clear what happened.

"The 6 (Keselowski) was pushing the 21 (Burton) and you could see the 21 was kind of getting out of control there," said Hamlin, who failed to finish a Daytona 500 for the first time in 17 starts and lost his chance for a fourth visit to Victory Lane. "So you know the mind-set was that you've got to back off, but I think the 6 was just insistent on pushing him at all costs and eventually turned the 21 around.

"Tough, you know, considering it was just for the stage. We were kind of boxed in there where I noticed that something was going to happen, but I was boxed in, I was behind a teammate (Kyle Busch), and I wanted to try to help. Again, just too aggressive pushing right there when they weren't lined up and in control."

Truex won the first stage under caution and then claimed victory in the second stage, which ran under green-flag conditions from the restart on Lap 72 to the conclusion on Lap 130. Truex came from third to first on the final lap to grab the stage win.

Keselowski, however, was first off pit road under caution for the stage break and led the field to green for a restart on Lap 138. Keselowski held the top spot until Tyler Reddick's Chevrolet broke loose in Turn 4 on Lap 151 and started a wreck that damaged the contending cars of Truex, Joey Logano and Kurt Busch.

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Laps Actual: 201 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.036 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 31 Minutes 53 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 142.295
  • Cautions: 7 for 37 laps
  • Lead Changes: 35
  • Green Flag Passes: 6,462 (39.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • 64th Annual DAYTONA 500
  • Race Winner: Austin Cindric
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 2 - Discount Tire Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Jeremy Bullins
  • Austin Cindric won the 64th Annual Daytona 500, his first victory in eight NASCAR Cup Series races. He is the 41st different driver to win the Daytona 500
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Bubba Wallace (second) posted his second runner-up finish and fourth top-10 finish in 10 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Chase Briscoe (third) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Austin Cindric (first) was the highest finishing rookie. Becomes the first rookie to win the Daytona 500.
  • Nine drivers have posted their first career NASCAR Cup Series victory with a win in the Daytona 500 ? Tiny Lund (1963), Mario Andretti (1967), Pete Hamilton (1970), Derrike Cope (1990), Sterling Marlin (1994), Michael Waltrip (2001), Trevor Bayne (2011), Michael McDowell (2021), Ausitn Cindric (2022).
  • This is Team Penske's third Daytona 500 victory - 2008 Ryan Newman, 2015 Joey Logano, 2022 Austin Cindric
  • This is Ford Motor Co.'s 17th victory in the Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick speaks to the media
Daytona Beach, Florida - February 16, 2022 : Kevin Harvick, driver of the #4 Busch Light #BUSCHRACETEAM Ford, speaks to the media during the NASCAR Cup Series 64th Annual Daytona 500 Media Day at Daytona International Speedway.
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Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway Entry List
ENTRY # DRIVER HOMETOWN DOB AGE MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Smithfield Stewart-Haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
2 6 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford Kohler Generators RFK Racing Matt McCall
3 15 David Ragan Unadilla, GA Dec 4, 1985 38 Ford Select Blinds Rick Ware Racing Mark Hillman
4 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx Express Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
5 44 Greg Biffle Vancouver, WA Dec 23, 1969 54 Chevrolet Grambling State University NY Racing TBA
6 55 JJ Yeley Phoenix, AZ Oct 5, 1976 48 Ford HEX.com Motorsports Business Management George Church
7 27 Jacques Villeneuve Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada Apr 9, 1971 53 Ford Hezeberg Engineering Systems Team Hezeberg Josh Reaume
8 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
9 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Busch Light #BUSCHRACETEAM Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
10 45 Kurt Busch Las Vegas, NV Aug 4, 1978 46 Toyota Monster Energy 23XI Racing Billy Scott
11 18 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Toyota M&M's Joe Gibbs Racing Ben Beshore
12 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
13 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Blake Harris
14 77 Landon Cassill Cedar Rapids, IA Jul 7, 1989 35 Chevrolet Fox Nation Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
15 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops / Tracker Off Road Richard Childress Racing Justin Alexander
16 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Kroger / Irish Spring JTG Daugherty Racing Brian Pattie
17 66 Timmy Hill Port Tobacco, MD Feb 25, 1993 31 Ford Bumper.com Motorsports Business Management Jeff Weaver
18 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
19 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 31 Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Greg Ives
20 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford Menards / Blue DEF / PEAK Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
21 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Built.com Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
22 42 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet Black Rifle Coffee Company Petty GMS Motorsports Jerame Donley
23 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
24 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Fastenal RFK Racing Scott Graves
25 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet FOCUSfactor Petty GMS Motorsports Dave Elenz
26 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 40 Ford NASCAR Ignitiona Live Fast Motorsports Lee Leslie
27 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet Tootsie's Orchid Lounge Trackhouse Racing Travis Mack
28 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 28 Ford Nurtec ODT Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
29 1 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet AdventHealth Trackhouse Racing Phil Surgen
30 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota McDonalds 23XI Racing Bootie Barker
31 16 Daniel Hemric Kannapolis, NC Jan 27, 1991 33 Chevrolet Heritage Pool Supply Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
32 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet Axalta Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
33 41 Cole Custer Ladera Ranch, CA Jan 23, 1998 26 Ford HaasTooling.com Stewart-Haas Racing Mike Shiplett
34 8 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Chevrolet 3CHI Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
35 31 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Trent Owens
36 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota DeWalt Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
37 50 Kaz Grala Boston, MA Dec 29, 1998 25 Chevrolet Pit Viper Sunglasses TMT Racing TBA
38 2 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 26 Ford Discount Tire Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
39 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford Mahindra Tractors Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
40 21 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 24 Ford Motorcraft / DEX Imaging Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
41 62 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Beard Motorsports / Southpoint Beard Motorsports Darren Shaw
42 38 Todd Gilliland Sherrills Ford, NC May 15, 2000 24 Ford First Phase Credit Card Front Row Motorsports Seth Barbour