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Daytona 500

Sunday, February 19th, 2023

Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL

  • 20 Chevrolet
  • 15 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • DAYTONA 500
  • Busch Pole Award Pole Winner: Alex Bowman
  • Age: 29
  • Team : No. 48 - Ally Chevrolet
  • Owner: Hendrick Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: Blake Harris
  • Alex Bowman won the Busch Light Pole Award for the DAYTONA 500 with a lap of 49.536 seconds, 181.686 mph.
  • This is his fourth pole in 257 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first pole and first top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his third DAYTONA 500 pole in 14 races at Daytona International Speedway (2018, 2021, 2023). This is the sixth consecutive DAYTONA 500 start on the front row for Bowman (2018-2023).
  • Kyle Larson (second) posted his first top-10 start of 2023 and his fifth in 18 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • William Byron (third) posted his sixth top-10 start at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first in one race this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (19th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
  • Legacy Motor Club's Jimmie Johnson (No. 84 Chevrolet) and 23XI Racing's Travis Pastrana (No. 67 Toyota) have qualified their open cars on time for the DAYTONA 500.
  • Hendrick Motorsports has won 16 DAYTONA 500 poles, the series-most: Ken Schrader (1988, 1989, 1990), Jeff Gordon (1999, 2015), Jimmie Johnson (2002, 2008), Mark Martin (2010), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2011), Chase Elliott (2016, 2017), Alex Bowman (2018, 2021, 2023), William Byron (2019), Kyle Larson (2022).
  • This is Chevrolet's 11th consecutive DAYTONA 500 pole (2013-2023) and 31st DAYTONA 500 pole total, series-most.

  • Sunday, February 19th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins longest DAYTONA 500 in two overtimes

In the longest DAYTONA 500 in NASCAR history, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 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. Pastrana's Camry clipped the Chevrolet of Kyle Larson and set it rocketing into the outside wall.

Tires screamed, sparks flew and smoke billowed as the cars of defending race winner Austin Cindric, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, AJ Allmendinger, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace and Ryan Blaney all were collected in the chaotic wreck.

But when NASCAR hit the button to illuminate the caution lights, Stenhouse's No. 47 JTG-Daugherty Chevrolet had edged ahead of Logano's Ford, thanks to a timely shove from the third-place finishing Toyota of Christopher Bell, who, like Stenhouse, arrived at the pinnacle of pavement racing from a dirt-track background.

NASCAR declared Stenhouse the winner of the 65th running of the event, a perfect christening of the renewed relationship between the driver and crew chief Mike Kelley, with whom Stenhouse won his two NASCAR Xfinity Series championships more than a decade earlier.

"Yeah, I think this whole off-season Mike just preached how much we all believed in each other," Stenhouse said after climbing from his car. "They left me a note in the car that said they believe in me and to go get the job done tonight. I made a few mistakes. We were able to battle back.

"This Kroger Continental team worked really, really hard in off-season, great pit stops, Hendrick engines. Glad a Chevy won.

"Man, this is unbelievable. This was the site of my last win back in 2017. We've worked really hard. We had a couple shots last year to get a win and fell short. It was a tough season, but, man, we got it done. DAYTONA 500!"

It was a remarkable victory and a perfect highlight for the 75th anniversary of NASCAR racing. Stenhouse is the first driver from a single-car team to win the Great American Race since Trevor Bayne shocked the racing world with the Wood Brothers Racing in 2011.

The win was Stenhouse's third in the Cup Series and first since he took the checkered flag in the Daytona summer race in 2017, snapping a streak of 199 races without a victory. JTG-Daugherty hadn't found Victory Lane since Allmendinger triumphed at Watkins Glen in 2014, a drought of 266 races.

With a push from Kyle Larson after the second overtime restart, Logano held the lead with one lap left.

"Second is the worst, man," Logano lamented. "You're so close. Leading the white flag lap there, I was up front. Kyle gave me a good push and, yeah, you're watching in the mirror and you're three-wide across there. 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.

"I knew if I went to the bottom my car didn't handle good enough. I already got pushed off the bottom once and I thought, if I go down there, I'm probably going to get wrecked, and I don't know if I can get down there in time to throw the block (on Stenhouse) and so I didn't want to wreck my car either."

At 212 laps (530 miles), this DAYTONA 500 was three laps and 7.5 miles longer than the 2020 race, which held the previous record.

Chris Buescher finished fourth after leading 32 laps, second most to Keselowski's 42. Pole winner Alex Bowman was fifth, followed by Allmendinger, Daniel Suarez, Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain and race rookie Riley Herbst.

Blaney made a remarkable recovery after sustaining serious damage in the first wreck of the afternoon.

Until then, the calm of the first 295 miles of racing gave no indication of the chaos to come.

The race ran without incident until Lap 118, when contact from Kevin Harvick's Ford turned Tyler Reddick's Toyota sideways in Turn 4. After bouncing off the outside wall, Reddick's crippled No. 45 Camry came to rest at the entrance to pit road and was towed to the garage.

The No. 43 Chevrolet of Erik Jones and the No. 9 Camaro of 2020 series champion Chase Elliott also sustained terminal damage in what became a nine-car incident.

Blaney lost a lap on pit road under repair, while others involved—Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch, Daniel Suarez and Martin Truex Jr.—remained on the lead lap.

"It looked like some guys got tangled up, up front," Elliott said. "Those of us in the back were just scattering to kind of miss it. It looked like the No. 5 (Larson) and the No. 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. It's a bummer—long ways to go. Hate to end the day, but it is what it is."

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Laps Actual: 212 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 3 Hours 38 Minutes 53 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 145.283
  • Cautions: 8 for 38 laps
  • Lead Changes: 52
  • Green Flag Passes: 11,538 (66.3 passes per green flag lap)

  • Daytona International Speedway
  • DAYTONA 500
  • Race Winner: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
  • Age: 35
  • Team : No. 47 - Kroger/Cottonelle Chevrolet
  • Owner: JTG Daugherty Racing
  • Crew Chief: Mike Kelley
  • Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the DAYTONA 500, his third victory in 365 NASCAR Cup Series races.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 22 races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Joey Logano (second) posted his 10th top-10 finish in 29 races at Daytona International Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Christopher Bell (third) posted his first top-10 finish in seven races at Daytona International Speedway.
  • Noah Gragson (24th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Today's DAYTONA 500 produced 21 different leaders in the race - tied with 2010 for the second-most all-time in the DAYTONA 500; behind only the 2011 race with 22.
  • Today's DAYTONA 500 produced 52 lead changes, the fourth-most in the history of the Great American Race; behind 2011 (74 lead changes), 1974 (60) and 1983 (58).
  • Today's DAYTONA 500 produced 204 Green Flag Passes For The Lead - which is the most all-time at Daytona International Speedway surpassing the previous record of 177 GFPL set in the 2014 DAYTONA 500.
Travis Pastrana and Jimmie Johnson pose for photos
Daytona Beach, Florida - February 19, 2023 : Travis Pastrana, driver of the #67 Black Rifle Coffee Toyota, (L) and Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #84 Carvana Chevrolet, pose for photos backstage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the NASCAR Cup Series 65th Annual Daytona 500 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 16 AJ Allmendinger Los Gatos, CA Dec 16, 1981 42 Chevrolet Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Matt Swiderski
2 10 Aric Almirola Tampa, FL Mar 14, 1984 40 Ford Smithfield Stewart-Haas Racing Drew Blickensderfer
3 6 Brad Keselowski Auburn Hills, MI Feb 12, 1984 40 Ford Nexlizet RFK Racing Matt McCall
4 11 Denny Hamlin Chesterfield, VA Nov 18, 1980 43 Toyota FedEx 50 Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gabehart
5 84 Jimmie Johnson El Cajon, CA Sep 17, 1975 49 Chevrolet Carvana LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Todd Gordon
6 22 Joey Logano Middleton, CT May 24, 1990 34 Ford Shell Pennzoil Team Penske Paul Wolfe
7 4 Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, CA Dec 8, 1975 48 Ford Busch Light Stewart-Haas Racing Rodney Childers
8 8 Kyle Busch Las Vegas, NV May 2, 1985 39 Chevrolet 3CHI Richard Childress Racing Randall Burnett
9 19 Martin Truex Jr Mayetta, NJ Jun 29, 1980 44 Toyota Bass Pro Shops Joe Gibbs Racing James Small
10 34 Michael McDowell Phoenix, AZ Dec 21, 1984 39 Ford Love's Travel Stops Front Row Motorsports Travis Peterson
11 3 Austin Dillon Lewisville, NC Apr 27, 1990 34 Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops Club Richard Childress Racing Keith Rodden
12 47 Ricky Stenhouse Jr Olive Branch, MS Oct 2, 1987 37 Chevrolet Kroger/Cottonelle JTG Daugherty Racing Mike Kelley
13 5 Kyle Larson Sacremento, CA Jul 31, 1992 32 Chevrolet HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Cliff Daniels
14 48 Alex Bowman Tuscon, AZ Apr 25, 1993 31 Chevrolet Ally Hendrick Motorsports Blake Harris
15 12 Ryan Blaney High Point, NC Dec 31, 1993 30 Ford Menards\Blue DEF\PEAK Team Penske Jonathan Hassler
16 7 Corey Lajoie Kannapolis, NC Sep 25, 1991 33 Chevrolet Celsius Spire Motorsports Ryan Sparks
17 77 Ty Dillon Lewisville, NC Feb 27, 1992 32 Chevrolet Ferris Spire Motorsports Kevin Bellicourt
18 9 Chase Elliott Dawsonville, GA Nov 28, 1995 28 Chevrolet NAPA Auto Parts Hendrick Motorsports Alan Gustafson
19 17 Chris Buescher Prosper, TX Oct 29, 1992 31 Ford Fastenal RFK Racing Scott Graves
20 43 Erik Jones Byron, MI May 30, 1996 28 Chevrolet GUNS N' ROSES LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Dave Elenz
21 78 BJ McLeod Wauchula, FL Nov 17, 1983 40 Chevrolet Power Slap Rumble Live Fast Motorsports David Ingram
22 41 Ryan Preece Berlin, CT Oct 25, 1990 33 Ford HaasTooling.com Stewart-Haas Racing Chad Johnston
23 99 Daniel Suarez Monterrey, Mexico Jan 7, 1992 32 Chevrolet Tootsies Orchid Lounge TrackHouse Racing Travis Mack
24 51 Cody Ware Greensboro, NC Nov 7, 1995 28 Ford Biohaven/Jacob Co. Rick Ware Racing Jerry Kelley
25 1 Ross Chastain Alva, FL Dec 4, 1992 31 Chevrolet AdventHealth TrackHouse Racing Phil Surgen
26 23 Bubba Wallace Mobile, AL Oct 8, 1993 31 Toyota McDonald's 23XI Racing Bootie Barker
27 24 William Byron Charlotte, NC Nov 29, 1997 26 Chevrolet RaptorTough.com Hendrick Motorsports Rudy Fugle
28 45 Tyler Reddick Corning, CA Jan 11, 1996 28 Toyota Monster Energy 23XI Racing Billy Scott
29 31 Justin Haley Winamac, IN Apr 28, 1999 25 Chevrolet Cirkul Kaulig Racing Trent Owens
30 20 Christopher Bell Norman, OK Dec 16, 1994 29 Toyota DeWalt - Rheem Joe Gibbs Racing Adam Stevens
31 2 Austin Cindric Columbus, OH Sep 2, 1998 26 Ford Discount Tire Team Penske Jeremy Bullins
32 62 Austin Hill Winston, GA Apr 21, 1994 30 Chevrolet Bennett Transportation/Beard Beard Motorsports Darren Shaw
33 14 Chase Briscoe Mitchell, IN Dec 15, 1994 29 Ford Mahindra Tractors Stewart-Haas Racing Johnny Klausmeier
34 21 Harrison Burton Huntersville, NC Oct 9, 2000 24 Ford Motorcraft \ DEX Imaging Wood Brothers Racing Brian Wilson
35 42 Noah Gragson Las Vegas, NV Jul 15, 1998 26 Chevrolet Wendy's LEGACY MOTOR CLUB Luke Lambert
36 15 Riley Herbst Las Vegas, NV Feb 24, 1999 25 Ford Sunny D Rick Ware Racing Billy Plourde
37 36 Zane Smith Huntington Beach, CA Jun 9, 1999 25 Ford Wellcare Front Row Motorsports Chris Lawson
38 54 Ty Gibbs Charlotte, NC Oct 4, 2002 22 Toyota Monster Energy – Interstate Batteries Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
39 67 Travis Pastrana Annapolis, MD Oct 8, 1983 41 Toyota Black Rifle Coffee 23XI Racing Eric Phillips
40 38 Todd Gilliland Sherrills Ford, NC May 15, 2000 24 Ford gener8tor Skills Front Row Motorsports Ryan Bergenty
41 13 Chandler Smith Talking Rock, GA Jun 26, 2002 22 Chevrolet Quick Tie Inc. Kaulig Racing Eddie Pardue
42 50 Conor Daly Noblesville, IN Dec 15, 1991 32 Chevrolet BitNile.com TMT Racing Tony Eury Jr