![]() But here’s the most interesting similarity between the two NASCAR Xfinity Series. Brad and I left together hooked up on bumpers and we were able to get some good speed and when the Toyotas and Chevys joined the track, we had so much momentum we were able to keep the lead. Cindric won at Daytona International Speedway in 2021 and Gibbs won at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2022. If you speed, you make a mistake, you slide the tires, your day is done. “We knew it was and it always comes down to that green-flag stop. McDowell agreed that it all came down to the pit stop and the strategy that comes from working as a team. Last year, Joey Logano and Brad Keselowski wrecked as they battled for the win on the last lap. They all blew by us because they were single file, so it just took away the power that I got and that’s getting through traffic.” For the second year in a row, Team Penske teammates dueled to win the Daytona 500. ![]() Johnson led the 67 laps, which was the most of the 200-lap event, and beat the likes of Lee Petty and. We came out in front of everybody and didn’t have any help to get up to speed. Junior Johnson won the second annual Daytona 500 driving the No. “We didn’t execute too good on pit road,” Hamlin said. He never could regain the momentum he needed to win. Trevor Baynes 2011 Daytona 500 victory as a rookie is even more remarkable because it was his only win across his 187 Cup Series starts. 'Scores Of Idiots Dont Realize Fox Is Airing Last Years Daytona 500. The Toyotas came out of the stop not in unison and had trouble forming a pack that could push Hamlin back to the front. won the Daytona 500 on Sunday night after a nearly 6½-hour rain delay. The Fords, which included McDowell, all came in on Lap 170, the Chevys on 171 and Toyotas, which included Hamlin, on Lap 173. The drama of the last laps was set up by the final pit stop. The two overtimes pushed the 65th running of the race to a record 212 laps a dozen laps beyond the scheduled distance and a whopping 530 miles (850 km). In fact, Hamlin won the first two stages of the race. Stenhouse won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution Sunday night in the longest running of The Great American Race. Who won the 2013 Daytona 500 Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Johnson, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, won the race, making this his first win of the season and his second win in the Great American Race and his first since the 2006 race. He was going for an unprecedented third straight Daytona 500 victory. All 16 winners of 2021 races have a feasible path to winning again this year as well as drivers who didn’t win last year such as Harvick, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric. ![]() It appeared it was Hamlin’s race to lose, as he led 98 of the 200 laps. Sports Huge crash takes out several cars before long rain delay at Daytona 500Ī huge crash 14 laps into the Daytona 500 takes several cars out of the race just before a nearly six-hour long rain delay.Ĭhase Elliott finished second followed by Austin Dillon, Harvick and Denny Hamlin. ![]()
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