Kyle Busch has never won the Daytona 500, one of the rare blemishes on an otherwise impressive career résumé. But oddsmakers believe Sunday could be the day to end that drought. According to DraftKings Sportsbooks,
Denny Hamlin led a trio of Toyota drivers — the manufacturer claimed five of the top six spots — in the opening practice for the Daytona 500.
Denny Hamlin, going for his fourth Daytona 500 victory, was involved in a crash with Josh Berry, Austin Cindric and Zane Smith on lap 63.
Denny Hamlin thought he was in the right spot on the last lap of Sunday’s Daytona 500. Cole Custer saw an opportunity. William Byron collected the checkered flag. Byron went from seventh to first on the backstretch when he slipped by crashing cars to win the Daytona 500 for the second year in a row.
Byron shot from ninth to first on the final lap after Denny Hamlin and Austin Cindric crashed racing for the win
Denny Hamlin led a trio of Toyota drivers -- the manufacturer claimed five of the top six spots -- in Wednesday's opening practice for the Daytona 500.
In all, Daytona has seen 12 multi-time winners and 14 teams win multiple times. William Byron, who captured the checkered flag in 2024, will look to become the first driver to win back-to-back Daytona races since Denny Hamlin did so in 2019 and 2020.
William Byron won his second consecutive Daytona 500, dodging a last-lap wreck that collected several contenders. The Hendrick Motorsports driver became the first back-to-back winner of The Great American Race since Denny Hamlin in 2019-20 Austin Cindric was leading heading to the white flag,
Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner who drives for Joe Gibbs Racing, paced Bubba Wallace, who drives a 23XI entry co-owned by Hamlin and NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. Haml
Denny Hamlin is the only three-time winner in the 2025 Daytona 500 field, making him one of six drivers to ever win at least three Daytona 500s. He will try to become the third driver to win the Great American Race on four occasions when he competes in this year's race at Daytona International Speedway on Sunday at 2:30 p.
Driving the No. 24 car made famous by Jeff Gordon, now one of his bosses at Hendrick Motorsports, William Byron joined Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Sterling Marlin and Denny Hamlin as the only