Nine cars finished within three-tenths of a second in a dramatic final lap at Daytona International Speedway, but William Byron falls short of historic three-peat.

Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500 in a car owned by Michael Jordan. Jordan joined Reddick in victory lane at Daytona International Speedway.

Chase Elliott held the lead off Turn 4 in the 2026 Daytona 500, but could not fend off Tyler Reddick for the win.

Denny Hamlin is driving in the 2026 Daytona 500 less than two months after his father, Dennis Hamlin, died from injuries sustained in a house fire.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Denny Hamlin has a plan for improving racing at Daytona International Speedway, and it involves going faster. He has already spoken to NASCAR executives about it, too. Hamlin shared his idea for fixing the Daytona 500,

Cody Ware and Ty Gibbs started a crash on lap 85 at the 2026 Daytona 500, catching up nine cars, according to the Fox broadcast.

Carson Hocevar and Chase Elliott had brief leads on the last lap at the 2026 Daytona 500, but two crashes led to Tyler Reddick winning the race.

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