Stenhouse’s unexpected victory at the Daytona 500 breaks the NASCAR winless streak

On the last lap, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. beat off Joey Logano, and a collision behind him gave him the win in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

Kyle Larson shoved Stenhouse, 35, into the lead for the first time in the race during the first overtime, but an accident involving Austin Dillon and William Byron forced a second two-lap overtime.

Logano moved ahead of Stenhouse as the second overtime period got underway, but a strong effort from Christopher Bell propelled Stenhouse over Logano as Travis Pastrana and Aric Almirola collided, bringing out the flag once more.

Stenhouse was awarded as the champion since the race was ended and he had already claimed the white flag.

“When (Kyle Busch) went to the bottom there I was able to push (Logano) and (Larson),” Stenhouse said of the first overtime. “We had a huge run. I was hoping we were going to get to the white (flag) there, and we didn’t, so I knew I was going to take the top.

“I was hoping (Logano) was going to follow, and he did. He was able to push us out. I went to the bottom, (Busch) and (Logano) got a huge run. Larson split me in the middle, but another fellow dirt racer with Bell gave me a good shot down the little short chute into (Turn) 1, and we were out front when the caution came out.

“We were out of fuel so the fuel light was going crazy. I hope y’all had fun. That was a heck of a race.”

It’s Stenhouse’s third NASCAR Cup victory overall and his first since 2017. His three victories have included several on superspeedways.

Additionally, it is JTG Daugherty Racing’s first victory since A.J. Allmendinger’s victory at Watkins Glen in 2014!

“Man, this is unbelievable,” Stenhouse said. “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.”

With 212 laps, or 530 miles, the race also set a new record for length.

Alex Bowman, the pole-winner, finished fifth, followed by Chris Buescher in fourth, Logano in third, and Bell in fourth.

Cla	#	Driver		Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Laps Led	Retirement	Points	Bonus
1	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.		Chevrolet	212	3:38’52.921			10		48
2	22	Joey Logano		Ford	212	3:38’53.590	0.669	0.669	12		42
3	20	Christopher Bell		Toyota	212	3:38’53.591	0.670	0.001	20		35
4	17	Chris Buescher		Ford	212	3:38’55.659	2.738	2.068	32		43
5	48	Alex Bowman		Chevrolet	212	3:38’58.392	5.471	2.733	12		41
6	16	A.J. Allmendinger		Chevrolet	212	3:38’58.955	6.034	0.563	1		34
7	99	Daniel Suarez		Chevrolet	212	3:38’59.316	6.395	0.361	3		30
8	12	Ryan Blaney		Ford	212	3:38’59.737	6.816	0.421	1		29
9	1	Ross Chastain		Chevrolet	212	3:39’01.223	8.302	1.486	6		38
10	15	Riley Herbst		Ford	212	3:39’02.941	10.020	1.718
11	67	Travis Pastrana		Toyota	212	3:39’05.460	12.539	2.519	2		26
12	4	Kevin Harvick		Ford	212	3:39’05.461	12.540	0.001	1		32
13	36	Zane Smith		Ford	212	3:39’08.981	16.060	3.520
14	51	Cody Ware		Ford	212	3:39’09.317	16.396	0.336			23
15	7	Corey Lajoie		Chevrolet	212	3:39’16.694	23.773	7.377			22
16	19	Martin Truex Jr.		Toyota	212	3:39’16.695	23.774	0.001	13		28
17	11	Denny Hamlin		Toyota	212	3:39’46.185	53.264	29.490	6		20
18	5	Kyle Larson		Chevrolet	211	3:37’57.910	1 Lap	1 Lap	6	Accident	19
19	8	Kyle Busch		Chevrolet	211	3:37’57.947	1 Lap	0.037	6	Accident	18
20	23	Bubba Wallace		Toyota	211	3:37’58.053	1 Lap	0.106	5	Accident	17
21	10	Aric Almirola		Ford	211	3:37’58.268	1 Lap	0.215	16	Accident	19
22	6	Brad Keselowski		Ford	211	3:37’58.275	1 Lap	0.007	42	Accident	25
23	2	Austin Cindric		Ford	210	3:38’08.243	2 Laps	1 Lap		Accident	20
24	42	Noah Gragson		Chevrolet	210	3:39’05.570	2 Laps	57.327			13
25	54	Ty Gibbs		Toyota	210	3:39’17.861	2 Laps	12.291			17
26	21	Harrison Burton		Ford	210	3:39’20.585	2 Laps	2.724	9		11
27	38	Todd Gilliland		Ford	208	3:37’16.756	4 Laps	2 Laps		Accident	11
28	34	Michael McDowell		Ford	208	3:39’39.854	4 Laps	2’23.098			15
29	50	Conor Daly		Chevrolet	206	3:39’21.762	6 Laps	2 Laps
30	78	B.J. McLeod		Chevrolet	204	3:39’28.706	8 Laps	2 Laps			7
31	84	Jimmie Johnson		Chevrolet	203	3:20’58.059	9 Laps	1 Lap		Accident	10
32	31	Justin Haley		Chevrolet	203	3:21’46.803	9 Laps	48.744		Accident	5
33	3	Austin Dillon		Chevrolet	202	3:19’50.532	10 Laps	1 Lap		Accident	4
34	24	William Byron		Chevrolet	202	3:19’50.623	10 Laps	0.091		Accident	7
35	14	Chase Briscoe		Ford	182	2:56’04.048	30 Laps	20 Laps	5	Accident	2
36	41	Ryan Preece		Ford	181	2:51’57.248	31 Laps	1 Lap	4	Accident	10
37	43	Erik Jones		Chevrolet	118	1:41’16.699	94 Laps	63 Laps		Accident	1
38	9	Chase Elliott		Chevrolet	118	1:41’38.230	94 Laps	21.531		Accident	1
39	45	Tyler Reddick		Toyota	117	1:39’55.468	95 Laps	1 Lap		Accident	1
40	77	Ty Dillon		Chevrolet	26	20’36.377	186 Laps	91 Laps

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