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Nick DeGroot

76 years later: The shared history of Ryan Preece and NASCAR's forgotten champion

2026 has been a fun season for NASCAR fans interested in numerology, specifically in relation to race-winning car numbers.

Tyler Reddick was the first driver to ever win the Daytona 500 with the No. 45, while it also became the 31st different car number to win NASCAR's biggest race.

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