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The Latest Breaking News from Daytona 500

Jimmie Johnson gets No. 48 back for his final Daytona 500

The seven-time champion will make his 703rd and final Cup start in the number he carried to 83 victories

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Atlanta NASCAR Cup qualifying cancelled, Tyler Reddick on pole

The newly crowned Daytona 500 will lead the field to the green flag in Sunday's NASCAR Cup race

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TV ratings are in for NASCAR’s Daytona 500 week

It's a combination of real growth and steadiness from last year

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Denny Hamlin shares blame with Justin Allgaier for massive Daytona 500 incident

It's an 80-20 situation in hindsight

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Zane Smith wanted Daytona 500 win but settles for good points day

Sixth place in the Great American Race and fourth in the standings is forward positive

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Every time the Daytona 500 champion only led a single lap

It's a rare but recent phenomenon, and Reddick is the latest driver to only lead the final lap en route to their Daytona 500 triumph

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Winners and losers from a spectacular 2026 Daytona 500

There is plenty to dissect after a compelling 500 miles of action at Daytona International Speedway, and a lot of winners and losers

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Video Of Michael Jordan Touching Young Fan At Daytona 500 Sparks Heated Debate

Michael Jordan’s interaction with a child went viral online, with many claiming it was “inappropriate” for “any adult to be touching a child’s backside.”

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‘Actually gross’: Fans baffled at bizarre Michael Jordan interaction with kid at Daytona 500, ‘what is MJ DOING?’

Is there an innocent explanation?

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All the reasons why the Daytona 500 meant so much to Tyler Reddick

This was a big deal for three generations of the Reddick family

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Inside the battle that decided the Daytona 500

A race-ending caution could have come out at any moment after the white flag

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Brad Keselowski calls Riley Herbst block "one of the dumbest things I've ever seen"

Keselowski is now 0-17 in the Daytona 500, and he was critical of Herbst's driving in the final seconds of the race

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Tyler Reddick takes Daytona 500 victory in car owned by Michael Jordan

Driving a Toyota for 23XI Racing, Reddick remarkably led only the final lap of Sunday's race to claim the title

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Michael Jordan reacts to Daytona 500 win: "It feels like I won a championship"

Michael Jordan was right there in Victory Lane to celebrate with his driver after an incredible drive to win the Daytona 500

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Michael Jordan in Disbelief After Tyler Reddick Hands 23XI Its First Daytona 500 Win

The NBA champion just notched another big win.

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Official race results for the 2026 Daytona 500

Tyler Reddick delivered 23XI Racing a dramatic win in Sunday's Daytona 500, passing Chase Elliott in the final seconds of the race

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Driving for Michael Jordan, Tyler Reddick wins the Daytona 500 in wreck-filled finish

Hocevar was leading at the white flag, Elliott was leading out of Turn 4, but both got wrecked before they could reach the finish line

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‘3-finger salute’: Why NASCAR drivers made this touching gesture in the 2026 Daytona 500

Drivers and fans held up a three-finger salute in unison to the late NASCAR champion Earnhardt, 25 years after his death in the 2001 Daytona 500

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How many feet are in 500 miles? Nobody knows, at least Nate Bargatze doesn't at the Daytona 500

Comedian Nate Bargatze served as the grand marshal for the Daytona 500

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50 years later: David Pearson’s incredible 20mph Daytona 500 victory

There have been many shocking finishes in the history of the Daytona 500, but there's nothing quite like what went down in 1976

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Unprecedented: How every Daytona 500 three-peat was derailed

William Byron was attempting to achieve something never done before in the history of NASCAR’s biggest race, but in the end, fate had other plans

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The storylines to follow throughout the 2026 Daytona 500

A new season of NASCAR has arrived, and there's already a lot of interesting stories unfolding throughout the field ahead of the season-opener at Daytona International Speedway

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Ryan Preece leads final Daytona 500 practice, despite handling concerns

Preece wasn't entirely happy with the handling of his No. 60 Ford, despite topping the speed charts

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Why the 2027 Daytona 500 is the end of a road for Jimmie Johnson

... but only in the Cup Series

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