Joey Logano

Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who had been winless since the 2017 season, notched his third career Cup win Sunday in the 65th annual Daytona 500.

He was followed by Jimmie Johnson (84), who returned to Daytona as a driver/owner of Legacy Motorsports Club as the top-finishing Chevrolet, SHR's Almirola (No. Chastain, in the No. Reddick then careened into Blaney in the No. Hendrick Motorsports teammates Bowman, who won the pole, and Larson, led the field to the green flag in the opening stage. 45 23XI Racing Toyota, got loose after a bump from Kevin Harvick in the Stewart-Haas Racing No. drove the JTG Daugherty Racing No. In the first overtime, Austin Dillon, the 2018 Daytona 500 winner, spun out in his No. 22 Team Penske Ford) was fourth and Logano's teammate, Austin Cindric, the 2022 Daytona 500 winner, was fifth in the No. 8 Chevrolet), seeking his first Daytona 500 win in his illustrious career, was leading Dillon, his Richard Childress Racing teammate, when the caution flag flew. Shortly after the final green-flag pit stops began on Lap 176 of 200, a couple of former Cup Series champions and a Daytona 500 winner got caught in some on-track chaos. Dillon got bumped by William Byron in the No. Stenhouse, driving the No.

Stenhouse earned his first win in The Great American Race after leading at the moment of caution on the final lap.

Track workers are still blowing speedi-dry off the inside line entering and into the trioval. One to go at the line. Kyle Larson trying to become the latest Cup champion to win a Daytona 500. OFFICIAL: The No. [#DAYTONA500] [pic.twitter.com/aqq2EKR0vS] [February 20, 2023] [#DAYTONA500] [pic.twitter.com/LGJI1GYhNb] [February 20, 2023] Bummed but proud of our 8 group for sticking w it this wknd n giving us a real good backup car. The field was frozen at the moment of caution per NASCAR rules, and Stenhouse was just ahead of Logano to win the Daytona 500 for single-car JTG Daugherty Racing. Stenhouse and Logano then hooked up again for double overtime, but Stenhouse appeared to be a sitting duck as both Logano and Stenhouse made their moves at the white flag. has won the 65th Daytona 500, making his way to the lead in double overtime and then emerging ahead of Joey Logano at the moment of caution on the final lap to earn the biggest win of his NASCAR Cup Series career. He gets his third career NASCAR Cup Series win, and it comes in the Daytona 500! was ahead at the moment of caution!

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. held off Joey Logano and several caution flags to win the Daytona 500 for the first time. Logano finished right behind him.

He failed to reach the top 10 in any Daytona 500 finish before Sunday’s win since 2014. Busch, Austin Dillon and William Byron would tail off while the Chevys made the push in overtime. He finished in 11th. Stenhouse held off Joey Logano on the final lap of overtime as a wreck involving Kyle Larson and several other drivers caused the caution flag to come out. Busch even noted that if it was 1998 – when Dale Earnhardt won the race under caution – he would’ve been declared the winner. Preece, Michael McDowell, Martin Truex Jr., Chase Briscoe, Ty Gibbs and Jimmie Johnson got caught up in a wreck in Lap 182.

With one lap to go in NASCAR's 'overtime' rules, Aric Almirola got rookie driver Travis Pastrana loose, causing him to hit Kyle Larson and cause a wreck.

He was collected in one of the crashes in overtime and finished 31st. Brad Keselowski led a race-high 42 laps, but finished 22nd to drop to 0 for 14 in the race he desperately wants to win. But, no, it's just par for the course, just used to it and come down here every year to just find out when and where I'm going to crash and what lap I come out of the care center,' Busch said. It marked the first time the pole-sitter has finished in the top five since Bill Elliott in 2001. Harvick is retiring at the end of the year. Ross Chastain of Trackhouse and Riley Herbst of Rick Ware Racing rounded out the top 10. 'I think this is the first time I led lap 200, so I wish it was 1998 rules. This was the site of my last win back in 2017. There´s nothing like winning the Daytona 500. 'Second is the worst, man,' Logano said. We had a couple shots last year to get a win and fell short. 'I think this whole offseason Mike just preached how much we all believed in each other,' Stenhouse said.

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There was a ton of drama in the final stage and overtime. But then came the end of Stage 3. There was the incident a few laps later, when a Martin Truex Jr. That run ended the days for Reddick, Erik Jones and Chase Elliott — and it also inflicted substantial damage on Ryan Blaney’s No. (The hit didn’t immediately end Blaney’s day, but it effectively knocked him out of the chase for a Daytona 500 win that has so long eluded him.) And I decided to go behind the 5.” I felt like the three wide was going a hurt a lane; looked like Kyle was getting pushed ahead, and then Ricky started getting pushed ahead. I already got pushed off the bottom once and I thought, if I go down there, I’m probably going to get wrecked, and I don’t know if I can get down there in time to throw the block and so I didn’t want to wreck my car either. “So I was committed to picking the leader, and I’m like, ‘I’m just going to pick behind the leader,’” Bell told reporters on pit road. The 2023 iteration of NASCAR’s biggest race ultimately came down to two overtime restarts, where the only JTG Daugherty Cup driver started in the lead. Logano laughed but was clearly frustrated after his second-place finish on Sunday — one that saw him fall just a few feet short of his second Daytona 500 win. He was only a few feet in front of Joey Logano.

Throughout his career, Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. has been labeled as one of the most aggressive superspeedway races in the NASCAR Cup Series.

has been labeled as one of the most aggressive superspeedway races in the NASCAR Cup Series. Herbst, driving for Rick Ware Racing, piloted the No. Alex Bowman rounded out the top five.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. did the improbable. The 47 car was the one in front when the caution after the white flag had already come out.

Reigning champion in Joey Logano started his 2023 campaign with a runner-up finish during the 65th running of the "Great American Race."

We executed really well and that put us in position there at the end really to get the lead. The Sunday performance also backed up a rock-solid showing in the days leading up to the 500 – fifth-fastest in time trials, a victory in a Duel qualifying race and a third-place starting spot for the main event. Three-quarters of the way through the next-to-last lap, Stenhouse gained a bit of a margin and shifted lanes, leaving Logano to lead the top side with Kyle Busch’s No. I felt like the three-wide was going to hurt a lane; looked like Kyle (Larson) was getting pushed ahead, and then Ricky started getting pushed ahead. You’re so close to winning the biggest race of the year. However, his late-hour push toward the front wasn’t quite enough to seal the deal in overtime, and a last-lap caution turned the outcome into a career-defining victory for Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Two-time NASCAR Cup champion Joey Logano used a few choice words to describe his narrow second-place finish to race winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in Sunday's ...

“I was trying to get back through the field and try to be the guy that was pushing. “I wasn’t the guy to be leading,” Logano said. “When they wrecked, I was leading, so whoever was up there (in race control) wasn’t quick enough on the button,” Logano said.

Q. Joey, you had a clear shot out front; you could see where you needed to be. What are the emotions right now? JOEY LOGANO: Second is the worst, man....

I knew if I went to the bottom my car didn't handle good enough. I felt like the three wide was going a hurt a lane; looked like Kyle was getting pushed ahead, and then Ricky started getting pushed ahead. Kyle gave me a good push and, yeah, you're watching in the mirror and you're three wide across there.

Joey Logano has tasted the thrill of victory in the Daytona 500 before. He nearly got to again Sunday night during the 65th running of the event.

I had already got pushed off the bottom once and I knew if I went down there I was probably going to get wrecked,” he continued. “I wasn’t sure if I could get down there in time to throw the block … “I knew if I went to the bottom, my car wouldn’t handle well enough. to the lead in double overtime and holding second at the white flag, Logano was well-positioned to try and take home the Harley J. “Leading the white flag lap there, I was up front. He nearly got to again Sunday night during the 65th running of the Great American Race.