The field of stock cars came sweeping around the tri-oval to chasing a glimpse of the white flag on Monday night at Daytona International Speedway, with drivers making aggressive moves trying to make their dreams come true.
Ross Chastain attempted to go to the low line and ran out of room, collecting Austin Cindric in the process to bring out the caution flag. Upon replay review William Byron was declared the winner, inches ahead of his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman to take home his first victory in the Great American Race.
The win becomes Byron’s 11th career NASCAR Cup Series victory, coming off of a season where he set career bests in wins (6), top 5’s (15) and top 10’s (21).
It also comes as the first victory of the season for Hendrick Motorsports, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary in the sport this season.
This story will be updated with quotes from the postrace press conference at a later time. Fans can view every postrace press conference across NASCAR from the 2024 season every week on the Always Race Day YouTube Page.
The NASCAR Cup Series will return to the track on Sunday, February 25 for the Ambetter Health 400 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (2:00 p.m. CT on FOX).
NASCAR Cup Series results
66th running of the Daytona 500
Daytona International Speedway
Mon. February 19, 2024
1. William Byron
2. Alex Bowman
3. Christopher Bell
4. Corey LaJoie
5. Bubba Wallace
6. A.J. Allmendinger (i)
7. John Hunter Nemechek
8. Erik Jones
9. Noah Gragson
10. Chase Briscoe
11. Kyle Larson
12. Kyle Busch
13. Zane Smith (R)
14. Chase Elliott
15. Martin Truex Jr.
16. Daniel Hemric
17. Ty Gibbs
18. Chris Buescher
19. Denny Hamlin
20. David Ragan
21. Ross Chastain
22. Austin Cindric
23. Ryan Preece
24. Riley Herbst (i)
25. Josh Berry
26. Justin Haley
27. Anthony Alfredo (i)
28. Jimmie Johnson
29. Tyler Reddick
30. Ryan Blaney
31. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
32. Joey Logano
33. Brad Keselowski
34. Daniel Suarez
35. Todd Gillialnd
36. Michael McDowell
37. Austin Dillon
38. Kaz Grala (R)
39. Harrison Burton
40. Carson Hocevar (R)
(R) – Rookie of the Year contender
(i) – ineligible for Cup Series points
