2025 Daytona 500 official race results

William Byron, driver of the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, is now just one of five drivers to go back-to-back in the Daytona 500, taking the win only after five leaders tangled on the backstretch in a mad dash to the checkered flag. He held off Tyler Reddick in second and Jimmie Johnson in third in the final running order.

After a slow start with over three hours worth of rain delays, the race finally got underway in the late afternoon. The race was fairly clean until the closing portions of the event, which featured a spectacular and terrifying airborne crash by Ryan Preece. Thankfully, he was uninjured.

Ryan Preece, RFK Racing Ford (Photo by: James Gilbert / Getty Images)

Joey Logano earned the Stage 1 victory while his Penske teammate Ryan Blaney won Stage 2. Also, Michael McDowell earned the Xfinity fastest lap, earning himself an additional point.

But as for Byron, he led just 10 laps en route to the checkered flag. One year ago, he led only four laps before taking victory his first victory in the 500. In total, eleven cars failed to make it to the finish with 24 finishing on the lead lap.

FULL RESULTS

Cla	Driver	#	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Interval	Pits	Points
1	W. ByronHendrick Motorsports	24	Chevrolet	201	3:53'25.002		10	41
2	T. Reddick23XI Racing	45	Toyota	201	+0.113 3:53'25.115	0.113	11	38
3	J. JohnsonLegacy Motor Club	84	Toyota	201	+0.696 3:53'25.698	0.583	15	34
4	C. BriscoeJoe Gibbs Racing	19	Toyota	201	+1.407 3:53'26.409	0.711	14	33
5	J. NemechekLegacy Motor Club	42	Toyota	201	+1.680 3:53'26.682	0.273	12	32
6	A. BowmanHendrick Motorsports	48	Chevrolet	201	+3.373 3:53'28.375	1.693	12	42
7	R. BlaneyTeam Penske	12	Ford	201	+6.389 3:53'31.391	3.016	13	48
8	A. CindricTeam Penske	2	Ford	201	+6.477 3:53'31.479	0.088	10	38
9	J. AllgaierJR Motorsports	40	Chevrolet	201	+7.853 3:53'32.855	1.376	19
10	C. BuescherRFK Racing	17	Ford	201	+8.018 3:53'33.020	0.165	11	32
11	M. McDowellSpire Motorsports	71	Chevrolet	201	+9.218 3:53'34.220	1.200	12	27
12	E. JonesLegacy Motor Club	43	Toyota	201	+10.850 3:53'35.852	1.632	13	31
13	D. SuarezTrackHouse Racing	99	Chevrolet	201	+10.851 3:53'35.853	0.001	12	29
14	T. DillonKaulig Racing	10	Chevrolet	201	+11.128 3:53'36.130	0.277	15	23
15	C. ElliottHendrick Motorsports	9	Chevrolet	201	+11.452 3:53'36.454	0.324	13	30
16	T. GibbsJoe Gibbs Racing	54	Toyota	201	+11.453 3:53'36.455	0.001	10	21
17	R. Herbst23XI Racing	35	Toyota	201	+13.079 3:53'38.081	1.626	15	20
18	R. Stenhouse JrHyak Motorsports	47	Chevrolet	201	+14.246 3:53'39.248	1.167	13	26
19	J. HaleySpire Motorsports	7	Chevrolet	201	+17.520 3:53'42.522	3.274	13	18
20	K. LarsonHendrick Motorsports	5	Chevrolet	201	+20.608 3:53'45.610	3.088	12	17
21	C. CusterHaas Factory Team	41	Ford	201	+32.291 3:53'57.293	11.683	14	16
22	C. LajoieRick Ware Racing	01	Ford	201	+1'01.057 3:54'26.059	28.766	11	15
23	A. DillonRichard Childress Racing	3	Chevrolet	201	+1'12.593 3:54'37.595	11.536	12	14
24	D. HamlinJoe Gibbs Racing	11	Toyota	201	+1'25.841 3:54'50.843	13.248	14	13
25	C. WareRick Ware Racing	51	Ford	200	+1 Lap 3:52'37.550	1 Lap	12	12
26	B. KeselowskiRFK Racing	6	Ford	200	+1 Lap 3:54'13.201	1'35.651	15	20
27	T. GillilandFront Row Motorsports	34	Ford	199	+2 Laps 3:53'55.749	1 Lap	15	16
28	N. GragsonFront Row Motorsports	4	Ford	198	+3 Laps 3:53'43.430	1 Lap	13	9
29	B. Wallace23XI Racing	23	Toyota	197	+4 Laps 3:47'38.742	1 Lap	11	10
30	C. HocevarSpire Motorsports	77	Chevrolet	196	+5 Laps 3:44'21.382	1 Lap	14	7
31	C. BellJoe Gibbs Racing	20	Toyota	195	+6 Laps 3:43'06.048	1 Lap	11	12
32	R. PreeceRFK Racing	60	Ford	195	+6 Laps 3:43'06.405	0.357	11	5
33	S. van GisbergenTrackHouse Racing	88	Chevrolet	193	+8 Laps 3:53'55.238	2 Laps	16	4
34	K. BuschRichard Childress Racing	8	Chevrolet	186	+15 Laps 3:37'20.159	7 Laps	16	4
35	J. LoganoTeam Penske	22	Ford	185	+16 Laps 3:27'00.562	1 Lap	12	15
36	Z. SmithFront Row Motorsports	38	Ford	108	+93 Laps 3:03'17.860	77 Laps	9	1
37	J. BerryWood Brothers Racing	21	Ford	105	+96 Laps 2:51'07.468	3 Laps	9	1
38	M. Truex JrTRICON Garage	56	Toyota	71	+130 Laps 1:33'03.699	34 Laps	7	1
39	H. CastronevesTrackHouse Racing	91	Chevrolet	70	+131 Laps 1:31'31.030	1 Lap	6
40	R. ChastainTrackHouse Racing	1	Chevrolet	70	+131 Laps 1:31'31.304	0.274	7	1
41	A. AllmendingerKaulig Racing	16	Chevrolet	42	+159 Laps 1:00'06.853	28 Laps	6	1