DAYTONA BEACH, Fla — William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 victory, surviving a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a piece of contenders and despatched the Hendrick Motorsports driver into victory lane Sunday evening at Daytona International Speedway.
Ninth within the No. 24 Chevrolet with one lap left, Byron turned the primary back-to-back winner since Denny Hamlin in 2019-20.
Bryon took benefit of one other wreck on the ultimate lap – NASCAR didn’t drop the warning and let the sphere race to the end – and took one other, acquainted burnout in Daytona International Speedway.
The 27-year-old Byron held on to win after two climate delays totaling greater than 3 1/2 hours, and with President Donald Trump set to observe the remainder of the race in Florida, after he earlier led drivers on two laps across the monitor in his closely armored presidential limousine recognized in Washington as “The Beast.”
