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Tyler Reddick Wins Daytona 500 With Final-Lap Pass for 23XI's First

The season opener ushers in a revived Chase system that awards extra points for wins without guaranteeing a postseason berth.

Overview

  • Reddick led only the 200th lap after a lap-192 incident between Joe Gibbs Racing teammates set up a three-lap sprint to the finish.
  • The start time was moved up by an hour to reduce the risk from forecast storms at Daytona International Speedway.
  • A roughly 17–20 car pileup around laps 123–124 and additional late wrecks thinned the field and shaped the closing laps.
  • NASCAR kept the race under green to the checkered as cars crashed behind the leaders, with teammate Riley Herbst’s push helping Reddick clear the pack.
  • Zane Smith won Stage 1 and Bubba Wallace won Stage 2 as the race featured 66 lead changes among 26 of 41 starters; the top five were Reddick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski.