William Byron leaps into his pit cfew after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)Ryan Preece’s car goes airborne in Turn 3 after colliding with Erik Jones (43) during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)Multiple cars collide along the backstretch during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)Helio Castroneves (91), John Hunter Nemechek (42) y Cody Ware (51) chocan mientras Brad Keselowski (6) se agacha para evitar el accidente durante la carrera de autos NASCAR Daytona 500 en el Daytona International Speedway, el domingo 16 de febrero de 2025, en Daytona Beach, Florida. (Foto AP/David Graham)Helio Castroneves (91) slides sideways and Martin Truex Jr. (56) makes contact with Ross Chastain (1) during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/David Graham)Helio Castroneves (91), Ross Chastain (1) and Martin Truex Jr. (56) get involved in a multi-car collision between Turns 1 and 2 during the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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William Byron leaps into his pit cfew after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)
DAYTONA BEACH – William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 victory, surviving a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a chunk of contenders and sent the Hendrick Motorsports driver into victory lane Sunday night at Daytona International Speedway.
Ninth in the No. 24 Chevrolet with one lap left, Byron became the first back-to-back winner since Denny Hamlin in 2019-20.
Bryon took advantage of another wreck on the final lap — NASCAR did not drop the caution and let the field race to the finish — and took another, familiar burnout in Daytona International Speedway.
The 27-year-old Byron held on to win after two weather delays totaling more than 3 1/2 hours, and with President Donald Trump set to watch the rest of the race in Florida, after he earlier led drivers on two laps around the track in his heavily armored presidential limousine known in Washington as “The Beast.”
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