Sunday, February 20, 2022

Will There Be a Daytona 500 Repeat Winner?

Will There Be a #NASCAR Daytona 500 Repeat Winner?

Are you ready for the return of the NASCAR Cup Series? The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long NASCAR Cup Series race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. 

 

Daytona International Speedway is 2.5 miles (4 km) long and a 500-mile race requires 200 laps to complete. The 2020 running is the longest Daytona 500 contested, lasting 209 laps/522.5 miles. 

 

Will there be a repeat winner today or will a newbie step into Victory Lane? 

 

Below is the list of Daytona Winner to help you decide.

 

Daytona International Speedway is 2.5 miles long

 
Winners of the Daytona 500
Year No. Driver Team
2021 34 Michael McDowell Front Row Motorsports
2020 11 Denny Hamlin (3) Joe Gibbs Racing (4)
2019 11 Denny Hamlin (2) Joe Gibbs Racing (3)
2018 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing (3)
2017 41 Kurt Busch Stewart-Haas Racing
2016 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing (2)
2015 22 Joey Logano Team Penske (2)
2014 88 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2) Hendrick Motorsports (8)
2013 48 Jimmie Johnson (2) Hendrick Motorsports (7)
2012 17 Matt Kenseth (2) Roush Fenway Racing (2)
2011 21 Trevor Bayne Wood Brothers Racing (5)
2010 1 Jamie McMurray Earnhardt Ganassi Racing
2009 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing
2008 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing
2007 29 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing (2)
2006 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports (6)
2005 24 Jeff Gordon (3) Hendrick Motorsports (5)
2004 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (3)
2003 15 Michael Waltrip (2) Dale Earnhardt, Inc. (2)
2002 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing
2001 15 Michael Waltrip Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
2000 88 Dale Jarrett (3) Robert Yates Racing (3)
1999 24 Jeff Gordon (2) Hendrick Motorsports (4)
1998 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing
1997 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports (3)
1996 88 Dale Jarrett (2) Robert Yates Racing (2)
1995 4 Sterling Marlin (2) Morgan-McClure Mpts (3)
1994 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Mpts (2)
1993 18 Dale Jarrett Joe Gibbs Racing
1992 28 Davey Allison Robert Yates Racing
1991 4 Ernie Irvan Morgan-McClure Motorsports
1990 10 Derrike Cope Whitcomb Racing
1989 17 Darrell Waltrip Hendrick Motorsports (2)
1988 12 Bobby Allison (3) Stavola Brothers Racing
1987 9 Bill Elliott (2) Melling Racing (2)
1986 5 Geoffrey Bodine Hendrick Motorsports
1985 9 Bill Elliott Melling Racing
1984 28 Cale Yarborough (4) Ranier-Lundy (3)
1983 28 Cale Yarborough (3) Ranier-Lundy (2)
1982 88 Bobby Allison (2) DiGard Motorsports
1981 43 Richard Petty (7) Petty Enterprises (9)
1980 28 Buddy Baker Ranier-Lundy
1979 43 Richard Petty (6) Petty Enterprises (8)
1978 15 Bobby Allison Bud Moore Engineering
1977 11 Cale Yarborough (2) Junior Johnson & Assoc. (2)
1976 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing (4)
1975 72 Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt
1974 43 Richard Petty (5) Petty Enterprises (7)
1973 43 Richard Petty (4) Petty Enterprises (6)
1972 21 A. J. Foyt Wood Brothers Racing (3)
1971 43 Richard Petty (3) Petty Enterprises (5)
1970 40 Pete Hamilton Petty Enterprises (4)
1969 98 LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson & Associates
1968 21 Cale Yarborough Wood Brothers Racing (2)
1967 11 Mario Andretti† Holman-Moody (2)
1966 43 Richard Petty (2) Petty Enterprises (3)
1965 28 Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody
1964 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises (2)
1963 21 Tiny Lund Wood Brothers Racing
1962 22 Fireball Roberts Jim Stephens
1961 20 Marvin Panch Smokey Yunick
1960 27 Junior Johnson John Masoni
1959 42 Lee Petty Petty Enterprises

 (number) indicates how many Daytona 500 wins that driver has. 


by NASCAR Race Mom

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