2024 Daytona 500

2024 Daytona 500
Race details[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
Race 1 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19)
Location Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (800 km)
Average speed 157.178 miles per hour (252.953 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Team Penske
Time 49.465
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Tyler Reddick 23XI Racing
Duel 2 Winner Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing
Most laps led
Driver Joey Logano Team Penske
Laps 46
Winner
No. 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network Fox
Announcers Mike Joy, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick
Radio in the United States
Radio MRN
Booth Announcers Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle, and Rusty Wallace
Turn Announcers Dave Moody (1 & 2), Mike Bagley (Backstretch), and Dillon Welch (3 & 4)

The 2024 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race and the 66th running of the event. It was held on Monday, February 19, 2024, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.[3] It was the first race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. It was originally supposed to be run on February 18, but was postponed due to rain.

William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports won the race after Ross Chastain and Austin Cindric, who were running second and third, crashed in the tri-oval coming to the white flag when the former tried to pass Byron for the lead. It was the first Daytona 500 win for Hendrick since 2014. After an early crash, the race was clean until the Big One with nine laps to go. 23 cars were involved in that pileup which brought out the red flag.

This was the last Daytona 500 entry for 2009 polesitter and 2016 runner-up Martin Truex Jr., who is set to retire at the end of the season.[12][13]

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  9. ^ "First Practice Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. February 16, 2024. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  10. ^ "Daytona 500 Results". NASCAR.com. NASCAR. February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  11. ^ "Points standings" (PDF). Jayski.com. Jayski's Silly Season Site. February 19, 2024. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  12. ^ Bianchi, Jordan (June 14, 2024). "NASCAR's Truex expected to announce retirement". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 14, 2024.
  13. ^ Spencer, Reid (June 14, 2024). "Martin Truex Jr. set to retire from full-time competition after 2024 season". NASCAR. Retrieved June 15, 2024.