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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona 500 belongs to Hendrick Motorsports once again. William Byron is the 2024 winner after taking the lead on a restart with four laps to go. Byron then took the checkered flag after Ross Chastain and Austin Cindric crashed to bring out a race-ending caution after the lead pack took the white flag. Byron led a Hendrick Motorsports 1-2 finish over teammate Alex Bowman, kicking off the team’s 40th Anniversary season with their record-tying ninth win of The Great American Race.
Byron’s Daytona 500 win marks his 11th career Cup Series win, and comes one year after he led the Cup Series with six wins on his way to a Championship 4 spot in 2023. It also brings the Hendrick No. 24 back to Victory Lane in the Daytona 500, a place it visited three times with NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon behind the wheel in 1997, 1999 and 2005.
With their ninth victory in the Daytona 500, Hendrick Motorsports now moves into a tie for the most all-time, a mark it now holds with Petty Enterprises.
This breaking news story will be updated with more information shortly.
Daytona 500 unofficial results
- #24 – William Byron
- #48 – Alex Bowman
- #20 – Christopher Bell
- #7 – Corey LaJoie
- #23 – Bubba Wallace
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