In a race that featured a Daytona 500-record 26 leaders, 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick maneuvered round Chase Elliott popping out of Flip 4 to claim his first win within the “Nice American Race,” solely main the ultimate lap.
Listed here are three takeaways from the 68th working of NASCAR‘s most prestigious race:
Tyler Reddick surges late for first Daytona 500 win
One 12 months faraway from a crushing runner-up end to William Byron, Reddick was one spot higher this time round to choose up his ninth profession Cup Collection win.
After a Flip 1 spin on the entrance when Carson Hocevar and Erik Jones bought collectively on the ultimate lap, Reddick discovered himself amongst these in rivalry for the win. As Brad Keselowski, Riley Herbst, Joey Logano, Elliott and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. crashed coming to the end, Reddick escaped by way of the carnage to win by 0.308 seconds over Stenhouse.
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