He got wrecked after the checkered flag when another driver rear-ended him, not realizing the race was over. Castroneves won the Indianapolis 500 as a rookie in 2001 and also in '02, '09 and '21.

Byron threaded the needle, taking his thoroughbred beyond Hamlin's wandering vehicle. He then outlasted Tyler Reddick across ...

Helio Castroneves has conquered open-wheel racing, but stock cars at Daytona? The post Daytona 500: Brazilian 'OEP' Star ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. But our other major single-day events — the Kentucky Derby, Indy 500 and, yes, Daytona 500 among them — have become “the place to see ...

The Daytona 500 has become one of the biggest events in sports, rivaling the Super Bowl in terms of celebrity attendance and hype. From the moment the gates open, the Daytona 500 offers a non-stop ...

William Byron snuck into Victory Lane Sunday, giving Hendrick Motorsports a record-setting Daytona 500 win. He took the lead ...

Ask any NASCAR driver, and they’ll surely tell you they’d do just about anything to win the Daytona 500 — whether they’ve never won a race or have taken the Daytona 500 checkered flag ...

Fox Sports' Bob Pockrass reported that the total purse for the 2025 Daytona 500 is $30,331,250. That's up more than $2 ...