In a race that featured a Daytona 500-record 26 leaders, 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick maneuvered around Chase Elliott coming out of Turn 4 on Sunday to claim his first win in the “Great American Race,” only leading the final lap.
Here are three takeaways from the 68th running of NASCAR‘s most prestigious race:
Tyler Reddick surges late for first Daytona 500 win
One year removed from a crushing runner-up finish to William Byron, Reddick was one spot better this time around to pick up his ninth career Cup Series win.
After a Turn 1 spin at the front when Carson Hocevar and Erik Jones got together on the final lap, Reddick found himself among those in contention for the win. As Brad Keselowski, Riley Herbst, Joey Logano, Elliott and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. crashed coming to the finish, Reddick escaped through the carnage to win by 0.308 seconds over Stenhouse.