DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The 68th running of the Daytona 500 at Daytona Int’l Speedway is set for Sunday. Tickets are already sold out for the Great American Race.
The list of winners of the Super Bowl of stock car racing reads like a who’s-who of motorsports with Richard Petty leading the way with seven Daytona 500 triumphs. His first came in 1964 and his last in 1981.
Eight Daytona 500 winners (Jimmie Johnson, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Austin Dillon, Michael McDowell, Austin Cindric, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and William Byron) are entered this year.
Byron has won the last two runnings of the Daytona 500 and Hamlin has won the 500 three times.
Here’s a look back at the previous winners of the Daytona 500, which was first run in 1959, with Lee Petty prevailing in a much-publicized photo-finish.
Daytona 500 Winners
2025 William Byron
2024 William Byron
2023 Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2022 Austin Cindric
2021 Michael McDowell
2020 Denny Hamlin
2019 Denny Hamlin
2018 Austin Dillon
2017 Kurt Busch
2016 Denny Hamlin
2015 Joey Logano
2014 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2013 Jimmie Johnson
2012 Matt Kenseth
2011 Trevor Bayne
2010 Jamie McMurray
2009 Matt Kenseth
2008 Ryan Newman
2007 Kevin Harvick
2006 Jimmie Johnson
2005 Jeff Gordon
2004 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2003 Michael Waltrip
2002 Ward Burton
2001 Michael Waltrip
2000 Dale Jarrett
1999 Jeff Gordon
1998 Dale Earnhardt
1997 Jeff Gordon
1996 Dale Jarrett
1995 Sterling Marlin
1994 Sterling Marlin
1993 Dale Jarrett
1992 Davey Allison
1991 Ernie Irvan
1990 Derrike Cope
1989 Darrell Waltrip
1988 Bobby Allison
1987 Bill Elliott
1986 Geoff Bodine
1985 Bill Elliott
1984 Cale Yarborough
1983 Cale Yarborough
1982 Bobby Allison
1981 Richard Petty
1980 Buddy Baker
1979 Richard Petty
1978 Bobby Allison
1977 Cale Yarborough
1976 David Pearson
1975 Benny Parsons
1974 Richard Petty
1973 Richard Petty
1972 A.J. Foyt
1971 Richard Petty
1970 Pete Hamilton
1969 LeeRoy Yarbrough
1968 Cale Yarborough
1967 Mario Andretti
1966 Richard Petty
1965 Fred Lorenzen
1964 Richard Petty
1963 Tiny Lund
1962 Glenn “Fireball” Roberts
1961 Marvin Panch
1960 Junior Johnson
1959 Lee Petty
