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The Daytona 500 has produced kings, launched championship dynasties, cemented legacies and elevated relative unknowns into the spotlight.

The “Great American Race” has been held 64 times, with Petty family patriarch Lee Petty taking the first Daytona 500 checkered flag in 1959. His son, Richard “The King” Petty, holds the record for the most Daytona 500 victories, winning the first of his seven Harley J. Earl trophies in 1964.

Five other drivers have won NASCAR’s premier event at least three times: Cale Yarborough (four), Bobby Allison (three), Dale Jarrett (three), Jeff Gordon (three) and Denny Hamlin (three).

Twice-winning Jimmie Johnson began a run of five straight Cup Series championships after winning the 2006 race, while his triumph at Daytona in 2013 kicked off a season that led to his sixth Cup title at the end of the year (Johnson would later add a record seventh Cup championship in 2016).

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended a 199-race winless streak by winning the 2023 Daytona 500 on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the two previous drivers to triumph in the Daytona 500 – Michael McDowell (2021) and Austin Cindric (2022) – also earned their first-ever Cup Series victories.

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Austin Cindric celebrates winning the Daytona 500 on February 20, 2022.

Here are the Daytona 500 winners by year:

1959: Lee Petty

1960: JUNIOR JOHNSON

1961: Marvin Panch

1962: Roberts Fireball

1963: Little Lund

1964: Richard Small

1965: Fred Lorenzen

1966: Richard Small

1967: Mario Andretti

1968: Cale Yarborough

1969: Lee Roy Yarbrough

1970: pete hamilton

1971: Richard Small

1972: A.J. Foyt

1973: Richard Small

1974: Richard Small

1975: Benny Parson

1976: David Pearson

1977: Cale Yarborough

1978: Bobby Allison

1979: Richard Small

1980: Baker buddy

nineteen eighty one : Richard Small

1982: Bobby Allison

1983: Cale Yarborough

1984: Cale Yarborough

1985: Bill Elliot

1986: Geoff Bodine

1987: Bill Elliot

1988: Bobby Allison

1989: Darrell Waltrip

1990 : Derrike Cope

1991: Ernie Irvan

1992: Davey Allison

1993: Dale Shank

1994: Marlin Sterling

1995: Marlin Sterling

1996: Dale Shank

1997 : Jeff Gordon

1998: Dale Earnhardt Sr.

1999: Jeff Gordon

2000: Dale Shank

2001: Michael Waltrip

2002: Ward Burton

2003: Michael Waltrip

2004 : Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2005: Jeff Gordon

2006: jimmy johnson

2007: Kevin Harvick

2008: Ryan Newman

2009: Matt Kenseth

2010: Jamie McMurray

2011: Trevor Bayne

2012: Matt Kenseth

2013: jimmy johnson

2014 : Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2015 : Joey Logan

2016: Denny Hamlin

2017: Kurt Busch

2018: Austin Dillon

2019: Denny Hamlin

2020: Denny Hamlin

2021: Michael McDowell

2022: Austin Cindric

2023: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

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