Daytona 500 Winners List

Who Won The Daytona 500

Daytona 500 winners list, listed below are the winners of the Dayton 500 from the very first running in 1959 to the very latest…



February 14th 1959

The very first Daytona 500 at Daytona Motor speedway was on February 14, 1959. The following Daytona 500 winners list is compiled from the post of this site and are as accurate as the facts listed within the NASCAR winners archives.

Daytona 500 winners list

2024 Daytona 500 winner – William Byron

2023 Daytona 500 winner – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

2022 Daytona 500 winner – Austin Cindric

2021 Daytona 500 winner – Michael McDowell

2020 Daytona 500 winner – Denny Hamlin

2019 Daytona 500 winner – Denny Hamlin

2018 Daytona 500 winner – Austin Dillon

2017 Daytona 500 winner – Kurt Busch

2016 Daytona 500 winner – Denny Hamlin

2015 Daytona 500 winner – Joey Logano

2014 Daytona 500 winner – Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2013 Daytona 500 winner – Jimmie Johnson

2012 Daytona 500 winner – Matt Kenseth

2011 Daytona 500 winner – Trevor Bayne

2010 Daytona 500 winner – Jamie McMurray

2009 Daytona 500 winner – Matt Kenseth

2008 Daytona 500 winner – Ryan Newman

2007 Daytona 500 winner – Kevin Harvick

2006 Daytona 500 winner – Jimmie Johnson

2005 Daytona 500 winner – Jeff Gordon

2004 Daytona 500 winner – Dale Earnhardt Jr.

2003 Daytona 500 winner – Michael Waltrip

2002 Daytona 500 winner – Ward Burton

2001 Daytona 500 winner – Michael Waltrip

2000 Daytona 500 winner – Dale Jarrett

1999 Daytona 500 winner – Jeff Gordon

1998 Daytona 500 winner – Dale Earnhardt

1997 Daytona 500 winner – Jeff Gordon

1996 Daytona 500 winner – Dale Jarrett

1995 Daytona 500 winner – Sterling Marlin

1994 Daytona 500 winner – Sterling Marlin

1993 Daytona 500 winner – Dale Jarrett

1992 Daytona 500 winner – Davey Allison

1991 Daytona 500 winner – Ernie Irvan

1990 Daytona 500 winner – Derrike Cope

1989 Daytona 500 winner – Darrell Waltrip

1988 Daytona 500 winner – Bobby Allison

1987 Daytona 500 winner – Bill Elliott 

1986 Daytona 500 winner – Geoffrey Bodine

1985 Daytona 500 winner – Bill Elliott

1984 Daytona 500 winner – Cale Yarborough

1983 Daytona 500 winner – Cale Yarborough

1982 Daytona 500 winner – Bobby Allison

1981 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1980 Daytona 500 winner – Buddy Baker

1979 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1978 Daytona 500 winner – Bobby Allison

1977 Daytona 500 winner – Cale Yarborough

1976 Daytona 500 winner – David Pearson

1975 Daytona 500 winner – Benny Parsons

1974 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1973 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1972 Daytona 500 winner – AJ Foyt

1971 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1970 Daytona 500 winner – Pete Hamilton

1969 Daytona 500 winner – LeeRoy Yarbrough

1968 Daytona 500 winner – Cale Yarborough

1967 Daytona 500 winner – Mario Andretti

1966 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1965 Daytona 500 winner – Fred Lorenzen

1964 Daytona 500 winner – Richard Petty

1963 Daytona 500 winner – Tiny Lund

1962 Daytona 500 winner – Fireball Roberts

1961 Daytona 500 winner – Marvin Panch

1960 Daytona 500 winner – Junior Johnson

1959 Daytona 500 winner – Lee Petty



Dayton 500 winners list

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