Good fortune was on William Byron's side on Sunday night, as the Hendrick Motorsports driver captured his second straight Daytona 500 victory after avoiding the carnage on the last lap of this year's Great American Race. This is Byron's 14th victory of his Cup Series career and third at Daytona International Speedway. When interviewed after the race on Sunday, Byron was asked how he got to victory lane. He responded, "Some good fortune. I trusted my instinct on that last lap there. They were getting squirrely on the bottom. Fortunate that it worked out in our favor."

It was a great night for Jimmie Johnson in Sunday's Daytona 500. Not only did he walk away with a third-place finish of his own, but John Hunter Nemechek, who drives for LEGACY Motor Club, an organization that Johnson is the majority owner of, also grabbed a top-five finish when it was all said and done. After the race, Jimmie told PRN, "This feels incredible. I have emotions I didn't expect to have. I am so satisfied and so happy right now." This was Johnson's fourth-ever top-three finish in The Great American Race, as he won the 2013 and 2006 runnings of the Daytona 500 and finished third in the race back in 2003.

John Hunter Nemechek's streak of good finishes at Daytona International Speedway continued this past weekend, as the LEGACY Motor Club driver notched his ever top-five finish in NASCAR Cup Series action, crossing the finish line in fifth on Sunday evening after avoiding the carnage throughout the race and on the last lap. Nemechek now has five straight finishes of 15th or better in his career at Daytona as well as the best average finish (9.8) among active Cup Series drivers. This is a great start to the season for the driver of the No. 42 Toyota, as JHN is coming off of a 34th-place points finish last season.

Chase Briscoe in his first race for Joe Gibbs Racing as a full-time driver left Daytona with his second career top-5 finish in the Daytona 500. Starting from the pole position, Briscoe would lead a couple of laps before getting shuffled back further into the pack. The No. 19 Toyota would end the first stage in the 34th position. In the second stage, Briscoe was involved in a multi-car accident when the field got stacked up by Joey Logano, who was dealing with a mechanical issue and could not accelerate forward. Although Briscoe obtained damage, he continued on and finished the second stage in 25th. In the final stage, Briscoe worked his way back towards the front by the race's final restart. Despite being involved in another wreck when he got into Cole Custer on the final lap, Briscoe survived with little damage, continuing on to finish fourth, nabbing his first top-5 finish at Daytona since the 2022 Daytona 500.