Who won last night's Daytona 500 NASCAR race? William Byron was the winner. Results, highlights, starting grid, schedule, start time change and where to watch.

Two in a row: William Byron has won the NASCAR Daytona 500 – again. Byron won the Daytona 500 in 2024 – and just crossed the checkered finish line to win the 2025 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway.

William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 victory, dodging a string of late-race wrecks that knocked out a chunk of contenders and sent the Hendrick Motorsports driver into victory lane S

William Byron became the first back-to-back Daytona 500 winner in five years after sneaking by a huge crash on the final lap of the race. Byron was in seventh place with a half-lap to go, but all of the cars in front of him suddenly wrecked and Byron sailed through when the seas parted.