Ricky Stenhouse Jr. etched his name in the record books Sunday, avoiding late-race chaos to win NASCAR’s biggest event, the Daytona 500, in double overtime.
The 65th annual “Great American Race” ended under caution after a crash took out several cars on lap 212, and a video review confirmed Stenhouse’s victory.
Afterward, Stenhouse credited a “fellow dirt racer” in third-place finisher Christopher Bell for a well-timed push at the end, revealing that his No. 47 Chevy was out of fuel.
“Bell gave me a good shot down the low short shoot into one, and man, we were out front when the caution came out,” Stenhouse said. “We were out of fuel, so the fuel light was going crazy. But, man, I hope you all had fun. That was a heck of a race.”
