Last year: Daniel Suarez edged Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish. There were 10 cautions and an Atlanta-record 47 lead changes, alongside a pileup of at least 16 cars, the biggest in the history of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Last race: William Byron captured his second Daytona 500 win while narrowly avoiding a final-lap crash.

So we had quite a week of NASCAR action. Close races, big wrecks, and William Byron walks away as a two-time, back-to-back Daytona 500 champion. Between Wednesday and Sunday, there was a lot going on in the stock car racing world.

Daytona 500 pole-winner Chase Briscoe was dealt a major penalty Wednesday when NASCAR said Joe Gibbs Racing had a modified spoiler on the No. 19 Toyota in time trials

The NASCAR Cup Series kicked off its new season with the Daytona 500 this past Sunday. William Byron beat out the competition to win the race for the second straight year. Byron became the first back-to-back winner of the Daytona 500 since Denny Hamlin in 2019 and 2020.

William Byron, who became the fifth racer in NASCAR history to win back-to-back Daytona 500 races, breaks down the final lap of the 2025 Great American Race with Brandon London.