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Who is the best Daytona 500 winner of all time?

By YPB Team

Seven wins for one driver, one win after nineteen tries for another. The same trophy means very different things here.

  1. Dale Earnhardt — ranked #11
    Dale Earnhardt
    Won the 500 in 1998 on his twentieth attempt, after nineteen years of near misses.
    1000pts
  2. Richard Petty — ranked #22
    Richard Petty
    Won the race a record seven times between 1964 and 1981.
    912pts
  3. Cale Yarborough — ranked #33
    Cale Yarborough
    Four wins, and the driver at the centre of the 1979 last-lap fight.
    566pts
  4. Kevin Harvick — ranked #44
    Kevin Harvick
    Won in 2007 by 0.020 seconds as the field crashed behind him.
    566pts
  5. Jimmie Johnson — ranked #55
    Jimmie Johnson
    Won in 2006 and 2013 during his seven-championship run.
    566pts
  6. Michael Waltrip — ranked #66
    Michael Waltrip
    Won in 2001 for his first career victory, in the race that killed Earnhardt.
    500pts
  7. Darrell Waltrip — ranked #77
    Darrell Waltrip
    Won in 1989 at his seventeenth attempt and cried in victory lane.
    500pts
  8. Trevor Bayne — ranked #88
    Trevor Bayne
    Won in 2011 the day after his twentieth birthday, in his second Cup start.
    500pts
  9. Bobby Allison — ranked #99
    Bobby Allison
    Won three, the last in 1988 ahead of his son Davey.
    423pts
  10. Joey Logano — ranked #1010
    Joey Logano
    Won in 2015 at 24, one of the youngest winners of the race.
    423pts
  11. Bill Elliott — ranked #1111
    Bill Elliott
    Won in 1985 and 1987, the second at a record average speed.
    333pts
  12. Jeff Gordon — ranked #1212
    Jeff Gordon
    A three-time winner, in 1997, 1999 and 2005.
    227pts
  13. Denny Hamlin — ranked #1313
    Denny Hamlin
    Won in 2016 by 0.010 seconds, then again in 2019 and 2020.
    227pts
  14. Sterling Marlin — ranked #1414
    Sterling Marlin
    Back-to-back wins in 1994 and 1995 for his first two career victories.
    227pts
  15. Matt Kenseth — ranked #1515
    Matt Kenseth
    Won in 2009 and 2012, the second in a Monday-night finish.
    227pts
  16. Dale Jarrett — ranked #1616
    Dale Jarrett
    Three wins, including a 1993 duel with Earnhardt called by his father on television.
    100pts

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