Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Wins Longest Daytona 500 in History

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 19, 2023. John Raoux/AP Photo

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in double overtime and under caution Sunday night in the longest running of “The Great American Race.”

The two overtimes pushed the 65th running of the race to a record 212 laps—a dozen laps beyond the scheduled distance and a whopping 530 miles.