DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - Michael Waltrip is the new master of Daytona. He doesn't win anywhere else.
It's a burden well worth bearing - being the best driver in NASCAR's biggest race, at stock-car racing's most famous track.
Under dark clouds, Waltrip raced past leader Jimmie Johnson after a restart on lap 106 Sunday to win the rain-shortened Daytona 500 for the second time in three years.
Counting last year's Pepsi 400, he has three victories in the last five races at Daytona International Speedway. Those are the only ones in his 535 career starts.
And it was Dale Earnhardt Jr., done in by a dead battery, who helped his friend and teammate take the lead on the last green flag lap.
Thursday
April 3rd, 2025
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