Dramatic Final Laps Decide the Daytona 500 2026 NASCAR Cup Series

Fans are on their feet. We are not yet to overtime. We'll take the green with four laps to go. Caution of the wind. Friends are out the window. Block, block, block. Push as hard as you possibly can. Foot to the floor. Here we go. You're gonna see big blocks out of McDowell. Kevin, you said it. Very aggressive. Well, they've already got themselves separated right there, and you see two-time defending Daytona 500 winner William Byron right in the middle of this, pushing Tyler Reddick out to a couple car length lead over Michael McDowell in that outside lane behind McDowell, Carson Hose of our in the 77. They call him the hurricane. Where he goes, there's likely to be stiff winds and maybe carnage in his wake. We'll see. Oh, look, Reddick pulled up to try to slow that down. Missed the block on the bottom. Now he's three wide in the middle. Now you see you're not going to make down. Come. Here comes the help. Yeah, the host of our was just a little late to that move. He was actually wanting to stay behind the 45 car, and it kind of took him a minute to change lanes right there. But it's gonna work out for him. Thank you. Host of our bail. McDowell out right there. Now, Thursday night, Carson Hose of our helped another Chevy to victory in the 150 mile qualifying race. Two Chevys lined up up top. Logano in a Ford drops to the bottom, squeezes into the middle, looking for room, and this all comes down to the decisions. You see Eric Jones right there. Stay behind host of our and not follow Joey Logano. And those are the types of moments that determine these races. Logano restarted 14th. Where did he come from? Eric Jones all the way to the bottom. Host of our down to cover back up behind McDowell coming to two to go. Hold on to it. Logano loose off the corner. Most of our swapping back and forth, looking for a hold as he shoot to the bottom. Here in that middle lane. And here comes the bottom lane. William Byron with Brad Keselowski, one of the best pushers in this whole sport behind Byron. Chris Pusher behind him. Don't get too far out there. Here they come. Where did he go? Higher low. Can't choose both. Yeah, he just had so much momentum right there that he couldn't stick with his teammate. Now, Carson host of our has the lead of this race, and Michael McDowell is stuck down on that bottom lane. Eric Jones coming around the outside with help. Here they come to the white flag. It's one lap to go. Sponsored by Credit One Bank. This is the one you want to lead. The caution comes out. It's over. Most of our in the wall turned around in front of the field. Around goes Jones. Ricky Stenhouse to the front around the outside. Still green. Reddick on the bottom. Reddick Elliott helps on the outside. Here comes Chase Elliott. Can it be stuck in the middle with no help? Zane Smith with him on the bottom is Tyler Reddick. They come up single file. Zane Smith's gonna have one shot at Chase Elliott. NASCAR champion, most popular driver trying for the win and Reddick to the top side. He's got help. Riley Herbst, his teammate Reddick, drops to the bottom alongside Elliott in the wall, goes Herbst and Tyler Reddick comes to the line. A shower of sparks behind him. Unbelievable. Unreal. Didn't really hear of him all day long until the last lap. Daytona proves yet once again. It's all about the last lap. That's the only lap that you have to lead. What a great job there by Tyler Reddick. At the end, the 30 year old from Corning, California, will get his ninth career win in his 219th start. Did not wait for that move. As soon as he got to the bumper, he went around him. That was a great move by Reddick. Shot back to the bottom. The nine was a sitting duck. Couldn't block both ways. And Michael Jordan goes to victory lane with Denny Hamlin, the owners of team 23 11. And look at those tears. Hey, guys. Picking one is going to be difficult. Second, it all started right here when Tyler Reddick pushed out to the lead. And then Reddick goes goes to the top of the racetrack off center again and 47 pushing the 43 just shoves him out of the way because of the misalignment from the front of the pack. Now, I didn't know if the caution was going to come out right there or not. But Stenhouse had the lead for a second, and then we realized it was going to stay green. And Chase Elliott looked like he had this race under control. Well, he had to help Kevin. And then all of a sudden that help stalls out and look at the run off the bumper of Riley Hurst, a 35 car that Reddick gets. Now you got Zane Smith pushing as hard as he can on the nine. They come attached. But I think Zane Smith slowed down a little bit to try to get some more energy to pass the 9 45. Thought better of it. Shoots high, goes around him. Now we're going low. Chase Elliott was a sitting duck. He really was. Then ends up getting wrecked right here. Big shot to the outside. Boom. That's a wild one, guys. So who do you give the project biggest?