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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — William Byron has won the Daytona 500. Last year’s NASCAR Cup Series wins leader won his first Great American Race. It’s the first Daytona 500 win for Hendrick Motorsports, the legendary NASCAR team celebrating its 40th anniversary, since 2014, and comes on the 40th anniversary of Hendrick running its first NASCAR race. Byron grabbed the lead late after The Big One occurred with eight laps left. Byron succeeds Ricky Stenhouse Jr., who won last year’s Daytona 500 in overtime. Joey Logano, who started on the pole, ran toward the front for a lot of the race and led 41 laps. …

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