Michael McDowell wasn’t a favorite to win the 2021 Daytona 500, as he didn’t claim a victory in his last 357 NASCAR Cup Series starts. That changed Sunday evening.

The 2021 Daytona 500 ended in chaos, as Michael McDowell emerged from a last-lap wreck to claim his first career victory.

Michael McDowell won the first Daytona 500 of his career and prevented history in the process.

The 2021 Daytona 500 didn't even make it 15 laps without a massive crash. Christopher Bell's push of Aric Almirola took out a host of cars on lap 15 of Sunday's race.

NASCAR's 2021 season started today with the 63rd running of the Daytona 500. Then it stopped because of rain and lightning, and crashes. Alex Bowman started on the pole alongside Aric Almirola ...

“The Big One” came early on Sunday afternoon at the Daytona 500. The race was 14 laps in when a 16-car crash wreaked havoc on the NASCAR track, though the drivers appeared to escape unscathed ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Somebody had to make a move to win the Daytona 500, and maybe Michael McDowell would have pulled out of traffic to take his shot at a monster upset.

Just 15 laps into the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500, a large crash took multiple cars out of contention.

A huge crash 14 laps into the Daytona 500 takes several cars out of the race just before a nearly six-hour long rain delay.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — “The Big One” — a massive, multi-car crash that’s all but guaranteed at Daytona International Speedway — usually doesn’t occur too early in the 200-lap, 500 ...

It's been 20 years since the death of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt at Daytona, and this year's race brings back vivid memories of Ryan Newman's 2020 crash.