The 23XI Racing star wins with a last-lap pass.
The 23XI Racing star led only the final lap to win The Great American Race.
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It’s the first Daytona 500 victory for 23XI Racing, which is co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin.
The exhibition race opened the Cup Series with a marathon night in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Hocevar, a 23-year-old from Michigan, won his first career Cup Series pole last year and and his nine top-10 finishes included a pair of second places.
Zilisch will make his Daytona 500 debut on Feb. 15 — four years after attending the race for the very first time.
A winter storm has delayed the exhibition event to Wednesday.
The exhibition race originally was set for Sunday night before moving to Monday.
Decision made because of weekend travel conditions and “an abundance of caution.”
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not flying his own jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others, according to a Friday report from federal safety officials.
Sessions moved to Sunday ahead of main event at Bowman Gray Stadium
Success and fame came quickly for Kurt Busch. In hindsight, maybe a little too fast for the driver known as “The Outlaw.”
