Denny Hamlin won the 2016 Daytona 500. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season got underway on Sunday with the Daytona 500. While 40 drivers took the green flag to start the race only one could go to victory lane and that ended up being Hamlin.
Chase Elliott began the day on the pole but the rookie in the No. 24 saw his chances of a good finish go away when he lost control of his car coming off turn four early in the day. Later in the day teammate Dale Earnhardt Jr. suffered a similar feat.
In the closing laps it was Matt Kenseth and a host of Toyota’s facing the field. Kenseth took the white flag but he was relegated to a 14th place finish after teammate Hamlin got around him and nudged past Martin Truex Jr. to claim the win.
NASCAR Sprint Cup Daytona 500 results
- Denny Hamlin
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Kyle Busch
- Kevin Harvick
- Carl Edwards
- Joey Logano
- Kyle Larson
- Regan Smith
- Austin Dillon
- Kurt Busch
- Ryan Newman
- Aric Almirola
- Kasey Kahne
- Matt Kenseth
- Michael McDowell
- Jimmie Johnson
- Jamie McMurray
- Paul Menard
- Ryan Blaney
- Brad Keselowski
- AJ Allmendinger
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Landon Cassill
- Brian Scott
- Ty Dillon
- Brian Vickers
- Michael Annett
- Trevor Bayne
- David Ragan
- Michael Waltrip
- Bobby Labonte
- Casey Mears
- Clint Bowyer
- Greg Biffle
- Danica Patrick
- Dale Earnhardt Jr.
- Chase Elliott
- Robert Richardson
- Chris Buescher
- Matt DiBenedetto
