2022 Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup Series race results
Austin Cindric wins the Daytona 500 in a spectacular photo finish against Bubba Wallace.
The 64th running of the Daytona 500 came down to contact between Penske teammates Cindric and Ryan Blaney, allowing Bubba Wallace a chance to dive to the inside of Cindric.
Across the line, Cindric took the checkered flag by just 0.036s over Wallace, winning NASCAR's biggest race in just his second attempt. Cindric has just eight Cup Series starts as well, and will now be locked into the 2022 playoffs.
The race was slowed by seven cautions and one red flag.
| Cla | # | Driver | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Gap | Laps Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |  Austin Cindric |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.433 | 21 | |
| 2 | 23 | Bubba Wallace |
Toyota | 201 | 3:31'52.469 | 0.036 | 12 |
| 3 | 14 | Chase Briscoe |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.524 | 0.091 | |
| 4 | 12 | Ryan Blaney |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.563 | 0.130 | 36 |
| 5 | 10 | Aric Almirola |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.573 | 0.140 | |
| 6 | 18 | Kyle Busch |
Toyota | 201 | 3:31'52.602 | 0.169 | 28 |
| 7 | 34 | Michael McDowell |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.689 | 0.256 | |
| 8 | 15 | David Ragan |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.710 | 0.277 | |
| 9 | 6 | Brad Keselowski |
Ford | 201 | 3:31'52.723 | 0.290 | 67 |
| 10 | 9 | Chase Elliott |
Chevrolet | 201 | 3:31'52.824 | 0.391 | |
| 11 | 42 | Ty Dillon |
Chevrolet | 201 | 3:31'52.848 | 0.415 | |
| 12 | 16 | Daniel Hemric |
Chevrolet | 201 | 3:31'52.969 | 0.536 | |
| 13 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. |
Toyota | 201 | 3:31'53.037 | 0.604 | 11 |
| 14 | 7 | Corey Lajoie |
Chevrolet | 201 | 3:31'53.459 | 1.026 | |
| 15 | 77 | Landon Cassill |
Chevrolet | 201 | 3:31'58.565 | 6.132 | |
| 16 | 17 | Chris Buescher |
Ford | 200 | 3:31'59.621 | 1 Lap | |
| 17 | 51 | Cody Ware |
Ford | 200 | 3:31'59.622 | 1 Lap | |
| 18 | 99 |  Daniel Suarez |
Chevrolet | 199 | 3:31'53.470 | 2 Laps | |
| 19 | 45 | Kurt Busch |
Toyota | 199 | 3:31'54.017 | 2 Laps | |
| 20 | 41 | Cole Custer |
Ford | 199 | 3:31'54.075 | 2 Laps | |
| 21 | 22 | Joey Logano |
Ford | 198 | 3:31'57.317 | 3 Laps | 1 |
| 22 | 27 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
Ford | 198 | 3:31'57.596 | 3 Laps | |
| 23 | 31 | Justin Haley |
Chevrolet | 198 | 3:32'12.440 | 3 Laps | |
| 24 | 48 | Alex Bowman |
Chevrolet | 197 | 3:32'09.994 | 4 Laps | |
| 25 | 3 | Austin Dillon |
Chevrolet | 197 | 3:32'18.496 | 4 Laps | 1 |
| 26 | 50 | Kaz Grala |
Chevrolet | 196 | 3:31'57.851 | 5 Laps | |
| 27 | 78 | B.J. McLeod |
Ford | 196 | 3:32'03.260 | 5 Laps | |
| 28 | 47 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
Chevrolet | 194 | 3:20'49.243 | 7 Laps | 16 |
| 29 | 43 | Erik Jones |
Chevrolet | 191 | 3:12'43.076 | 10 Laps | 3 |
| 30 | 4 | Kevin Harvick |
Ford | 191 | 3:12'50.407 | 10 Laps | |
| 31 | 62 | Noah Gragson |
Chevrolet | 190 | 3:11'00.178 | 11 Laps | |
| 32 | 5 | Kyle Larson |
Chevrolet | 190 | 3:11'00.267 | 11 Laps | 1 |
| 33 | 38 | Todd Gilliland |
Ford | 190 | 3:11'00.453 | 11 Laps | |
| 34 | 20 | Christopher Bell |
Toyota | 152 | 3:21'58.258 | 49 Laps | |
| 35 | 8 | Tyler Reddick |
Chevrolet | 151 | 2:30'34.057 | 50 Laps | |
| 36 | 44 | Greg Biffle |
Chevrolet | 136 | 3:32'04.378 | 65 Laps | |
| 37 | 11 | Denny Hamlin |
Toyota | 63 | 1:02'38.945 | 138 Laps | |
| 38 | 24 | William Byron |
Chevrolet | 62 | 1:00'40.141 | 139 Laps | 1 |
| 39 | 21 | Harrison Burton |
Ford | 62 | 1:00'40.315 | 139 Laps | 3 |
| 40 | 1 | Ross Chastain |
Chevrolet | 62 | 1:00'40.560 | 139 Laps |
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