Kurt Busch won the Daytona 500 Sunday – Nascar’s season-opening event. Busch led only the final lap and won after Chase Elliott and Kyle Larson had gas problems. Ryan Blaney was the runner-up.
Sunday’s race was the first event run under Nascar’s new three-stage format. Kyle Busch won the first stage, but later sidelined by an accident. Kevin Harvick won the second stage. He led a race-high fifty laps, but finished 22nd.