Last year: Daniel Suarez edged Ryan Blaney and Kyle Busch in a three-wide finish. There were 10 cautions and an Atlanta-record 47 lead changes, alongside a pileup of at least 16 cars, the biggest in the history of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Last race: William Byron captured his second Daytona 500 win while narrowly avoiding a final-lap crash.

William Byron is now a two-time Daytona 500 champion, and his legacy is being built on that. But Byron wants more, driving the car made famous by Jeff Gordon.

Once the rain clouds lifted and the Daytona 500 really got going this past Sunday, it gave us plenty of tight pack racing and late drama. The 56 lead changes we saw were the fifth-most ever in a Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway,