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What Makes a Daytona 500 Win So Emotional: 'Enough to Make a Grown Man Cry'

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Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, Fla.) — Most NASCAR drivers grew up dreaming of winning the Daytona 500. What’s it like for a driver to live out those dreams? Ahead of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, we talked to all the current full-time drivers who have won the Daytona 500 to find out. And we asked several of those who haven’t won the Daytona 500 to see what they would expect it to be like. We’re talking about what makes the Daytona 500 win emotional? Here is what drivers who have won it told me in interviews in the last month: Austin Cindric (2022): "It’s the biggest race...