Stat Wrap
- Time of the Race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds (22 minutes, 58 seconds longer than Buddy Baker's 1980 record)
- Average Speed: 172.284mph (Baker's record: 177.602 mph)
- Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
- Laps 8-11 (oil from Martin's blown engine)
- Laps 34-38 (Cope, Riggs Turn 4 accident)
- Laps 60-64 (Green, Schrader, Wallace backstretch accident)
- Laps 72-80 (Andretti, Benson, R.Gordon, T.Labonte, Lepage, Marlin, McMurray, Newman, Riggs, Sauter, Vickers, Waltrip backstretch accident).
- Lead Changes: 26 among 10 drivers;
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (1-29)
- Kevin Harvick (30-35)
- Tony Stewart (36-39)
- Jimmie Johnson (40-41)
- Tony Stewart (42-43)
- Jimmie Johnson (44-52)
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (53-58)
- Tony Stewart (59)
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (60)
- Tony Stewart (61-71)
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (72)
- Kyle Petty (73-77)
- Jeff Gordon (78-84)
- Tony Stewart (85-104)
- Jimmie Johnson (105-107)
- Matt Kenseth (108)
- John Andretti (109)
- Tony Stewart (110-136)
- Jeff Gordon (137)
- Matt Kenseth (138)
- Jimmie Johnson (139)
- Terry Labonte (140)
- Tony Stewart (141-168)
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (169)
- Jimmie Johnson (170)
- Scott Wimmer* (171-175)
- Tony Stewart (176-180)
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (181-200).
- Led the Most Laps: Tony Stewart, 97 of 200 laps
- Cars running at the finish: 31
- Rookie of the race: Scott Wimmer
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr.'s win was the 3rd Daytona 500 win for DEI, after Michael Waltrip's wins in 2001 and 2003. Overall, it was DEI's fifth Daytona race victory, counting Waltrip's and Earnhardt, Jr.'s Pepsi 400 victories.
- For the third year in a row, the Pole winner (Greg Biffle) did not lead a lap
- Nextel Cup debut for Brendan Gaughan, Kasey Kahne, and Scott Riggs.
- Only Daytona 500 for Larry Foyt.
- Final Daytona 500 for Johnny Benson, Derrike Cope, 2002 winner Ward Burton, Ricky Craven, and Jimmy Spencer.
- Detailed Results
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