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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Today marks five days before NASCAR Cup Series drivers compete in the 67th running of the Great American Race. Geoffrey Bodine is the only driver to have won the DAYTONA 500 driving a car bearing the No. 5, a feat he accomplished for Hendrick Motorsports in 1986. Bodine’s Monte Carlo was the dominant car in that race, leading 101 of 200 laps and beating Terry Labonte to the checkered flag by 11.26 seconds. Labonte would win a NASCAR Cup Series championship in the No. 5 Chevrolet in 1996, but neither he nor any of the elite drivers who followed Bodine in the No. 5—Ricky Rudd, Kyle Busch, Mark Martin, Kasey Kahne and currently Kyle Larson—managed to win NASCAR’s most prestigious race in the car.

Tune-in to the 2025 DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. ET on FOX, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.