He started 10th in that race and finished 34th after engine issues sidelined him with just 22 laps remaining. His first Daytona 500 came 19 years ago on Feb. This year marks Truex’s 19th career start in The Great American Race.Truex won his heat race, then went on to lead the final 25 laps of the feature en route to a victory that gives him and the team much-needed momentum heading toward Sunday’s regular-season-opening Daytona 500. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry team for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) set the tone for the season right out of the gate by winning 150-lap feature in the non-points Clash at the Coliseum on Feb.
19: 65th annual Daytona 500 (first of 36 points-paying NASCAR Cup Series races in 2023) 16: Bluegreen Vacations Duel (twin 150-mile qualifying races that set the field for the Daytona 500) 15: Daytona 500 qualifying (single-lap qualifying to determine pole for the Daytona 500) 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry TRD for Joe Gibbs Racing
