“Waste of a playoff spot, Make the Daytona 500 great again”- NASCAR Twitter reacts to Ricky Stenhouse Jr. winning the 2023 Daytona 500

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the longest-ever Daytona 500 in sports history on Sunday.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and No:47 Crew (Credits: @JTGR)

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. produced the most prestigious moment of his Cup career at Daytona International Speedway, winning the longest Daytona 500 in history. The 3ed career Cup win of the JTGR driver’s career was even more special as it came in the first Cup race of the 75^th Anniversary edition of NASCAR.

The No:47 Chevy driver edged defending Cup Champion Joey Logano and JGR youngster Christopher Bell in the double overtime showdown. The trio got into the front row after a dramatic crash during the first overtime that took out Kyle Busch and his teammate Austin Dillon. Busch’s 19-year-long pursuit of the great American race wins continues.

The second overtime saw Stenhouse and Logano having the neck-to-neck battle before Bell squeezed in, making the fight three wide. The Chevy took the white flag. He was awarded the win after the 2021 Cup champion Kyle Larson crash brought in the night’s final caution. The win is a testament to the driver and his team’s persistence, as they were consistent throughout the night, and fortune favored the brave at the end.

“Yeah, I think this whole off-season Mike just preached how much we all believed in each other. They left me a note in the car that said they believed in me and to go get the job done tonight. I made a few mistakes. We were able to battle back,” Stenhouse Jr. said in his post-race interview.

OFFICIAL: The No. 47 was the leader at the time of caution. @StenhouseJr wins the 65th #DAYTONA500! pic.twitter.com/6JJ0Pkgva7
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) February 19, 2023

“This Kroger Continental team worked really, really hard in the off-season, great pit stops, Hendrick engines. Glad a Chevy won. Man, this is unbelievable. This was the site of my last win back in 2017. We’ve worked really hard. We had a couple shots last year to get a win and fell short. It was a tough season, but, man, we got it done. DAYTONA 500!” Stenhouse Jr. added.

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How NASCAR Twitter reacted to Ricky Stenhouse Jr.’s win

Ricky Stenhouse wins the 2023 Daytona 500

Fans were excited to see the No:47 driver back on the victory lane. But not everyone was happy to see the dramatic end to the race as some of their favorite drivers hot-wrecked before the finish line. Few fans engaged in some heated conversation on the win.

Suarez was stuck. He had to get pushed.
— Scott Hiers (@ScottHiers76) February 20, 2023

First round exit incoming
— Cody (@codysbennett18) February 19, 2023

So anticlimactic.
— Vessel2215 (@mpol_mike) February 20, 2023

Do it the way they used to. Not enough laps for a restart? Race over.
— It’s Ryan (@EndoftheBarRyan) February 20, 2023

Yawn. Problem is, Wrecky is gonna have a bigger ego moving forward which will lead to more wrecks for him and the entire field.
— Dustin (@dustins1010) February 20, 2023

https://twitter.com/Sturkiejrock/status/1627473011950460931

https://twitter.com/_H0LLOW_PRIV/status/1627461078501273603

https://twitter.com/AllFlySZN/status/1627458390803853313

Half the comments are about how the race ain’t what it used to be and the other half are mad about the yellow. Imagine acting like NASCAR races didn’t end under caution for generations.
— Jake Young (@ItsJakeYoung) February 20, 2023

? so anticlimactic …. maybe @NASCAR needs to take a page out of @WWE or @ufc book when it comes to presentation/production. I agree it really could be so much better and appeal to a much wider audience
— The Sandhogs (@thesandhogs) February 20, 2023

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