| Fin | St | Car | Driver | Make | Laps | Pts | Status | Laps Led |
| 1 | 10 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | Toyota | 207 | 45 | Running | 30 |
| 2 | 31 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Toyota | 207 | 45 | Running | 37 |
| 3 | 28 | 20 | Erik Jones | Toyota | 207 | 35 | Running | – |
| 4 | 4 | 22 | Joey Logano | Ford | 207 | 42 | Running | 11 |
| 5 | 34 | 34 | Michael McDowell | Ford | 207 | 32 | Running | – |
| 6 | 22 | 13 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 207 | 31 | Running | – |
| 7 | 26 | 42 | Kyle Larson | Chevrolet | 207 | 33 | Running | – |
| 8 | 21 | 47 | Ryan Preece # | Chevrolet | 207 | 29 | Running | – |
| 9 | 17 | 48 | Jimmie Johnson | Chevrolet | 207 | 30 | Running | – |
| 10 | 36 | 15 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 207 | 0 | Running | – |
| 11 | 2 | 88 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 207 | 35 | Running | – |
| 12 | 35 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | Ford | 207 | 32 | Running | – |
| 13 | 5 | 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Ford | 207 | 30 | Running | 16 |
| 14 | 19 | 6 | Ryan Newman | Ford | 207 | 23 | Running | – |
| 15 | 25 | 96 | Parker Kligerman | Toyota | 205 | 0 | Running | – |
| 16 | 20 | 3 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 205 | 21 | Running | – |
| 17 | 18 | 9 | Chase Elliott | Chevrolet | 200 | 24 | Accident | – |
| 18 | 32 | 32 | Corey LaJoie | Ford | 200 | 19 | Running | – |
| 19 | 38 | 51 | BJ McLeod | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Running | – |
| 20 | 6 | 14 | Clint Bowyer | Ford | 199 | 17 | Accident | – |
| 21 | 1 | 24 | William Byron | Chevrolet | 198 | 25 | Accident | 44 |
| 22 | 16 | 40 | Jamie McMurray | Chevrolet | 198 | 15 | Accident | 6 |
| 23 | 30 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Accident | – |
| 24 | 27 | 00 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 196 | 13 | Accident | – |
| 25 | 12 | 1 | Kurt Busch | Chevrolet | 196 | 12 | Running | – |
| 26 | 3 | 4 | Kevin Harvick | Ford | 194 | 17 | Accident | – |
| 27 | 39 | 31 | Tyler Reddick | Chevrolet | 191 | 0 | Accident | – |
| 28 | 9 | 95 | Matt DiBenedetto | Toyota | 190 | 14 | Accident | 49 |
| 29 | 7 | 21 | Paul Menard | Ford | 190 | 8 | Accident | – |
| 30 | 24 | 38 | David Ragan | Ford | 190 | 7 | Accident | – |
| 31 | 14 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | Ford | 190 | 22 | Accident | 13 |
| 32 | 8 | 10 | Aric Almirola | Ford | 190 | 13 | Accident | – |
| 33 | 23 | 41 | Daniel Suarez | Ford | 190 | 14 | Accident | – |
| 34 | 29 | 8 | Daniel Hemric # | Chevrolet | 190 | 3 | Accident | 1 |
| 35 | 11 | 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | Toyota | 190 | 2 | Accident | – |
| 36 | 33 | 36 | Matt Tifft # | Ford | 190 | 1 | Accident | – |
| 37 | 15 | 37 | Chris Buescher | Chevrolet | 190 | 1 | Accident | – |
| 38 | 13 | 43 | Bubba Wallace | Chevrolet | 169 | 1 | Accident | – |
| 39 | 37 | 52 | Cody Ware # | Chevrolet | 155 | 1 | Accident | – |
| 40 | 40 | 27 | Casey Mears | Chevrolet | 104 | 1 | Accident | – |
Time of Race: 3 Hrs, 45 Mins, 55 Secs.
Average Speed: 137.44 MPH
Margin of Victory: .138 Seconds
Race Comments: Denny Hamlin won the 61st running Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, his 32nd victory in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. Prior to the start of the race, the following car(s) dropped to the rear of the field under penalty for the reasons indicated: Nos. 27, 42 (transmission), 40 (rear gear).
Failed to Qualify: (2) 71 Ryan Truex(i), 66 Joey Gase(i). Race Story
Caution Flags: 12 for 47 laps; Laps: 22-24 (Debris Turn 2 [52]); 51-53 (#43, 1, 40, 17, 31, 3 Incident Turn 2 [52]); 62-65 (Stage 1 Conclusion [1]); 108-111 (#27, 96 Incident Turn 1 [36]); 122-125 (Stage 2 Conclusion [38]); 160-167 (#31, 17, 51, 52, 48 Incident Pit Road [37]); 175-177 (Debris Turn 3 [48]); 182-184 (#42 Incident Turn 3 [48]); 188-190 (#2 Incident Frontstretch [20]); 192-194 (#95, 21, 20, 12, 36, 41, 3, 6, 10, 38, 17, 47, 37, 8, 19, 9, 48, 24, 13, 22, 42 Incident Turn 3 [Red: 24:57] [2]); 196-198 (#17, 42, 9, 88, 4, 13, 2 Incident Turn 3 [20]); 200-205 (14, 34, 9, 00, 24, 40, 2, 62, 34 Incident Turn 3 [Red: 14:41] [6]).
Lead Changes: 15 among 9 drivers; W. Byron 1-2; R. Stenhouse Jr. 3-6; M. DiBenedetto 7-21; K. Busch 22; R. Stenhouse Jr. 23-34; K. Busch 35-61; J. Logano 62-72; D. Hemric # 73; M. DiBenedetto 74-107; K. Busch 108; R. Blaney 109-121; W. Byron 122-163; J. McMurray 164-169; D. Hamlin 170-190; K. Busch 191-198; D. Hamlin 199-207.
