Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrates his win in the 2001 Daytona summer race

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All-time summer winners at Daytona

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Some of NASCAR's most memorable moments, like this Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2001 win, happened in the summer at Daytona. Scroll through this list to see the all-time winners.

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1959: Fireball Roberts

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1960: Jack Smith

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1961: David Pearson

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1962: Fireball Roberts

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1963: Fireball Roberts

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1964: A.J. Foyt (center)

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1965: A.J. Foyt

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1966: Sam McQuagg

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1967: Cale Yarborough

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1968: Cale Yarborough

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1969: LeeRoy Yarbrough (left)

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1970: Donnie Allison

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1971: Bobby Isaac

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1972: David Pearson

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1973: David Pearson

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1974: David Pearson

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1975: Richard Petty

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1976: Cale Yarborough

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1977: Richard Petty

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1978: David Pearson

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1979: Neil Bonnett

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1980: Bobby Allison

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1981: Cale Yarborough

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1982: Bobby Allison

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1983: Buddy Baker (center)

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1984: Richard Petty

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1985: Greg Sacks

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1986: Tim Richmond

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1987: Bobby Allison

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1988: Bill Elliott

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1989: Davey Allison

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1990: Dale Earnhardt

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1991: Bill Elliott

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1992: Ernie Irvan

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1993: Dale Earnhardt

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1994: Jimmy Spencer

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1995: Jeff Gordon

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1996: Sterling Marlin

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1997: John Andretti

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1998: Jeff Gordon

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1999: Dale Jarrett

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2000: Jeff Burton

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2001: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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2002: Michael Waltrip (photo from Pocono)

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2003: Greg Biffle

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2004: Jeff Gordon

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2005: Tony Stewart

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2006: Tony Stewart

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2007: Jamie McMurray

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2008: Kyle Busch

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2009: Tony Stewart

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2010: Kevin Harvick

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2011: David Ragan

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2012: Tony Stewart

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2013: Jimmie Johnson

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2014: Aric Almirola

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2015: Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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2016: Brad Keselowski

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2017: Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

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2018: Erik Jones

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2019: Justin Haley

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2020: William Byron

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2021: Ryan Blaney

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2022: Austin Dillon

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2023: Chris Buescher

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2024: Harrison Burton

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2025: Ryan Blaney