Ya lashe gasar Daytona 500 bayan ya kauce wa hadarin da ya shafi shugabanni Joey Logano da Brad Keselowski a zagaye na karshe. Kafin babban nasararsa, McDowell yana da daya daga cikin tseren tsere mafi tsawo kafin nasararsa ta farko; shi ne nasararsa ta farko a cikin aikinsa na 358 a cikin aikinsa, na biyu kawai ga Michael Waltrip, wanda nasararsa ta farko ta zo a cikin
Farawa ta 463. Zai ci gaba da gama tseren farko na 3 na kakar a cikin manyan 10. McDowell kuma kusan ya ci nasara a Talladega a lokacin bazara, ya gama na uku a bayan Keselowski da Byron. McDowell zai bi wannan wasan kwaikwayon ta hanyar kyakkyawan matsayi na 7 a tseren gasar cin kofin farko a Circuit of the Americas bayan tuntuɓar farko da Martin Truex Jr. Nasarar McDowell a Daytona ta kulle shi a cikin All-Star Race, NASCAR playoffs, da 2022 Clash, duk a karon farko a cikin shekaru 14 na gasar cin kofin.