Hendrick Motorsports have won the Daytona 500 eight times .
The team 's standard bearer for over two decades , Jeff Gordon , has accounted for three of those victories - the first in 1997 , the last in 2005 .
Hendrick Motorsports have won the Daytona 500 eight times , and the team 's standard bearer for over two decades , Jeff Gordon , has accounted for three of those victories - the first in 1997 , the last in 2005 .