DAY 500 Information Tuesday, February 7, 2023
DAYTONA 500 STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| NASCAR CUP SERIES DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – 65TH DAYTONA 500 – FIRST RACE: 1959 DAYTONA BEACH, FL | |
| 2023 RACE | 1 OF 36 / 26 TO PLAYOFFS / 36 RACES REMAINING |
| TRACK | 2.5 MILES |
| LAPS | 200 |
| MILES | 500 |
| STAGE LENGTHS | 65 / 65 / 70 |
| DAYTONA 500 WINS | DENNY HAMLIN 3 JIMMIE JOHNSON 2 AUSTIN CINDRIC 1 AUSTIN DILLON 1 KEVIN HARVICK 1 JOEY LOGANO 1 MICHAEL MCDOWELL 1 |
| CHAMPIONS WINLESS IN DAYTONA 500 | KYLE BUSCH 2ND (2019) CHASE ELLIOTT 2ND (2021) BRAD KESELOWSKI 3RD (2014) KYLE LARSON 7TH (2016 & ’19) MARTIN TRUEX JR. 2ND (2016) |
| 1/17/23: ALL 101,000 GRANDSTAND SEATS & ALL RV SPOTS SOLD OUT |
69 Different winners in 151 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona races
41 Different winners in 64 Daytona 500s
12 Won multiple Daytona 500s
6 Won 3 or more Daytona 500s including Denny Hamlin (2016, ’19 & ‘20)
Richard Petty leads all with 7 Daytona 500 wins
18 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Daytona 500
16 Champions won Daytona 500
74 Seasons – 35 NASCAR Cup Series champions
Champions Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr. winless in Daytona 500
Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 13 Daytona 500s (3 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each
4 Won consecutive Daytona 500s – Austin Cindric won 2022
Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 9 Daytona races (2 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
Last to win back-to-back Daytona races: Jimmie Johnson 2/13 & 7/13 (Austin Dillon won Daytona 8/22)
Kyle Busch: 60 Career wins – 0 for 17 in Daytona 500 (Most career wins without a Daytona 500 win)
4 Won Daytona 500 for multiple car owners – B. Allison, Earnhardt Jr., Jarrett & Yarborough
4 Won Daytona 500 in multiple car makes – B. Allison, Jarrett, Petty & Yarborough
Richard Petty won in 4 different car makes – Buick, Dodge, Oldsmobile & Plymouth
Daytona 500 winner went on to win championship 9 times – Last 2 by Jimmie Johnson (2006 & ’13)
Richard Petty won Daytona 500 & championship in same season 4 times
Daytona 500 won by defending NASCAR Cup Series champion 5 times –
Last: Dale Jarrett 1999 Champ & 2000 Winner
Denny Hamlin won the 2 closest Daytona 500s (2016 & 2020)
1-hundredth of a second over Martin Truex Jr. in 2016
14-hundredths of a second over Ryan Blaney in 2020
Daytona 500 won from pole 9 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 2000
No Daytona 500 winner from pole last 22 Daytona 500s
13 Daytona 500 pole winners did not lead a lap in race
Only 3 won pole, Duel & Daytona 500 in same year – Last: Bill Elliott 1985
Duel winner won Daytona 500 9 times – Last: Matt Kenseth 2012
Duel race #2 winner won only 3 Daytona 500s – Yarborough ’77, Earnhardt ’98 & Kenseth ‘12
Chevrolet leads all with 30 Daytona 500 poles including last 10
Hendrick Motorsports won 7 of last 8 Daytona 500 poles with 5 different drivers
Toyota has no Daytona 500 poles – First season 2007
5 Won consecutive Daytona 500 poles – Kyle Larson won last Daytona 500 pole
Daytona 500 win was first career victory for 9 drivers
including Michael McDowell 2021 & Austin Cindric 2022
23 Won first career NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona
First 2 career wins came at Daytona for A.J. Foyt & Sterling Marlin
First 3 career wins came at Daytona for Michael Waltrip
1 Postponed Daytona 500 – 2012 (Matt Kenseth winner)
1 Two-Day Daytona 500 –
First 20 laps run 2/16/20 & rest of race run 2/17/20 (Winner Denny Hamlin)
5 Daytona 500s ran shorter than 500 miles – 4 Rain shortened
Daytona 500 ended in Overtime 11 times including 4 of last 5
Leader at 500 miles failed to win 4 Daytona 500s
13 Daytona 500s settled by last lap pass – 4 of last 7 settled by last lap pass
5 Led lap 1 in their first Daytona 500 – Last: Chase Elliott 2016
9 Rookie contenders sat on front row in Daytona 500
6 Rookie of the Year contenders won pole for Daytona 500
Daytona 500 was first career pole for 10 drivers
Car owners swept Daytona 500 front row 12 times – 8 Times in last 13 seasons
Hendrick Motorsports swept Daytona 500 front row 8 times
Austin Cindric only Rookie of the Year contender to win Daytona 500
(Trevor Bayne wasn’t running for Rookie of the Year in 2011)
Worst official starting position to win Daytona 500: 39th – Matt Kenseth 2009 (Started from rear in backup car)
Austin Dillon won 2018 Daytona 500 starting from rear in backup car
Denny Hamlin won 2020 Daytona 500 starting from rear after failing pre-race inspection multiple times
3 Daytona 500 winners started rear of field – Kenseth 2009, Dillon 2018 & Hamlin 2020
Chevrolet leads all with 24 Daytona 500 wins
Ford has 17 Daytona 500 wins including last 2
Toyota has 3 Daytona 500 wins – 2016, ’19 & ‘20 Denny Hamlin (First race: 2007)
First Daytona 500 win for 12 of last 17 winners
Teammates swept top finishing positions 8 times in Daytona 500
Hendrick Motorsports (1997) & Joe Gibbs Racing (2019)
swept top 3 finishing positions in Daytona 500
Youngest winner: Trevor Bayne 20 (2011)
2nd youngest winner: Austin Cindric 23 (2022)
3rd youngest winner: Joey Logano 24 (2015)
4th youngest winner: Jeff Gordon 25 (1997)
Oldest winner: Bobby Allison 50 (1988)
Drivers in 36-40 age group won 21 Daytona 500s (33%)
Only 18-year-old to start Daytona 500 – Joey Logano 2009
Youngest Daytona 500 pole winners – Chase Elliott 2016 (20-Years-old) & William Byron 2019 (21-Years-old)
Oldest Daytona 500 pole winner – Mark Martin 2010 (51-Years-old)
Oldest to race in Daytona 500: Mark Thompson 2018 (66-Years-old)
Dave Marcis 60-Years-old 2002 & Derrike Cope 62-Years-old 2021
2nd & 3rd youngest NASCAR Cup Series winning drivers came at Daytona
Trevor Bayne (20-0-1) 2011 Daytona 500 & Justin Haley (20-2-9) Daytona 7/19
Bubba Wallace finished 2nd in 2018 & ‘22 Daytona 500s – Wendell Scott finished 13th in 1966 Daytona 500
3 Women drivers in Daytona 500 – Janet Guthrie, Danica Patrick & Shawna Robinson
Denny Hamlin only driver to win a Stage & Daytona 500 in same year – 2020 Stage 2
Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 1 & 2 in 2022 Daytona 500 – 11 Laps led & finished 13th
No Stage 1 winner won Daytona 500 (6 Races) – First race with Stages: 2017
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. passed for final lead change 2022 Daytona 500
Daytona 500 pole winner crashed out 3 of last 4 Daytona 500s
Pole winner finished outside top 5 last 21 Daytona 500s
Alex Bowman: 6 Daytona 500s – 5 Straight Daytona 500 front-row starts
Alex Bowman: 5 Daytona 500 front-row starts (5 Straight) – 6 Drivers started on front row 5 times
William Byron & Alex Bowman youngest Daytona 500 front-row (2019) – Combined age: 46-Years-old
16 Daytona 500 winners started front-row – 9 From pole (25%)
26 Daytona 500 winners started from first 2 rows (41%)
45 Daytona 500 winners started top 10
5 Daytona 500 winners started 32nd or worse
Winner from previous year failed to finish Daytona 500 the next year 22 of 64 times (34%)
Fastest Daytona 500: 177.602mph – Buddy Baker (1980)
Turn radius: 987 Feet
14 Daytona 500s ended under caution
Daytona 500 record lead changes: 74 (2011)
2022 Daytona 500 leaders: 13 / lead changes: 35
5 Backup cars won Daytona 500 – Last: Austin Dillon 2018
3 Repaired crashed cars won Daytona 500 – Bobby Allison 1978, Dale Jarrett 2000 & Trevor Bayne 2011
Final lead change with 13 laps or less to go in last 8 Daytona 500s –
4 of last 7 settled by last lap pass
3 of last 6 Daytona 500 winners led only final lap –
Kurt Busch 2017, Austin Dillon 2018 & Michael McDowell 2021
Leader of most laps won only 3 of last 19 Daytona 500s
Fewest laps led by Daytona 500 winner:
1 – Kurt Busch (2017), Austin Dillon (2018) & Michael McDowell (2021)
8 Daytona 500 winners led 5 or fewer laps
Most Daytona 500 laps led: 184 – Richard Petty 1964
Most Daytona 500 laps led by non-winner: 170 – Fireball Roberts 1961
Denny Hamlin led most laps 4 Daytona 500s – Tied for most all-time (Richard Petty)
13 Drivers led most laps in a Daytona 500, but never won any Daytona 500:
Donnie Allison, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Matt DiBenedetto, Brad Keselowski, Terry Labonte, Mark Martin, Kyle Petty,
Joe Ruttman, Ken Schrader, Jack Smith, Tony Stewart & Rusty Wallace
Most consecutive laps led: 149 – Richard Petty (1964)
10 Led first lap & won Daytona 500
Ryan Blaney led most consecutive laps 2022 Daytona 500 (36)
Austin Cindric didn’t lead 2022 Daytona 500 for first time until lap 157 – Led 21 of final 45 laps
Most starts before first Daytona 500 win: Dale Earnhardt won in 20th try (1998)
Lee Petty 1959 & Trevor Bayne 2011 only drivers to win Daytona 500 in first try
Mario Andretti, Austin Cindric, Pete Hamilton & Junior Johnson won Daytona 500 in 2nd try
No driver won Daytona 500 in first career race
Dave Marcis raced in most Daytona 500s – 0 for 33
Terry Labonte 0 for 32, Mark Martin 0 for 29 & Ricky Rudd 0 for 29 in Daytona 500
Mid-race leader won 2 of last 30 Daytona 500s – Denny Hamlin 2016 & Denny Hamlin 2020
Leader with 10 to go failed to finish last 2 Daytona 500s –
Joey Logano (2021) & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2022)
Dale Inman leads all crew chiefs with 5 Daytona 500 wins
Petty Enterprises leads all with 9 Daytona 500 wins
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Daytona 500 wins – 2nd to Petty Enterprises
Hendrick Motorsports won 8 Daytona 500s with 5 different drivers
All 4 Hendrick drivers winless in Daytona 500
Joe Gibbs Racing won 4 Daytona 500s with 2 different drivers (Denny Hamlin 3 & Dale Jarrett 1)
Joe Gibbs Racing debut 1992 Daytona 500 & first win 1993 Daytona 500
Richard Childress Racing: 3 Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt 1998, Kevin Harvick 2007 & Austin Dillon 2018)
Team Penske: 3 Daytona 500 wins (Ryan Newman 2008, Joey Logano 2015 & Austin Cindric 2022)
Michael Waltrip won first career race in 463rd try – 2001 Daytona 500
Michael McDowell won first career race in 358th try – 2021 Daytona 500
Dale Earnhardt ended 59-race winless streak 1998 Daytona 500
Only win of season for 16 Daytona 500 winners
21 Involved in lap 191 crash 2019 Daytona 500 – Most ever
19 Involved in lap 184 crash 2020 Daytona 500 – Tied 2nd-most ever (2001)
Biggest Daytona NASCAR Cup Series crash: 26 Involved (7/6/14)
Biggest Daytona crash: 37 Involved (2/13/60) – Modified-Sportsman race
Longest span between Daytona 500 wins: 10 years (Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2004 & ’14 winner)
2 Won Daytona 500 & Indianapolis 500 – A.J. Foyt & Mario Andretti
4 Won Rolex 24 at Daytona & Daytona 500 – Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Jeff Gordon & Jamie McMurray
23 Foreign-born drivers competed in Daytona 500
3 Father-Son Daytona 500 winners – Allison, Earnhardt & Petty
Austin Cindric: 2022 Daytona 500 champion – 30-1 Odds
(Michael McDowell: 2021 Daytona 500 champion – 66-1 Odds)
2022 Fastest Open drivers: Noah Gragson & Jacques Villeneuve
2022 Failed to qualify for Daytona 500: Timmy Hill & J.J. Yeley
29 Different car numbers won Daytona 500
Car number 2 won only 1 Daytona 500 – 2022 Austin Cindric
Car number 3 won 2 Daytona 500s – 1998 Dale Earnhardt & 2018 Austin Dillon
Car number 11 won 5 Daytona 500s – 1967 Mario Andretti, 1977 Cale Yarborough, 2016, ’19 & ‘20 Denny Hamlin
Car number 42 won only 1 Daytona 500 – 1959 Lee Petty
2019 Hendrick Motorsports top 4 fastest in Daytona 500 front-row qualifying
2022 Hendrick Motorsports top 3 fastest in Daytona 500 front-row qualifying
Hendrick Motorsports: 5 Straight Daytona 500 poles 2015-‘19 – Longest all-time Daytona 500 streak
DUEL STATS HIGHLIGHTS
150 Mile races since 2005
22 Duel races settled by last lap pass – Last 4 years at least 1 Duel settled by last lap pass
Winner led only final lap in 7 Duel races
Duel ended in Overtime 8 times – Leader at scheduled distance won 5 times
Hendrick Motorsports & Richard Childress Racing lead all teams with 16 Duel wins each
Roush: 3 Duel wins – Swept 2022 Duel
4 Won Duel in first try – Jeff Gordon 1993, Shorty Rollins 1959, Johnny Rutherford 1963 & Bob Welborn 1959
Last to win Duel back-to-back: Joey Logano 2019 & ‘20
Last to win Duel 3 straight years or longer: Dale Earnhardt 1990-’99
Dale Earnhardt won every Duel he raced in 1990s (1990-’99)
Same Duel winners in consecutive years only once: 1961 & ‘62 Fireball Roberts & Joe Weatherly
Only 1 Duel winner went on to win Daytona 500 since 2005 – Matt Kenseth in 2012
Last Daytona 500 pole winner to win Duel in same year: Chase Elliott 2017
Last time both Duel races won from pole: 1996 – Dale Earnhardt & Ernie Irvan
Worst start position of Duel winner: 25th – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2015)
Worst previous start position of Duel winner: 18th – Bobby Isaac (1974) & Michael Waltrip (2005)
19 of 126 on Duel pole did not finish Duel race
Chevrolet leads all with 53 Duel wins
5 Straight Duel 1 wins by Ford
Matador won 1975 Duel with Bobby Allison driving