DAY NXS & NCS RC Sunday, February 14, 2021

DAY NXS & NCS RC

Chase Elliott

‘King of the Road’

5 Road course wins – Leads active drivers

4 Straight road course wins – 2019 Watkins Glen, 2019 Charlotte Roval, 2020 Daytona Road Course & 2020 Charlotte Roval

4 Straight road course wins – 2nd longest all-time streak (Jeff Gordon – 6 Straight 1997-2000)

5 Wins last 7 road course races – Only top 5 finishes last 7 road course races

Average road course finish: 8.9 – Best of active drivers

Chase Elliott Recent Road Course Results
	Start	Finish	Laps Led	Status
2018 Sonoma	3rd	4th	0	Running
2018 Watkins Glen	3rd	1st	52	Winner
2018 Charlotte Roval	4th	6th	0	Running
2019 Sonoma	4th	37th	3	Engine
2019 Watkins Glen	1st	1st	80	Winner
2019 Charlotte Roval	19th	1st	35	Winner
2020 Daytona Road Course	7th	1st	34	Winner
2020 Charlotte Roval	2nd	1st	27	Winner

2020 Daytona Road Course

Winner pit stops & lap: Chase Elliott (3 Stops) 16, 27, 48

Longest green flag run: 21 Laps (40-60)

Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Clint Bowyer (4th & 2nd)

Speeding: 6 – Martin Truex Jr. (3rd), James Davison, Ryan Blaney, J.J. Yeley, Kyle Busch, Stanton Barrett

Rear of field: 4 – Kaz Grala (7th), Timmy Hill, Corey LaJoie, Stanton Barrett

Best Hendrick Motorsports: 1st Chase Elliott

Best Joe Gibbs Racing: 2nd Denny Hamlin

Best Stewart-Haas Racing: 6th Clint Bowyer

Best Team Penske: 9th Joey Logano

All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 12th or better – 3 Top 10 finishers

Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr. finished 2nd & 3rd

Clint Bowyer finished 6th – Only Stewart-Haas Racing driver in top 15 (No laps led by Stewart-Haas Racing drivers)

Chase Elliott

2020 Daytona road course winner – Started 7th, Stage 1 winner & finished 7th in Stage 2, 34 laps led (most), avg. running pos.: 3rd

Denny Hamlin

Finished 2nd at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Started 2nd, Stage 2 winner, 4 times led (most) for 16 laps, avg. running pos.: 5th

Martin Truex Jr.

Finished 3rd at 2020 Daytona Road Course – 10 Laps led & lap 27 pit road speeding penalty

Chris Buescher

Finished 5th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Started 21st, finished 29th in Stage 1 & 23rd in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 16th

William Byron

Finished 8th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 40 points scored

Joey Logano

Finished 9th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Started 5th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 17th in Stage 2, 1 lap led

Alex Bowman

Finished 12th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Lap 15 left rear tire down & 2nd caution free pass

Brad Keselowski

Finished 13th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Started 17th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, avg. running pos.: 15th

Kurt Busch

Finished 14th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Started 8th, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 8.8

Kevin Harvick

Finished 17th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Started 1st, no laps led, lap 43 spin, avg. running pos: 17.7

Ryan Blaney

Finished 31st at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Running 12th with 3 laps to go

Kyle Busch

Finished 37th at 2020 Daytona Road Course – Lap 60 crash