Daytona 500 Sunday, February 2, 2020

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DAYTONA 500 & DUEL STATS HIGHLIGHTS

  • Active Daytona 500 leaders:
  • Daytona 500 wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Jimmie Johnson
  • 1 Daytona 500 win: Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon, Kevin Harvick, Joey Logano & Ryan Newman
  • Champions winless in Daytona 500: Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
  • Daytona 500 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kurt Busch
  • Daytona 500 top 3 finishes: 4 Kurt Busch & Denny Hamlin
  • Daytona 500 top 5 finishes: 7 Jimmie Johnson
  • Daytona 500 top 10 finishes: 8 Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
  • Daytona 500 laps led: 297 Denny Hamlin
  • February 16
  • 1992: Larry McReynolds crew chief for Daytona 500 champion Davey Allison
  • 1997: Jeff Gordon first Daytona 500 win at 25-years-old with Hendrick finishing 1-2-3
  • 2003: Michael Waltrip 2nd Daytona 500 win
  • 1-Kurt Busch: 2017 Daytona 500 champion – Led only final lap
  • 2-Brad Keselowski: 30 Career wins – 0 for 10 in Daytona 500
  • 3-Austin Dillon: 2018 Daytona 500 champion – Started rear of field & led only final lap
  • 4-Kevin Harvick: 2007 Daytona 500 champion – Running 6th into final lap & only 2007 win
  • 6-Ryan Newman: 2008 Daytona 500 champion – 50th running of Daytona 500, Team Penske Dodge, passed Tony Stewart on final lap
  • 6-Ryan Newman: 7.0 Average finish in Daytona & Talladega races last season – Best
  • 9-Chase Elliott: Failed to finish last 4 Daytona races – All due to crashes
  • 10-Aric Almirola: Finished 11th in 2018 Daytona 500 after crash while leading final lap
  • 11-Denny Hamlin: 2 Daytona 500 wins – Only 5 won 3 or more Daytona 500s
  • 11-Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 11 Daytona races (2 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
  • 11-Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 10 Daytona 500s (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
  • 11-Denny Hamlin won 2 of last 4 Daytona 500s with 2 different crew chiefs – Michael Wheeler (2016) & Chris Gabehart (2019)
  • 11-Denny Hamlin won 2019 Daytona 500 – 3 Won consecutive Daytona 500s (Last: Sterling Marlin 1994 & ’95)
  • 11-Denny Hamlin led at 500-mile mark last 2 Daytona 500s – 1 Win (2019)
  • 11-Denny Hamlin only Toyota driver to win Daytona 500 (2016 & ’19) – First Daytona 500 for Toyota: 2007
  • 11-Denny Hamlin led only 30 of final 38 laps in 2019 Daytona 500
  • 12-Ryan Blaney: Failed to finish last 3 Daytona races – All due to crashes
  • 12-Ryan Blaney only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 2 Daytona 500s
  • 12-Ryan Blaney Stage 2 winner last 2 Daytona 500s
  • 13-Ty Dillon: 1 of 2 to finish top 10 in each Daytona race last season (Jimmie Johnson) – Finished 6th & 4th
  • 13-Ty Dillon: Finished 6th or better last 3 Daytona races
  • 14-Clint Bowyer: Failed to finish last 3 Daytona races – All due to crashes
  • 18-Kyle Busch: 56 Career wins – 0 for 14 in Daytona 500 (Most career wins without a Daytona 500 win)
  • 18-Kyle Busch: 1 Daytona win 7/08 (10th career win) – 46 Wins since only Daytona win (Winless last 21 Daytona races)
  • 18-Kyle Busch: 2019 Champion – Defending champion won Daytona 500 five times (Last: Dale Jarrett 1999 Champ & 2000 Winner)
  • 18-Kyle Busch Stage 1 winner 2 of last 3 Daytona 500s (2017 & ’19)
  • 18-Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 2019 Daytona 500 – Finished 2nd
  • 19-Martin Truex Jr.: 26 Career wins – 0 for 15 in Daytona 500 (2nd to Denny Hamlin in 2016 by one one-hundredth of a second)
  • 21-Matt DiBenedetto led most laps 2019 Daytona 500 (49) – Finished 28th (Crash)
  • 22-Joey Logano: 2015 Daytona 500 champion – 2nd youngest (24-Years-old – Trevor Bayne 20 in 2011)
  • 22-Joey Logano: Finished 6th or better last 5 Daytona 500s – 3 Top 5 finishes
  • 22-Joey Logano: 51 Daytona laps led last season (11 Feb. & 40 July) – Led all drivers
  • 22-Joey Logano: Only 18-year-old to start Daytona 500 (2009)
  • 24-William Byron: 2019 Daytona 500 pole – 5 Won consecutive Daytona 500 poles (Last: Chase Elliott 2016 & ’17)
  • 24-William Byron led most consecutive laps 2019 Daytona 500 (42)
  • 42-Kyle Larson: Started rear of field each Daytona race last season – Finished 7th & 20th
  • 42-Kyle Larson: Started rear of field last 2 Daytona 500s – Finished 19th & 7th
  • 42-Kyle Larson: Passed for lead on final lap 2017 Daytona 500 (Out of fuel) – Finished 12th
  • 43-Bubba Wallace: Finished 2nd in 2018 Daytona 500
  • 47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 5 Straight Daytona races led (Longest current streak) – 97 Laps led
  • 48-Jimmie Johnson: 2 Daytona 500 wins – Only 5 won 3 or more Daytona 500s
  • 48-Jimmie Johnson: 3 Daytona wins – Leads active drivers
  • 48-Jimmie Johnson: 1 of 2 to finish top 10 in each Daytona race last season (Ty Dillon) – Finished 9th & 3rd
  • 4 Different winners from 4 different teams at Daytona & Talladega last season – Blaney, Elliott, Haley & Hamlin
  • Aric Almirola, Ty Dillon & Ryan Newman finished top 10 in 3 of 4 Daytona & Talladega races last season – Most
  • 5 Failed to finish each Daytona race last season – Blaney, Bowyer, Elliott, Ragan & Suarez
  • David Ragan only driver failing to finish each race at Daytona & Talladega last season
  • On this date:
  • 2/16/75: Benny Parsons won Daytona 500
  • 2/16/86: Geoff Bodine won Daytona 500
  • 2/16/92: Davey Allison won Daytona 500
  • 2/16/97: Jeff Gordon won Daytona 500
  • 2/16/03: Michael Waltrip won Daytona 500
  • 39 Different winners in 61 Daytona 500s
  • 65 Different winners in 145 NASCAR Cup Series Daytona races
  • 12 Won multiple Daytona 500s including Denny Hamlin (2016 & ’19) & Jimmie Johnson (2006 & ’13)
  • 5 Won 3 or more Daytona 500s – Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Bobby Allison, Jeff Gordon & Dale Jarrett
  • Denny Hamlin & Jimmie Johnson each won 2 Daytona 500s – Only 5 drivers won 3 or more Daytona 500s
  • Richard Petty leads all with 7 Daytona 500 wins
  • 16 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Daytona 500
  • 16 Champions won Daytona 500
  • Cale Yarborough only driver to win 3 straight Daytona races – Longest Daytona winning streak
  • Last to win back-to-back Daytona races: Jimmie Johnson 2/13 & 7/13
  • Justin Haley won 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400
  • 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
  • Kyle Busch only driver to miss Daytona 500 and still win championship (2015)
  • Daytona 500 won from pole 9 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 2000
  • No Daytona 500 winner from pole last 19 races
  • 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 only won 3 Daytona 500s – Yarborough ’77, Earnhardt ’98 & Kenseth ‘12
  • 5 Won Daytona Sportsman/Xfinity Series & Daytona 500 in same year – Last: Kevin Harvick 2007
  • Chevrolet leads all with 27 Daytona 500 poles including last 7
  • Hendrick Motorsports won last 5 Daytona 500 poles with 4 different drivers
  • Toyota has no Daytona 500 poles – First season 2007
  • 2 Did not defend Daytona 500 win from previous year – Richard Petty (‘64 Winner) & Bobby Allison (‘88 Winner)
  • Daytona 500 win was first career victory for 7 drivers – Last: Trevor Bayne 2011
  • 20 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)
  • 5 Daytona 500s ran shorter than 500 miles
  • Daytona 500 ended in Overtime 9 times including last 2
  • Leader at 500 miles failed to win 4 Daytona 500s
  • 12 Daytona 500s settled by last lap pass including 3 of last 4
  • Closest Daytona 500 finish: 2016 – Denny Hamlin over Martin Truex Jr. by one one-hundredth of a second
  • 5 Led lap 1 in their first Daytona 500 – Last: Chase Elliott 2016
  • 9 Rookie contenders sat on front row in Daytona 500 including Danica Patrick (’13), Austin Dillon (’14) & Chase Elliott (’16)
  • 6 Rookie of the Year contenders won pole for Daytona 500 including 3 of last 7 seasons
  • Daytona 500 was first career pole for 10 including Jimmie Johnson (2002), Chase Elliott (2016) & William Byron (2019)
  • Car owners swept Daytona 500 front row 10 times – 6 Times in last 10 years
  • Hendrick Motorsports swept Daytona 500 front row 6 times – 3 Times in last 5 seasons
  • 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
  • Chevrolet leads all with 24 Daytona 500 wins
  • Ford has 15 Daytona 500 wins including 5 of last 11
  • First Daytona 500 win for 10 of last 14 winners including 4 of last 5
  • 16 Different pole winners last 17 Daytona 500s – Chase Elliott won 2 of last 4
  • Teammates swept top finishing positions 7 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: Joey Logano 24 (2015)
  • 3rd youngest winner: Jeff Gordon 25 (1997)
  • Oldest winner: Bobby Allison 50 (1988)
  • 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
  • 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 Daytona 500 – Wendell Scott finished 13th in 1966 Daytona 500
  • 3 Women drivers in Daytona 500 – Janet Guthrie, Danica Patrick & Shawna Robinson
  • Daytona 500 pole winner failed to finish 22 of 61 races including William Byron in 2019
  • Pole winner finished outside top 5 last 18 Daytona 500s
  • William Byron & Alex Bowman youngest Daytona 500 front-row (2019) – Combined age: 46-Years-old
  • Winner from previous year failed to finish Daytona 500 the next year 22 of 61 times (36%)
  • Fastest Daytona 500: 177.602mph – Buddy Baker (1980)
  • 21 of 40 Failed to finish 2019 Daytona 500 – All due to crashes
  • 13 Daytona 500s ended under caution
  • 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 9 laps or less to go in last 4 Daytona 500s – 3 of last 4 settled by last lap pass
  • Fewest laps led by Daytona 500 winner: 1 – Kurt Busch (2017) & Austin Dillon (2018)
  • 4 Different leaders final 4 laps in 2017 Daytona 500 – 3 Different leaders final 3 laps in 2018 Daytona 500
  • 7 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
  • Drivers leading most laps failed to win 14 of last 16 Daytona 500s including last 3 (88%)
  • 7 of last 13 Daytona 500 winners led 8 laps or less
  • 12 Drivers led most laps in a Daytona 500, but never won any Daytona 500:
  • Donnie Allison, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, Matt DiBenedetto, 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
  • Daytona 500 champion led for first time lap 170 or later last 3 races
  • 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
  • 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
  • Bill Elliott last to win Daytona 500 & win pole for Daytona 500 next year (1985 & ’86)
  • Denny Hamlin won 2019 Daytona 500
  • Mid-race leader won 1 of last 27 Daytona 500s – Denny Hamlin 2016
  • Mid-race leader finished outside top 10 in 7 of last 9 Daytona 500s
  • Mid-race leader finished 28th or worse 5 of last 7 Daytona 500s
  • Matt DiBenedetto led 2019 Daytona 500 at mid-race – Finished 28th (Crash)
  • Mid-race leader crashed out 2 of last 3 Daytona 500s
  • Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win last 4 Daytona 500s
  • Dale Inman leads all crew chiefs with 5 Daytona 500 wins
  • 1 Daytona 500 win for Chad Knaus (2013)
  • Petty Enterprises leads all with 9 Daytona 500 wins
  • Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Daytona 500 wins
  • Hendrick Motorsports won 8 Daytona 500s with 5 different drivers
  • Richard Childress Racing: 3 Daytona 500 wins (Dale Earnhardt 1998, Kevin Harvick 2007 & Austin Dillon 2018)
  • Joe Gibbs Racing debut 1992 Daytona 500 & first win 1993 Daytona 500
  • Michael Waltrip won first career race in 463rd try – 2001 Daytona 500
  • Dale Earnhardt ended 59-race winless streak 1998 Daytona 500
  • Only win of season for 14 Daytona 500 winners
  • In last 28 Daytona 500s, 15 crashes involved 10 or more drivers – Biggest crash: 21 involved (2019)
  • 21 Involved in lap 191 crash 2019 Daytona 500 – Most ever
  • Only 3 not involved in crashes 2019 Daytona 500 – Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain & Denny Hamlin
  • 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)
  • 2019 Daytona 500 – 2nd warmest (84 Degrees) / Warmest: 1975 (85 Degrees)
  • 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
  • 22 Foreign-born drivers competed in Daytona 500
  • 3 Father-Son Daytona 500 winners – Allison, Earnhardt & Petty
  • Trevor Bayne: 2011 Daytona 500 winner – 125-1 Odds
  • 71 Seasons – 33 NASCAR Cup Series champions
  • Champions Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr. winless in Daytona 500
  • 27 Different car numbers won Daytona 500
  • Car number 3 won 2 Daytona 500s – 1998 Dale Earnhardt & 2018 Austin Dillon
  • Car number 11 won 4 Daytona 500s – 1967 Mario Andretti, ’77 Cale Yarborough, 2016 & ’19 Denny Hamli
  • Car number 17 won 2 Daytona 500s – 1989 Darrell Waltrip & 2009 Matt Kenset
  • Car number 42 won only 1 Daytona 500 – 1959 Lee Petty
  • Hendrick Motorsports won last 5 Daytona poles when qualifying was run (2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 pole canceled)
  • 2019 Hendrick Motorsports top 4 fastest in Daytona 500 front-row qualifying
  • Hendrick Motorsports: 5 Straight Daytona 500 poles – Longest all-time streak
  • 56 Different winners in 120 Duel races
  • Last to win Duel back-to-back: Chase Elliott 2017 & ‘18
  • Dale Earnhardt won every Duel he raced in 1990s (1990-’99)
  • 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)
  • 18 of 120 on pole did not finish Duel race
  • 19 Duel races settled by last lap pass including 2019 Duel 2 – Logano over Bowyer
  • Winner led only final lap in 7 Duel races including Joey Logano in 2019
  • Chevrolet leads all with 51 Duel wins
  • Ford swept 2019 Duel – Harvick (Stewart-Haas Racing) & Logano (Team Penske)
  • Matador won 1975 Duel with Bobby Allison driving
  • The Clash at Daytona winner & Duel winner in same season: 14 Times (None won Daytona 500 same season)
  • Only 1 Duel winner went on to win Daytona 500 since 2005 – Matt Kenseth in 2012
  • Last 8 Daytona 500 winners finished 6th or better in Duel
  • Duel ended in Overtime 7 times – Leader at scheduled distance won 5 times
  • Duel record lowest low temperature: 32 (2/11/71) / record highest low temperature: 66 (2/15/90)
  • Duel record lowest high temperature: 50 (2/13/86 & 2/19/15) / record highest high temperature: 85 (2/23/12)
  • Neil Bonnett, Kyle Busch & Tony Stewart only drivers to win The Clash, Duel & 400, but winless in Daytona 500
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