DAYTONA 500 Sunday, February 4, 2024

DAYTONA 500

42 Different winners in 65 Daytona 500s

19 NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers won Daytona 500

16 Champions won Daytona 500

9 Different winners in last 9 Daytona-Talladega races –

Ryan Blaney, Chris Buescher, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric,

Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Bubba Wallace

Only win of season for 17 Daytona 500 winners including last 3 (McDowell, Cindric & Stenhouse Jr.) 

First Daytona 500 win for last 3 winners – Michael McDowell (2021), Austin Cindric (2022) & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2023)

Kyle Busch: 63 Career wins – 0 for 18 in Daytona 500 (Most career wins without a Daytona 500 win)

Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 14 Daytona 500s (3 Wins) – 11 Others 1 win each 

Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 11 Daytona races (2 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each

Martin Truex Jr.: 0 for 19 in Daytona 500 – Dale Earnhardt’s only Daytona 500 win came in 20th try (1998)

9 Different winners in last 9 Daytona races –

Justin Haley, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Michael McDowell, Ryan Blaney,

Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Chris Buescher

2023 Daytona 500 top 7 finishers all different teams – JTG, Penske, Gibbs, RFK, Hendrick, Kaulig & Trackhouse 

4 Won consecutive Daytona 500s – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2023

Daytona 500 won by defending NASCAR Cup Series champion 5 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 1999 Champ & 2000 Winner

Daytona 500 won from pole 9 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 2000

No winner from pole last 23 Daytona 500s

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

Leader at 500 miles failed to win 5 Daytona 500s including Kyle Busch 2023

13 Daytona 500s settled by last lap pass – 4 of last 8 settled by last lap pass

Closest Daytona 500 finish: 2016 – Denny Hamlin over Martin Truex Jr. by one one-hundredth of a second

2023 Daytona 500 leaders: 21 / lead changes: 52 (Only 3 Daytona 500s had more lead changes)

Leader of most laps won only 3 of last 20 Daytona 500s

Brad Keselowski led most laps last 2 Daytona 500s – Finished 9th & 22nd

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

Kyle Busch: Most laps led without a Daytona 500 win – 330 Laps led

Denny Hamlin led most laps 4 Daytona 500s – Tied for most all-time (Richard Petty)

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. didn’t lead 2023 Daytona 500 for first time until lap 203 – Led final 10 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

Leader with 10 to go failed to finish last 3 Daytona 500s –

Joey Logano (2021), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2022) & Kyle Busch (2023)

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended 199-race winless streak 2023 Daytona 500

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 2023 Daytona 500 champion – 33-1 Odds

21 Involved in lap 191 crash 2019 Daytona 500 – Most ever

Biggest Daytona NASCAR Cup Series crash: 26 Involved (7/6/14)

Biggest Daytona crash: 37 Involved (2/13/60) – Modified-Sportsman race

3 Father-Son Daytona 500 winners – Allison, Earnhardt & Petty