NASCAR Daytona Sunday, August 18, 2024
Daytona NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Daytona 8/23
Chris Buescher
Daytona 8/23 winner – Started 11th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, only final 2 laps led
Winner pit stops: Chris Buescher – 6 Stops 37, 83 (G), 95, 101, 103, 147 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Martin Truex Jr. 24th
Stage 2 winner: Brad Keselowski 2nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: 45 Brad Keselowski
Passed for final lead change: Kevin Harvick 9th
Winner final laps led: Chris Buescher 2
Cautions: 3
Failed to finish: 10
Longest green run: 55 Laps (41-95)
Best free pass finisher: Chandler Smith 15th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Brennan Poole 39th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Ryan Preece 31st
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 4th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 16th
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 3rd
Best Penske: Joey Logano 5th
2024 Daytona 500
William Byron
2024 Daytona 500 winner – Started rear of field, avg. running pos.: 17.5, lap 192 involved in crash, led only final 4 laps Winner pit stops: William Byron – 7 Stops 9, 55 (G), 67, 115 (G), 133, 135, 182 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Chase Elliott 14th
Stage 2 winner: Ryan Blaney 30th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: 51 William Byron
Passed for final lead change: Ross Chastain 21st
Winner final laps led: William Byron 4
Lead changes: 41
Leaders: 20
Cautions: 5
Failed to finish: 10
Longest green run: 61 Laps (71-131)
Best free pass finisher: AJ Allmendinger 6th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Martin Truex Jr. 15th
Best starting rear of field finisher: William Byron 1st
Best Hendrick: William Byron 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Noah Gragson 9th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 22nd
3 Green-flag runs longer than 44 minutes
Lap 192: 23 Involved in crash
Leaders:
Chevrolet 8 Drivers for 62 laps
Ford 9 Drivers for 103 laps
Toyota 3 Drivers for 35 laps
William Byron only repeat winner last 10 Daytona races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
Last to win back-to-back Daytona races: Jimmie Johnson 2/13 & 7/13 (William Byron won 2024 Daytona 500)
5 Won Daytona 500 & Coke Zero Sugar 400 in same season –
Last: Jimmie Johnson 2013 (William Byron won 2024 Daytona 500)
7 Different winners in last 7 Daytona races –
Michael McDowell, Ryan Blaney, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon,
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chris Buescher & William Byron
14 Different winners last 14 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
6 Different teams won last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400s – Gibbs, Spire, Hendrick, Penske, Childress & RFK
11 Scored first career NASCAR Cup Series win in Coke Zero Sugar 400
First career win for 5 of last 13 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners –
David Ragan 2011, Aric Almirola 2014, Erik Jones 2018, Justin Haley 2019 & William Byron 2020
Coke Zero Sugar 400 first win of season for 20 drivers – 7 Times in Playoff era
Coke Zero Sugar 400 only win of season for 18 drivers including 4 of last 6
(Erik Jones, Justin Haley, William Byron & Austin Dillon)
Last defending series champion to win Coke Zero Sugar 400: Tony Stewart – 2011 Champion & 2012 Winner
3 of last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners were youngest ever:
Justin Haley (20 in 2019), Erik Jones (22 in 2018) & William Byron (22 in 2020)
Stage 1 & 2 winner never won Coke Zero Sugar 400
10 To go leader failed to win last 7 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races
10 Coke Zero Sugar 400s settled by last lap pass
11 Coke Zero Sugar 400s finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
Driver starting first finished 20th or worse last 7 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Driver starting first failed to finish 6 of last 10 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Driver starting first won only 9 of 65 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
2 Toyota wins in Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Kyle Busch 2008 & Erik Jones 2018
Toyota: 1 Coke Zero 400 pole – 2013 Kyle Busch
Daytona NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Austin Hill
Daytona Feb. winner – Finished 2nd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 9 laps led, lap 37 involved in crash, lap 63 speeding
Justin Allgaier
Daytona 8/23 winner – Started rear of field, finished 33rd in Stage 1 & 12th in Stage 2, 14 laps led, avg. running pos.: 16th
Top 2 finishers at Michigan were same top 2 at Daytona last August – Justin Allgaier & Sheldon Creed
Closest margin-of-victory last season: .005 Seconds – Justin Allgaier over Sheldon Creed (Daytona Aug.)
Daytona wins:
Richard Childress Racing: 9; JR Motorsports: 8; Joe Gibbs Racing: 4; Kaulig Racing: 3; Stewart-Haas Racing: 0
JR Motorsports: 8 Daytona wins by 8 Different drivers – Allgaier, Annett, Byron, Elliott, Gragson, Kahne, Reddick & Smith
JR Motorsports finished 1-2 in four Daytona races
Crashes involving more that 10 drivers in 13 of last 16 Daytona races
Last to win consecutive Daytona races: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2/03, 7/03 & 2/04 (Austin Hill won last Daytona race)
Last Daytona NXS & NCS sweep – Kevin Harvick 2/07
8 Won first career NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona – All in February race
16 Daytona Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
20 Daytona Overtime races
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 47 Daytona wins including last 6 races
Ford: 1 Win last 14 Daytona races – Austin Cindric 2/21
Toyota winless last 21 Daytona races
Justin Allgaier won first Daytona race in 26th try (8/23) – Most of all drivers
6 of 65 Daytona NXS races won from first starting position
11 Won pole in their first Daytona race