NASCAR Daytona Sunday, August 20, 2023
Daytona International Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Daytona 8/22
Austin Dillon
Daytona 8/22 winner – Started 21st, finished 32nd in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, 6th caution free pass, led only 10 of final 23 laps
Winner pit stops: Austin Dillon (8 Stops) 32, 37, 79 (G), 97, 99, 106 127, 132
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 1st & 4th, Kyle Busch 4th & 1st, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Dillon 1st
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Busch 10th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 14th
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 8th
Best Stewart-Haas: Cole Custer 16th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 3rd
Most Daytona wins: 10 Richard Petty
13 Different winners in 19 Regular Season Finales
Only 4 won Regular Season Finale more than once – Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson & Brad Keselowski
Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick lead all with 3 Regular Season Finale wins
Regular season finale winner also won first Playoff race 3 times – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Brad Keselowski 2014 & ‘18
42 Different winners in 64 NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 races
13 Different winners last 13 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
6 Different teams won last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400s – Roush, Gibbs, Spire, Hendrick, Penske & Childress
First career win for 5 of last 12 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners –
David Ragan 2011, Aric Almirola 2014, Erik Jones 2018, Justin Haley 2019 & William Byron 2020
31 Won only one Coke Zero Sugar 400
David Pearson: 5 Coke Zero Sugar 400 wins – Most all-time
David Pearson only driver to win 3 straight Coke Zero Sugar 400s (1972, ’73 & ’74)
Last to win consecutive Coke Zero Sugar 400s: Tony Stewart 2005 & ’06 (Austin Dillon won last race)
Last to win back-to-back Daytona races: Jimmie Johnson 2/13 & 7/13 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2023 Daytona 500)
5 Won Daytona 500 & Coke Zero Sugar 400 in same season –
Last: Jimmie Johnson 2013 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won 2023 Daytona 500)
Richard Childress Racing finished 1-2 in 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Austin Dillon winner & Tyler Reddick 2nd
5 Scored best finish of season in 2022 Coke Zero Sugar 400 –
Austin Dillon, Landon Cassill, Noah Gragson, B.J. McLeod & Cody Ware
Tony Stewart only repeat winner last 21 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races (4 Wins) – 17 Others 1 win each
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 5
(Erik Jones, Justin Haley, William Byron & Austin Dillon)
Longest winless streaks ended in Coke Zero Sugar 400:
Jamie McMurray 165 races (2007), David Ragan 162 (2011), Jimmy Spencer 128 (1994) & Aric Almirola 124 (2014)
3 of last 5 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners were youngest ever:
Justin Haley (20 in 2019), Erik Jones (22 in 2018) & William Byron (22 in 2020)
David Pearson (1972) & Jimmie Johnson (2013) were 37 years old when scoring their 64th career win in Coke Zero Sugar 400
Last defending series champion to win Coke Zero Sugar 400: Tony Stewart – 2011 Champion & 2012 Winner
10 Won Coke Zero Sugar 400 & championship in same season – Last: Jimmie Johnson 2013
11 Scored first career NASCAR Cup Series win in Coke Zero Sugar 400
First 2 career wins for A.J. Foyt came in Coke Zero Sugar 400 (1964 & ’65)
Most laps led in Coke Zero Sugar 400: 151 – Tony Stewart 2005
Tony Stewart led 151 of 160 laps in 2005 including first 103 laps
Most consecutive laps led in Coke Zero Sugar 400: 118 – Cale Yarborough (1968)
Leader of most laps won 33 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Leader of most laps failed to finish 8 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races
10 To go leader failed to win last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races
10 Coke Zero Sugar 400s settled by last lap pass
3 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners led only 1 lap – Jimmy Spencer (1994), Erik Jones (2018) & Justin Haley (2019)
3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s didn’t run to scheduled distance – 1996, ’14 & ‘19
10 Coke Zero Sugar 400s finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
6 of last 8 Coke Zero Sugar 400s finished in Overtime
Stage 1 & 2 winner never won Coke Zero Sugar 400
9 Won Coke Zero Sugar 400 from first starting position – Qualifying cancelled for last 3 that won from first starting position
Last to win Coke Zero Sugar 400 after winning pole: Tony Stewart 2005
Worst start position of Coke Zero Sugar 400 winner: 42nd – Tony Stewart (2012)
Driver starting first finished 20th or worse last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Driver starting first failed to finish 5 of last 9 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Coke Zero Sugar 400 pole failed to finish 19 of 64 races
Driver starting first won only 9 of 64 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Cale Yarborough leads all with 13 Coke Zero Sugar 400 front row starts
3 Won Coke Zero Sugar 400 in first try – Fireball Roberts (1959), Greg Biffle (2003) & Justin Haley (2019)
Most tries before first Coke Zero Sugar 400 win: 21 – Buddy Baker (1983)
Toyota: 1 Coke Zero 400 pole – 2013 Kyle Busch
Ford leads with 22 Coke Zero Sugar 400 wins – Chevrolet 2nd with 21 wins
2 Toyota wins in Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Kyle Busch 2008 & Erik Jones 2018
Slowest race: 2017 – 123.986mph (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. winner)
Fastest race: 1980 – 173.473mph (Bobby Allison winner)
DAYTONA WINS
RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING: 8
JR MOTORSPORTS: 7
JOE GIBBS RACING: 4
KAULIG RACING: 3
JUSTIN ALLGAIER: Finished 3rd at Daytona Feb. – Started 5th, lap 41 involved in crash, Stage 2 winner, 7 times led (most), 36 laps led, passed for win on final lap
Austin Hill: Daytona Feb. winner – Pole, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, 39 laps led (most)
Sam Mayer: Finished 27th at Daytona Feb. – Finished 11th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 14 laps led, lap 20 involved in crash, final lap flip
John Hunter Nemechek: Finished 2nd at Daytona Feb. – Started 7th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 8 laps led
Daytona International Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
36 Different winners in 63 Daytona NXS races
21 Different winners last 24 Daytona races
Dale Earnhardt & Tony Stewart tied for most Daytona wins with 7
Austin Hill: 2 Straight Daytona NXS season-opener wins
Last to win consecutive Daytona races: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2/03, 7/03 & 2/04 (Austin Hill won last Daytona race)
16 Daytona Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass including February
Crashes involving more that 10 drivers in 11 of last 14 Daytona races
Youngest Daytona winner: William Byron (6/17) – 19-Years-old
Fewest laps led by Daytona winner: 1 – Mike Wallace (7/04), Joey Logano (7/11), James Buescher (2/12) & Kasey Kahne (7/14)
Dale Earnhardt Jr. led every lap in Daytona July 2003 race (100 Laps)
JR Motorsports: 7 Daytona wins by 7 Different drivers – Annett, Byron, Elliott, Gragson, Kahne, Reddick & Smith
Regan Smith first JR Motorsports winner at Daytona (2/14)
JR Motorsports finished 1-2 in four Daytona races
Kaulig Racing finished 1-2 at Daytona 7/19 (First win) – 1, 2, 3 before post-race 3rd-place penalty
Kaulig Racing finished 1-2 at Daytona 8/21 – Justin Haley & AJ Allmendinger
Last Daytona NXS & NCS sweep – Kevin Harvick 2/07
8 Won first career NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona – All in February race
Worst official start position of Daytona winner: 42nd – Chad Little 1995
*Joey Logano started from rear of field 7/11 for unapproved adjustments
*William Byron started from rear of field 6/17 for unapproved adjustments
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 45 Daytona wins including 11 of last 12 races
Ford: 1 Win last 12 Daytona races – Austin Cindric 2/21
Toyota winless last 19 Daytona races
Jeremy Clements won first Daytona race in 25th try – Most of all drivers
Dale Earnhardt & Darrell Waltrip only drivers to win Daytona in first try
4 Won a Daytona race & championship in same season –
Randy LaJoie 1997, Martin Truex Jr. 7/05, William Byron 6/17 & Tyler Reddick 2/18
Leader at mid-race failed to win last 31 Daytona races
10 To go leader failed to win 5 of last 6 Daytona races
6 of 63 Daytona NXS races won from first starting position
10 Won pole in their first Daytona race
Closest ever NASCAR finish: .0004 seconds – Tyler Reddick over Elliott Sadler (2/18)
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 9 Daytona races