NASCAR Daytona Sunday, August 22, 2021
COKE ZERO SUGAR 400 STATS HIGHLIGHTS
First win of season for 13 of last 14 Superspeedway winners
11 Different winners in 17 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
4 Winners at Daytona who are outside top 16 in points
Austin Dillon, Erik Jones, Ryan Newman & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Regular season finale winner also won first Playoff race 3 times – Kevin Harvick 2006 & Brad Keselowski 2014 & ‘18
Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 14 Daytona races (3 Wins) – 11 Others 1 win each
5 Won Daytona 500 & Coke Zero Sugar 400 in same season –
Last: Jimmie Johnson 2013 (Michael McDowell won 2021 Daytona 500)
40 Different winners in 62 NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 races
Coke Zero Sugar 400 first win of season for 19 drivers – 6 Times in Playoff era
Coke Zero Sugar 400 only win of season for 17 drivers including last 3 (Erik Jones, Justin Haley & William Byron)
11 Different winners last 11 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
First career win for 5 of last 10 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners –
David Ragan 2011, Aric Almirola 2014, Erik Jones 2018, Justin Haley 2019 & William Byron 2020
Last 3 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners were youngest ever:
Justin Haley (20 in 2019), Erik Jones (22 in 2018) & William Byron (22 in 2020)
5 Different teams won last 5 Coke Zero Sugar 400s – Penske, Roush, Gibbs, Spire & Hendrick
Last to win consecutive Coke Zero Sugar 400s: Tony Stewart 2005 & ’06 (William Byron won last race)
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)
Last defending series champion to win Coke Zero Sugar 400: Tony Stewart – 2011 Champion & 2012 Winner
(Chase Elliott defending NASCAR Cup Series champion)
Driver starting first won only 9 of 62 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Last to win Coke Zero Sugar 400 after winning pole: Tony Stewart 2005
Driver starting first finished 20th or worse last 4 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Worst start position of Coke Zero Sugar 400 winner: 42nd – Tony Stewart (2012)
Toyota: 1 Coke Zero 400 pole – 2013 Kyle Busch
Chevrolet leads with 21 Coke Zero Sugar 400 wins
2 Toyota wins in Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Kyle Busch 2008 & Erik Jones 2018
11 Scored first career NASCAR Cup Series win in Coke Zero Sugar 400 including last 3 winners
First 2 career wins for A.J. Foyt came in Coke Zero Sugar 400 (1964 & ’65)
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)
5 of last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400s finished in Overtime
Leader of most laps failed to finish 7 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races including Austin Dillon 2019 & Joey Logano 2020
Stage 1 & 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 4 Coke Zero Sugar 400s (Every race since Stages introduced)
Hendrick Motorsports finished 1-2 in 2020 Coke Zero Sugar 400 – William Byron winner & Chase Elliott 2nd
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DAYTONA STATS HIGHLIGHTS
34 Different winners in 59 Daytona NXS races
12 Different winners in last 12 Daytona races
Last 8 winners were first-time Daytona winners –
William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson, Michael Annett, Ross Chastain, Noah Gragson, Justin Haley & Austin Cindric
Crashes involving more that 10 drivers in 9 of last 10 Daytona races
Team Penske: 1 Daytona win – Austin Cindric 2/21
Dale Earnhardt Jr. led every lap in Daytona July 2003 race (100 Laps)
Last to win consecutive Daytona races: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2/03, 7/03 & 2/04 (Austin Cindric won last Daytona race)
JR Motorsports: 7 Daytona wins by 7 Different drivers – Annett, Byron, Elliott, Gragson, Kahne, Reddick & Smith
Last Daytona NXS & NCS sweep – Kevin Harvick 2/07
7 Won first career NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona – All in February race
13 Daytona Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
13 of last 16 Daytona Xfinity Series summer races ended in Overtime
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 41 Daytona wins including 7 of last 8 races
Ford: 1 Win last 8 Daytona races – Austin Cindric 2/21
Toyota winless last 15 Daytona races
Leader at mid-race failed to win last 27 Daytona races
5 of 59 Daytona NXS races won from first starting position
10 Won pole in their first Daytona race
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
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win Daytona 2/21 – Brandon Jones & Brett Moffitt
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 5 Daytona races