NASCAR Daytona Sunday, August 23, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES DAYTONA STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Active Daytona Leaders:
Wins: 3 Denny Hamlin & Jimmie Johnson
Top 5: 13 Kurt Busch
Top 10: 18 Kurt Busch
Laps Led: 521 Denny Hamlin
Poles: 3 Chase Elliott
2020 Daytona 500:
Pole: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – Finished 20th
Stage 1 winner: Chase Elliott – Finished 17th
Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: Denny Hamlin 79
Best avg. running pos.: Joey Logano 9th
1-Kurt Busch: 1 Top 20 finish last 6 Daytona races – Finished 10th in 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400
2-Brad Keselowski: 2016 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winner – 100th NASCAR Cup Series win for Team Penske
2-Brad Keselowski: Failed to finish 6 of last 7 Daytona races – All due to crashes
3-Austin Dillon: 2019 Coke Zero Sugar Stage 2 winner – Finished 33rd (Crash)
3-Austin Dillon led most laps 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (46) – Finished 33rd (Crash)
4-Kevin Harvick: 1 Top 15 finish last 8 Daytona races – Finished 5th in 2020 Daytona 500
6-Ryan Newman finished 8th or better last 3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s – Finished 5th twice
9-Chase Elliott: Only driver to finish top 5 in 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Stage 1 & Stage 2 – Finished 35th (Crash)
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Wins last 5 Daytona 500s – Best finish in 14 Coke Zero Sugar 400s: 3rd (2009 & ’15)
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 24th or worse last 3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s (Crashed out of 2)
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 2nd in 2020 Daytona 500 – Failed to finish previous 3 Daytona races due to crashes
12-Ryan Blaney: 1 Top 30 finish last 4 Daytona races – Finished 2nd in 2020 Daytona 500
14-Clint Bowyer: Finished 6th in 2020 Daytona 500 – Failed to finish previous 3 Daytona races due to crashes
14-Clint Bowyer: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 Daytona races – Finished 6th in 2020 Daytona 500
17-Chris Buescher: 4 Top 10 finishes last 6 Daytona races – 3 Top 5 finishes last 5 Daytona races
18-Kyle Busch: 30 Daytona races – 1 Win (2008 Coke Zero Sugar 400)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Top 5 finishes in 30 Daytona races – Finished 2nd in 2016 Daytona 500 & 2nd in 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400
20-Erik Jones: 2018 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winner – First career win
20-Erik Jones: 2020 Busch Clash winner
22-Joey Logano: 2019 Coke Zero Sugar Stage 1 winner – Finished 25th
22-Joey Logano: Finished 25th or worse 4 of last 6 Daytona races – Failed to finish 3 of last 6 Daytona races (All due to crashes)
24-William Byron finished 2nd in 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Started rear of field (Backup car)
24-William Byron: 2020 Daytona Duel Race 2 winner
32-Corey LaJoie: 2 Straight Daytona top 10 finishes
48-Jimmie Johnson best finish last season: 3rd – Coke Zero Sugar 400
10 Different winners in 16 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
Coke Zero Sugar 400 first win of season for 18 drivers – 5 Times in Playoff era
Coke Zero Sugar 400 only win of season for 16 drivers
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)
39 Different winners in 61 NASCAR Cup Series Coke Zero Sugar 400 races
10 Different winners last 10 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
6 Different teams won last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
First career win for 4 of last 9 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners including Erik Jones 2018 & Justin Haley 2019
65 Different winners in 146 Daytona NASCAR Cup Series races
Tony Stewart only repeat winner last 18 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races (4 Wins) – 14 Others 1 win each
Denny Hamlin only repeat winner last 12 Daytona races (3 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
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 (Denny Hamlin won 2020 Daytona 500)
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 (Justin Haley won last race)
5 Won Daytona 500 & Coke Zero Sugar 400 in same season – Last: Jimmie Johnson 2013 (Denny Hamlin won 2020 Daytona 500)
10 Won Coke Zero Sugar 400 & championship in same season – Last: Jimmie Johnson 2013
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)
Toyota: 1 Coke Zero 400 pole – 2013 Kyle Busch
Chevrolet & Ford lead with 20 Coke Zero Sugar 400 wins each
2 Toyota wins in Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Kyle Busch 2008 & Erik Jones 2018
10 Scored first career NASCAR Cup Series win in Coke Zero Sugar 400 including last 2 winners
First 2 career wins for A.J. Foyt came in Coke Zero Sugar 400 (1964 & ’65)
9 Coke Zero Sugar 400s settled by last lap pass
3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s didn’t run to scheduled distance – 1996, ’14 & ‘19
8 Coke Zero Sugar 400s finished in Overtime – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
4 of last 5 Coke Zero Sugar 400s finished in Overtime
Hendrick Motorsports started front-row 2 of last 3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Cale Yarborough leads all with 13 Coke Zero Sugar 400 front row starts
Driver starting first finished 25th or worse last 3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Driver starting first failed to finish 3 of last 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Driver starting first won only 9 of 61 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Slowest race: 2017 – 123.986mph (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. winner)
Fastest race: 1980 – 173.473mph (Bobby Allison winner)
Last 2 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners were youngest ever: Justin Haley (20 in 2019) & Erik Jones (22 in 2018)
David Pearson (1972) & Jimmie Johnson (2013) were 37 years old when scoring their 64th career win in Coke Zero Sugar 400
Most laps led in Coke Zero Sugar 400: 151 – Tony Stewart 2005
Leader of most laps failed to finish 6 Coke Zero Sugar 400 races including Austin Dillon 2019
3 Coke Zero Sugar 400 winners led only 1 lap including last 2 – Jimmy Spencer (1994), Erik Jones (2018) & Justin Haley (2019)
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)
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)
Stage 1 & 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 3 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
Hendrick Motorsports won 5 of last 6 Daytona poles when qualifying was run (Rained out 7/19)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES DAYTONA STATS HIGHLIGHTS
JR MOTORSPORTS DAYTONA WINS
| Date | No. | Driver | Crew Chief |
| 2/14 | 7 | Regan Smith | Ryan Pemberton |
| 7/14 | 5 | Kasey Kahne | Ernie Cope |
| 2/16 | 88 | Chase Elliott | Dave Elenz |
| 6/17 | 9 | William Byron | Dave Elenz |
| 2/18 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | Dave Elenz |
| 2/19 | 1 | Michael Annett | Travis Mack |
| 2/20 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Dave Elenz |
32 Different winners in 57 Daytona NXS races
1-Michael Annett: Finished 11th at Daytona Feb. – Lap 38, 114 & final lap involved in crashes
7-Justin Allgaier:
Finished 30th at Daytona Feb. – Started 13th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 23 laps led, lap 108 involved in crash
8-Daniel Hemric: 1 Top 25 finish in 4 Daytona races – Finished 8th (7/18)
9-Noah Gragson:
Daytona Feb. winner – Started 12th, 4th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, only led 15 of final 20 laps, involved in lap 114 crash, lap 31 pit road speeding
“I spent a lot of time with Dale earlier this week and he told me to go have fun. He told me to go lead the damn thing, checkers or wreckers and I did. Without that talk, I don’t think I’d be sitting here right now. I was wide open all day.
I’m so thankful for this opportunity.”
Dale Jr.: “He’s been working so hard. Noah’s been wanting this win so bad and he’s kept his head on straight.”
10-Ross Chastain:
Daytona 7/19 winner – Started 4th, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, led 6 times for 49 laps (most)
11-Justin Haley:
Finished 2nd at Daytona 7/19 – Lap 30 forcing below yellow line penalty, lap 32 driving through too many boxes, 4 laps led
16-AJ Allmendinger: Failed to qualify for Daytona Feb.
16-AJ Allmendinger: Crossed finish line 3rd at Daytona 7/19 (Penalized to 38th)
18-Riley Herbst: Finished 32nd at Daytona Feb. – Started 7th, involved in crash lap 38 & 60
19-Brandon Jones: 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 Daytona races – No top 5 finishes previous 6 Daytona races
20-Harrison Burton:
Finished 2nd at Daytona Feb. – Started 8th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 15th in Stage 2, 9 laps led, lap 60 involved in crash
“It’s not as great as it could be. I wish we could’ve won it. Even with the damage we had a really good car.
I was just happy to be in that situation, have a run at it and shot at it. There were a couple times that we about got wrecked and missed it by an inch.”
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Top 5 finishes in 5 Daytona races – Failed to finish 3 of 5 Daytona races (All due to crashes)
39-Ryan Sieg:
Finished 9th at Daytona Feb. – Started 9th, finished 19th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, lap 114 involved in crash
98-Chase Briscoe:
Finished 5th at Daytona Feb. – Started 10th, finished 10th in Stage 1 & 2, 5 laps led, passed for final lead change
“This one’s going to sting a while. I thought I was going to have a really good shot at the end.”
10 Different winners in last 10 Daytona races
Last 6 winners were first-time Daytona winners –
William Byron, Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson, Michael Annett, Ross Chastain & Noah Gragson
Team Penske: 4 Daytona 2nd-place finishes (Winless) – 345 Laps led
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 #9 won 3 of last 6 Daytona races –
William Byron (6/17), Tyler Reddick (2/18) & Noah Gragson (2/20)
Noah Gragson won Daytona Feb. – Took lead for first time on lap 101 & took lead for final time with 2 to go
Chase Briscoe passed for final lead change Daytona Feb.
Jeb Burton led most laps Daytona Feb. (26) – Finished 23rd (Crash)
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to finish Daytona Feb. – Jeb Burton & Justin Allgaier
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 3 Daytona races
JR Motorsports won 7 of last 13 Daytona races with 7 different drivers & 4 different crew chiefs
Crew chief Dave Elenz won 4 of last 9 Daytona races with 4 different drivers
(William Byron, Chase Elliott, Noah Gragson & Tyler Reddick)
Last to win consecutive Daytona races: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 2/03, 7/03 & 2/04
(Noah Gragson won Daytona Feb.)
7 Won first career NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona – All in February race
First career win for last 2 Daytona February winners – Michael Annett 2019 & Noah Gragson 2020
12 Daytona Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
13 of last 15 Daytona Xfinity Series summer races ended in Overtime
Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 40 Daytona wins including last 6 races
Toyota winless last 13 Daytona races
Leader at mid-race failed to win last 25 Daytona races
4 of 57 Daytona NXS races won from pole – Pole winless last 21 Daytona races
10 Won pole in their first Daytona race
Driver starting first failed to finish 13 Daytona races
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