Daytona 500 for Sunday, November 5, 2023
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
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
First Daytona 500 win for last 3 winners – Michael McDowell (2021), Austin Cindric (2022) & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2023)
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 (Ryan Blaney 2023 Champion)
Daytona 500 won from pole 9 times – Last: Dale Jarrett 2000
No Daytona 500 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
Only win of season for 17 Daytona 500 winners including last 3 (McDowell, Cindric & Stenhouse Jr.)
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
Hendrick Motorsports swept Daytona 500 front row 9 times
2023 Hendrick Motorsports top 3 fastest in Daytona 500 front-row qualifying
Alex Bowman: 7 Daytona 500s – 6 Straight Daytona 500 front-row starts
Alex Bowman: 6 Daytona 500 front-row starts (6 Straight) – Most all-time
Chevrolet leads all with 31 Daytona 500 poles including last 11
Hendrick Motorsports won 8 of last 9 Daytona 500 poles with 5 different drivers
Toyota has no Daytona 500 poles – First season 2007