Track facts for Daytona International Speedway:
- Number of previous races: 125. This includes qualifying races when points were awarded for those races.
- First Sprint Cup race: February 20, 1959, won by Bob Welborn.
- Last Sprint Cup race: July 4, 2009, won by Tony Stewart.
- Won from pole: 24, most recently by Tony Stewart in 2009.
- Won from top-5 starting position: 68 times in 125 races (54%).
- Won from top-10 starting position: 99 times (79%).
- Won from 21st or worse starting position: 7 times (6%).
- Worst starting spot for race winner: 39th, by Matt Kenseth in 2009.
- Most laps led: 184, by Richard Petty in 1964.
- Fewest laps led by a race winner: 1, by Jimmy Spencer in 1994.
- Track records:
- Fastest race: 183.295 mph by Cale Yarborough in 1970.
- Fastest race with restrictor plates: 172.712 by Dale Earnhardt in 1998.
- Fastest qualifying speed: 210.364 mph by Bill Elliott in 1987.
- Fastest qualifying speed with restrictor plates: 196.996 mph by Ken Schrader in 1989.
- Most lead changes: 59 in 1974.
- Closest finish: Jamie McMurray's .005 second margin over Kyle Busch in 2007.
- Most caution flags: 12 in 1989.
- From 2005-2009 a typical Daytona race had 22.7 lead changes, 8.6 cautions for 32.0 laps, and an average green-flag run of 15.4 laps.
Manufacturers / Owners:
- Chevrolet leads all manufacturers with 38 victories at Daytona, followed by Ford (29), Dodge (15), Pontiac (14), Mercury (13), Buick (6), Plymouth (6), Oldsmobile (3) and Toyota (1).
- The Wood Brothers lead all owners at Daytona with 14 wins from 6 different drivers. Petty Enterprises had 11 wins here and Hendrick Motorsports has 10.
Driver Notes:
- The most Daytona races without a:
| | Active Drivers | All-Time |
| Win: | Mark Martin (49 races) | Dave Marcis (67 races) |
| Top 5: | Joe Nemechek (30) | Buddy Arrington (37) |
| Top 10: | Dave Blaney (19) | Kenny Wallace (19) |
| Pole: | Michael Waltrip (46) | Dave Marcis (67) |
| Lap led: | Scott Riggs (9) | Buddy Arrington (37) |
| Lead-lap finish: | Scott Speed (2) | Buddy Arrington (37) |
- Top career marks at Daytona:
| | Active Drivers | All-Time |
| Races: | Bill Elliott (57) | Richard Petty (74) |
| Wins: | Jeff Gordon (6) | Richard Petty (10) |
| Top 5s: | Bill Elliott (15) | Richard Petty (28) |
| Top 10s: | Bill Elliott (24) | Richard Petty (37) |
| Poles: | Bill Elliott (5) | Cale Yarborough (12) |
| Laps: | Bill Elliott (9,374) | Dave Marcis (9,529) |
| Laps led: | Tony Stewart (632) | Dale Earnhardt (1,286) |
| Lead-lap finishes: | Bill Elliott (32) | Bill Elliott (32) |
- Best average finish among active drivers at Daytona (3 or more starts):
- Clint Bowyer (11.5)
- David Ragan (13.8)
- Jimmie Johnson (14.2)
- Bill Elliott (15.5)
- Jeff Gordon (15.5)
- Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (15.6)
- Kevin Harvick (15.7)
- Tony Stewart (16.5)
- Elliott Sadler (17.0)
- Kurt Busch (17.2)
- Worst average finish among active drivers at Daytona (3 or more starts):
- Travis Kvapil (28.9)
- Derrike Cope (28.7)
- John Andretti (27.3)
- Sam Hornish, Jr. (27.0)
- Dave Blaney (26.5)
- Joe Nemechek (26.1)
- Jamie McMurray (25.6)
- David Reutimann (25.5)
- David Gilliland (25.4)
- Juan Pablo Montoya (24.0)
Chase drivers (from 2009) at Daytona:
| Driver | Races | Win | T5 | T10 | Pole | Laps | Led | AvSt | AvFn | Rating |
|---|
| Jimmie Johnson |
16 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
2 |
2721 |
59 |
9.5 |
14.2 |
94.3 |
| Mark Martin |
49 |
0 |
9 |
17 |
1 |
7466 |
242 |
15.5 |
18.1 |
81.8 |
| Jeff Gordon |
34 |
6 |
11 |
17 |
3 |
5709 |
572 |
10.8 |
15.5 |
91.9 |
| Kurt Busch |
18 |
0 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
2952 |
167 |
22.2 |
17.2 |
92.5 |
| Denny Hamlin |
8 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1337 |
111 |
8.6 |
23.8 |
83.2 |
| Tony Stewart |
22 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
1 |
3453 |
632 |
10.0 |
16.5 |
108.2 |
| Greg Biffle |
14 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2264 |
30 |
19.6 |
22.1 |
70.5 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1003 |
0 |
20.3 |
24.0 |
59.1 |
| Ryan Newman |
16 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2601 |
36 |
21.6 |
20.9 |
85.9 |
| Kasey Kahne |
12 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1964 |
5 |
26.1 |
17.8 |
79.4 |
| Carl Edwards |
10 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1619 |
3 |
17.2 |
19.7 |
83.1 |
| Brian Vickers |
11 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1770 |
34 |
23.2 |
20.1 |
81.3 |
Driver Rating is based on a formula developed by NASCAR which combines "loop data" elements such as average running position, average speed under green, number of fastest laps, etc. There is a maximum of 150 points that a driver can earn for each race. Driver Rating is not available for races prior to 2005.
Other notable Driver Ratings at Daytona: Kyle Busch (101.0), Matt Kenseth (96.1), Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (87.3), Clint Bowyer (84.6), Jeff Burton (83.5).
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