Track facts for Daytona International Speedway:

Previous Cup races at Daytona
Active Cup drivers' career stats at Daytona
• Number of previous races: 149. This includes qualifying races when points were awarded for those races.
• First Cup race: February 20, 1959, won by Bob Welborn.
• Last Cup race: August 28, 2021, won by Ryan Blaney.
• Won from pole: 26, most recently by Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 2015.
• Won from top-5 starting position: 74 times in 149 races (50%).
• Won from top-10 starting position: 113 times (76%).
• Won from 21st or worse starting position: 12 times (8%).
• Worst starting spot for race winner: 42nd, by Tony Stewart in 2012.
• Most laps led: 184, by Richard Petty in 1964.
• Fewest laps led by a race winner: 1, by Jimmy Spencer in 1994, Kurt Busch in 2017, Austin Dillon in 2018, Erik Jones in 2018, Justin Haley in 2019 and Michael McDowell in 2021.

• 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: 201.293 mph by Jeff Gordon in 2015.
  • Most lead changes: 74 in 2011.
  • Closest finish: Jamie McMurray's .005 second margin over Kyle Busch in 2007.
  • Most caution flags: 16 in 2011.

• From 2017-2021 a typical Daytona race had 28.4 lead changes, 8.8 cautions for 37.7 laps, and an average green-flag run of 14.6 laps.

Manufacturers / Owners:

• Victories by manufacturer: Chevrolet 48, Ford 39, Dodge 15, Pontiac 14, Mercury 13, Buick 6, Plymouth 6, Toyota 5, Oldsmobile 3.

• Most victories by owner: Rick Hendrick 15, Wood Brothers 15, Petty Enterprises 12, Joe Gibbs 8, Jack Roush 7, Richard Childress 6, Holman-Moody 6, Junior Johnson 6.

Driver Notes:

• The most Daytona races without a:

  	Active Drivers	All-Time
  Win:	Martin Truex, Jr. (33 races)	Dave Marcis (67 races)
  Top 5:	Landon Cassill (16)	Joe Nemechek (38)
  Top 10:	Landon Cassill (16)	Dave Blaney (26)
  Pole:	Kurt Busch (41)	Dave Marcis (67)
  Lap led:	Joey Gase (7)	Buddy Arrington (37)
  Lead-lap finish:	Joey Gase (7)	Buddy Arrington (37)

  
  
  
• Top career marks at Daytona:

  	Active Drivers	All-Time
  Races:	Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick (41)	Richard Petty (74)
  Wins:	Denny Hamlin (3)	Richard Petty (10)
  Top 5s:	Kurt Busch (13)	Richard Petty (28)
  Top 10s:	Kurt Busch (18)	Richard Petty (37)
  Poles:	Chase Elliott (3)	Cale Yarborough (12)
  Laps:	Kurt Busch (6,760)	Terry Labonte (10,414)
  Laps led:	Denny Hamlin (635)	Dale Earnhardt (1,286)
  Lead-lap finishes:	Kevin Harvick (27)	Jeff Gordon (35)

  
  
  
• Best average finish among active drivers at Daytona (3 or more starts):

  1. Justin Haley (6.7)
  2. Bubba Wallace (13.7)
  3. Austin Dillon (14.9)
  4. Denny Hamlin (15.9)
  5. Kevin Harvick (17.2)
  6. Alex Bowman (17.5)
  7. Joey Logano (17.5)
  8. Ross Chastain (18.1)
  9. Corey LaJoie (18.4)
  10. Kurt Busch (18.4)

  
  

• Worst average finish among active drivers at Daytona (3 or more starts):

  1. Quin Houff (33.2)
  2. Daniel Suarez (30.2)
  3. Cody Ware (29.3)
  4. Derrike Cope (29.1)
  5. J.J. Yeley (26.9)
  6. Justin Allgaier (26.8)
  7. Joey Gase (25.7)
  8. Cole Custer (25.5)
  9. Parker Kligerman (25.0)
  10. Landon Cassill (24.2)

Current top-10 drivers at Daytona:

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: Kurt Busch (85.0), Christopher Bell (81.5).