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History
· Groundbreaking for Daytona International Speedway was Nov. 25, 1957. The soil underneath the banked corners was dug from the infield of the track and the hole filled with water. It is now known as Lake Lloyd.
· The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona was a 100-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20, 1959.
· Richard Petty won his 200th career race on July 4, 1984 at Daytona.
· Lights were installed in the spring of 1998. However, the race was delayed until October that year due to thick smoke from wildfires. The second Daytona race has been held under lights ever since.
Notebook
· There have been 126 NASCAR Sprint Cup races since the track hosted its first race in 1959: 52 have been 500 miles, 47 were 400 miles and four 250 miles. There were also 23 qualifier races that were points races.
· Fireball Roberts won the inaugural pole at Daytona.
· Bob Welborn won the first race at Daytona, the 100-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500.
· Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 on Feb. 22, 1959.
· Fireball Roberts won the first 400-mile race at Daytona, the 1963 Firecracker 400.
· 52 drivers have posted poles; 20 have more than one.
· Cale Yarborough leads all drivers with 12 poles.
· Bill Elliott leads all active drivers with five poles.
· 54 drivers have won a race; 25 have won more than once.
· Richard Petty leads all drivers in victories with 10.
· Jeff Gordon has six victories, more than any other active driver.
· The Wood Brothers have won 14 races at Daytona, more than any other car owner.
· 16 full-length races at Daytona have been won from the pole, including last year’s Coke Zero 400, won by polesitter Tony Stewart.
· A driver has swept both races at Daytona only four times, most recently by Bobby Allison in 1982.
· The last nine Daytona races that finished under green have had a margin of victory under a half second.
NASCAR in Florida
· There have been 163 NASCAR Sprint Cup races in Florida.
· 157 drivers in NASCAR’s three national series (all-time) have their home state recorded as Florida.
· There have been nine race winners from Florida in NASCAR’s three national series:
Driver | NSCS | NNS | NCTS |
Fireball Roberts | 33 | 0 | 0 |
LeeRoy Yarbrough | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Teague | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Joe Nemechek | 4 | 16 | 0 |
Bobby Johns | 2 | 0 | 0 |
David Reutimann | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Shorty Rollins | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Wilson | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Aric Almirola | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Daytona International Speedway Data
Race #: 18 of 36 (7-3-10)
Track Size: 2.5 miles
Race Length: 500 miles (200 laps)
Banking/Corners: 31 degrees
Banking/Straights: 3 degrees
Banking/Tri-Oval: 18 degrees
Driver Rating at Daytona
Tony Stewart 104.5
Kyle Busch 100.6
Matt Kenseth 93.4
Kurt Busch 92.7
Jimmie Johnson 91.8
Jeff Gordon 91.5
Clint Bowyer 88.4
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 87.7
Kevin Harvick 85.4
Carl Edwards 84.0
Note: Driver Rating compiled from 2005-2010 races (11 total) at Daytona.
Qualifying/Race Data
2009 pole winner: None (inclement weather)
2009 race winner: Tony Stewart (142.461 mph, 7-4-09)
Qualifying record: Bill Elliott (210.364 mph, 42.783 secs., 2-9-87)
Race record: Bobby Allison (173.473 mph, 7-4-80)
Estimated Pit Window: 36-38 laps depending on fuel mileage
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