Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: Daytona

The NASCAR season is finally here, and as is tradition we start out with the Daytona 500. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Daytona International Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Daytona.

Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.

**Last Daytona Race (08/24/24)**
Finish	Start	Driver	Laps	Led	S1 Fin	S2 Fin	Driver Rating
1	20	Harrison Burton	164	1	34th	18th	86.3
2	11	Kyle Busch	164	8	13th	7th	96.4
3	27	Christopher Bell	164	0	15th	20th	85.6
4	33	Cody Ware	164	0	29th	21st	68.6
5	26	Ty Gibbs	164	0	19th	15th	79.0
6	18	Bubba Wallace	164	16	12th	10th	94.5
7	29	Parker Retzlaff	164	0	37th	30th	53.7
8	12	Brad Keselowski	164	8	7th	3rd	91.1
9	28	Daniel Hemric	164	0	33rd	25th	69.9
10	13	Chris Buescher	164	10	3rd	9th	89.5
11	37	Carson Hocevar	164	1	38th	27th	51.3
12	24	Ross Chastain	164	0	11th	32nd	63.5
13	30	Zane Smith	164	0	28th	17th	67.8
14	6	Chase Briscoe	164	2	26th	23rd	67.2
15	31	John Hunter Nemechek	164	0	25th	22nd	75.9
16	21	Alex Bowman	164	0	14th	13th	65.1
17	40	Erik Jones	164	0	24th	29th	64.1
18	8	Austin Cindric	164	15	4th	16th	94.8
19	38	B.J. McLeod	164	0	22nd	19th	56.4
20	39	Joey Gase	164	0	40th	28th	38.5
21	9	Kyle Larson	163	5	10th	4th	91.9
22	16	Austin Dillon	162	0	30th	24th	73.8
23	2	Todd Gilliland	162	5	6th	5th	80.9
24	17	Martin Truex Jr.	161	0	27th	33rd	46.9
25	23	Austin Hill	159	0	35th	26th	59.2
26	5	Josh Berry	158	9	1st	14th	98.0
27	7	William Byron	158	1	9th	8th	83.4
28	25	Tyler Reddick	156	0	20th	12th	72.7
29	14	Ryan Blaney	154	0	5th	2nd	82.0
30	1	Michael McDowell	151	26	8th	11th	95.2
31	3	Joey Logano	151	34	2nd	1st	103.6
32	36	Justin Haley	151	21	16th	6th	85.3
33	35	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	151	2	39th	31st	51.7
34	34	Corey LaJoie	132	0	17th	35th	43.0
35	32	Shane Van Gisbergen	80	0	36th	34th	30.5
36	10	Chase Elliott	61	0	21st	36th	46.8
37	15	Noah Gragson	59	0	31st	37th	35.2
38	19	Denny Hamlin	59	0	18th	38th	50.8
39	4	Ryan Preece	59	0	32nd	39th	29.8
40	22	Daniel Suarez	37	0	23rd	40th	48.2

– In the Daytona night race last year doing well in stages didn’t mean much as the average stage finish of the Top 10 finishers was 18.0.

**Active Daytona Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish**
Rank	Driver	Avg. Fin.	Best	Worst	Starts
1	Parker Retzlaff	7.00	7th	7th	1
2	John Hunter Nemechek	11.00	7th	15th	4
3	Bubba Wallace	11.93	2nd	38th	15
4	Zane Smith	13.00	13th	13th	3
5	Alex Bowman	15.24	2nd	35th	17
6	Austin Cindric	17.00	1st	37th	7
7	Austin Dillon	17.57	1st	37th	23
8	Denny Hamlin	17.63	1st	43rd	38
9	Christopher Bell	17.70	3rd	36th	10
10	Joey Logano	17.94	1st	43rd	32
11	Kyle Busch	18.10	1st	41st	39
12	Corey LaJoie	18.25	4th	40th	16
13	Cody Ware	18.43	4th	39th	7
14	Jimmie Johnson	18.88	1st	42nd	40
15	Ty Gibbs	19.00	5th	35th	5
16	Daniel Hemric	19.17	9th	34th	6
17	Chris Buescher	19.28	1st	40th	18
T18	A.J. Allmendinger	19.50	3rd	43rd	22
T18	Austin Hill	19.50	14th	25th	2
20	Ryan Blaney	19.74	1st	40th	19
21	Ross Chastain	19.92	7th	40th	13
22	Justin Haley	20.22	1st	32nd	9
23	David Ragan	20.32	1st	43rd	31
24	Chase Briscoe	20.38	3rd	35th	8
25	Ty Dillon	20.43	4th	40th	14
26	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	20.88	1st	41st	25
27	Noah Gragson	21.20	5th	37th	5
28	Michael McDowell	21.22	1st	43rd	27
29	Erik Jones	21.25	1st	39th	16
30	Martin Truex Jr.	21.31	2nd	43rd	39
31	Chase Elliott	21.33	2nd	38th	18
32	Kyle Larson	22.00	6th	39th	21
33	Brad Keselowski	22.23	1st	41st	31
34	B.J. McLeod	22.30	7th	38th	10
35	William Byron	23.14	1st	40th	14
T36	Josh Bilicki	24.00	10th	38th	3
T36	Riley Herbst	24.00	10th	38th	3
38	Juan Pablo Montoya	24.14	6th	39th	14
39	Josh Berry	24.33	22nd	26th	3
40	Ryan Preece	24.50	4th	39th	10
41	Tyler Reddick	24.91	2nd	39th	11
42	Joey Gase	25.00	20th	31st	8
43	Harrison Burton	25.33	1st	39th	6
T44	Carson Hocevar	25.50	11th	40th	2
T44	Timmy Hill	25.50	24th	27th	2
46	J.J. Yeley	26.38	10th	43rd	16
47	Justin Allgaier	26.75	18th	37th	4
48	David Starr	27.00	27th	27th	1
49	Daniel Suarez	27.67	7th	40th	15
50	Anthony Alfredo	28.33	26th	32nd	3
51	Todd Gilliland	28.83	23rd	35th	6
52	Kaz Grala	31.75	26th	38th	4
53	Shane Van Gisbergen	35.00	35th	35th	1
54	Jeb Burton	36.00	36th	36th	1

– If you’re looking for a dark horse pick this weekend look at John Hunter Nemechek and Zane Smith, as JHN has not finished worse than 15th in his 4 Cup starts at Daytona and Zane has finished 13th in all 3 of his races.

Best Active Daytona Avg. Driver Rating				Best Active Daytona Avg. Top 15%
Rank	Driver	Driv. Rate	Starts	Rank	Driver	Top 15%	Starts
1	Kyle Busch	91.06	39	1	Austin Cindric	69.31	7
2	Joey Logano	89.13	32	2	Kyle Busch	66.68	39
3	Austin Cindric	88.53	7	3	Joey Logano	63.29	32
4	Denny Hamlin	86.52	38	4	Jimmie Johnson	59.40	34
5	Jimmie Johnson	85.18	34	5	Ryan Blaney	59.12	19
6	Ryan Blaney	83.74	19	6	Denny Hamlin	58.03	38
7	Bubba Wallace	81.13	15	7	Brad Keselowski	55.32	31
8	Christopher Bell	80.36	10	8	Chase Elliott	54.91	18
9	Chase Elliott	79.74	18	9	Christopher Bell	51.36	10
10	Brad Keselowski	79.40	31	10	Martin Truex Jr.	50.65	39

– Kyle Busch hasn’t gotten a Daytona 500 win in his career, but he’s ran well at Daytona as he’s 1st and 2nd in the two tables above, and he’s 2nd in the Laps Led% table below.

Best Active Laps Led%				Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank	Driver	Laps Led%	Starts	Rank	Driver	Laps Comp%	Starts
1	Denny Hamlin	9.91	38	T1	John Hunter Nemechek	100	4
2	Kyle Busch	7.72	39	T1	Zane Smith	100	3
3	Brad Keselowski	6.38	31	T1	Parker Retzlaff	100	1
4	Ryan Blaney	5.99	19	4	David Starr	98.79	1
5	Chase Elliott	5.82	32	5	Josh Berry	98.67	3
6	Chase Briscoe	5.26	18	6	Austin Hill	98.47	2
7	Joey Logano	5.05	8	7	Bubba Wallace	98.41	15
8	Christopher Bell	4.92	7	8	Joey Gase	97.71	8
9	Austin Cindric	4.57	10	9	Justin Haley	96.94	9
10	Jimmie Johnson	4.24	40	10	Timmy Hill	96.78	2

– John Hunter Nemechek has ran 4 Cup races at Daytona and has never finished a lap down, meanwhile Zane Smith has done the same in his 3 career races. They’ll look to keep that going this weekend.

Most Active Daytona Starts			Most Active Daytona Poles
Rank	Driver	Starts	Rank	Driver	Poles
1	Jimmie Johnson	40	T1	Alex Bowman	3
T2	Kyle Busch	39	T1	Chase Elliott	3
T2	Martin Truex Jr.	39	3	Jimmie Johnson	2
4	Denny Hamlin	38	T4	Chase Briscoe	1
5	Joey Logano	32	T4	William Byron	1
T6	Brad Keselowski	31	T4	Kyle Larson	1
T6	David Ragan	31	T4	Austin Dillon	1
8	Michael McDowell	27	T4	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1
9	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	25	T4	Michael McDowell	1
9	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	25	T4	Joey Logano	1
10	Austin Dillon	23	T4	Kyle Busch	1
10	Austin Dillon	23	T4	Martin Truex Jr.	1

– It is possible that Kyle Busch takes over the lead for most Daytona starts by an active driver in the Daytona night race later this year.

**Active Daytona Win List (w/ %)**
Rank	Driver	Wins	Win%	Rank	Driver	Wins	Win%
T1	Denny Hamlin	3	7.89	T6	Erik Jones	1	6.25
T1	Jimmie Johnson	3	7.50	T6	Chris Buescher	1	5.56
T3	William Byron	2	14.29	T6	Ryan Blaney	1	5.26
T3	Austin Dillon	2	8.70	T6	Michael McDowell	1	3.70
T3	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	2	8.00	T6	Brad Keselowski	1	3.23
T6	Harrison Burton	1	16.67	T6	David Ragan	1	3.23
T6	Austin Cindric	1	14.29	T6	Joey Logano	1	3.13
T6	Justin Haley	1	11.11	T6	Kyle Busch	1	2.56

– There will be quite a few drivers looking to get their 2nd Daytona win this weekend, as there are 9 drivers competing in the Daytona 500 that have just 1 Win at Daytona in their Cup career.

Most Active Daytona Top 3’s			Best Active Daytona Top 3%
Rank	Driver	Top 3’s	Rank	Driver	Top3%	Top3’s
T1	Denny Hamlin	8	1	Christopher Bell	30.00	3
T1	Jimmie Johnson	8	2	Austin Cindric	28.57	2
3	Kyle Busch	7	3	William Byron	21.43	3
T4	Christopher Bell	3	4	Denny Hamlin	21.05	8
T4	William Byron	3	T5	Jimmie Johnson	20.00	8
T4	Bubba Wallace	3	T5	Bubba Wallace	20.00	3
T4	Ryan Blaney	3	7	Kyle Busch	17.95	7
T4	A.J. Allmendinger	3	8	Harrison Burton	16.67	1
T4	Austin Dillon	3	9	Ryan Blaney	15.79	3
T4	Brad Keselowski	3	10	A.J. Allmendinger	13.64	3
T4	Joey Logano	3	10	A.J. Allmendinger	13.64	3

For the purpose of the tables above the three fingers are for how great Denny Hamlin is at finishing in the Top 3 at Daytona. Photo by Jared C. Tilton–Getty Images

Most Active Daytona Top 5’s			Best Active Daytona Top 5%
Rank	Driver	Top 5’s	Rank	Driver	Top5%	Top5’s
1	Jimmie Johnson	12	1	Bubba Wallace	33.33	5
2	Denny Hamlin	11	T2	Jimmie Johnson	30.00	12
3	Kyle Busch	9	T2	Christopher Bell	30.00	3
4	Joey Logano	8	4	Denny Hamlin	28.95	11
T5	Bubba Wallace	5	5	Austin Cindric	28.57	2
T5	Chris Buescher	5	6	Chris Buescher	27.78	5
T7	Ryan Blaney	4	7	Joey Logano	25.00	8
T7	Austin Dillon	4	8	Kyle Busch	23.08	9
T7	Brad Keselowski	4	9	William Byron	21.43	3
T7	David Ragan	4	10	Ryan Blaney	21.05	4

Incredibly Bubba Wallace has finished 5 of his 15 starts at Daytona in the Top 5 which gives him the best Top 5% here among active drivers. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images

Most Active Daytona Top 10’s			Best Active Daytona Top 10%
Rank	Driver	Top 10’s	Rank	Driver	Top 10%	Top 10’s
1	Jimmie Johnson	16	1	Parker Retzlaff	100	1
2	Kyle Busch	13	2	Chris Buescher	44.44	8
3	Denny Hamlin	12	T3	Jimmie Johnson	40.00	16
4	Joey Logano	11	T3	Bubba Wallace	40.00	6
5	Austin Dillon	9	T3	Noah Gragson	40.00	2
T6	Chris Buescher	8	6	Austin Dillon	39.13	9
T6	A.J. Allmendinger	8	7	Ryan Blaney	36.84	7
T6	Michael McDowell	8	8	A.J. Allmendinger	36.36	8
T6	Brad Keselowski	8	9	Alex Bowman	35.29	6
T6	David Ragan	8	10	Joey Logano	34.38	11

– Kyle Busch may have been disappointed in his 2nd place finish in the last Daytona race, but that finished got him 2nd place all to himself in the most Top 10’s table above.

**Active Daytona Stage Win List (w/ %)**
Rank	Driver	Stage Wins	Stage Win%	Rank	Driver	Stage Wins	Stage Win%
1	Joey Logano	6	18.75	T2	Ryan Blaney	3	9.38
T2	Brad Keselowski	3	9.38	8	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	2	6.25
T2	Chase Elliott	3	9.38	T9	Josh Berry	1	16.67
T2	Denny Hamlin	3	9.38	T9	Ross Chastain	1	3.85
T2	Kyle Busch	3	9.38	T9	Austin Dillon	1	3.13
T2	Martin Truex Jr.	3	9.38	T9	Austin Dillon	1	3.13

When looking at who might do well in stages this weekend look no further than Joey Logano as he has double the most Stage Wins of any other active driver, and 7 more Stage T10’s than his nearest competitor. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Most Active Daytona Stage T10’s			Best Active Daytona Stage T10%
Rank	Driver	Stage T10’s	Rank	Driver	Stage T10%	Stage T10’s
1	Joey Logano	24	1	Joey Logano	75.00	24
2	Ryan Blaney	17	2	Ryan Blaney	53.13	17
3	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	16	T3	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	50.00	16
T4	Kyle Larson	14	T3	Jimmie Johnson	50.00	10
T4	Brad Keselowski	14	T3	Todd Gilliland	50.00	6
T4	Kyle Busch	14	6	Kyle Larson	46.67	14
T4	Martin Truex Jr.	14	T7	Brad Keselowski	43.75	14
T8	Bubba Wallace	13	T7	Kyle Busch	43.75	14
T8	Chase Elliott	13	T7	Martin Truex Jr.	43.75	14
T8	Denny Hamlin	13	10	Bubba Wallace	43.33	13

Most Active Daytona Starts without Win			Most Active Daytona Starts without Pole
Rank	Driver	Starts	Rank	Driver	Starts
1	Martin Truex Jr.	39	1	Denny Hamlin	38
2	A.J. Allmendinger	22	T2	Brad Keselowski	31
3	Kyle Larson	21	T2	David Ragan	31
4	Chase Elliott	18	4	A.J. Allmendinger	22
5	Alex Bowman	17	5	Ryan Blaney	19
T6	Corey LaJoie	16	6	Chris Buescher	18
T6	J.J. Yeley	16	T7	Corey LaJoie	16
T8	Bubba Wallace	15	T7	Erik Jones	16
T8	Daniel Suarez	15	T7	J.J. Yeley	16
T10	Juan Pablo Montoya	14	T10	Bubba Wallace Suarez	15
T10	Ty Dillon	14	T10	Daniel Suarez	15

Thanks to this Pole in last year’s Daytona night race, Michael McDowell is no longer on the list of most Daytona starts without a Pole. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images

Most Active Daytona Starts without Top 3			Most Active Daytona Starts without Top 5
Rank	Driver	Starts	Rank	Driver	Starts
1	Kyle Larson	21	1	Kyle Larson	21
T2	Corey LaJoie	16	2	J.J. Yeley	16
T2	J.J. Yeley	16	3	Daniel Suarez	15
4	Daniel Suarez	15	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	14
T5	Juan Pablo Montoya	14	5	Ross Chastain	13
T5	Ty Dillon	14	5	Ross Chastain	13

This photo sums up how good Kyle Larson is at Daytona. Photo by David Rosenblum–Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Most Active Daytona Starts
without Top 10
Rank	Driver	Starts
1	Joey Gase	8
2	Todd Gilliland	6
T3	Justin Allgaier	4
T3	Kaz Grala	4
T5	Anthony Alfredo	3
T5	Josh Berry	3
T5	Zane Smith	3

– Daniel Hemric and Harrison Burton were on this list when the Cup Series went to Daytona last August, but removed their names by getting Top 10 finishes.

Most Active Daytona Stages without Stage Win			Most Active Daytona Stages without Stage T10
Rank	Driver	Stages	Rank	Driver	Stages
T1	Chris Buescher	32	1	B.J. McLeod	20
T1	Corey LaJoie	32	2	Joey Gase	16
T1	Erik Jones	32	3	Cody Ware	14
T1	Michael McDowell	32	4	Daniel Hemric	12
T5	Bubba Wallace	30	5	Noah Gragson	10
T5	Daniel Suarez	30	T6	J.J. Yeley	8
T5	Kyle Larson	30	T6	John Hunter Nemechek	8
T8	Alex Bowman	28	T6	Kaz Grala	8
T8	William Byron	28	T9	Anthony Alfredo	6
T8	William Byron	28	T9	Josh Bilicki	6
10	Ty Dillon	24	T9	Riley Herbst	6
10	Ty Dillon	24	T9	Zane Smith	6

– Out of the 13 drivers to run in every stage here at Daytona only Chris Buescher, Corey LaJoie, Erik Jones, and Michael McDowell have not won a stage here.

**Active Daytona Streaks (2+ in a row)**
Driver	Streak	Category	Driver	Streak	Category
Christopher Bell	2	Top 3’s	Brad Keselowski	2	Stage T10’s
Bubba Wallace	2	Top 10’s	Joey Logano	2	Stage T10’s
William Byron	5	Stage T10’s	Kyle Larson	2	Stage T10’s
Chris Buescher	3	Stage T10’s	Todd Gilliland	2	Stage T10’s
Ryan Blaney	3	Stage T10’s	Todd Gilliland	2	Stage T10’s

– If Christopher Bell can pick up another Top 3 finish this weekend then he will be just the 18th person in Daytona Cup history to get 3 straight Top 3 finishes here.

Next Gen Stats

**Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race**
Rank	Race	Laps Led%	Driver	Fin.	Rank	Race	Laps Led%	Driver	Fin.
1	2023-26	41.10	Chase Briscoe	30th	6	2022-26	19.38	Chase Elliott	29th
2	2022-01	33.33	Brad Keselowski	9th	7	2022-01	17.91	Ryan Blaney	4th
3	2024-01	22.50	Joey Logano	32nd	8	2024-25	15.85	Michael McDowell	30th
4	2024-25	20.73	Joey Logano	31st	9	2023-01	15.09	Chris Buescher	4th
5	2023-01	19.81	Brad Keselowski	22nd	10	2022-01	13.93	Kyle Busch	6th

– Looking at the finishes in this table shows that leading laps doesn’t always lead to good finishes with the Next Gen at Daytona.

**Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race**
Rank	Race	Driver	Driv. Rate	Fin.	Rank	Race	Driver	Driv. Rate	Fin.
1	2022-01	Austin Cindric	122.4	1st	6	2023-01	Brad Keselowski	105.2	22nd
2	2022-01	Brad Keselowski	121.3	9th	7	2022-01	Bubba Wallace	104.7	2nd
3	2023-26	Chris Buescher	112.1	1st	8	2023-26	Joey Logano	104.1	5th
4	2023-01	Chris Buescher	109.8	4th	9	2024-25	Joey Logano	103.6	31st
5	2022-01	Ryan Blaney	107.5	4th	10	2023-01	Joey Logano	102.7	2nd

– Watch out for Ford to run well this weekend as they hold down 9 of the 10 spots in the table above and the table below as well.

**Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race**
Rank	Race	Driver	Top 15%	Fin.	Rank	Race	Driver	Top 15%	Fin.
1	2022-01	Brad Keselowski	98.51	9th	T5	2024-25	Joey Logano	89.02	31st
2	2024-25	Kyle Busch	92.68	2nd	7	2022-01	Austin Cindric	87.56	1st
3	2024-25	Michael McDowell	89.63	30th	8	2022-01	Ryan Blaney	87.06	4th
4	2023-26	Aric Almirola	89.57	3rd	9	2022-01	Chris Buescher	86.07	16th
T5	2024-25	Austin Cindric	89.02	18th	10	2023-01	Austin Cindric	85.85	23rd

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40)			Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40)
Rank	Start Pos.	Avg. Fin	Rank	Start Pos.	Avg. Fin
1	11th	11.00	1	8th	29.50
2	38th	13.20	2	19th	28.83
3	18th	14.50	3	32nd	28.17
4	7th	14.67	4	1st	27.67
5	14th	15.00	5	22nd	25.00
T6	24th	15.17	6	39th	24.40
T6	29th	15.17	7	25th	24.33
8	10th	15.67	8	15th	23.50
9	27th	15.83	9	35th	23.33
10	33rd	17.17	10	26th	23.00

– Based on the table above starting 38th this weekend may not be such a bad thing, however starting 8th is not a good thing

Best Next Gen Daytona Avg. Driver Rating				Best Next Gen Daytona Avg. Top 15%
Rank	Driver	Driv. Rate	Starts	Rank	Driver	Top 15%	Starts
1	Joey Logano	98.78	6	1	Joey Logano	72.00	6
2	Chris Buescher	90.50	6	2	Kyle Busch	68.82	6
3	Austin Cindric	88.02	6	3	Chris Buescher	68.64	6
4	Aric Almirola	86.98	4	4	Austin Cindric	66.82	6
5	Kyle Busch	86.97	6	5	Aric Almirola	66.44	4
6	Kevin Harvick	85.05	4	6	Brad Keselowski	66.36	6
7	Bubba Wallace	84.48	6	7	Bubba Wallace	59.82	6
8	Brad Keselowski	83.72	6	8	Kevin Harvick	59.51	4
9	Ryan Blaney	80.05	6	9	Martin Truex Jr.	56.73	6
10	Christopher Bell	79.62	6	10	Kyle Larson	52.91	6

– Ford’s have been excellent at Daytona in the Next Gen as their drivers hold the top 4 spots in the Driver Rating table, 5 of the top 6 in the Top 15% table, and 5 of the top 6 in the Laps Led% table below.

Best Next Gen Daytona Avg. Finish				Best Next Gen Daytona Laps Led%
Rank	Driver	Avg. Fin.	Starts	Rank	Driver	Laps Led%	Starts
1	Parker Retzlaff	7.00	1	1	Brad Keselowski	11.45	6
T2	Bubba Wallace	9.33	6	2	Joey Logano	10.45	6
T2	Kyle Busch	9.33	6	3	Chase Briscoe	6.73	6
4	Landon Cassill	9.50	2	4	Kyle Busch	6.00	6
5	Cody Ware	10.25	4	5	Austin Cindric	5.64	6
T6	John Hunter Nemechek	11.00	2	6	Ryan Blaney	4.82	6
T6	Travis Pastrana	11.00	1	7	Chase Elliott	4.18	6
8	Alex Bowman	11.17	6	8	Chris Buescher	4.09	6
9	David Ragan	12.33	3	9	Christopher Bell	3.82	6
10	Aric Almirola	12.50	4	10	Denny Hamlin	3.73	6

Next Gen Daytona Win List				Next Gen Daytona Pole List
Rank	Driver	Wins	Win%	Rank	Driver	Poles
T1	Austin Cindric	1	16.67	T1	Alex Bowman	1
T1	Austin Dillon	1	16.67	T1	Chase Briscoe	1
T1	Chris Buescher	1	16.67	T1	Joey Logano	1
T1	Harrison Burton	1	16.67	T1	Kyle Larson	1
T1	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	1	16.67	T1	Michael McDowell	1
T1	William Byron	1	16.67	T1	Michael McDowell	1

– Thru 6 races no one has won multiple races or Poles at Daytona in the Next Gen era.

**Next Gen Daytona Top 3’s List**
Rank	Driver	Top 3’s	Top 3%
1	Christopher Bell	3	50.00
2	Austin Cindric	2	33.33
T3	Aric Almirola	1	25.00
T3	12 drivers tied with same %	1	16.67

Christopher Bell is pretty much boom or bust in the Next Gen at Daytona as he has 3 Top 3 finishes, but as you can see in the table below they are his only Top 10 finishes as well. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images

Most Next Gen Daytona Top 5’s				Most Next Gen Daytona Top 10’s
Rank	Driver	Top 5’s	Top 5%	Rank	Driver	Top 10’s	Top 10%
1	Christopher Bell	3	50.00	1	Kyle Busch	4	66.67
T2	Aric Almirola	2	50.00	T2	Alex Bowman	3	50.00
T2	Alex Bowman	2	33.33	T2	Brad Keselowski	3	50.00
T2	Austin Cindric	2	33.33	T2	Bubba Wallace	3	50.00
T2	Bubba Wallace	2	33.33	T2	Chris Buescher	3	50.00
T2	Chris Buescher	2	33.33	T2	Christopher Bell	3	50.00
T2	Joey Logano	2	33.33	T7	A.J. Allmendinger	2	66.67
T8	Landon Cassill	1	50.00	T7	David Ragan	2	66.67
T8	Cody Ware	1	25.00	T7	Aric Almriola	2	50.00
T8	Noah Gragson	1	20.00	T7	Cody Ware	2	50.00
T8	Ty Gibbs	1	20.00	T7	Noah Gragson	2	40.00
T8	11 drivers tied with same %	1	16.67	T7	7 drivers tied with same %	2	33.33

Most Next Gen Daytona Stage Wins				Most Next Gen Daytona Stage T10’s
Rank	Driver	Stage Wins	Stage Win%	Rank	Driver	Stage T10’s	Stage T10%
1	Martin Truex Jr.	3	25.00	1	Joey Logano	9	75.00
T2	Brad Keselowski	2	16.67	2	Martin Truex Jr.	8	66.67
T2	Joey Logano	2	16.67	3	Bubba Wallace	7	58.33
T4	Josh Berry	1	16.67	T4	Brad Keselowski	6	50.00
T4	Chase Elliott	1	8.33	T4	Chris Buescher	6	50.00
T4	Kyle Busch	1	8.33	T4	Kyle Busch	6	50.00
T4	Kyle Busch	1	8.33	T4	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	6	50.00
T4	Ross Chastain	1	8.33	T4	Todd Gilliland	6	50.00
T4	Ross Chastain	1	8.33	T4	William Byron	6	50.00
T4	Ryan Blaney	1	8.33	T10	Austin Cindric	5	41.67
T4	Ryan Blaney	1	8.33	T10	Kyle Larson	5	41.67

– If Martin Truex Jr. can make the Daytona 500 this weekend then watch out for him to do well in stages as he has the most Next Gen Stage Wins, and 2nd most Next Gen Stage T10’s.

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