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2 -- The number of consecutive Winston Cup point race victories at Daytona by Michael Waltrip.
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| All three of Michael Waltrip's Winston Cup wins are at Daytona. Credit: Autostock |
2.5 -- The length of a lap, in miles, of Daytona International Speedway.
3 -- The number of consecutive Bud Pole Awards at Daytona by Richard Childress Racing, and drivers who have won them: Kevin Harvick, Jeff Green and Steve Park.
4 -- The number of stories high each corner of Daytona International Speedway would be if turned up on edge.
4 -- The number of times a driver has swept both Winston Cup races in a season at Daytona, by Fireball Roberts (1962), Cale Yarborough (1968), Lee Roy Yarbrough (1969) and Bobby Allison (1982).
5 -- The number of Daytona victories by Morgan-McClure Motorsports, including two in the Pepsi 400.
9.76 -- Jeff Gordon's average starting position at Daytona in 21 races, the best among active drivers with more than 10 starts here.
10 -- The leading number of career Winston Cup point race victories at Daytona, by Richard Petty. Cale Yarborough (eight) and Dave Pearson and Bobby Allison (six apiece) are second and third.
12 -- The leading number of career car owner victories at Daytona, by the Wood Brothers. Petty Engineering is second with 11 and Rick Hendrick has seven.
13 -- The number of Pepsi 400s won from the pole position. Plus, the number of weeks that Matt Kenseth has led the Winston Cup standings.
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| Jeff Gordon has four wins and two poles at Daytona. Credit: Autostock |
14.5 -- Jeff Gordon's average finishing position at Daytona in 21 races, the best among active drivers with more than 10 starts here.
15 -- The number of top-five finishes at Daytona by Bill Elliott.
18 -- The degree of banking in the tri-oval of Daytona International Speedway.
24 -- The number of top-10 finishes at Daytona by Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte.
26 -- The number of wins at Daytona by Chevrolet since 1972.
31 -- The degree of banking in the four corners of Daytona International Speedway.
38 -- The deepest in the field a Daytona Winston Cup race winner has started, by Bill Elliott in the 1988 Pepsi 400.
39 -- The number of different race winners in 89 Winston Cup events at Daytona International Speedway.
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| Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s only Daytona Winston Cup victory was in the 2001 Pepsi 400. Credit: Autostock |
40 -- The number of 400-mile Winston Cup races at Daytona International Speedway, held annually in the summer since 1963.
44 -- The number of different Winston Cup Bud Pole winners in the history of Daytona International Speedway.
49 -- The number of races in which sophomore driver Jimmie Johnson has remained in the top 10 in the Winston Cup standings, the longest such streak among current drivers.
53 -- The number of Winston Cup races at Daytona run by Ricky Rudd.
69 -- The number of Pepsi 400s won from starting positions inside the top 10.
78 -- Rusty Wallace's current winless streak. Wallace has never won at Daytona International Speedway.
160 -- The number of laps it takes to cover 400 miles at Daytona International Speedway.
135.952 -- The average speed of 2002 Pepsi 400 winner Michael Waltrip, in two hours, 56 minutes and 32 seconds.
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| Tony Stewart has three top-10 finishes at Daytona. Credit: Autostock |
173.473 -- The Pepsi 400 record average speed, by Bobby Allison in 1980, in two hours, 18 minutes and 21 seconds.
370 -- The number of laps led at Daytona Jeff Gordon.
599 -- The number of laps led in 52 races at Daytona by Bill Elliott.
3,400 -- The length, in feet, of the backstretch at Daytona International Speedway.
3,800 -- The length, in feet, of the frontstretch at Daytona International Speedway.
$170,000 -- The value of the NASCAR Winston Cup Leader bonus at Daytona, available to the Pepsi 400 winner if he is also the Winston Cup point leader.
$5,202,185 -- Posted awards for the Pepsi 400.
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