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Credit: Autostock
By Dave Rodman, Turner Sports Interactive
July 2, 2004
12:29 PM EDT (1629 GMT)
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Daytona International Speedway is the home track to the NASCAR sanctioning body, and the track's relatively tight, high-banked layout provides amazing competition spawned by restrictor-plate racing.
Greg Biffle is in prime position to defend his 2003 Pepsi 400 title, as he'll roll off in ninth position but there are plenty of challengers set to establish Daytona's latest statistical mark.
3 -- The number of consecutive Daytona races in which Dale Jarrett and Kevin Harvick have scored top-10 finishes.
3 -- The number of victories Michael Waltrip has in his last seven Daytona starts.
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4 -- Jeff Gordon, Bill Elliott and Dale Jarrett's leading number of career victories by active drivers at Daytona.
4 -- The number of times a "season sweep" has occurred at Daytona, the last time in 1982 by Bobby Allison.
8.8 -- Jimmie's Johnson's average start at Daytona, best among active drivers with five or more starts here.
9.8 -- Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Daytona, best among active drivers with five or more starts here.
12 -- Sterling Marlin's leading number of top-five finishes by an active driver at Daytona.
12 -- Wood Brothers Racing's leading number of car owner victories at Daytona. Petty Engineering is second with 11.
13 -- The number of Daytona's 91 Cup Series events won from the pole starting position, or 14 percent.
14 -- The number of consecutive Daytona races in which Rusty Wallace has been running at the finish.
23 -- The number of years since a pole winner last won the Pepsi 400, by Cale Yarborough in 1981.
25 -- Terry Labonte's leading number of top-10 finishes by an active driver at Daytona.
26 -- The number of Daytona's 91 Cup Series races that have been won from front row starting positions, or 29 percent.
38 -- Bill Elliott's starting position for the 1988 Pepsi 400, the furthest back a race winner has started at Daytona.
40 -- The number of different race winners in the 91 Cup Series races at Daytona.
70 -- The number of Daytona's 91 Cup Series events won from starting positions inside the top 10, or 77 percent.
170.457 -- Ernie Irvan's Daytona restrictor plate 400-mile race record average speed in miles per hour, set in two hours, 20 minutes and 48 seconds in July 1992.
173.473 -- Bobby Allison's Daytona 400-mile race record average speed in miles per hour, set in two hours, 18 minutes and 21 seconds in July 1980.
589 -- Sterling Marlin's leading number of laps led at Daytona by an active driver.
1,286 -- Dale Earnhardt's leading number of career laps led at Daytona.
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