Numbers mean plenty when it comes to building out your Fantasy Live teams each week. NASCAR.com will examine the stats outlook for each track in advance to help give you an edge as you set your lineups and bonus picks ahead of the race weekend.
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Top five average running position (per loop data from 2005 to present):
| Driver | Average Running Position |
| Ryan Blaney | 12.290 |
| Bubba Wallace | 13.666 |
| Kyle Busch | 14.250 |
| Denny Hamlin | 14.600 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 15.121 |
Top five in stage points earned at Daytona in 2017-18:
| Driver | Stage points | Stage wins |
| Ryan Blaney | 36 | 1 |
| Kevin Harvick | 28 | 1 |
| Kurt Busch | 28 | 1 |
| Brad Keselowski | 24 | 1 |
| Joey Logano | 23 | 0 |
Top five in points earned at Daytona in 2017-18:
| Driver | Race points | Race win |
| Ryan Blaney | 112 | 0 |
| Paul Menard | 108 | 0 |
| Michael McDowell | 99 | 0 |
| AJ Allmendinger | 95 | 0 |
| Joey Logano | 89 | 0 |
Most laps led in last three races at Daytona:
| Driver | Laps led |
| Ryan Blaney | 129 |
| Kevin Harvick | 57 |
| Chase Elliott | 47 |
| Denny Hamlin | 38 |
| Brad Keselowski | 37 |
Average starting position for last 10 winners: 8.2; no winning driver has started worse than 15th in that span
Active drivers to win pole: Jimmie Johnson (2), Chase Elliott (2), Kevin Harvick (1), Alex Bowman (1), Kyle Busch (1), Austin Dillon (1), Paul Menard (1), Martin Truex Jr. (1)
(Note: Matt Kenseth has a Daytona pole but is not on the entry list for Saturday night’s race)
Active drivers to win at Daytona: Jimmie Johnson (3), Jamie McMurray (2), Kevin Harvick (2), Ryan Newman (1), Denny Hamlin (1), Austin Dillon (1), Joey Logano (1), Kyle Busch (1), Aric Almirola (1), Trevor Bayne (1), Brad Keselowski (1), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1), Kurt Busch (1), David Ragan (1)
(Note: Matt Kenseth has two Daytona wins and Derrike Cope has one, but neither are on the entry list for Saturday night’s race)
Most recent pole winner: Alex Bowman, 2018 Daytona 500
Last time pole-sitter won here: Dale Earnhardt Jr., July 2015
Where stage winners started from: Third (twice), fifth, 11th, 13th, 21st
Winning manufacturers of last 10 races: Ford-5, Chevrolet-4, Toyota-1