Knowing the numbers: Daytona fantasy stats to consider
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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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RELATED: Play Fantasy Live now | How the new Fantasy Live works | Driver statsTop 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