 Daytona 500 - The Great American Race.
Tuesday, February
21st
What could be more exciting than an asphalt ballot at 200 mph just
inches apart?
What could be more exciting than an asphalt ballot at 200 mph just
inches apart? That's exactly what the Daytona 500 brings! The world's
best drivers take the checkers Sunday at 2:30 pm est in The Great
American Race.
Jeff Burton will lead the field to green, a long side will be Jeff
Gordon. Gordon won the second twin qualifying race Thursday and enters
this race with a ton of momentum. Elliott Sadler won the first race,
which also had strong runs from Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson and
defending champion Tony Stewart.
Daytona 500 Trends
1. Ten of the last 13 years the winner has been driving a
Chevy. That includes four wins in the last five years.
2. There has only been a repeat winner three times in the 46 years
of racing at DIS. The last was Sterling Marlin in '94 and '95.
3. Dale Jarrett in 2000 and Jeff Gordon in '99 are the only
drivers since '88 to win the race from the pole position.
4. Mike Waltrip and Ward Burton each started 19th in '01 and '02
and won. Derricke Cope started 12th in '90 and Jeff Gordon began
in the 15th position in '05 and they both took the checkered.
Other than that, no one outside the top eight starters has won at
Daytona in the last 25 years (that's 84% of the time the winner
starts in the top 8).
5. Breakdown of where the victors have started since the Daytona
500's inception in '59:
Pole - 9
2nd - 7
3rd - 3
4th - 6
5th - 1
10th+ - 11 |
Source: BetRoyal |
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