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Start Positions at Daytona International Speedway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Daytona International Speedway, featuring tables with historical and projected start positions, sparklines, and trends over the last two and four years, alongside visual charts highlighting the top and bottom performers.

Trending Drivers at Daytona International Speedway

I've split the trends at the last 2-year and 4-year marks using all start positions.

Hover the column header numbers to see the race information. Complete

The numbers in the table header (... 3, 2, 1) correspond to the races numbered here. Races are ordered chronologically from newest (1) to oldest.

Last 2-yearsAll races

  • Carson Hocevar: -11.00
  • Michael McDowell: -3.20
  • Tyler Reddick: -2.10
  • Daniel Hemric: +24.00

Last 4-YearsAll races

  • Carson Hocevar: -11.00
  • Austin Cindric: -1.68
  • Ty Gibbs: -1.51
  • Daniel Hemric: +4.20
Displaying All Drivers from the result set.
  • Driver's performance is improving. Average position has improved.
  • Driver's performance is declining. Average position has worsened.
  • Driver's performance has remained stable. Little to no change in average position.
  • No trend data available. This could be due to insufficient race data for the period.
Start positions at Daytona International Speedway
DRIVER 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 START POSITIONS PRJCT BEST 4Y AVG 2Y AVG 4Y TRND 2Y TRND
AJ Allmendinger 38 27 20 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 29 17 0 10 28 19.19 10 23.22 20.00
Aric Almirola 13 0 37 26 8 11 5 0 4 0 5 5 2 0 3 19 0 2 38 27 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 4.72 2 11.83 2.67
Brad Keselowski 7 3 31 3 35 3 2 0 12 0 9 4 0 13 24 10 9 0 3 24 0 9 10 12 0 12 16 12.08 2 11.95 11.80
Casey Mears 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 40 40.00 0.00
Clint Bowyer 6 11 10 9 6 16 6 0 7 0 29 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15.20 6 11.40 0.00
Dale Earnhardt Jr 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.94 1 1.50 0.00
David Gilliland 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 39 39.00 0.00
David Ragan 20 30 15 21 24 27 0 0 0 13 30 0 0 6 18 0 0 20 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 13 40 27.99 6 23.00 26.50
Denny Hamlin 4 18 2 17 10 6 18 0 3 0 21 10 7 0 25 3 0 4 30 19 0 13 18 19 0 17 8 16.18 2 12.95 15.00
Derrike Cope 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43.00 21 26.50 0.00
Elliott Sadler 40 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32.56 33 36.50 0.00
Greg Biffle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37.00 19 23.50 0.00
JJ Yeley 0 0 0 40 0 37 0 0 0 19 0 33 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 21 0 0 24.72 19 29.14 27.00
Jacques Villeneuve 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62.00 18 29.00 0.00
Jamie McMurray 3 8 19 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.12 3 15.71 0.00
Jimmie Johnson 24 12 35 4 17 14 16 0 0 2 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 39 0 18 0 23 22.46 2 16.36 23.00
Joey Logano 15 7 5 11 4 1 13 0 6 0 3 3 11 0 9 22 0 6 20 3 3 0 3 14 1 0 1 4.60 1 7.67 4.40
Kasey Kahne 26 4 26 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25.82 4 21.00 0.00
Kevin Harvick 5 5 6 5 3 4 10 0 0 6 10 1 0 3 8 11 0 13 22 7 9 0 13 10 0 0 0 12.68 1 7.95 10.67
Kurt Busch 8 15 11 23 12 8 17 0 0 11 18 13 0 7 20 8 13 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.12 7 13.40 0.00
Kyle Busch 21 16 12 15 31 2 9 0 0 3 28 11 0 8 10 4 0 9 10 22 0 5 36 18 0 4 34 18.74 2 14.67 19.40
Martin Truex Jr 35 25 24 13 11 5 3 0 11 0 15 2 0 14 26 7 0 3 14 13 0 11 16 13 14 0 27 14.49 2 14.38 16.20
Matt Kenseth 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19.24 9 13.67 0.00
Michael McDowell 22 23 22 8 34 28 0 0 0 12 26 26 14 0 17 18 0 11 6 9 13 0 11 39 0 1 2 10.19 1 17.10 13.20
Michael Waltrip 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 30 30.00 0.00
Paul Menard 33 24 16 30 7 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14.19 7 21.67 0.00
Reed Sorenson 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28.96 18 31.67 0.00
Ryan Newman 14 22 13 7 19 18 1 0 8 0 7 22 12 0 7 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.77 1 13.31 0.00
Brendan Gaughan 39 32 25 16 30 39 0 0 0 16 39 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31.99 16 30.67 0.00
Landon Cassill 27 26 0 37 27 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 18 0 27 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29.03 18 29.89 0.00
Mark Thompson 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 40 40.00 0.00
Trevor Bayne 11 14 18 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20.56 11 15.75 0.00
Austin Dillon 10 19 14 10 20 21 15 0 15 0 13 12 0 4 4 27 0 10 36 21 17 0 27 21 4 0 33 21.66 4 16.81 20.40
Cole Whitt 17 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36.13 17 26.00 0.00
David Starr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 40 40.00 0.00
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 23 6 9 6 5 19 0 0 1 0 1 31 3 0 21 12 0 16 18 20 18 0 31 32 16 0 35 27.90 1 16.15 26.40
Danica Patrick 12 10 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25.77 10 16.67 0.00
Timmy Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 32 35 20 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.17 17 25.00 0.00
Justin Marks 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 29 29.00 0.00
Kyle Larson 16 21 38 14 26 13 4 0 0 10 8 0 8 0 13 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 7 2 0 17 2.33 1 10.20 5.80
Parker Kligerman 0 0 0 0 25 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36.65 25 30.50 0.00
Alex Bowman 0 0 1 2 2 9 8 0 0 1 2 8 1 0 1 15 0 1 2 10 1 0 1 31 9 0 7 10.42 1 5.89 9.80
Ryan Blaney 36 9 3 12 14 10 14 0 14 0 27 9 0 9 14 6 7 0 7 16 4 0 7 8 0 9 32 11.39 3 12.71 12.00
Corey Lajoie 31 36 32 38 32 30 0 0 0 18 36 25 0 17 16 33 0 15 24 31 0 20 12 37 17 0 29 21.32 12 26.45 23.00
Joey Gase 29 0 0 36 0 40 0 0 22 0 37 37 0 20 28 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30.96 20 31.78 0.00
Ty Dillon 18 34 23 19 22 23 0 0 0 15 24 29 17 0 0 0 0 12 26 25 20 0 37 30 0 0 0 27.84 12 23.38 29.00
Chase Elliott 1 2 4 1 18 7 11 0 2 0 25 27 0 5 12 5 3 0 11 2 0 7 8 23 3 0 5 9.06 1 8.67 9.20
Matt DiBenedetto 25 28 36 31 9 25 0 0 0 8 16 15 9 0 23 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.59 8 19.50 0.00
Chris Buescher 37 29 21 25 15 22 0 0 10 0 19 17 0 15 22 13 0 14 4 8 7 0 9 11 8 0 19 7.73 4 16.25 10.80
Erik Jones 34 17 8 29 28 17 12 0 0 5 14 20 15 0 31 21 12 0 13 11 14 0 25 24 12 0 11 15.30 5 17.76 17.20
BJ McLeod 0 0 0 0 38 35 0 0 0 21 38 0 0 19 38 30 20 0 37 36 0 18 32 38 0 20 0 26.22 18 30.00 27.00
Jeffrey Earnhardt 32 39 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31.84 27 33.00 0.00
Ryan Preece 0 0 0 0 21 26 0 0 9 0 31 28 5 0 11 24 0 0 0 0 0 8 20 9 7 0 25 13.22 5 17.23 13.80
Gray Gaulding 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 34 34.00 0.00
DJ Kennington 28 40 30 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.70 28 33.25 0.00
Daniel Suarez 19 20 17 32 23 15 0 0 19 0 0 30 6 0 15 26 5 0 21 4 0 6 24 22 10 0 13 12.88 4 17.21 15.00
Cody Ware 0 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 35 31 0 17 32 33 19 0 35 0 0 0 0 26.02 17 28.89 27.00
Ryan Sieg 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 38 38.00 0.00
Ross Chastain 0 0 0 33 36 38 0 0 0 14 20 36 0 12 34 29 4 0 19 12 8 0 23 25 5 0 21 13.12 4 21.71 16.40
Bubba Wallace 0 31 7 22 13 29 0 0 17 0 11 21 0 2 6 20 0 8 16 30 6 0 15 4 0 14 24 12.64 2 15.58 12.60
Ray Black II 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 39 39.00 0.00
Daniel Hemric 0 0 0 0 29 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 33 28 0 0 0 0 13 0 37 24.21 6 24.29 25.00
William Byron 0 0 33 18 1 12 7 0 0 4 4 6 0 1 2 2 2 0 23 17 2 0 21 27 0 3 18 14.00 1 10.68 14.20
Brennan Poole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 34 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 34.16 20 30.00 34.00
Cole Custer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 16 13 0 27 25 15 0 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22.26 7 17.89 0.00
Chad Finchum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 21 21.00 0.00
Garrett Smithley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34.57 18 26.00 0.00
Josh Bilicki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 22 0 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33.29 22 33.50 0.00
Tyler Reddick 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 9 22 18 16 0 29 17 8 0 15 6 0 10 26 20 19 0 3 13.11 3 17.13 15.60
Matt Tifft 0 0 0 0 33 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30.88 31 32.00 0.00
Quin Houff 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 0 20 0 35 34 19 0 33 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30.80 19 29.71 0.00
Justin Haley 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 16 0 33 0 0 0 0 28 14 0 25 18 0 15 28 28 0 15 22 20.14 14 23.00 21.60
John Hunter Nemechek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 23 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 10 14.58 10 17.80 14.50
Christopher Bell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17 23 4 0 5 14 0 7 12 5 11 0 5 15 0 16 4 9.75 4 10.21 10.20
James Davison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 38 38.00 0.00
Kaz Grala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 40 38 19 0 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 26 23.55 10 27.00 23.50
Austin Cindric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 39 0 11 0 5 14 0 4 6 16 0 2 6 4.75 2 11.30 6.80
Austin Hill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 26 0 0 0 26.31 16 21.00 21.00
Chase Briscoe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 30 16 10 0 9 26 0 3 30 1 0 7 20 11.52 1 14.82 12.20
Harrison Burton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 29 5 0 19 3 0 5 12 8.27 3 10.75 8.80
Noah Gragson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 17 0 39 37 0 14 22 0 0 8 38 20.87 8 24.63 20.50
Riley Herbst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 38 6 0 6 36 18.87 6 21.00 21.00
Anthony Alfredo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 36 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 39 25.11 11 26.80 25.00
Zane Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 17 0 0 18 14 16.00 14 16.00 16.00
Josh Berry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 11 30 20.41 11 23.33 23.33
Ty Gibbs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 10 0 33 5 15 0 15 14.35 5 16.83 15.60
Travis Pastrana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 40 0 0 0 0 68.00 12 26.00 26.00
Todd Gilliland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 29 32 0 17 14 35 6 0 31 20.10 6 22.50 20.60
Chandler Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0 36 0 0 0 36.45 21 28.50 28.50
Carson Hocevar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 9 3.50 9 14.50 14.50
Conor Daly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 34 0 0 0 0 47.00 21 27.50 27.50

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