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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Statistical Advance: Analyzing The Advanced Auto Parts Clash At Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, (February 13, 2017) – Below is a look at some of the top statistical performers at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida going into the Advance Auto Parts Clash on Feb. 18. A total of 25 drivers are eligible to participate in the annual preseason, 75 lap, two segments, non-points race. The event will be broadcast live on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
2017 Eligible Participants Include:
Unlike previous years, the starting field for the 2017 Advanced Auto Parts Clash at Daytona will not be a predetermined number of cars; rather, the field is limited to drivers who meet more exclusive criteria.
2016 Coors Light Pole Winners
Greg Biffle
Alex Bowman
Kurt Busch
Kyle Busch
Austin Dillon
Carl Edwards
Chase Elliott
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson
Matt Kenseth
Brad Keselowski
Joey Logano
Martin Truex Jr.
Former Clash Winners
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Tony Stewart
Former Daytona 500 Pole Winners
Danica Patrick
2016 Monster Energy Playoff Participants
Chris Buescher
Kyle Larson
Jamie McMurray


Eligible Driver’s Performances

Greg Biffle
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2005     5          2          16        70        1          44        Running
2007     13        5          16        70                                Running
2008     20        17        16        48                               Accident
2009     17        26        16        72                                Accident
2010     15        5          16        74        2          5          Accident
2011     5          11        16        75                                Running
2012     6          7          16        82        3          17        Running
2013     2          4          16        75        1          2          Running
2015     14        7          16        67        1          1          Accident
2016     10        16        16        79                                Running

Alex Bowman – No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS
This will be Alex Bowman’s debut in the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona.
  
Chris Buescher – No. 37 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet SS
This will be Chris Buescher’s debut in the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona.

Kurt Busch – No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion         
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2002     14        1          97        70        1          3          Running
2003     11        3          97        70        1          11        Running
2005     6          6          97        70                                Running
2007     3          19        2          70        2          6          Running
2008     18        1          2          70                               Running
2009     9          12        2          78                                Running
2010     23        22        2          32                                Accident
2011     1          17        22        75        3          3          Running
2012     17        6          51        82                                Accident
2013     13        18        78        15                                Accident
2014     14        10        41        35                                Accident
2015     15        13        41        67                                Accident
2016     7          21        41        79                                Running


Kyle Busch – No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry                                                           
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2006     15        14        5          72        2          4          Running
2007     7          6          5          70        3          39        Running
2009     10        10        18        78        2          6          Running
2010     4          17        18        76                                Running
2011     16        21        18        41        2          2          Accident
2012     1          2          18        82        2          3          Running
2013     16        13        18        14                                Accident
2014     3          4          18        75        1          6          Running
2015     8          5          18        75                                Running
2016     17        9          18        72                                Accident


Austin Dillon – No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet SS
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2015     17        6          3          61                                Accident
2016     8          10        3          79                                Running

Dale Earnhardt Jr. – No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS                                           
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2001     6          10        8          70                                Running
2002     2          16        8          70        1          20        Running
2003     1          19        8          70        4          13        Running
2004     2          19        8          70                                Running
2005     7          12        8          70                                Running
2006     2          19        8          72        1          1          Running
2007     14        17        8          70                                Running
2008     1          7          88        70        7          47        Running
2009     18        9          88        64        4          23        Accident
2010     11        11        88        76                                Running
2011     19        1          88        27        3          4          Accident
2012     20        8          88        54        2          12        Accident
2013     8          16        88        75                                Running
2014     9          14        88        65        1          7          Accident
2015     9          24        88        75        1          13        Running
2016     15        23        88        75                                Running

Carl Edwards                                                              
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2006     16        11        99        71                                Running
2008     12        20        99        70        1          1          Running
2009     7          11        99        78        2          11        Running
2010     17        1          99        74        2          42        Accident
2011     21        3          99        33                                Accident
2012     9          11        99        82                                Running
2013     12        1          99        75                                Running
2014     13        7          99        35                                Accident
2015     3          14        19        75        1          1          Running
2016     16        19        19        72                                Accident


Chase Elliott – No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS

This will be Chase Elliott’s debut in the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona.
Denny Hamlin – No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry                                                       
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2006     1          15        11        72        3          16        Running
2007     17        21        11        70                                Running
2008     9          12        11        70                               Running
2009     13        5          11        78        2          4          Running
2010     5          24        11        76                                Running
2011     12        4          11        75                                Running
2012     5          16        11        82                                Running
2013     15        5          11        14                                Accident
2014     1          1          11        75        6          27        Running
2015     19        9          11        45                                Accident
2016     1          15        11        79        5          39        Running


Kevin Harvick – No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion                                           
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2003     9          16        29        70                                Running
2004     3          5          29        70        2          10        Running
2006     20        18        29        15                                Engine
2007     5          20        29        70        2          11        Running
2009     1          27        29        78        1          1          Running
2010     1          2          29        76        5          21        Running
2011     7          18        29        75                                Running
2012     22        22        29        54        3          4          Accident
2013     1          17        29        75        3          37        Running
2014     5          6          4          75        2          6          Running
2015     11        8          4          75        1          1          Running
2016     25        22        4          22                                Accident

Jimmie Johnson – No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2003     7          2          48        70        1          4          Running
2004     9          17        48        70                                Running
2005     1          17        48        70        1          16        Running
2006     5          2          48        72        3          12        Running
2007     4          8          48        70                                Running
2008     3          18        48        70                               Running
2009     14        21        48        77        1          2          Accident
2010     13        16        48        76                                Running
2011     4          23        48        75        2          7          Running
2012     14        18        48        74        1          1          Accident
2013     14        11        48        14                                Accident
2014     17        18        48        28                                Accident
2015     22        17        48        45                                Accident
2016     22        1          48        43                                Accident
Matt Kenseth – No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry                                                        
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2003     3          5          17        70        3          6          Running
2006     6          16        17        72                                Running
2009     8          25        17        78        1          1          Running
2010     16        8          17        74                                Accident
2011     13        19        17        74                                Running
2012     21        23        17        54                                Accident
2013     5          12        20        75        2          25        Running
2014     10        16        20        35                                Accident
2015     1          16        20        75        4          21        Running
2016     12        13        20        79                                Running

Brad Keselowski – No. 2 Team Penske Ford Fusion                                                              
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2012     4          3          2          82                                Running
2014     2          5          2          75        3          8          Running
2015     25        4          2          22        1          2          Accident
2016     9          2          2          79        6          26        Running

Kyle Larson – No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet SS                                                                                                                                           Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2015     5          25        42        75                                Running
2016     4          4          42        79                                Running

Joey Logano – No. 22 Team Penske Ford Fusion                                                                  
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2009     28        19        20        3                                  Accident
2010     7          21        20        76                                Running
2011     18        22        20        27                                Accident
2012     18        10        20        54        1          1          Accident
2013     3          9          22        75                                Running
2014     4          11        22        75        2          11        Running
2015     6          3          22        75                                Running
2016     2          25        22        79                                Running
Jamie McMurray – No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet SS             
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2004     17        3          42        69        2          8          Accident
2006     8          17        26        72        1          1          Running
2008     22        4          26        24                                Accident
2009     2          15        26        78        4          16        Running
2010     3          9          1          76        2          2          Running
2011     2          14        1          75                                Running
2012     16        4          1          73        5          11        Accident
2014     6          2          1          75        2          10        Running
2015     24        21        1          45                                Accident
2016     14        24        1          78        1          14        Running

Danica Patrick – No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Fusion                                        
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2014     16        12        10        35                                Accident
2015     10        15        10        75                                Running
2016     11        12        10        79                                Running

Tony Stewart                          
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2000     4          3          20        25                                Running
2001     1          7          20        70                                Running
2002     1          3          20        70        2          31        Running
2003     15        12        20        70                                Running
2004     7          18        20        70                                Running
2005     4          8          20        70                                Running
2006     3          3          20        72        3          7          Running
2007     1          14        20        70        2          11        Running
2008     2          10        20        70        2          9          Running
2009     3          6          14        78        1          4          Running
2010     9          13        14        76        2          6          Running
2011     11        2          14        75        3          4          Running
2012     2          15        14        82        1          7          Running
2013     4          15        14        75        2          5          Running
2014     11        9          14        35                                Accident
2015     13        22        14        67                                Accident

Martin Truex Jr. – No. 78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota Camry                                  
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2008     21        9          1          47                                Accident
2012     19        1          56        54        2          7          Accident
2013     9          6          56        75        1          2          Running
2015     2          10        78        75        4          29        Running
2016     13        7          78        78                                Running
The Advanced Auto Parts Clash At Daytona Tidbits
·        The number of participants has ranged from a low of seven in 1981 to a high of 28 in 2009. Unlike previous years, the starting field for the 2017 Advanced Auto Parts Clash at Daytona will not be a predetermined number of cars; rather, the field is limited to drivers who meet more exclusive criteria. (20 drivers are eligible for this year’s event).
·        Jeff Gordon has appeared in the most consecutive Advanced Auto Parts Clash at Daytona races, competing in 22 consecutive events from 1994-2015.
·        Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers in consecutive Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona starts with 14 (2003 – 2016).
·        The top five drivers with the most Advanced Auto Parts Clash at Daytona appearances: Mark Martin (24), Bill Elliott (23), Jeff Gordon (22), Ken Schrader (19) and Rusty Wallace (19).
·        There have been nine multiple winners in the Advanced Auto Parts Clash at Daytona:
o   Dale Earnhardt won six events, most all-time (1980, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995).
o   Dale Jarrett won in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
o   Kevin Harvick won in 2009, 2010 and 2013.
o   Tony Stewart won in 2001, 2002 and 2007.
o   Denny Hamlin won in 2006, 2014 and 2016.
o   Other multiple winners: Neil Bonnett (1983-1984), Ken Schrader, (1989-1990), Jeff Gordon (1994 and 1997), and Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2003 and 2008).
o   Bonnett, Schrader, Stewart and Harvick are the only drivers to win back-to-back Clash at Daytona races. No driver has won three consecutive Clash events.

·        Buddy Baker (1979), Dale Earnhardt (1980), Jeff Gordon (1994), Dale Jarrett (1996) and Denny Hamlin (2006) all won the first Clash at Daytona in which they competed.
·        Only six times in the 33-year history of the race has the winner gone on to win the Daytona 500:
  • Bobby Allison (1982)
  • Bill Elliott (1987)
  • Dale Jarrett (1996 and 2000)
  • Jeff Gordon (1997)
  • Denny Hamlin (2016)
·        There have been four winners from the pole: Darrell Waltrip (1981), Bill Elliott (1987), Ken Schrader (1989) and Denny Hamlin (2014).·        Two drivers have swept the Clash at Daytona, Daytona 500 pole and Daytona 500 from 1979-2016: Dale Jarrett (2000) and Bill Elliott (1987)
·        One driver has swept the Clash at Daytona, Daytona 500 and the Coke Zero 400 from 1979-2016: Bobby Allison (1982).
·        Seven drivers have won the Clash at Daytona (1979-2016) and the championship in the same season. Dale Earnhardt is the only one to have accomplished it multiple times (four).
Tony Stewart (2002)
Jeff Gordon (1997)
Dale Earnhardt (1993, 1991, 1986 and 1980)
Darrell Waltrip (1981)
·        Four drivers have won consecutive Clash at Daytona races (1979-2016). None went on to win that year’s Daytona 500.
Kevin Harvick (2009-10)
Tony Stewart (2000-01)
Ken Schrader (1990-91)
Neil Bonnett (1983-84)
·        The format for The Clash at Daytona has changed 14 times since its inception into the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in 1979.·        Danica Patrick is the only female driver that has competed in the Clash at Daytona (1979 – 2016)

The Clash At Daytona Manufacturer Wins Recap

Manufacturer         Victories          Last Victory - Driver
Chevrolet                20                    2013 – Kevin Harvick
Ford                       7                      2004 – Dale Jarrett
Toyota                    4                      2016 – Denny Hamlin               
Buick                      2                      1982 – Bobby Allison
Oldsmobile             2                      1980 – Dale Earnhardt
Pontiac                   2                      2002 – Tony Stewart
Dodge                    1                      2011 – Kurt Busch 

By the Numbers: The Advance Auto Parts Clash At Daytona
.013  Margin of victory in seconds by Kyle Busch over Tony Stewart in 2012, the closest margin in the Clash at Daytona history
.058  Margin of victory in seconds by Kurt Busch over Jamie McMurray in 2011, the second closest margin in the Clash at Daytona history
.08  Margin of victory in seconds by Dale Earnhardt over Sterling Marlin in 1995, the third closest margin of victory in the Clash at Daytona history
– Laps led by Rusty Wallace (1998), Neil Bonnett (1983-84), Dale Earnhardt (1980), Dale Jarrett (2000 and 2004) and Kevin Harvick (2009) in the Clash at Daytona races they won
2.75 – Average finish by Dale Earnhardt, best by any driver with multiple starts
 Number of drivers to win the Clash at Daytona from the pole position – Darrell Waltrip (1981), Bill Elliott (1987), Ken Schrader (1989) and Denny Hamlin (2014).
5 – Drivers who have won the event in their first appearance (Buddy Baker, 1979; Dale Earnhardt, 1980; Jeff Gordon, 1994; Dale Jarrett, 1996; Denny Hamlin, 2006)
 Number of the Clash at Daytona wins by Dale Earnhardt, the series leader (1980, 86, 88, 91, 93, 95)
 Number of fewest starters in the field for the Clash at Daytona (1981)
11  Number of starts before winning, most since race began in 1979 (Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin)
14  Number of different leaders in the 2009 event, most since race began in 1979
20  Number of wins by Chevrolet in the Clash at Daytona, leads all manufacturers
22  Most consecutive starts in the Clash at Daytona by Jeff Gordon (1994-2015).
27 – Kevin Harvick’s starting position in 2009, the lowest by a race winner in the event’s history

28 – Number of lead changes in the 2011 event, highest number since race began in 1979
44 – Laps led by Greg Biffle in 2005, the most by a driver who did not win the event
47 – Laps led by Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 2008, the most in a single Clash at Daytona.
197.802 mph – The fastest average speed of the race for the Clash at Daytona was in 1987 won by Bill Elliott.
Breakdown of Clash at Daytona Winners:
Year
Driver
Year
Driver
 1979
Buddy Baker

1998
Rusty Wallace
1980
Dale Earnhardt

1999
Mark Martin
1981
Darrell Waltrip

2000
Dale Jarrett
1982
Bobby Allison

2001
Tony Stewart
1983
Neil Bonnett

2002
Tony Stewart
1984
Neil Bonnett

2003
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1985
Terry Labonte

2004
Dale Jarrett
1986
Dale Earnhardt

2005
Jimmie Johnson
1987
Bill Elliott

2006
Denny Hamlin
1988
Dale Earnhardt

2007
Tony Stewart
1989
Ken Schrader

2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1990
Ken Schrader

2009
Kevin Harvick
1991
Dale Earnhardt

2010
Kevin Harvick
1992
Geoff Bodine

2011
Kurt Busch
1993
Dale Earnhardt

2012
Kyle Busch
1994
Jeff Gordon

2013
Kevin Harvick
1995
Dale Earnhardt

2014
Denny Hamlin
1996
Dale Jarrett

2015
Matt Kenseth
1997
Jeff Gordon

2016
Denny Hamlin


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