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Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Statistical Advance: Analyzing The Advanced Auto Parts Clash At Daytona

2018 Eligible Participants Include:
 
Like last season, the starting field for the 2018 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.
 
 
 
 
2017 Coors Light Pole Winners
 
Ryan Blaney
 
Kurt Busch
 
Kyle Busch
 
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
 
Chase Elliott
 
Denny Hamlin
 
Kevin Harvick
 
Erik Jones
 
Matt Kenseth
 
Brad Keselowski
 
Kyle Larson
 
Joey Logano
 
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
 
Martin Truex Jr.
 
Former Daytona 500 Pole Winners
 
Austin Dillon
 
Jimmie Johnson
 
Danica Patrick
 
2017 Monster Energy Playoff Participants
 
Kasey Kahne
 
Jamie McMurray
 
Ryan Newman
 





DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, (February 5, 2018) –
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 20 drivers are eligible to participate in the annual preseason, 75 lap, two segments, non-points race. A competition caution on Lap 25 will separate the two segments. The event will be broadcast live on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. 


Eligible Driver’s Performances


Ryan Blaney
No. 12 Team Penske Ford Fusion

This will be Ryan Blaney’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
2017     17        10        41        16                                Accident


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
2017     2          13        18        75        1          5          Running


Austin Dillon
No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                             Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2015     17        6          3          61                                Accident
2016     8          10        3          79                                Running
2017     12        4          3          75                                Running


Dale Earnhardt Jr.
                                                            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

Chase Elliott
No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2017     7          14        24        75                                Running

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
2017     13        2          11        74        2          48        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
2017     5          7          4          75                                Running


Jimmie Johnson
No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                            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
2017     16        6          48        48                                Accident


Erik Jones
No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Camry
This will be Erik Jones’ debut in the Advance Auto Parts Clash at Daytona.

Kasey Kahne
No. 95 Leavine Family Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2005     9          13        9          70                                Running
2006     18        5          9          35                                Accident
2007     15        15        9          70                                Running
2008     10        8          9          70                                Running
2009     6          14        9          78        1          2          Running
2010     2          19        9          76                                Running
2011     24        5          4          7                                  Engine
2012     13        19        5          79                                Running
2013     7          3          5          75                                Running
2015     23        2          5          45                                Accident
2016     20        20        5          64                                Accident


Matt Kenseth
                                                            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
2017     11        15        20        75                                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
2017     6          1          2          75        2          18        Running


Kyle Larson
No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1                                                                                                                                                                      Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2015     5          25        42        75                                Running
2016     4          4          42        79                                Running
2017     14        11        42        61                                Damage

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
2017     1          9          22        75        2          4          Running

Jamie McMurray
No. 1 Chip Ganassi Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                            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
2017     10        3          1          75                                Running


Ryan Newman
No. 31 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2002     15        8          42        70                                Running
2003     4          15        12        70                                Running
2004     16        16        12        69        1          4          Accident
2005     2          7          12        70        1          4          Running
2006     17        7          12        68                                Accident
2007     20        9          12        46                                Engine
2008     17        23        12        70                                Running
2010     19        4          39        74                                Accident
2011     3          8          39        75        3          18        Running
2012     7          13        39        82                                Running
2014     8          17        31        75                                Running
2015     12        12        31        75                                Running
2016     19        5          31        69                                Accident

Danica Patrick
No. 7 Premium Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
                                                            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
2017     4          12        10        75                                Running

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
No. 17 Roush Fenway Racing Ford Fusion
                                                            Times  Laps   
Year     Fin       St         Car      Laps    Led      Led      Status
2014     15        3          17        35                                Accident
2015     16        20        17        61                                Accident
2016     6          11        17        79                                Running

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
2017     15        5          78        60                                Accident

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.
·        Like last season, the starting field for the 2018 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 15 (2003 – 2017).
·        The top five drivers (all-time) 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).
·        The top five active drivers with the most Advanced Auto Parts Clash at Daytona appearances: Jimmie Johnson (15), Kurt Busch (14), Kevin Harvick (13), Ryan Newman (13) and Denny Hamlin (12).
·        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).

·        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 38-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 1979-2017: Dale Jarrett (2000) and Bill Elliott (1987)
·        One driver has swept the Clash at Daytona, Daytona 500 and the Coke Zero 400 from 1979-2017: Bobby Allison (1982).
·        Seven drivers have won the Clash at Daytona (1979-2017) 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 (1979-2017). 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 who has competed in the Clash at Daytona (1979 – 2017). Her best finish in the Clash is fourth last season.
     
      The Clash At Daytona Manufacturer Wins Recap

Manufacturer         Victories          Last Victory - Driver
Chevrolet                20                    2013 – Kevin Harvick
Ford                       8                      2017 – Joey Logano
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
1 – 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
4 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)
6 Number of the Clash at Daytona wins by Dale Earnhardt, the series leader (1980, 86, 88, 91, 93, 95)
7 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 a driver - 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

1999
Mark Martin
1980
Dale Earnhardt

2000
Dale Jarrett
1981
Darrell Waltrip

2001
Tony Stewart
1982
Bobby Allison

2002
Tony Stewart
1983
Neil Bonnett

2003
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1984
Neil Bonnett

2004
Dale Jarrett
1985
Terry Labonte

2005
Jimmie Johnson
1986
Dale Earnhardt

2006
Denny Hamlin
1987
Bill Elliott

2007
Tony Stewart
1988
Dale Earnhardt

2008
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
1989
Ken Schrader

2009
Kevin Harvick
1990
Ken Schrader

2010
Kevin Harvick
1991
Dale Earnhardt

2011
Kurt Busch
1992
Geoff Bodine

2012
Kyle Busch
1993
Dale Earnhardt

2013
Kevin Harvick
1994
Jeff Gordon

2014
Denny Hamlin
1995
Dale Earnhardt

2015
Matt Kenseth
1996
Dale Jarrett

2016
Denny Hamlin
1997
Jeff Gordon

2017
Joey Logano
1998
Rusty Wallace
     

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