2006 DAYTONA 500
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Track Vitals

Location
Daytona Beach, FL
Distance / Track Type
2.5 Mile Superspeedway 31-deg bank
Nextel Cup Top Race Speed
183.674 by Jeff Gordon on 2/14/2002
Nextel Cup Top Qualifying Speed
191.091 by Dale Jarrett on 2/20/2000
Busch Top Race Speed
153.715 by Dale Earnhardt Jr. on 7/4/2003
Busch Top Qualifying Speed
186.966 by Joe Nemechek on 2/17/2001
Craftsman Truck Top Race Speed
127.642 by Rick Crawford on 2/14/2003
Craftsman Truck Top Qualifying Speed
183.643 by Terry Cook on 2/13/2004

Top Active Drivers at Daytona International Speedway

Driver Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 Avg Start Avg Finish Laps Comp.
(% of all laps)
Laps Led
Dale Earnhardt Jr. 12 0 2 6 8 20.83 13.75 2041 (73.68%) 278
Terry Labonte 52 0 0 11 26 17.83 14.83 8486 (90.66%) 153
Bill Elliott 54 5 4 15 24 15.69 15.09 8859 (91.9%) 613
Jeff Gordon 26 3 6 10 15 15.15 16.19 4330 (80.33%) 469
Sterling Marlin 47 4 3 12 21 16.43 16.74 7489 (84.29%) 590
Tony Stewart 1 0 1 1 1 14 1 120 (100%) 46
Matt Kenseth 4 0 0 4 4 16.25 3.25 480 (100%) 0
Kevin Harvick 6 1 0 5 6 4.83 3.5 684 (100.59%) 102
Jimmie Johnson 1 0 0 1 1 34 5 120 (100%) 0
Jamie McMurray 5 0 0 3 3 18.2 7 560 (100%) 0
Todd Bodine 1 0 0 1 1 6 3 100 (100%) 16
Mike Wallace 2 0 0 1 2 17.5 4.5 206 (100%) 6
Bobby Hamilton 3 0 1 2 2 19.67 5.33 306 (100%) 32
Brad Keselowski 1 0 0 0 1 13 7 100 (100%) 1
Jon Wood 2 0 0 0 2 18 7.5 206 (100%) 0