-Richard Petty leads the series in July race starts at Daytona with 32. Tony Stewart leads all active drivers with 17 starts – this weekend will be Stewart’s final start at Daytona.
-A total 176 drivers have made their first career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Daytona; only 19 have made their first start during the July race.
-Five active series drivers have made their first career start at Daytona International Speedway, though none were during the July race: Tony Stewart (2/14/99), Casey Mears (2/16/03), Kasey Kahne (2/15/04), Danica Patrick (2/27/12) and Michael Annett (2/23/14).
-59 different drivers have posted at least one series win at Daytona, led by NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty with 10.
-Of the 59 drivers, 35 of them have won the July race at Daytona International Speedway, led by NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson with five wins. Tony Stewart leads all active drivers with four.
-Five drivers have posted consecutive wins in the July race at Daytona International Speedway, including three consecutive by David Pearson (1972 – 1974).
-Tony Stewart (2005-’06) is the only active driver to win consecutive July races at Daytona.
-Kurt Busch leads the series among active drivers with the most NASCAR Sprint Cup Series starts at Daytona without visiting Victory Lane at 30.
-Four active NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers have posted their first career win at Daytona International Speedway; two were during the July race: Trevor Bayne (2/20/11), Greg Biffle (7/5/03), David Ragan (7/2/11) and Michael Waltrip (2/18/01).
-Buddy Baker leads the series in runner-up finishes in the July race at Daytona with five; followed by Richard Petty and Sterling Marlin with four. Jimmie Johnson leads all active drivers with three.
-NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the series in top-five finishes in the July race at Daytona with 13; followed by Richard Petty with 12. Kurt Busch leads all active drivers with seven.
-David Pearson leads the series in top-10 finishes in the July race at Daytona with 19; followed by Dale Earnhardt with 18. Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads all active drivers with nine.
-Dale Earnhardt leads the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in laps led at Daytona with 1,286 laps led in 46 starts.
-Tony Stewart leads all active series drivers in laps led at Daytona with 668 in 34 starts. -NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough leads the series in laps led in the July races at Daytona with 644 laps led in 22 starts.
-Tony Stewart leads the series among active drivers in laps led in the July race at Daytona with 369; followed Dale Earnhardt Jr. with 339.
-Fewest laps led by a July race winner at Daytona is one lap led by Jimmy Spencer in 1994.
-The fewest laps led by an active July race winner at Daytona are three laps led by Jamie McMurray in 2007.
-A total of six female drivers have competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona. Danica Patrick, Janet Guthrie, Christine Beckers, Lella Lombardi, Patty Moise and Shawna Robinson. All six have competed in the July race.
-Janet Guthrie was the first female competitor to race at Daytona International Speedway in 1976. She started 33rd and raced her way up to a 15th-place finish.
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