Saturday, July 2, 2016

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Since the advent of electronic scoring the closest margin of victory (MOV) in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway for the July race is the July 7, 2007 race won by Jamie McMurray over Kyle Busch with a MOV of 0.005 second.

Four of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series July races have resulted with a green-white-checkered finish at Daytona International Speedway (Scheduled No. of Laps/Actual No. of Laps): 2008 (160/162), 2010 (160/166), 2011 (160/170) and 2013 (160/161). 

Only two of the 57 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series July races at Daytona International Speedway have been shortened due to weather conditions: 1) July 6, 1996 – the race was called on Lap 117, 43 circuits shy of the 160 scheduled laps and 2) July 6, 2014 – the race was called on Lap 112.

History
  • Groundbreaking for Daytona International Speedway was Nov. 25, 1957. The soil underneath the banked corners was dug from the infield of the track and the hole filled with water. It is now known as Lake Lloyd.
  • The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Daytona was a 100-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500 on Feb. 20, 1959 – won by Bob Welborn.
  • The first summer race at Daytona International Speedway was held on July 4, 1959 – won by Fireball Roberts (140.581 mph).
  • NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty won his 200th career race on July 4, 1984 at Daytona.
  • Lights were installed in the spring of 1998. However, the July race was delayed until October that year due to thick smoke from wildfires. The second Daytona race has been held under the lights ever since.
  • The track underwent a repave in 2010.




Top 10 Driver Ratings at Daytona
Kyle Busch................................. 95.4
Dale Earnhardt Jr........................ 95.3
Denny Hamlin............................. 91.5
Kurt Busch.................................. 90.5
Matt Kenseth.............................. 90.1
Jimmie Johnson.......................... 88.7
Joey Logano............................... 86.1
Tony Stewart.............................. 85.4
Kevin Harvick.............................. 83.4
Kasey Kahne.............................. 82.7

Note: Driver Ratings compiled from 2005-2016 races
(23 total) among active drivers at Daytona International Speedway.


Daytona International Speedway Data
Season Race #:   17 of 36 (07-02-16)
Track Size:   2.5-mile
Banking/Turns 1 & 2:   31 degrees
Banking/Turns 3 & 4:   31 degrees
Banking/Straights:   3 degrees
Banking/Tri-Oval:   18 degrees
Frontstretch Length:    3,800 feet
Backstretch Length:    3,000 feet
Race Length:   160 laps / 400 miles



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