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1 lut 2021 · Fastest Daytona 500 Ever Run. Driving the iconic No. 28 “Gray Ghost” Oldsmobile prepared by fellow Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductee Waddell Wilson, Buddy Baker won the 1980 Daytona 500 at an average speed of 177.602 mph. Baker, who drove for Ranier Racing, set the record despite five caution flags.
Bill Elliott set the pole position qualifying record on February 9, 1987, when he navigated around the circuit with a 42.782-second lap, which is an average speed of 210.364 miles per hour (338.548 km/h). [3] . From 1988 to 2018, NASCAR required teams to install a restrictor plate between the throttle body and the engine.
Owner-driver Bill Elliott set the fastest time in the session, with a lap of 46.308 and an average speed of 194.351 mph (312.778 km/h).
19 lut 2020 · The Joe Gibbs Racing driver (real name: Denny Hamlin) continued to build his legend at the most famed track on the NASCAR circuit, winning his third career Daytona 500 on Feb. 17 and his second...
19 lut 2017 · Daytona pole winners and speeds by year: Year: Pole winner, Speed. 1959: Bob Welborn, 140.121 mph. 1960: Cotton Owens, 149.892. 1961: Fireball Roberts, 155.709
9 cze 2023 · Logano approached 162 mph in his Daytona 500 win, but Harvick, Hamlin, and Earnhardt Jr. never cracked 160. Hamlin’s fastest average speed in his victories was 157.549 mph in 2016. Harvick recorded 149.333 mph in 2007, and Earnhardt Jr. 156.345 mph in 2004.
15 lut 2024 · Fastest Daytona 500 Ever Run. Driving the iconic No. 28 “Gray Ghost” Oldsmobile prepared by fellow Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductee Waddell Wilson, Buddy Baker (Class of 2020) won the 1980 Daytona 500 at an average speed of 177.602 mph. Baker, who drove for Ranier Racing, set the all-time event speed record despite five caution flags.
