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Daytona 231

Track Information
Track Name:	Daytona International Speedway
Location:	Daytona Beach, Fla.
Track Type:	RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK
Track Length:	2.5 miles
Track Layout:	TRI-OVAL
Banking:	31 Degrees
Seating Capacity:	160000
Home Page:	http://www.daytonaintlspeedway.com
Track Weather Info:	Daytona International Speedway - Weather

Race Information
Race Name:	Daytona 231
Date, Time:	8/16/2020, 3:00 PM EST
Race Number:	#23 of 99 races in the 2020 season
Track Name:	Daytona International Speedway
Race Distance:	232 miles, 93 laps
* Note: This is a restrictor plate race.

Past Race Averages
No historical information is available for this race.

Daytona 231 - Recent Top Finishers
Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th

The current season leaders in various stat categories are listed below.

Total Points

Kevin Harvick - 909

Denny Hamlin - 786

Brad Keselowski - 768

Ryan Blaney - 733

Chase Elliott - 721

Martin Truex - 705

Joey Logano - 697

Aric Almirola - 660

Kyle Busch - 655

Kurt Busch - 645

Average finish

David Ragan - 4

Kevin Harvick - 5.9

Denny Hamlin - 9.4

Brad Keselowski - 9.6

Kyle Larson - 11

Kurt Busch - 11.3

Aric Almirola - 12

Martin Truex - 13

Chase Elliott - 13

Justin Haley - 13

Races won

Kevin Harvick - 6

Denny Hamlin - 5

Brad Keselowski - 3

Joey Logano - 2

Martin Truex - 1

Ryan Blaney - 1

Bowman Alex - 1

Cole Custer - 1

Austin Dillon - 1

Chase Elliott - 1

Top 5 finishes

Kevin Harvick - 15

Denny Hamlin - 12

Kyle Busch - 10

Brad Keselowski - 9

Ryan Blaney - 8

Chase Elliott - 7

Martin Truex - 7

Joey Logano - 6

Aric Almirola - 5

Erik Jones - 5

Top 10 finishes

Kevin Harvick - 19

Brad Keselowski - 16

Denny Hamlin - 14

Kurt Busch - 14

Aric Almirola - 13

Martin Truex - 13

Chase Elliott - 12

Kyle Busch - 12

Joey Logano - 11

Ryan Blaney - 10

Listed below is the projected starting order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent qualifying performance, past qualifying results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when projecting the qualifying order. Note: Once the official qualifying results are known, this section will be changed to reflect the official qualifying order. The simulator's projected finish order will also be updated.

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Projected Qualifying Order
Row	Position	Driver	Position	Driver
1	1	Bowman Alex	2	Chase Elliott
2	3	Joey Logano	4	Brad Keselowski
3	5	Jimmie Johnson	6	Kevin Harvick
4	7	Aric Almirola	8	Clint Bowyer
5	9	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	10	William Byron
6	11	Kurt Busch	12	Martin Truex
7	13	Kyle Larson	14	Ryan Blaney
8	15	Denny Hamlin	16	Matt Kenseth
9	17	Austin Dillon	18	Ryan Newman
10	19	Tyler Reddick	20	Kyle Busch
11	21	Matt DiBenedetto	22	Erik Jones
12	23	Michael McDowell	24	David Ragan
13	25	Bubba Wallace	26	Cole Custer
14	27	Chris Buescher	28	David Starr
15	29	John Hunter Nemechek	30	Ty Dillon
16	31	James Davison	32	Christopher Bell
17	33	Brennan Poole	34	Ross Chastain
18	35	Daniel Suarez	36	Gray Gaulding
19	37	Quin Houff	38	Corey Lajoie
20	39	Justin Haley	40	Garrett Smithley
21	41	JJ Yeley	42	Currey Bayley
22	43	Ryan Preece

Listed below is the projected finish order according to the StatFox race simulator. The simulator factors in recent performance, qualifying position, past results at this track and track type, and overall driver strength when simulating the race. The race simulation is run 1000 times. For each driver, the table displays the number of race simulations they won, number of top 5 finishes, number of top 10 finishes, and number of times the driver failed to finish the race. In addition, the table displays the average finishing position for each driver and the projected odds of the driver winning the race.

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Simulator - Projected Order Of Finish
Order	Driver	Make	Sponsor	Qual.	Finish	Wins	Odds	Top 5	Top 10	Trouble
1	Denny Hamlin	Toyota	FedEx Ground	15 *	8.8	183	5.5 to 1	646	817	168
2	Kevin Harvick	Ford	Busch Light Apple	6 *	11.3	69	14.5 to 1	367	691	167
3	Joey Logano	Ford	Shell Pennzoil	3 *	12.9	36	27.8 to 1	246	562	170
4	Aric Almirola	Ford	Smithfield Hometown Origi	7 *	12.9	137	7.3 to 1	510	696	275
5	Brad Keselowski	Ford	Discount Tire	4 *	13.1	86	11.6 to 1	392	659	250
6	Kurt Busch	Chevrolet	Monster Energy	11 *	13.5	45	22.2 to 1	255	546	197
7	Ryan Blaney	Ford	Menards/Knauf	14 *	14.4	51	19.6 to 1	316	588	269
8	Chase Elliott	Chevrolet	Mountain Dew	2 *	15	41	24.4 to 1	246	503	257
9	Austin Dillon	Chevrolet	Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Of	17 *	15.7	56	17.9 to 1	282	549	309
10	Martin Truex	Toyota	Auto-Owner's Insurance	12 *	15.8	30	33.3 to 1	194	451	255
11	Erik Jones	Toyota	STANLEY	22 *	16.7	31	32.3 to 1	165	402	282
12	Tyler Reddick	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	19 *	18.2	32	31.2 to 1	211	425	375
13	Chris Buescher	Ford	Fastenal	27 *	18.2	17	58.8 to 1	70	222	213
14	Michael McDowell	Ford	Martin Transportation Sys	23 *	18.2	19	52.6 to 1	135	305	305
15	Ryan Newman	Ford	Castrol	18 *	18.6	9	111.1 to 1	65	169	175
16	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	#FordStrong Technicians	21 *	19.3	21	47.6 to 1	104	233	311
17	Bowman Alex	Chevrolet	ChevyGoods.com/Adam's Pol	1 *	19.3	20	50 to 1	101	232	293
18	Bubba Wallace	Chevrolet	Victory Junction	25 *	19.8	9	111.1 to 1	72	217	303
19	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Ally Fueling Futures	5 *	20.3	16	62.5 to 1	104	258	368
20	Christopher Bell	Toyota	Procore	32 *	20.6	11	90.9 to 1	65	171	293
21	William Byron	Chevrolet	Axalta	10 *	20.6	11	90.9 to 1	78	209	347
22	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet	Honey Nut Cheerios	43 *	20.6	18	55.6 to 1	84	224	351
23	Ty Dillon	Chevrolet	GEICO	30 *	20.9	4	250 to 1	32	90	200
24	Cole Custer	Ford	HaasTooling.com/Jacob Co.	26 *	21.3	15	66.7 to 1	62	191	356
25	Matt Kenseth	Chevrolet	Credit One Bank	16 *	22.2	3	333.3 to 1	24	62	210
26	Clint Bowyer	Ford	DEKALB	8 *	22.6	5	200 to 1	37	90	306
27	John Hunter Nemechek	Ford	Mystik Michigan	29 *	22.8	4	250 to 1	28	75	279
28	Kyle Busch	Toyota	M&M's Fudge Brownie	20 *	22.9	5	200 to 1	16	64	220
29	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Chevrolet	Kroger	9 *	22.9	11	90.9 to 1	40	130	406
30	Kyle Larson	Chevrolet	McDonald's	13 *	23.8	3	333.3 to 1	21	55	300
31	Corey Lajoie	Ford	Trump 2020	38 *	25.7	0	0 chance	14	48	431
32	Daniel Suarez	Toyota	Toyota	35 *	27	0	0 chance	2	11	182
33	David Ragan	Ford	Select Blinds	24 *	27.7	0	0 chance	3	11	345
34	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	Melon Man Brand	34 *	28.3	0	0 chance	2	10	397
35	JJ Yeley	Ford	Ford	41 *	30.1	0	0 chance	2	6	553
36	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	33 *	31.2	1	1000 to 1	2	7	614
37	Currey Bayley	Chevrolet	Belmont Classic Cars	42 *	31.8	0	0 chance	0	2	658
38	Quin Houff	Chevrolet	CREEK Enterprises Inc.	37 *	32.8	0	0 chance	1	3	728
39	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	Fraternal Order of Eagles	39 *	33.1	0	0 chance	1	2	748
40	David Starr	Chevrolet	Chevrolet	28 *	33.5	0	0 chance	3	7	770
41	Gray Gaulding	Ford	Panini America	36 *	33.9	0	0 chance	0	2	774
42	Garrett Smithley	Ford	Rick Ware Racing	40 *	33.9	1	1000 to 1	1	2	790
43	James Davison	Ford	Ford	31 *	33.9	0	0 chance	1	3	800

The top past performance trends relevant to this race are listed below. The results are sorted by average finish. To view a complete list of driver trends for the current race, browse to each driver's respective page.

Top performers over the last two seasons at track type= RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK.

1.) Ryan Newman's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 10.2. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

2.) Corey Lajoie's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 11.0. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 11.8. In 6 races, he has 2 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

4.) Aric Almirola's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 12.8. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 4 top 10 finishes.

5.) Ty Dillon's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 13.2. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

6.) Ryan Blaney's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 14.3. In 6 races, he has 2 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

7.) Joey Logano's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 14.5. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

8.) Justin Haley's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 15.3. In 3 races, he has 1 win and 1 top 10 finish.

9.) Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 15.5. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

10.) Michael McDowell's average finish at track type - RESTRICTOR PLATE TRACK is 15.8. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 2 top 10 finishes.

Best career performers at Daytona International Speedway

1.) Austin Dillon's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 14.9. In 14 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

2.) Clint Bowyer's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 16.4. In 29 races, he has 0 wins and 13 top 10 finishes.

3.) Bubba Wallace's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 16.5. In 6 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

4.) Denny Hamlin's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 16.8. In 29 races, he has 3 wins and 10 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kevin Harvick's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 17.5. In 38 races, he has 2 wins and 15 top 10 finishes.

6.) Joey Logano's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 17.8. In 23 races, he has 1 win and 9 top 10 finishes.

7.) Bowman Alex's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 17.9. In 8 races, he has 0 wins and 1 top 10 finish.

8.) Kurt Busch's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 18.1. In 38 races, he has 1 win and 18 top 10 finishes.

9.) Ryan Newman's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 18.2. In 37 races, he has 1 win and 12 top 10 finishes.

10.) Jimmie Johnson's average finish at Daytona International Speedway is 18.4. In 37 races, he has 3 wins and 16 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 3 races.

1.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 3 races is 2.3. In 3 races, he has 2 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

2.) Martin Truex's average finish over the past 3 races is 3.0. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

3.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 3 races is 3.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

4.) Joey Logano's average finish over the past 3 races is 5.7. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

5.) Chase Elliott's average finish over the past 3 races is 8.3. In 3 races, he has 0 wins and 3 top 10 finishes.

Hot Drivers - Top performers over the last 10 races.

1.) Kevin Harvick's average finish over the past 10 races is 3.4. In 10 races, he has 4 wins and 10 top 10 finishes.

2.) Aric Almirola's average finish over the past 10 races is 6.7. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 9 top 10 finishes.

3.) Denny Hamlin's average finish over the past 10 races is 7.8. In 10 races, he has 2 wins and 7 top 10 finishes.

4.) Brad Keselowski's average finish over the past 10 races is 10.5. In 10 races, he has 1 win and 7 top 10 finishes.

5.) Kurt Busch's average finish over the past 10 races is 11.2. In 10 races, he has 0 wins and 6 top 10 finishes.