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Numbers Game: 2011 Daytona 500

0
The number of driver points Trevor Bayne received for winning the Daytona 500.

0.186
The combined margin of victory, in seconds, for the Camping World Truck, Nationwide and Sprint Cup races at Daytona this past weekend.

2
Number of starts for Bayne in the Sprint Cup Series.

3rd
The highest-finishing Nationwide-only driver in Saturday’s (Feb. 19) Nationwide Series race at Daytona (Landon Cassill).

4
The number of drivers to win the first two races of the Sprint Cup season (Matt Kenseth was the last driver to accomplish the feat in 2009).

6
Consecutive years of first-time Daytona 500 winners.

6th
Danica Patrick’s points position after finishing 14th in the Nationwide Series DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona.

7
The number of drivers who have picked up their first career victory in the Great American Race.

10
The number of years since the Wood Brothers last won a race (Bristol in March 2001 with Elliott Sadler).

10
The number of wins for Tony Stewart in the Nationwide Series in only 91 career starts.

16
The number of cautions in the Daytona 500, a new record.

20 years, 1 day
The age (as of Sunday) of Bayne, the youngest Daytona 500 winner by more than five years.

22
The number of drivers to win in NASCAR’s top-three series (Michael Waltrip became the 22nd on Friday).

60
The number of laps run under caution in Sunday’s Daytona 500.

74
The record number of lead changes in Sunday’s Daytona 500. The previous high was 60 in the 1974 running of the race.

208
The number of laps run for the second consecutive year. The distance is equal to 520 miles.

600
The number of wins for Ford after Bayne’s victory.

1976
The last time the Wood Brothers went to victory lane at Daytona with the Silver Fox, David Pearson.

2004
The last time a driver won at Daytona and Phoenix in the same season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the Daytona 500 and the fall race in Phoenix.

$73,275
Race winnings for Waltrip for winning the Camping World Truck Series NextEra Energy Resources 250.

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