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Numbers Game: 2014 Coke Zero 400 at Daytona

0 – Laps led by second-place finisher Brian Vickers. He’s led a total of just 38 laps all season.

1 – Top-five finish for Casey Mears this season, a fourth at Daytona, which is his first at the Cup level since he was driving for Hendrick Motorsports in 2008.

2 – Laps led by four-car Hendrick Motorsports Sunday.

2 – Top-10 finishes by Austin Dillon this season, both at Daytona.

5 – Laps led by underdog Landon Cassill, driving the No. 40 of Hillman Racing Sunday. The twists and turns of Daytona…

16, 26 – The number of cars involved in each Big One at Daytona.

36 – Laps led by Kurt Busch, the most of any driver before ultimately finishing third. Busch remains winless in his career at plate races (Daytona and Talladega).

30 – Years since Richard Petty last won a Cup Series race. Petty’s No. 43 beat Cale Yarborough to the line in a thrilling duel with President Ronald Reagan in attendance to win the 1984 Firecracker 400 at Daytona.

112 – Laps out of 160 completed before NASCAR ultimately ended the Coke Zero 400 early due to rain.

124 – Career Cup starts for Aric Almirola before notching his first career Cup win in start 125.

$122,770 – Money won by underdog team Michael McDowell for finishing a career-best seventh.

$127,176 – Money won by defending Cup champ Jimmie Johnson for wrecking out early and finishing 42nd.

Tom Bowles

The author of Did You Notice? (Wednesdays) Tom spends his time overseeing Frontstretch’s 40+ staff members as its majority owner and Editor-in-Chief. Based outside Philadelphia, Bowles is a two-time Emmy winner in NASCAR television and has worked in racing production with FOX, TNT, and ESPN while appearing on-air for SIRIUS XM Radio and FOX Sports 1's former show, the Crowd Goes Wild. He most recently consulted with SRX Racing, helping manage cutting-edge technology and graphics that appeared on their CBS broadcasts during 2021 and 2022.

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