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The 2015 race used the standard knockout qualifying system. Up to the 2014 race, drivers took two timed laps, and the better of the two timed laps was the driver's lap for purposes of Daytona 500 qualifying. Until 2001, NASCAR offered a second (and at times, a third) round of qualifying for teams who wished to improve their qualifying times.
The following is a list of fastest laps for the Indianapolis 500.The fastest lap statistic has been officially kept for the Indianapolis 500 since 1950. The honor is held in somewhat minor prestige, and typically a cash prize is awarded to the driver who accomplishes the feat.
June 11, 2017: Ryan Blaney holds off Kevin Harvick to win his first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race in the 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400. June 2, 2018: Kyle Busch becomes the first and only driver to date to win in all three top divisions of NASCAR at Pocono Raceway after winning the third running of the Pocono Green 250. He also led 64 of ...
Hamlin covered the 14-turn course in 70.392 seconds and reached a top speed of 125.298 mph. Denny Hamlin wins pole for NASCAR race at Watkins Glen, his 3rd at road course this season Skip to main ...
The Daytona 500 is a 500-mile-long (805 km) NASCAR Cup Series motor race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.It is the first of two Cup races held every year at Daytona, the second being the Coke Zero Sugar 400, and one of three held in Florida, with the annual fall showdown Straight Talk Wireless 400 being held at Homestead south of Miami.
The win would give Roberts his 22nd NASCAR victory. [8] Smith and his 1960 Pontiac captured the victory from the pole with a qualifying speed of 148 mph (238 km/h), and completed the second race in just over 40 minutes with an average speed of 146.5 mph (235.8 km/h).
The 22nd annual Daytona 500 was held February 17, 1980, at Daytona International Speedway. Buddy Baker started the decade by winning the fastest Daytona 500 in history, at 177.602 mph (285.823 km/h), it was Baker's only 500 win and did so in his 18th start, the longest until Dale Earnhardt in 1998.
Jimmy Vaughn would record a 7th place finish in his only NASCAR Cup series race while future championship winning owner Billy Hagan recorded his lone career Top 10 with an 8th place finish. The PDA disbanded soon after their boycott, with the next union-like organization in NASCAR not occurring again until the Race Team Alliance was formed in 2014.