SPRINT Daytona 500
Final
for this game
Daytona 500 Preview
Feb 10, 2009 - 3:51 PMFebruary 15, 2009
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Race 1 of 36 on Sprint Cup circuit
TV: FOX, 3:30 p.m. EST
Laps: 200
Track length: 2 1/2 miles
Race length: 500 miles
Qualifying record: Bill Elliott, Ford, 210.364 mph, 1987
Race record: Buddy Baker, Oldsmobile, 177.602 mph, 1980
2008 Top 10
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1. Ryan Newman (12), Dodge
2. Kurt Busch (2), Dodge
3. Tony Stewart (20), Toyota
4. Kyle Busch (18), Toyota
5. Reed Sorenson (41), Dodge
6. Elliott Sadler (19), Dodge
7. Kasey Kahne (9), Dodge
8. Robby Gordon (7), Dodge
9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. (88), Chevrolet
10. Greg Biffle (16), Ford
Past Champions
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2008 Ryan Newman, Dodge, 152.672 mph
2007 Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 149.335 mph
2006 Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 142.667 mph
2005 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 135.173 mph
2004 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 156.345 mph
2003 Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 133.870 mph
2002 Ward Burton, Dodge, 130.810 mph
2001 Michael Waltrip, Chevrolet, 161.794 mph
2000 Dale Jarrett, Ford, 155.669 mph
1999 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 161.551 mph
1998 Dale Earnhardt, Chevrolet, 172.712 mph
1997 Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 148.295 mph
1996 Dale Jarrett, Ford, 154.308 mph
1995 Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 141.710 mph
1994 Sterling Marlin, Chevrolet, 156.931 mph
1993 Dale Jarrett, Chevrolet, 154.972 mph
1992 Davey Allison, Ford, 168.256 mph
1991 Ernie Irvan, Chevrolet, 148.148 mph
1990 Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 165.761 mph
1989 Darrell Waltrip, Chevrolet, 148.466 mph
1988 Bobby Allison, Buick, 137.531 mph
1987 Bill Elliott, Ford, 176.263 mph
1986 Geoff Bodine, Chevrolet, 148.124 mph
1985 Bill Elliott, Ford, 172.265 mph
1984 Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 150.994 mph
1983 Cale Yarborough, Pontiac, 155.979 mph
1982 Bobby Allison, Buick, 153.991 mph
1981 Richard Petty, Buick, 169.651 mph
1980 Buddy Baker, Oldsmobile, 177.602 mph
1979 Richard Petty, Oldsmobile, 143.977 mph
1978 Bobby Allison, Ford, 159.730 mph
1977 Cale Yarborough, Chevrolet, 153.218 mph
1976 David Pearson, Mercury, 152.181 mph
1975 Benny Parsons, Chevrolet, 153.649 mph
1974 Richard Petty, Dodge, 140.894 mph
1973 Richard Petty, Dodge, 157.205 mph
1972 A.J. Foyt, Mercury, 161.550 mph
1971 Richard Petty, Plymouth, 144.462 mph
1970 Pete Hamilton, Plymouth, 149.601 mph
1969 LeeRoy Yarbrough, Ford, 157.950 mph
1968 Cale Yarborough, Mercury, 143.251 mph
1967 Mario Andretti, Ford, 146.926 mph
1966 Richard Petty, Plymouth, 160.627 mph
1965 Fred Lorenzen, Ford, 141.539 mph
1964 Richard Petty, Plymouth, 154.334 mph
1963 Tiny Lund, Ford, 151.566 mph
1962 Fireball Roberts, Pontiac, 152.529 mph
1961 Marvin Panch, Pontiac, 149.601 mph
1960 Junior Johnson, Chevrolet, 124.740 mph
1959 Lee Petty, Oldsmobile, 135.521 mph
