Daytona Oval
2021 August Daytona Race Report
The 2021 August Daytona Race Report features a shaken-up finish, a lot of damaged cars and a disqualification. […]
Daytona International Speedway
Graph of the Day
Where Do Daytona Duel Winners Start?
Where a driver starts at a superspeedway race and where he or she finishes often have little correlation. It’s a different story for the Daytona Duels. Superspeedway courses are notorious for defying correlation. The likelihood […]
Graph of the Day
Does a Duel Win Mean an Advantage in the Daytona 500?
Winning one of the Duels tomorrow night puts you up front for the Daytona 500. But does a win in the Duels make you any more likely to win the Daytona 500? Tomorrow night marks […]
Graph of the Day
What Can We Learn from Daytona Qualifying?
Daytona qualifying is not the most exciting qualifying session of the year. Only two cars lock in their position. It’s a single-car one-lap format, but the lack of drafting is one of the few clues […]
Busch Clash
How Busch Clash Winners Finish in the Daytona 500
Winning the Busch Clash doesn’t earn you any points, but it does get your year off to a great start. Maybe even a little momentum. But does that victory have any impact on how you […]
Aerodynamics
Sciencing Out NASCAR Rules Changes
Rules changes in NASCAR are tricky. There’s really no way to test them before implementing them. You’re relying on the judgement and experience of the NASCAR team, with input from race teams, drivers, Goodyear and […]
Drivers
NASCAR’s Youth Movement is Actually Sort of Old
Goin’ Down? 2018 is being hailed as the year of the NASCAR Youth Movement as we bid farewell to older drivers and welcome in a class of youngsters. The average age of Hendrick’s starting lineup […]
Graphs and Charts
2018 XFINITY Daytona Qualifying
A fast one-graph summary of data for the XFINITY qualifying stats. Up to 36th position, qualifying times are roughly linear with a slope of 0.056 seconds per position. 1st to 2nd: 0.083 seconds 1st to […]
Graphs and Charts
How Well Does Daytona Predict A Driver’s Season?
The Meaning of Daytona Ah… the optimism of a new season. Everyone is unbeaten. Everyone is tied for first place. Everyone has a shot at the championship. Then Speedweeks starts. NASCAR doesn’t ease into the […]
Aerodynamic Forces
Drafting: Regular and Bump
I looked through the blog and realized that I haven’t really blogged about drafting. I’ve blogged about all the rules NASCAR’s enacted in the last couple of years to try to control drafting, but not drafting […]