DraftKings 2019 Daytona 500 NASCAR Driver Points
Below in this member exclusive post are DraftKings NASCAR driver points from the 2019 Daytona 500. Here’s links to previous DraftKings scores at Daytona. (Daytona Summer 2018, 2018 Daytona 500, Daytona Summer 2017, 2017 Daytona 500, Daytona Summer 2016, 2016 Daytona 500, Summer 2015, 2015 Daytona 500)
| Driver | Points | Start | Finish | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 82.25 | 31 | 2 | Great car. 2nd best driver rating and led 37 laps |
| 2 | Erik Jones | 71 | 28 | 3 | Won in summer 2018. In 3 of his 5 races he’s finished in the top 10 |
| 2 | Michael McDowell | 71 | 34 | 5 | Great car. Consistent Daytona dark horse option |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 63.5 | 10 | 1 | Second Daytona 500 win. Led 30 laps. |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 62 | 36 | 10 | Finished 21st last summer in his one other start |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 60.5 | 26 | 7 | In 4 of the last 7 Daytona races he’s finished in the top 12 |
| 7 | Ty Dillon | 59 | 22 | 6 | Back to back 6th place results at Daytona |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 57.5 | 35 | 12 | 17th place avg. running position. Wrecked. |
| 9 | Ryan Preece | 51 | 21 | 8 | Dodged a lot of accidents to earn his good result |
| 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 46 | 17 | 9 | Great car even though his race was far from incident free |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 44.25 | 4 | 4 | In 5 of the last 7 Daytona races he’s finished between 4th to 6th |
| 12 | BJ McLeod | 44 | 38 | 19 | Track debut |
| 13 | Corey LaJoie | 40.5 | 32 | 18 | Had an early shredded tire. Benefited from attrition |
| 14 | Parker Kligerman | 40 | 25 | 15 | First Daytona race since 2014 |
| 15 | Ryan Newman | 39.5 | 19 | 14 | 8.8 avg. finish over the last four Daytona races |
| 16 | Austin Dillon | 33.5 | 20 | 16 | 13.6 Daytona average finish |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 31 | 5 | 13 | Great car but collected in a late wreck while running in 7th |
| 17 | Chase Elliott | 31 | 18 | 17 | Ran well, crashed late. 27.0 Daytona avg. finish |
| 19 | Tyler Reddick | 30.5 | 39 | 27 | Crashed. Only Daytona race |
| 20 | Brendan Gaughan | 29 | 30 | 23 | Wrecked. In 3 of his last 5 Daytona races he’s finished in the top 10 |
| 21 | Alex Bowman | 28 | 2 | 11 | 12.7 Daytona avg. finish in the #88 car |
| 22 | Landon Cassill | 27.5 | 27 | 24 | In 5 of the last 6 Daytona races he’s finished between 16th to 24th |
| 23 | Jamie McMurray | 20.5 | 16 | 22 | Not racing |
| 24 | William Byron | 16.5 | 1 | 21 | Best driver rating, led 44 laps. Top ten good but wrecked late |
| 25 | Matt DiBenedetto | 13.25 | 9 | 28 | Career day. Led 49 laps but wrecked late |
| 26 | Clint Bowyer | 11 | 6 | 20 | Wrecked late while running near the top five |
| 27 | David Ragan | 10.5 | 24 | 30 | Wrecked. 12.3 average finish over the last four July races |
| 28 | Daniel Hemric | 8.25 | 29 | 34 | Wrecked. Was in 9th with 15 laps to go |
| 29 | Kurt Busch | 7.5 | 12 | 25 | In 5 of his last 6 Daytona races he’s finished 23rd or worse |
| 30 | Matt Tifft | 7 | 33 | 36 | Didn’t run well and wrecked |
| 31 | Casey Mears | 4.5 | 40 | 40 | Not racing |
| 32 | Cody Ware | 3 | 37 | 39 | Crashed in his Daytona debut |
| 33 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | 23 | 33 | In 4 of his 5 Daytona races he’s wrecked. Ran well. |
| 34 | Ryan Blaney | -0.75 | 14 | 31 | Finished 5th in Stage #1, won Stage #2 but wrecked late |
| 35 | Kevin Harvick | -4 | 3 | 26 | Top five contender but wrecked late |
| 36 | Paul Menard | -6 | 7 | 29 | Wrecked. In 3 of the last 5 he’s finished in the top 6 |
| 37 | Aric Almirola | -11.5 | 8 | 32 | Top ten contender but wrecked |
| 38 | Martin Truex Jr | -13 | 11 | 35 | Crashed late. Finished 2nd last summer |
| 39 | Chris Buescher | -14 | 15 | 37 | Wrecked. In 3 of the last 4 he’s finished in the top 10 |
| 40 | Bubba Wallace | -19 | 13 | 38 | Wrecked. In his three prior Daytona races his avg. finish was 10.3 |
