Next Gen Daytona 500’s Average Finishes

Rank	Driver	2022 #1	2023 #1	2024 #1	2025 #1	Avg. Finish
1	John H Nemechek			7	5	6.0
2	Alex Bowman	24	5	2	6	9.3
3	Chris Buescher	16	4	18	10	12.0
4	Ryan Blaney	4	8	30	7	12.3
5	Chase Briscoe	3	35	10	4	13.0
6	Austin Cindric	1	23	22	8	13.5
7	Bubba Wallace	2	20	5	29	14.0
7	Corey Lajoie	14	16	4	22	14.0
9	Riley Herbst		10	24	17	17.0
10	AJ Allmendinger		6	6	41	17.7
11	Kyle Busch	6	19	12	34	17.8
11	Christopher Bell	34	3	3	31	17.8
13	Daniel Suarez	18	7	34	13	18.0
14	William Byron	38	34	1	1	18.5
15	Cody Ware	17	14		25	18.7
16	Chase Elliott	10	38	14	15	19.3
16	Ty Gibbs		25	17	16	19.3
18	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	28	1	31	18	19.5
19	Kyle Larson	32	18	11	20	20.3
20	Cole Custer	20			21	20.5
20	Michael McDowell	7	28	36	11	20.5
22	Zane Smith		13	13	36	20.7
23	Erik Jones	29	37	8	12	21.5
24	Ty Dillon	11	40		14	21.7
25	Brad Keselowski	9	22	33	26	22.5
25	Joey Logano	21	2	32	35	22.5
27	Noah Gragson	31	24	9	28	23.0
28	Denny Hamlin	37	17	19	24	24.3
29	Justin Haley	23	32	26	19	25.0
30	Tyler Reddick	35	39	29	2	26.3
31	Ross Chastain	40	9	21	40	27.5
32	BJ McLeod	27	30			28.5
33	Austin Dillon	25	33	37	23	29.5
34	Ryan Preece		36	23	32	30.3
35	Todd Gilliland	33	27	35	27	30.5
36	Josh Berry			25	37	31.0
37	Shane van Gisbergen				33	33.0
38	Carson Hocevar			40	30	35.0