Daytona 500 2026 NASCAR Average Running Positions

Rank	Driver	Finish	Average Position
1	Bubba Wallace	10	11.7
2	Chris Buescher	7	11.7
3	Denny Hamlin	31	11.7
4	Chase Elliott	4	12.6
5	Brad Keselowski	5	13.2
6	Christopher Bell	35	13.9
7	Ryan Blaney	27	14.5
8	Zane Smith	6	14.5
9	Ross Chastain	20	14.6
10	Kyle Busch	15	14.7
11	Joey Logano	3	15.9
12	Kyle Larson	16	16.6
13	Josh Berry	9	17.2
14	Corey Heim	28	17.3
15	John H. Nemechek	26	17.5
16	Tyler Reddick	1	17.9
17	Ty Gibbs	23	18.2
18	Shane Van Gisbergen	30	18.7
19	Cole Custer	24	18.8
20	Riley Herbst	8	19.1
21	Erik Jones	21	21.7
22	Noah Gragson	11	21.7
23	Ty Dillon	14	21.8
24	Austin Cindric	34	21.9
25	William Byron	12	22.5
26	Michael McDowell	22	22.6
27	Ryan Preece	25	22.6
28	Daniel Su?rez	13	23.5
29	Cody Ware	17	24.0
30	Chase Briscoe	36	24.4
31	Justin Allgaier	38	24.4
32	Carson Hocevar	18	25.3
33	Todd Gilliland	39	25.7
34	AJ Allmendinger	19	27.4
35	Austin Dillon	37	28.0
36	Alex Bowman	40	28.5
37	Connor Zilisch	33	28.7
38	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	2	28.9
39	Jimmie Johnson	29	30.0
40	Casey Mears	32	36.5
41	BJ McLeod	41	40.7