Daytona NASCAR Next Gen Speed Rankings

Rank	Driver	Avg. Speed Rank	#1 2022	#2 2022	#1 2023	#2 2023	#1 2024	#2 2024	#1 2025	#2 2025	2026 #1	2026 #2
1	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	10.2	1	10	3	3	7	37	13	4	13	11
2	Todd Gilliland	12.4	2	3	5	39	12	8	16	2	13	24
3	William Byron	12.7	9	11	9	10	7	4	28	40	2	7
4	Erik Jones	13.1	15	21	2	11	3	6	10	29	16	18
4	Ryan Preece	13.1			1	16	19	26	5	11	19	8
6	Ross Chastain	13.8	3	20	28	5	16	24	26	4	8	4
7	Bubba Wallace	14.9	4	14	31	26	2	6	15	12	25	14
8	Kyle Larson	15.8	8	37	22	24	5	2	20	27	10	3
8	John H Nemechek	15.8					9	18	30	3	27	8
10	Ty Dillon	16.3	18	36	6	11			40	9	8	2
11	Joey Logano	16.7	6	5	9	19	23	23	21	10	18	33
12	Brad Keselowski	16.8	11	1	8	21	14	20	1	23	37	32
13	Chase Elliott	17.3	13	19	14	18	17	33	14	7	32	6
14	Noah Gragson	17.6	9	25	36		11	18	18	7	13	21
14	Alex Bowman	17.6	23	18	23	13	20	1	6	35	3	34
16	Ty Gibbs	18.9		29	7	23	34	13	8	33	12	11
17	Chris Buescher	19.5	20	33	4	2	28	9	18	21	21	39
18	Daniel Suarez	19.9	30	30	26	15	10	35	6	18	7	22
19	Christopher Bell	20.0	34	21	29	19	26	17	3	6	37	8
20	Denny Hamlin	20.2	11	4	16	37	15	9	29	34	31	16
20	Tyler Reddick	20.2	26	12	19	32	13	11	33	15	24	17
22	Austin Cindric	21.4	5	28	12	1	26	14	36	31	33	28
23	Riley Herbst	21.5			37	27	35		2	7	21
24	Zane Smith	21.7			32		29	5	32	39	11	4
25	Ryan Blaney	21.9	22	35	35	13	31	16	17	16	5	29
26	Michael McDowell	23.1	20	13	18	24	40	24	22	19	20	31
27	Josh Berry	23.9			7		24	26	35	22	26	27
28	Cole Custer	24.3	29	17					22	20	36	22
29	Carson Hocevar	24.5					30	30	39	23	6	19
30	Austin Dillon	24.6	33	8	27	28	39	14	31	26	39	1
31	Austin Hill	25.0				8		31		37		24
32	Shane Van Gisbergen	25.6						29	38	13	33	15
33	Corey Heim	26.5									17	36
34	AJ Allmendinger	26.8			30	16	25	30	41	23	23	26
35	Chase Briscoe	27.1	24	15	24	35	21	31	37	14	40	30
36	Connor Zilisch	27.5									35	20
37	Cody Ware	28.6	32	34	24			26	22	28	28	35