The Daytona 500 will mark Jimmie Johnson’s 400th career NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series start, his 23rd career points-paying Sprint Cup start
at Daytona and his 118th career points-paying start in a
restrictor-plate race. In his first full Sprint Cup season in 2002,
Johnson earned the pole in his very first race, the Daytona 500. Johnson
has one win, six top-five finishes and nine top-10s in 22 starts.
His only win came in the 2006 Daytona 500 with Darian Grubb as crew
chief. Johnson's last top-five finish in the Daytona 500 was his win in
2006. His average start is 9.6 and average finish is 19.0. Johnson has
completed 3,536 of 3,865 laps (91.5%) and led 60 laps in 22 starts.
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