The NASCAR Cup Series 2024 season kicked off with the 66th-annual Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on Monday afternoon after rain caused a full-day delay of The Great American Race. William Byron got the win after a wreck-filled ending, and his Hendrick Motorsports teammate, Alex Bowman, finished runner-up.
When it came to Green Flag Speed, this statistic is always skewed quite a bit at Daytona because of the amount of wrecks. Typically, the drivers that get caught up in wrecks early will show up high in Green Flag Speed because they didn't complete as many laps as their competitors.
This year's Daytona 500 is no different, as nine of the top 10 drivers in Green Flag Speed finished 29th or worse.
2024 Daytona 500 Green Flag Speed Rankings
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Rank | Driver | Finish Pos. |
Green Flag Speed
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1. | Kaz Grala | 38 | 188.968 |
2. | Denny Hamlin | 19 | 188.721 |
3. | Daniel Suarez | 34 | 188.660 |
4. | Tyler Reddick | 29 | 188.616 |
5. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr | 31 | 188.592 |
6. | Brad Keselowski | 33 | 188.572 |
7. | Todd Gilliland | 35 | 188.504 |
8. | Carson Hocevar | 40 | 188.501 |
9. | Joey Logano | 32 | 188.460 |
10. | Harrison Burton | 39 | 188.411 |
11. | Daniel Hemric | 16 | 188.270 |
12. | Ryan Blaney | 30 | 188.078 |
13. | Martin Truex Jr | 15 | 186.956 |
14. | Erik Jones | 8 | 186.618 |
15. | Bubba Wallace | 5 | 186.568 |
16. | Chris Buescher | 18 | 186.534 |
17. | Kyle Larson | 11 | 186.460 |
18. | Noah Gragson | 9 | 186.387 |
19. | Kyle Busch | 12 | 186.364 |
20. | William Byron | 1 | 186.244 |
21. | Chase Elliott | 14 | 186.220 |
22. | Anthony Alfredo | 27 | 186.195 |
23. | Ross Chastain | 21 | 186.170 |
24. | Alex Bowman | 2 | 186.158 |
25. | Austin Cindric | 22 | 186.103 |
26. | Chase Briscoe | 10 | 186.026 |
27. | Justin Haley | 26 | 186.000 |
28. | John H. Nemechek | 7 | 185.977 |
29. | Christopher Bell | 3 | 185.844 |
30. | Corey LaJoie | 4 | 185.838 |
31. | Zane Smith | 13 | 185.541 |
32. | Josh Berry | 25 | 185.531 |
33. | Ty Gibbs | 17 | 185.504 |
34. | AJ Allmendinger | 6 | 185.401 |
35. | David Ragan | 20 | 185.332 |
36. | Ryan Preece | 23 | 185.102 |
37. | Riley Herbst | 24 | 184.960 |
38. | Austin Dillon | 37 | 184.833 |
39. | Jimmie Johnson | 28 | 183.846 |
40. | Michael McDowell | 36 | 174.268 |
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