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Daytona 500: Champions · Records

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Daytona 500 Champions
Year	Driver	Make	Avg. mph	Start	Owner	Pole
2011	Trevor Bayne	Ford	130.326	32	Wood Brothers	Dale Earnhardt Jr.
2010	Jamie McMurray	Chevrolet	137.284	13	Earnhardt-Ganassi Racing	Mark Martin
2009	Matt Kenseth	Ford	132.816	39	Roush Fenway Racing	Martin Truex Jr.
2008	Ryan Newman	Dodge	152.672	7	Penske Racing	Jimmie Johnson
2007	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	149.335	34	Richard Childress Racing	David Gilliland
2006	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	142.734	9	Hendrick Motorsports	Jeff Burton
2005	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	135.173	15	Hendrick Motorsports	Dale Jarrett
2004	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	156.345	3	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	Greg Biffle
2003	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	133.870	4	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	Jeff Green
2002	Ward Burton	Dodge	142.971	19	Bill Davis Racing	Jimmie Johnson
2001	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	161.783	19	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	Bill Elliott
2000	Dale Jarrett	Ford	155.669	1	Robert Yates Racing	Dale Jarrett
1999	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	161.551	1	Hendrick Motorsports	Jeff Gordon
1998	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	172.712	4	Richard Childress Racing	Bobby Labonte
1997	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	148.295	6	Hendrick Motorsports	Mike Skinner
1996	Dale Jarrett	Ford	154.308	7	Robert Yates Racing	Dale Earnhardt
1995	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	141.710	3	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Dale Jarrett
1994	Sterling Marlin	Chevrolet	156.931	4	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Loy Allen
1993	Dale Jarrett	Chevrolet	154.972	2	Joe Gibbs Racing	Kyle Petty
1992	Davey Allison	Ford	160.256	6	Robert Yates Racing	Sterling Marlin
1991	Ernie Irvan	Chevrolet	148.148	2	Morgan-McClure Motorsports	Davey Allison
1990	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	165.761	12	Bob Whitcomb	Ken Schrader
1989	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	148.466	2	Hendrick Motorsports	Ken Schrader
1988	Bobby Allison	Buick	137.531	3	Stavola Brothers	Ken Schrader
1987	Bill Elliott	Ford	176.263	1	Melling Racing	Bill Elliott
1986	Geoff Bodine	Chevrolet	148.124	2	Hendrick Motorsports	Bill Elliott
1985	Bill Elliott	Ford	172.265	1	Melling Racing	Bill Elliott
1984	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	150.994	1	Harry Rainer	Cale Yarborough
1983	Cale Yarborough	Pontiac	155.979	8	Harry Rainer	Ricky Rudd
1982	Bobby Allison	Buick	153.991	7	DiGard Motorsports	Benny Parsons
1981	Richard Petty	Buick	169.651	8	Petty Enterprises	Bobby Allison
1980	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	177.602	1	Harry Rainer	Buddy Baker
1979	Richard Petty	Oldsmobile	143.977	13	Petty Enterprises	Buddy Baker
1978	Bobby Allison	Ford	159.730	33	Bud Moore	Cale Yarborough
1977	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	153.218	4	Junior Johnson	Donnie Allison
1976	David Pearson	Mercury	152.181	7	Wood Brothers	Ramo Stott
1975	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	153.649	32	L.G. DeWitt	Donnie Allison
1974	Richard Petty	Dodge	140.894	2	Petty Enterprises	David Pearson
1973	Richard Petty	Dodge	157.205	7	Petty Enterprises	Buddy Baker
1972	A.J. Foyt	Mercury	161.550	2	Wood Brothers	Bobby Isaac
1971	Richard Petty	Plymouth	144.462	5	Petty Enterprises	A.J. Foyt
1970	Pete Hamilton	Plymouth	149.601	9	Petty Enterprises	Cale Yarborough
1969	LeeRoy Yarborough	Ford	157.950	19	Junior Johnson	Buddy Baker
1968	Cale Yarborough	Mercury	143.251	1	Wood Brothers	Cale Yarborough
1967	Mario Andretti	Ford	146.926	12	Holman-Moody	Curtis Turner
1966	Richard Petty	Plymouth	160.627	1	Petty Enterprises	Richard Petty
1965	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	141.539	4	Holman-Moody	Darel Dieringer
1964	Richard Petty	Plymouth	154.334	2	Petty Enterprises	Paul Goldsmith
1963	Tiny Lund	Ford	151.566	12	Wood Brothers	Fireball Roberts
1962	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	152.529	1	Smokey Yunick	Fireball Roberts
1961	Marvin Panch	Pontiac	149.601	4	Smokey Yunick	Fireball Roberts
1960	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	124.740	9	John Masoni	Cotton Owens
1959	Lee Petty	Oldsmobile	135.521	15	Petty Enterprises	Bob Welborn