daytona 500 winners 2012

daytona 500 winners 2012
daytona 500 winners 2012


Here are all Daytona 500 winners and their average speed in miles per hour.

Year Race Winner Avg. Speed
1959 Lee Petty 135.521
1960 Junior Johnson 124.74
1961 Marvin Panch 149.601
1962 Fireball Roberts 152.529
1963 Tiny Lund 151.566
1964 Richard Petty 154.334
1965 Fred Lorenzen 141.539
1966 Richard Petty 160.627
1967 Mario Andretti 146.926
1968 Cale Yarborough 143.251
1969 Lee Roy Yarborough 157.95
1970 Pete Hamilton 149.601
1971 Richard Petty 144.462
1972 AJ Foyt 161.55
1973 Richard Petty 157.205
1974 Richard Petty 140.894
1975 Benny Parsons 153.649
1976 David Pearson 152.181
1977 Cale Yarborough 153.218
1978 Bobby Allison 159.73
1979 Richard Petty 143.977
1980 Buddy Baker 177.602
1981 Richard Petty 169.651
1982 Bobby Allison 153.991
1983 Cale Yarborough 155.979
1984 Cale Yarborough 150.994
1985 Bill Elliott 172.265
1986 Geoffrey Bodine 148.124
1987 Bill Elliott 176.263
1988 Bobby Allison 137.531
1989 Darrell Waltrip 148.466
1990 Derrike Cope 165.761
1991 Ernie Irvan 148.148
1992 Davey Allison 160.256
1993 Dale Jarrett 154.972
1994 Sterling Marlin 156.931
1995 Sterling Marlin 141.71
1996 Dale Jarrett 154.308
1997 Jeff Gordon 148.295
1998 Dale Earnhardt 172.712
1999 Jeff Gordon 161.551
2000 Dale Jarrett 155.669
2001 Michael Waltrip 161.783
2002 Ward Burton 142.971
2003 Michael Waltrip 133.87
2004 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 156.345
2005 Jeff Gordon 135.173
2006 Jimmie Johnson 142.667
2007 Kevin Harvick 149.335
2008 Ryan Newman 152.672
2009 Matt Kenseth 132.816
2010 Jamie McMurray 137.284
2011 Trevor Bayne 130.326
2012 Matt Kenseth

Daytona 500 Winner in 2012 is Matt Kenseth
One of history’s most bizarre Dayton 500 races has produced a two time Daytona 500 Winner. After all of the crazy events, delays and flags during this race the Daytona 500 winner in 2012 is Matt Kenseth.

Matt Kenseth also won the Daytona 500 in 2009 at an average speed of 132.816 and took home $1,530,388 racing with a Ford. The official numbers haven’t been released by the Daytona International Speedway but ESPN has Mr. Kenseth’s average speed after the final restart at 188.269 MPH, Dale Earnhardt Jr’s average speed at 188.253 and Greg Biffle’s at 187.966.

This would have been Dale Earnhardt Jr’s second Daytona 500 race that he won but he just couldn’t seem to pass Matt Kenseth. Mr. Earnhardt Jr. was quoted as saying, “We couldn’t ever get to Matt, so I just tried to pull out to get the second spot if I could.” The Best Buy 17 car had an ability to keep speed in front but was having trouble in traffic as Kenseth had mentioned in an interview.

Kenseth revealed how he pulled off the feat to become 2012′s Daytona 500 winner in the end. Biffle was trying hard to get close the Kenseth in the final lap of the race but Dale Earnhardt Jr. was right on the back bumper of Biffle and kept him from connecting with Kenseth. Kenseth said about the situation, “They just couldn’t get attached, and I could get away from them. It just came down to whoever was in the front, and he had a really fast car as well.” The Best Buy #17 Car was in front by the last lap and that’s who finished bringing Matt Kenseth his #2 Daytona 500 2012 winner title.

The winners and the losers of the Daytona 500 this year will all be dubbed under the events and situations that transpired during this long race as it was rain delayed all the way until Monday night on Fox. Some have started labeling this Dayton