Daytona 500 Statistics – Winners by Pole Position (February 2, 2018)

A list of drivers who have won the Daytona 500 from the pole position. The feat has been accomplished only nine times in the previous 59 races (leading up to the 2018 race), by a total of seven drivers.

Daytona 500 – Start First, Finish First

1962: Fireball Roberts

1966: Richard Petty

1968: Cale Yarborough

1980: Buddy Baker

1984: Cale Yarborough

1985: Bill Elliott

1987: Bill Elliott

1999: Jeff Gordon

2000: Dale Jarrett

Notes of Interest

- Cale Yarborough and Bill Elliott are the only two drivers to win the Daytona 500 from the pole position more than once (both have won it twice).

- The current streak of 17 consecutive years without a polesitter winning the Daytona 500 is a race record.

- Since 2000, the closest a polesitter has come to winning the race was fifth in 2001 by Bill Elliott.

- Of the seven drivers to win the race from the pole position, five of them are NASCAR Cup Series champions (Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Bill Elliott, Jeff Gordon and Dale Jarrett).