In case you missed it , StatChat is counting down the days ‘til the 2021 Daytona 500. Every two days, we will have a new article featuring one of the Top 30 Drivers of 2020. 27 th Place – John Hunter Nemechek – 534 pts By the Numbers: 11 th Place – At both Daytona races in 2020, John Hunter Nemechek placed 11 th . This gave him the best career average finish at Daytona for any active driver (2 nd Place is Bubba Wallace with 14.86). Of course, it’s important to note that this is a small sample size, based only on 2 races. 16 Top 20s – Finishing the year with 16 Top-20 finishes (44.4%) may not sound like much, but when considering that JHN’s veteran Front Row Motorsports teammate Michael McDowell only managed 2 more than him (in a career year of his own, no less), that is an impressive haul in subpar equipment for a rookie. 100 Average Green Flag Passes – (A Green Flag Pass is when you pass another car w...