{"id":7211,"date":"2026-05-12T07:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/?p=7211"},"modified":"2026-05-12T07:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T07:16:40","slug":"nascar-information-sunday-may-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/nascar-information-sunday-may-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR Information Sunday, May 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n




NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most wins this season: 5 Tyler Reddick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Denny Hamlin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Tyler Reddick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Tyler Reddick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only driver to finish top 20 every race this season: Tyler Reddick<\/strong> (15th or better every race)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best average finish this season: 5.7 Tyler Reddick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finished on lead lap every race this season: Ryan Preece<\/strong> & Tyler Reddick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most Stage wins this season: 3 Denny Hamlin<\/strong> & Kyle Larson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most fastest laps this season: 2 Denny Hamlin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most laps led this season: 624 Denny Hamlin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most laps led of winless drivers this season: 499 Kyle Larson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most races led this season: 8 Ryan Blaney<\/strong> & Denny Hamlin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most poles this season: 3 Tyler Reddick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Tyler Reddick:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Top 10 finishes this season \u2013 7 Top 10 finishes all last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

201 Laps led this season \u2013 169 Laps led all last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

100 Career top 10 finishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Denny Hamlin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finished 2nd twice this season \u2013 Each to Chase Elliott (Martinsville & Texas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Alex Bowman:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Straight 3rd-place finishes \u2013 First back-to-back top 5 finishes since 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finished top 5 in 3 straight races once \u2013 2019 Talladega, Dover & Kansas (Finished 2nd all 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Chris Buescher:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Straight top 10 finishes \u2013 2 Straight top 5 finishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

68 Laps led this season \u2013 47 Laps led all last season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

-Daniel Su\u00e1rez<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best finish last 9 races: 6th \u2013 Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 Different winners in 11 races this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Champions won this season \u2013 Ryan Blaney & Chase Elliott<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 Different pole winners this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 race this season \u2013 Ryan Blaney Phoenix<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 2 winner went on to win only 1 race this season \u2013 Chase Elliott Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Reddick: 5 Wins this season (Career high) \u2013 No Stage wins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Won consecutive races this season \u2013 Tyler Reddick (Daytona 500, Atlanta Feb. & Austin)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First career win for 2 this season \u2013 Ty Gibbs (Bristol April) & Carson Hocevar (Talladega April)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 of 11 races won by driver starting on front row this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8 of 11 races won by driver starting top 10 this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Reddick: 4 Wins from first starting position this season \u2013 3 After winning pole<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Reddick\u2019s longest winless streak this season: 2 Races<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denny Hamlin led most laps 3 races this season \u2013 1 Win (Las Vegas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Races settled by last lap pass this season \u2013 Daytona 500, Kansas April & Talladega April<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tyler Reddick best Toyota finisher 6 of 11 races this season<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris Buescher best Ford finisher last 2 races<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toyota won 7 of 11 races this season \u2013 Chevrolet won last 2 races \u2013 Ford winless last 7 races<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Races finished in Overtime this season \u2013 Atlanta Feb., Bristol April & Kansas April<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youngest winner this season: 23 \u2013 Ty Gibbs & Carson Hocevar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oldest winner this season: 45 \u2013 Denny Hamlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Closest finish this season: .055 Seconds Bristol April<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GEN 7 WINNERS ON ROAD COURSES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\/27\/22<\/td>Austin<\/td>1<\/td>Ross Chastain<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Phil Surgen<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
6\/12\/22<\/td>Sonoma<\/td>99<\/td>Daniel Su\u00e1rez<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Travis Mack<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
7\/3\/22<\/td>Road America<\/td>8<\/td>Tyler Reddick<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Randall Burnett<\/td>Richard Childress Racing<\/td><\/tr>
7\/31\/22<\/td>Indy Road Course<\/td>8<\/td>Tyler Reddick<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Randall Burnett<\/td>Richard Childress Racing<\/td><\/tr>
8\/21\/22<\/td>Watkins Glen<\/td>5<\/td>Kyle Larson<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Cliff Daniels<\/td>Hendrick Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
10\/9\/22<\/td>Charlotte Roval<\/td>20<\/td>Christopher Bell<\/td>Toyota<\/td>Adam Stevens<\/td>Joe Gibbs Racing<\/td><\/tr>
3\/26\/23<\/td>Austin<\/td>45<\/td>Tyler Reddick<\/td>Toyota<\/td>Billy Scott<\/td>23XI Racing<\/td><\/tr>
6\/11\/23<\/td>Sonoma<\/td>19<\/td>Martin Truex Jr.<\/td>Toyota<\/td>James Small<\/td>Joe Gibbs Racing<\/td><\/tr>
7\/2\/23<\/td>Chicago Street Course<\/td>91<\/td>Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Darian Grubb<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
8\/13\/23<\/td>Indy Road Course<\/td>34<\/td>Michael McDowell<\/td>Ford<\/td>Travis Peterson<\/td>Front Row Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
8\/20\/23<\/td>Watkins Glen<\/td>24<\/td>William Byron<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Rudy Fugle<\/td>Hendrick Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
10\/8\/23<\/td>Charlotte Roval<\/td>16<\/td>AJ Allmendinger<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Matt Swiderski<\/td>Kaulig Racing<\/td><\/tr>
3\/24\/24<\/td>Austin<\/td>24<\/td>William Byron<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Rudy Fugle<\/td>Hendrick Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
6\/9\/24<\/td>Sonoma<\/td>5<\/td>Kyle Larson<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Cliff Daniels<\/td>Hendrick Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
7\/7\/24<\/td>Chicago Street Course<\/td>48<\/td>Alex Bowman<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Blake Harris<\/td>Hendrick Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
9\/15\/24<\/td>Watkins Glen<\/td>17<\/td>Chris Buescher<\/td>Ford<\/td>Scott Graves<\/td>RFK Racing<\/td><\/tr>
10\/13\/24<\/td>Charlotte Roval<\/td>5<\/td>Kyle Larson<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Cliff Daniels<\/td>Hendrick Motorsports<\/td><\/tr>
3\/2\/25<\/td>Austin<\/td>20<\/td>Christopher Bell<\/td>Toyota<\/td>Adam Stevens<\/td>Joe Gibbs Racing<\/td><\/tr>
6\/15\/25<\/td>Mexico City<\/td>88<\/td>Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Stephen Doran<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
7\/6\/25<\/td>Chicago<\/td>88<\/td>Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Stephen Doran<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
7\/13\/25<\/td>Sonoma<\/td>88<\/td>Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Stephen Doran<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
8\/10\/25<\/td>Watkins Glen<\/td>88<\/td>Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Stephen Doran<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
10\/5\/25<\/td>Charlotte Roval<\/td>88<\/td>Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>Chevrolet<\/td>Stephen Doran<\/td>Trackhouse Racing<\/td><\/tr>
3\/1\/26<\/td>Austin<\/td>45<\/td>Tyler Reddick<\/td>Toyota<\/td>Billy Scott<\/td>23XI Racing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

GEN 7 WINNERS ROAD COURSES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shane van Gisbergen<\/td>6<\/td><\/tr>
Tyler Reddick<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
Kyle Larson<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
Christopher Bell<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
William Byron<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
AJ Allmendinger<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Alex Bowman<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Chris Buescher<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Ross Chastain<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Michael McDowell<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Daniel Su\u00e1rez<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr>
Martin Truex Jr.<\/td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON Most wins this season: 5 Tyler Reddick Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Denny Hamlin Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Tyler Reddick Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Tyler Reddick Only driver to finish top 20 every race this season: Tyler Reddick (15th or better…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,18,6,7,8,9,19],"class_list":["post-7211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nascar","tag-17","tag-broadcasting","tag-chris-myers","tag-chris-myers-sports","tag-fox-sports","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrismyerssports.com\/cmi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}