NASCAR Information Friday, May 22, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
36 Different winners in 74 Charlotte Xfinity Series races
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes: 4 Kevin Harvick
Top 10 finish every race: Kevin Harvick
Most races led: 5 Brad Keselowski (No laps led at Las Vegas)
Most laps led: 328 Kevin Harvick
Most laps complete: All 1493 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Denny Hamlin (8 Stops) 13, 27, 63, 83, 109, 128, 175, 182
Top 5 each Darlington race: Denny Hamlin (5th & 1st), Kevin Harvick (1st & 3rd)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Clint Bowyer (1st & 1st), Martin Truex Jr. (2nd & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Joey Gase, Timmy Hill & Brennan Poole
Rear of field last race: Erik Jones (Finished 5th), Gray Gaulding, Corey LaJoie, B.J. McLeod & J.J. Yeley
Best HMS last race: 8th Jimmie Johnson
Best JGR last race: Winner Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 3rd Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 4th Brad Keselowski
2-Brad Keselowski best Team Penske finisher 3 of last 4 races
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 5 of 6 races this season
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) – No race wins
14-Clint Bowyer: Won Stage 1 & 2 at Darlington May 20 – Finished 22nd
48-Jimmie Johnson best Chevrolet finisher at Darlington May 20 – Finished 8th
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 8th at Darlington May 20 – Only Hendrick Motorsports driver in top 10
95-Christopher Bell best Rookie finisher at Darlington May 20 – First time best Rookie finisher this season
4 Different winners from 4 different teams in 6 races this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 of 6 races – Alex Bowman (Auto Club)
Stage 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 5 races
Toyota: Only 1 Stage win this season – Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin)
Joe Gibbs Racing: Inspection issues each race this season
Driver starting first finished outside top 5 every race this season
2 Races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500 & Phoenix March
Youngest winner: Alex Bowman – 26
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
4 Different teams won last 4 races – Hendrick, Penske, Stewart-Haas & Gibbs
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10 at Darlington May 20 – 3 Finished top 5
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 2 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Harrison Burton
Most top 5 finishes: 4 Harrison Burton
Top 10 finish every race: Harrison Burton
Led laps every race: Justin Allgaier (Winless)
Most laps led: 155 Chase Briscoe
Most laps complete: All 817 Harrison Burton & Ryan Sieg
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Chase Briscoe (5 Stops) 18, 20, 47, 92, 135
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Kyle Busch (4th & 1st), Noah Gragson (1st & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Kyle Busch (Finished 2nd)
Rear of field last race: Joe Graf Jr., Kody Vanderwal, Landon Cassill
02-Brett Moffitt best finish this season: 11th – Darlington
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 7th at Las Vegas
7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 3rd at Darlington
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Stage wins this season (Most) at 3 different tracks – Winless
7-Justin Allgaier best Chevrolet finisher at Darlington (Finished 3rd) – First time best Chevrolet finisher this season
7-Justin Allgaier: Best JR Motorsports finisher at Darlington (Finished 3rd) – First time best JRM finisher this season
8-Daniel Hemric best finish this season: 6th – Darlington
9-Noah Gragson: 46 Laps led at Darlington (Most) – Finished 5th
10-Ross Chastain: 4 Straight top 10 finishes
11-Justin Haley: Finished 12th or better all 5 races this season – 4 Top 10 finishes
20-Harrison: Finished 9th or better all 5 races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher every race this season
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 8th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 5 finishes
39-Ryan Sieg: Finished 11th or better all 5 races this season (Avg. finish: 7th) – 4 Top 10 finishes
54-Kyle Busch: Passed for final lead change last 2 races – Finished 3rd & 2nd
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of closest finish this season (Darlington May) – 86 Thousandths of a second ahead of Kyle Busch
98-Chase Briscoe: Best Ford finisher 3 of 5 races this season
4 Different winners in 5 races this season
Stage 1 winner failed to win 4 of 5 races this season
Stage 2 winner failed to win every race this season
First career win for 2 winners this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.) & Harrison Burton (Auto Club)
1 Race settled by last lap pass this season (Darlington May) – Chase Briscoe passed Kyle Busch
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: Chase Briscoe – 25
All winners this season range from 19 to 25 in age
36 Different winners in 74 Charlotte Xfinity Series races
54-Kyle Busch: 8 Charlotte NXS wins – Most all-time
54-Kyle Busch first career NXS race: Charlotte 5/03 – Finished 2nd (18-Years-old)
1-Michael Annett: Finished 6th at 2019 Charlotte – 2nd of 6 straight top 10 finishes last season
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 2nd at 2019 Charlotte – 3rd of 5 2nd-place finishes last season
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 4th at 2019 Charlotte – First of 5 straight finishes of 6th or better
11-Justin Haley: First NXS top 5 finish: 5th – 2019 Charlotte
18-Riley Herbst: Best Charlotte ARCA finish: 2nd (2018) – Brandon Jones winner
19-Brandon Jones:
Finished 10th at 2019 Charlotte – Started 5th, lap 89 & 190 wall contact, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 25th in Stage 2, 22 laps led
22-Austin Cindric:
Finished 9th at 2019 Charlotte – Started 7th, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, lap 66 spin
98-Chase Briscoe:
Finished 19th at 2019 Charlotte – Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, 6 laps led, lap 165 in wall, lap 179 tire down, lap 182 over wall too soon penalty
3 Charlotte NXS & NCS weekend sweeps – Last: 10/95 (Mark Martin)
*Darrell Waltrip won 1979 Spring Late Model Sportsman & NCS races
9 Won first career race at Charlotte
12 Charlotte races won from pole
Worst starting position of Charlotte winner: 33rd – Harry Gant 10/91
5 Charlotte Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 4
Longest Charlotte NXS race: 206 Laps 5/16 – Denny Hamlin winner (Kyle Larson led at scheduled distance)
5 Charlotte races settled by last lap pass
2 Won Charlotte in first try – Harry Gant & Terry Labonte
Jeff Burton won first race in 18th try – Most of all drivers
Final lead change within 10 to go in 6 of last 16 Charlotte races
Final lead change with 12 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 6 Charlotte races
Joe Gibbs Racing: 1 Win in last 10 Charlotte races – 5 Wins previous 9 races
Team Penske #12 won 2 of last 5 Charlotte races with 2 different drivers (Joey Logano & Ryan Blaney)
Team Penske won 3 of last 5 Charlotte races
Team Penske crew chief Brian Wilson won 3 of last 5 Charlotte races with 3 different drivers (Logano, Blaney & Keselowski)
Ryan Blaney started rear of field for unapproved adjustments & won 5/17
Fewest laps led by Charlotte winner: 1 – Dale Jarrett (5/90)
JR Motorsports winless at Charlotte