NASCAR Information Monday, July 5, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.4 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 1441 Kyle Larson (673 More than 2nd-most Denny Hamlin)
Most races led this season: 16 Denny Hamlin
Most wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 2 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 4 Kyle Busch & Kyle Larson
2 Finished top 10 all 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Kyle Busch & William Byron
Best average finish on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 4.4 Kyle Busch
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 836 of 1526 (55%) Kyle Larson
Kyle Larson only driver to lead laps all 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
| 2020 Wins | 2021 Wins | Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 | 27 | Bristol 9/20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 7 | 0 | 25 | Talladega 10/20 |
1-Kurt Busch: Best finish this season: 4th – Daytona Road Course & Road America
1-Kurt Busch: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 16th at Road America – Finished 9th or better previous 8 races
8-Tyler Reddick: 10 Top 10 finishes this season – Career-high
9-Chase Elliott: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Road America winner
9-Chase Elliott: 6 Top 2 finishes this season – 2 Wins & 4 2nd-place finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races – No top 5 finishes previous 5 races
14-Chase Briscoe: Best career finish: 6th – 2021 COTA & 2021 Road America
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Straight top 3 finishes – Best 3-race stretch this season
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 11th or better last 7 races – 6 Top 10 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 9th at Road America
20-Christopher Bell: Finished 2nd at Road America – First top 5 finish since April (Finished 4th at Richmond)
20-Christopher Bell: Best finish last 18 races: 2nd – Road America
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 15 finish last 9 races – Finished 10th at Road America (10 Laps led)
22-Joey Logano: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races – Finished 15th at Road America
42-Ross Chastain: 6 Career top 10 finishes – 4 Top 10 finishes last 7 races
11 Different winners in 20 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season (3 Hendrick & 2 Gibbs drivers) –
Kyle Larson 4, Alex Bowman 3, Martin Truex Jr. 3, Kyle Busch 2 & Chase Elliott 2
4 Different winners in 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Larson 2 wins
Hendrick Motorsports won 3 of 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
2 Races won starting from front row this season – Kyle Larson Charlotte (Pole) & Sonoma (1st)
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 9 races this season
Ford winless last 10 races – Last Ford win: Talladega April (Brad Keselowski)
Hendrick Motorsports: 7 Wins last 8 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Wins this season – 7 Wins all last season (4 in ’19 & 3 in ’18)
Chase Elliott only Hendrick Motorsports driver to finish top 15 at Road America – Winner
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 9th or better at Road America
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Busch & Austin Cindric
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 AJ Allmendinger & Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 13 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 7 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 7.6 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 534 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 16 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 4 Austin Cindric
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 192 Daniel Hemric
Austin Cindric only driver to lead laps all 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
| NASCAR Xfinity Series Wins in 5 Straight Starts | ||
| 1993 | Mark Martin | Michigan, Darlington, Richmond, Charlotte & Rockingham |
| 2002-‘04 | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Richmond, Daytona, Talladega, Daytona & Daytona |
| 2005 | Ryan Newman | Watkins Glen, Michigan, Bristol, Dover & Charlotte |
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 3rd at Road America
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 9th or better last 4 races
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 6th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 5 finishes last 5 races
18-Daniel Hemric: Winless in 104 career races – Finished 2nd nine times & 865 laps led
20-Harrison Burton: 5 Top 5 finishes this season – 4 Finishes of 30th or worse
22-Austin Cindric: 16 of 17 races led this season (534 Laps) – 10 Straight races led (246 Laps led)
54-Kyle Busch: 101 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins – 28 Different tracks & 17 different crew chiefs
54-Kyle Busch: 4 Races this season – 4 Wins (COTA, Texas June, Nashville & Road America)
54-Kyle Busch: 4 Straight wins – Career-long win streak
54-Kyle Busch: 6 Wins last 10 races – 9 Top 3 finishes last 10 races
54-Kyle Busch: 19,991 Career laps led – 9 to 20,000
98-Riley Herbst: Best finish last 9 races: 7th – Road America
8 Different winners in 17 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season – Busch 4, Cindric 4, Allgaier 2, Allmendinger 2 & Gibbs 2
5 Different winners in 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), AJ Allmendinger (Las Vegas), Justin Allgaier (Atlanta), Ty Gibbs (Charlotte) & Kyle Busch (Texas)
7 Different winners from 5 different teams in last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Briscoe (Kansas SHR), Burton (Texas JGR), Snider (Homestead-Miami RCR),
Allmendinger (Las Vegas Kaulig), Allgaier (Atlanta JRM), Gibbs (Charlotte JGR) & Busch (Texas JGR)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go in 8 races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing: 6 Wins this season (All #54) – Kyle Busch 4 & Ty Gibbs 2