NASCAR Information Monday, June 1, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes: 5 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes: 8 Kevin Harvick
Top 20 finish every race: Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 391 Kevin Harvick (163 Laps led first 9 races last season)
Finished on lead lap every race: Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Brad Keselowski (7 Stops) 63, 130, 204, 255, 330, 435, 460
Longest green flag run last race: 73 Laps (361-433)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Chase Elliott (1st & 1st), Joey Logano (5th & 4th)
Speeding last race: Keselowski (Winner), Buescher, Kyle Busch, Currey, DiBenedetto, A. Dillon,
Gaulding, Houff, LaJoie, Logano, McLeod, Newman, Smithley, Suarez, Wallace, Yeley
Rear of field last race: Preece, Gaulding
Best HMS last race: 3rd Jimmie Johnson
Best JGR last race: 4th Kyle Busch
Best SHR last race: 2nd Clint Bowyer
Best TPR last race: 1st Brad Keselowski
1-Kurt Busch: Finished 7th or better last 3 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Took lead for final time with 10 or fewer laps to go in 15 of 32 wins (47%)
2-Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins this season (2 Wins last 3 races) – Passed for final lead change 3 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Bristol winner – Only Team Penske top 20 finisher
2-Brad Keselowski:
Last 9 wins on different tracks – Talladega, Darlington, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte & Bristol
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 7th or better last 4 races – 2 Wins
3-Austin Dillon: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Never finished top 10 in 3 straight races
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 11th at Bristol – Ended top 10 finish streak at 13 races
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Chase Elliott: 88 Laps led at Bristol – Only Hendrick Motorsports leader
11-Denny Hamlin: Led most laps at Bristol (131 Laps led) – Finished 17th
14-Clint Bowyer: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Bristol (Finished 2nd) – First time best SHR finisher this season
14-Clitn Bowyer: 1 Top 15 finish last 5 races – Finished 2nd at Bristol
18-Kyle Busch: Winless this season – 3 Wins after 9 races last season (Led all drivers)
18-Kyle Busch: 5 Top 5 finishes this season (Tied for most with Harvick) – Winless
19-Martin Truex Jr.: No top 5 finishes this season – 1 Win & 2 2nd-place finishes after 9 races last season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 20th at Bristol – Finished top 10 previous 4 races
24-William Byron: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 8th at Bristol
37-Chris Buescher: Finished 12th at Bristol – Started rear of field
43-Bubba Wallace: 1 Top 15 finish last 7 races – Finished 10th at Bristol
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 3rd at Bristol – Best finish since Daytona last summer
88-Alex Bowman: 1 Win this season (Auto Club) – No top 10 finishes in first 9 races last season
95-Christopher Bell: Best Rookie finisher at Bristol– Finished 9th
6 Different winners in 9 races this season
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks
17 Bristol cautions – Most cautions in a race since 18 at Martinsville 11/1/15
21 Bristol speeding penalties by 16 drivers
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 of 9 races – Alex Bowman (Auto Club)
Stage 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 8 races
Toyota: Only 1 Stage win this season – Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin)
Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Stage wins this season (Only Chevrolet Stage winners) – 2 Wins
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
Driver starting first finished inside top 5 only 1 race this season – Bristol (Brad Keselowski winner)
Leader of most laps failed to win last 4 races – Finished 17th or worse 3 times
3 Races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500, Phoenix March & Coca-Cola 600
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
Stewart-Haas Racing: No laps led at Bristol
Team Penske: All 3 led at Bristol – 177 Laps led
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
Most wins: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes: 5 Kevin Harvick
Top 10 finish every race: Kevin Harvick
Top 20 finish every race: Matt DiBenedetto & Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 391 Kevin Harvick (133 Laps led first 8 races last season)
Finished on lead lap every race: Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 22, 31, 58, 75, 118, 146
Longest green flag run last race: 59 Laps (150-208)
Top 10 each race since return: Kevin Harvick (1st, 3rd, 5th & 10th) & Martin Truex Jr. (6th, 10th, 6th & 9th)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Blaney (2nd & 2nd), Bowman (5th & 1st), Harvick (4th & 5th), Logano (1st & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Hamlin (Finished 2nd) & Bowyer
Rear of field last race: Almirola (Finished 20th), Yeley, Bilicki
Best HMS last race: 1st Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 2nd Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 10th Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 3rd Ryan Blaney
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races – Finished 8th at Charlotte May 28
4-Kevin Harvick: 13 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 10th at Charlotte May 28 – Only Stewart-Haas Racing finisher in top 15 & only SHR leader (63 Laps led)
4-Kevin Harvick: Led most laps at Charlotte May 28 (63 Laps led) – Passed for final lead change & finished 10th
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 7 of 8 races this season
9-Chase Elliott: Charlotte May 28 winner – Only Hendrick Motorsports top 10 finisher
9-Chase Elliott: Charlotte May 28 winner (Only led final 28 laps) – Passed for final lead change previous 2 races
10-Aric Almirola: Started rear of field last 2 races
12-Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher 2 races this season – Daytona 500 & Charlotte May 28
18-Kyle Busch: Winless this season – 3 Wins after 8 races last season (Led all drivers)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Straight top 10 finishes (Avg. finish: 7.8) – Finished 14th or worse previous 4 races this season (Avg. finish: 24.5)
38-John Hunter Nemechek: Best Rookie finisher at Charlotte May 28 – Finished 13th
43-Bubba Wallace: Failed to finish last 2 races
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 4th at Charlotte May 28 – Finished 20th or worse previous 5 races this season
88-Alex Bowman: 1 Win this season (Auto Club) – No top 10 finishes in first 9 races last season
88-Alex Bowman: 4 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
6 Different winners in 8 races this season
6 Different winners in last 6 races – Bowman, Logano, Harvick, Hamlin, Keselowski & Elliott
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks
5 Different teams finished top 5 at Charlotte May 28 – Hendrick, Gibbs, Penske, JTG Daugherty & Ganassi
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 of 8 races – Alex Bowman (Auto Club)
Stage 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 7 races
Toyota: Only 1 Stage win this season – Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin)
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Stage wins this season (Only Chevrolet Stage winners) – 2 Wins
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
Driver starting first finished outside top 5 every race this season
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers led at Charlotte May 28 – 90 Laps led (Only Jimmie Johnson without laps led)
Joe Gibbs Racing: No laps led a Charlotte May 28
Team Penske finished 7th or better at Charlotte May 28
3 Races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500, Phoenix March & Coca-Cola 600
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
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 & Austin Cindric
Top 10 finish every race: Harrison Burton
Most races led: 5 Justin Allgaier & Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 217 Kyle Busch
Finished on lead lap every race: Harrison Burton
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Kyle Busch (4 Stops) 48, 93, 149, 172
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Kyle Busch (1st & 1st), Chastain (2nd & 2nd), Gragson (4th & 5th)
Speeding last race: Briscoe, Kyle Busch, Graf Jr., Jones, Nemechek, Sieg
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Stage wins this season at 3 different tracks – Winless
10-Ross Chastain: 5 Straight top 10 finishes
11-Justin Haley: Finished 29th at Charlotte – Finished 12th or better previous 5 races this season
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher every race this season
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 8th or better last 5 races – Finished 4th or better 4 of last 5 races
39-Ryan Sieg: Finished 28th at Charlotte – Finished 11th or better previous 5 races this season
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of closest finish this season (Darlington May) – 86 Thousandths of a second ahead of Kyle Busch
5 Different winners in 6 races this season
Last 2 races settled by last lap pass
First career win for 2 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.) & Harrison Burton (Auto Club)
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 35