NASCAR Information Saturday, December 31, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins: 5 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes: 10 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 15 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 12 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 21 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 17 Ryan Blaney
Best average finish this season: 12.5 Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 857 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 636 Ryan Blaney
Most races led: 25 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 11 Hendrick Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff wins this season: 2 Christopher Bell & Joey Logano
Most Playoff 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain & Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff top 3 finishes this season: 3 Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Ross Chastain & Joey Logano
Most Playoff top 5 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell, Ross Chastain & Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff top 10 finishes this season: 9 Denny Hamlin
Best Playoff average finish this season: 6.6 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff laps led this season: 328 Kyle Larson
Most Playoff races led this season: 6 Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
19 Different winners in 36 races this season – 9 With multiple wins this season
8 Different winners in 10 Playoff races this season –
Christopher Bell & Joey Logano only drivers with multiple Playoff race wins (2 Wins each)
Joey Logano best Playoff finisher opening race Round of 12, opening race Round of 8 & Championship 4 race
Ryan Blaney: Best non-Playoff finisher at Phoenix – Finished 2nd
Chase Elliott: Worst Playoff finisher at Martinsville (10th) & Phoenix (28th)
Chase Briscoe raced into Round of 12 – 15th (-9) before Bristol & 10th (+14) after Bristol
Chase Briscoe raced into Round of 8 – 9th (-12) before Charlotte Roval & 8th (+2) after Charlotte Roval
Christopher Bell raced into Round of 8 – 11th (-45) before Charlotte Roval & Charlotte Roval winner
Christopher Bell raced into Championship 4 – 7th (-33) before Martinsville & Martinsville winner
Most different winners to start season in Playoff era: 7 (2014, ’21 & ‘22)
Record for different winners in a season: 19 (1956, ’58, ’61, ’01 & ‘22)
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 16 (2022)
16 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson & Joey Logano led all with 4 pole wins each
6 Won first career pole this season –
Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Cole Custer & Bubba Wallace
Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Kyle Larson (Homestead-Miami) only drivers to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season
Ryan Blaney: 9 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Led all drivers
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season – Winless
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
First career win for 5 this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March), Ross Chastain (Austin),
Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
5 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July),
Tyler Reddick (Indy Road Course) & Joey Logano (Phoenix Nov.)
Chase Briscoe passed for final lead change last 2 races
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 19 of 36 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 15 of 36 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 6 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner),
Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner) & Talladega Oct. (Chase Elliott winner)
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
Most recent Rookie of the Year contenders to win:
Austin Cindric (2022 Daytona 500), Cole Custer (2020 Kentucky), Chris Buescher (2016 Pocono) & Joey Logano (2009 New Hampshire)
9 Different winners in 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March), William Byron (Atlanta March), Kurt Busch (Kansas May),
Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July), Bubba Wallace (Kansas Sept.),
Tyler Reddick (Texas), Joey Logano (Las Vegas Oct.) & Kyle Larson (Homestead-Miami)
5 Different winners in 6 road course races this season –
Christopher Bell (Charlotte Roval), Ross Chastain (Austin), Kyle Larson (Watkins Glen),
Tyler Reddick (Road America & Indy Road Course), Daniel Suárez (Sonoma)
4 Different winners in 4 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Ross Chastain (Talladega April), Austin Dillon (Daytona Aug.) & Chase Elliott (Talladega Oct.)
5 Different winners in 5 paved short track races this season –
Denny Hamlin (Richmond April), William Byron (Martinsville April), Kevin Harvick (Richmond Aug.),
Chris Buescher (Bristol) & Christopher Bell (Martinsville Oct.)
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
25 of 36 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .036 Seconds – Austin Cindric over Bubba Wallace (Daytona 500)
Chase Briscoe best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 6 of last 9 races
3 Disqualified this season – Denny Hamlin (Pocono), Kyle Busch (Pocono) & Brad Keselowski (Martinsville)
Most consecutive top 10 finishes at a track:
19 Kevin Harvick (Phoenix)
18 Dale Earnhardt (N. Wilkesboro) & Richard Petty (N. Wilkesboro)
Most speeding penalties in a race this season: 8 – Phoenix March, Martinsville April & Dover
Most lead lap finishers in a race this season: 32 – Austin
Most laps led from start of race this season: 185 – Chase Elliott (Martinsville April)
Most laps led by winner in a race this season: 212 – William Byron (Martinsville April)
Most cautions in a race this season: 18 – Charlotte
Longest race this season: 5:13:08 – Charlotte
Fewest cautions in a race this season: 2 – Road America
Fastest pole this season: 190.703mph – Bubba Wallace (Michigan)
Most laps led in a race this season: 222 – Joey Logano (Richmond Aug. – Finished 6th)
Longest green run in a race this season: 153 Laps – Richmond Aug.
Longest green run to finish in a race this season: 144 Laps – Richmond Aug.
Shortest race this season: 2:17:52 – Watkins Glen Aug.
Most leaders in a race this season: 19 – Daytona Aug. & Texas Sept.
Most failing to finish this season: 20 – Daytona Aug.
Most caution laps in a race this season: 91 – Texas Sept.
Most lead changes in a race this season: 57 – Talladega Oct.
Most consecutive laps led in a race this season: 203 – Denny Hamlin (Martinsville Oct.)
Longest green run from start of race this season: 131 Laps – Martinsville Oct.
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins this season: 8 Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 16 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 21 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 11 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 28 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 20 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 1010 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 28 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 15 JR Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff wins this season: 2 AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most Playoff 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most Playoff top 3 finishes this season: 5 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most Playoff top 5 finishes this season: 6 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Only drivers to finish top 10 all 7 Playoff races this season: Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Best Playoff average finish this season: 2.9 Ty Gibbs
Most Playoff laps led this season: 359 Noah Gragson
Only driver to lead every Playoff race this season: Noah Gragson
11 Different winners in 33 races this season
4 Won final 10 races this season – Noah Gragson (5), AJ Allmendinger (2), Ty Gibbs (2) & Josh Berry (1)
4 Different winners in 7 Playoff races this season
Best non-Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Landon Cassill – 4th
Worst Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Josh Berry – 13th
Jeremy Clements, Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst & Ryan Sieg eliminated Round of 12 in 2022
AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones & Sam Mayer eliminated Round of 8 in 2022
Noah Gragson: 16 Stage wins this season (Most) – 8 Wins this season (Most)
2 Won 4 consecutive NXS races:
Sam Ard – South Boston 9/83, Martinsville 9/83, Orange County 10/83 & Charlotte 10/83
Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/22, Kansas 9/22, Bristol 9/22 & Texas 9/22
Justin Allgaier (Nashville), Noah Gragson (Homestead-Miami) & Ty Gibbs (Phoenix Nov.)
only drivers to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season
First career win for 1 this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.)
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 6; 2022: 1
Dash 4 Cash winners: Sam Mayer (Richmond), AJ Allmendinger (Martinsville & Talladega) & Noah Gragson (Dover)
3 Won consecutive races this season –
Noah Gragson (Darlington, Kansas, Bristol & Texas), AJ Allmendinger (Talladega & Charlotte Roval) & Ty Gibbs (Martinsville & Phoenix)
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 15 of 33 races this season
8 Races settled by last lap pass this season
Ty Gibbs won 4 races by last lap pass this season – Atlanta March, Richmond, Road America & Martinsville Oct.
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Ty Gibbs won 3 Overtime races this season
Closest finish this season: Talladega Oct. – AJ Allmendinger finished .015 seconds ahead of Sam Mayer
Ty Gibbs best Toyota finisher last 7 races
Riley Herbst best Ford finisher last 3 races
4 Different winners from 4 different teams in 4 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.), Noah Gragson (Talladega April),
Jeremy Clements (Daytona Aug.) & AJ Allmendinger (Talladega Oct.)
5 Different winners in 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
3 Different winners in 6 road course races this season –
AJ Allmendinger (Austin, Portland, Indy Road Course & Charlotte Roval),
Ty Gibbs (Road America) & Kyle Larson (Watkins Glen)
3 Different winners in 4 short track races this season –
Ty Gibbs (Richmond & Martinsville Oct.), Brandon Jones (Martinsville April) & Noah Gragson (Bristol)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
3 Disqualified this season –
Joe Graf Jr. (Las Vegas March) – Finished 38th (Original finish: 29th)
Landon Cassill (New Hampshire) – Finished 37th (Original finish: 3rd)
Noah Gragson (New Hampshire) – Finished 38th (Original finish: 4th)
JR Motorsports: 7 Wins last 12 races by 3 different drivers
Most poles this season: 5 AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Brandon Jones
4 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs (Richmond & Phoenix Nov.) & AJ Allmendinger (Indy Road Course & Charlotte Roval)
12 Races won by drivers starting front row this season
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)