NASCAR Information Sunday, April 10, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Red Byron won first Martinsville Cup race in 1949 (48 Years before William Byron was born)
William Byron is 56th different Martinsville winner
Martinsville April
William Byron
Martinsville April winner – Started 5th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 2, 212 laps led (most), 212 of final 218 laps led, avg. running pos.: 1.7
Winner pit stops: William Byron (3 Stops) 85, 185, 304 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Elliott (1st & 1st), William Byron (2nd & 2nd), Cole Custer (3rd & 5th)
Speeding (7 Drivers & 8 Penalties):
Kyle Larson 19th, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 27th, Denny Hamlin 28th, Corey LaJoie 32nd,
Cody Ware 33rd, J.J. Yeley 34th, Josh Bilicki 35th
Best free pass finisher: Brad Keselowski 17th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 1st
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 7th
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 8th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 2nd
HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS MARTINSVILLE WINS
| Jeff Gordon | 9 |
| Jimmie Johnson | 9 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 4 |
| Geoff Bodine | 1 |
| Alex Bowman | 1 |
| William Byron | 1 |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 1 |
| Chase Elliott | 1 |
Hendrick Motorsports won 27 Martinsville races with 8 different drivers
2021 Bristol Dirt
Joey Logano:
2021 Bristol Dirt winner – Started 10th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, led final 61 laps, 252 of 253 laps in top 10
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.:
Finished 2nd at 2021 Bristol Dirt – Started 13th, lap 53 involved in crash, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 2nd-place only final 2 laps
Denny Hamlin:
Finished 3rd at 2021 Bristol Dirt – Started 2nd, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2, 1 lap led, only driver in top 10 all 253 laps
Daniel Suarez:
Finished 4th at 2021 Bristol Dirt – Started 18th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 58 laps led, 201 laps in top 5
Martin Truex Jr.:
Finished 19th at 2021 Bristol Dirt – Stage 1 winner & 4th in Stage 2, 126 laps led (most), 3rd to 19th in final 2 laps
Longest green flag run: 49 Laps (102-150)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. (1st & 4th), Denny Hamlin (3rd & 3rd), Daniel Suarez (4th & 2nd)
Rear of field: Michael McDowell 12th, Matt DiBenedetto 13th, Kyle Larson 29th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 6th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 15th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 1st
Bristol Dirt Race top 5 finishers either had best finish of season or tied best finish of season (7th race of season):
Logano Winner (Best previous finish this season: 2nd – Daytona Road Course & Phoenix)
Stenhouse Jr. 2nd (First top 5 finish in last 30 races – Finished 2nd at Talladega 6/20)
Hamlin 3rd (Tied best finish of season – 4th straight top 5 finish)
Suarez 4th (First top 5 finish in last 44 races – Finished 3rd at Texas 11/19)
24 Involved in Bristol Dirt Race crashes & spins
8 Failed to finish Bristol Dirt Race
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes: 4 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 5 Ross Chastain
Most laps led: 482 William Byron
Ryan Blaney only driver to lead every race
Most wins by a team: 4 Hendrick Motorsports (Only team with multiple wins)
Aric Almirola: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Top 10 finishes all last season (3 Top 10 finishes first 34 races last season)
Aric Almirola: 6 Top 10 finishes last 10 races (60%) – 6 Top 10 finishes previous 43 races (14%)
Aric Almirola best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Martinsville – Finished 8th
Ryan Blaney: 3 Top 5 finishes & 339 laps led this season – Most of winless drivers
Chase Briscoe: 6 Career top 10 finishes – 3 Top 10 finishes in 8 races this season
Kurt Busch: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes in first 15 races last season
Kurt Busch best Toyota finisher 4 of 8 races this season
Kyle Busch: 5 top 10 finishes this season – Only 1 top 5 finish (Finished 4th at Las Vegas)
William Byron: 2 Wins last 4 races – 2 Wins previous 148 races
William Byron: 2 Wins this season – First multiple-win season
William Byron: 482 Laps led this season – Career-high
William Byron: Career-high laps led in races – Martinsville April 212, Richmond April 122 & Atlanta March 111
William Byron: 455 Laps led in 3 of last 4 races – 50% of career laps led
William Byron: 334 of 803 laps led last 2 races (42%)
William Byron best Hendrick Motorsports & Chevrolet finisher 3 of last 4 races
William Byron & Rudy Fugle: 3 Wins together
William Byron: Won Martinsville from pit stall 22 – First to win from stall 22 since Jimmie Johnson 10/16
Ross Chastain: 8 Career top 5 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes this season
Austin Dillon: 2 Top 5 finishes this season – 1 Top 5 finish all last season (Finished 3rd in Daytona 500)
Chase Elliott won Stage 1 & 2 in 5 races including Martinsville April – Only 1 win (2019 Watkins Glen)
Chase Elliott: Stage 1 & 2 winner last 2 Martinsville races – Finished 16th & 10th
Chase Elliott: First 185 laps led at Martinsville (3rd most led in a race) – Only 2 wins in 12 races leading more than 100 laps
Chase Elliott: First 185 laps led at Martinsville – Most laps led from start since Kyle Larson led first 202 laps at Bristol 4/17
Denny Hamlin: Finished 28th at Martinsville April – Started 25th, lap 312 stalled on frontstretch, avg. running pos.: 25th
Denny Hamlin: 1 Top 10 finish this season – 4 Finishes of 28th or worse this season
Kyle Larson: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 5 Finishes of 19th or worse this season
Kyle Larson: Led laps first 5 races this season – No laps led last 3 races this season
Joey Logano best finish since last win: 2nd – Martinsville April (Last win: Bristol Dirt – 37 Race winless streak)
Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins in first 8 races last season (1st with multiple wins) – Winless with 1 top 5 finish this season
Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 22nd at Martinsville
7 Different winners in 8 races this season – William Byron only driver with multiple wins this season
William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to win in first 8 races this season & last season
Last 11 Hendrick Motorsports wins: Kyle Larson 7, Alex Bowman 2, William Byron 2, Chase Elliott 0
4 Different pole winners this season – Ryan Blaney only driver with multiple pole wins (3)
Stage 2 winner failed to win every race this season
3 Won races this season without winning Stage 1 & 2 in any race – Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Kyle Larson
2022 Winner Odds –
Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1; Byron 15-1; Chastain 28-1; Hamlin 12-1; Byron 15-2
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3 times
4 24-year-olds won Martinsville races (Kurt Busch, William Byron, Chase Elliott & Richard Petty) –
Richard Petty youngest Martinsville winner (22)
Kyle Busch (4/16) & William Byron (4/22) only drivers to win Martinsville NTS & NCS races in same weekend
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 41
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Ty Gibbs
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish top 10 in every race this season
2 Finished top 20 every race this season: AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs
2 Finished on lead lap every race this season: AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs
Most laps led this season: 325 Ty Gibbs (311 Laps led last 2 races – 61%)
Most wins by a team this season: 4 Joe Gibbs Racing
1-Sam Mayer best JR Motorsports finisher 3 of last 4 races
9-Noah Gragson: 3 Stage wins this season (Most) – 1 Win this season (Phoenix March)
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 3rd at Martinsville – Won Dash 4 Cash bonus
54-Ty Gibbs: 3 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
54-Ty Gibbs: 3 Straight poles (COTA, Richmond & Martinsville April)
54-Ty Gibbs: 2 Wins by last lap pass (Atlanta March & Richmond April) – 1 Loss by last lap pass (Martinsville April)
54-Ty Gibbs: Final pass for lead with 3 or fewer laps to go 4 of 7 career wins
6 Different winners in 8 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek) & Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs)
3 of last 4 races settled by last lap pass – Looking ahead: 12 Talladega races settled by last lap pass
Dash 4 Cash winners: Sam Mayer (Richmond) & AJ Allmendinger (Martinsville)
Dash 4 Cash Talladega: AJ Allmendinger, Landon Cassill, Austin Hill & Brandon Jones
4 Different pole winners this season – Ty Gibbs 3, AJ Allmendinger 2, Bayne 1 & Hemric 1
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
6 of 8 races won by drivers starting in first 2 rows this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – AJ Allmendinger at COTA
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
3 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Auto Club (Cole Custer winner), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs winner) & Martinsville April (Brandon Jones winner)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
6 of 8 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season