NASCAR Information Sunday, April 11, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Martinsville
Martin Truex Jr.
Martinsville April winner – Started 7th, Finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2, 20 laps led, first lead on lap 455, 20 of final 46 laps led
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. (8 Stops) Lap 39, 134, 242, 264, 291, 323, 373, 454
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (141-241)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney (1st & 1st), Denny Hamlin (2nd & 2nd), Martin Truex Jr. (3rd & 3rd), Chase Elliott (4th & 4th)
Rear of field: Tyler Reddick 8th, James Davison 22nd, Daniel Suarez 32nd, Justin Haley 35th, Corey LaJoie 37th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 9th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 6th
Martinsville race time: 3:54:25 – Longest this season
15 Cautions at Martinsville – Most this season
9 Green flag runs of 9 laps or less at Martinsville
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers won 3 most recent multi-day races –
Denny Hamlin (2020 Daytona 500), Kyle Busch (Texas 10/20) & Martin Truex Jr. (Martinsville 4/21)
Most wins this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr.
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Chase Elliott & Joey Logano
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Denny Hamlin (Winless) – Kyle Larson 2nd most with 4 top 5 finishes
Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 Denny Hamlin
Only 3 finished top 20 every race this season: Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 3 Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season: 4.5 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 487 Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
Joey Logano only winning driver after 8 races last season & this season
MOST RECENT MULTI-DAY RACES
| Started | Finished | Race | Winner | |
| 5/4/02 | 5/5/02 | Richmond | Tony Stewart | 66 Laps Run on 5/4 |
| 10/26/03 | 10/27/03 | Atlanta | Jeff Gordon | 39 Laps Run on 10/26 |
| 2/24/08 | 2/25/08 | Auto Club | Carl Edwards | 88 Laps run on 2/24 |
| 8/20/16 | 8/21/16 | Bristol | Kevin Harvick | 48 Laps run on 8/20 |
| 4/15/18 | 4/16/18 | Bristol | Kyle Busch | 204 Laps run on 4/15 |
| 10/13/19 | 10/14/19 | Talladega | Ryan Blaney | 57 Laps run on 10/13 |
| 2/16/20 | 2/17/20 | Daytona | Denny Hamlin | 20 Laps run on 2/16 |
| 10/25/20 | 10/28/20 | Texas | Kyle Busch | 52 Laps run on 10/25 |
| 4/10/21 | 4/11/21 | Martinsville | Martin Truex Jr. | 42 Laps run on 4/10 |
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Top 10 finishes this season (3 Laps led) – No top 10 finishes last 5 races (Avg. finish: 22.0)
2-Brad Keselowski: 4 Wins last season (4th most) – 1 Win after 8 races last season (Winless this season)
2-Brad Keselowski: Winless last 16 races – Last win: 2020 Richmond
2-Brad Keselowski: 5 Finishes outside top 10 this season – 3 Straight finishes outside top 10
4-Kevin Harvick: 9 Wins last season (Most) – 1 Win after 8 races last season (Winless this season)
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher every race this season
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 9th at Martinsville – Only Stewart-Haas Racing driver in top 15
4-Kevin Harvick: No top 5 finishes last 5 races
4-Kevin Harvick: Winless last 15 races – Last win: Bristol 9/20
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 7th or better 5 of last 6 races – 4 Top 5 finishes
8-Tyler Reddick: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 3 Straight (2020)
8-Tyler Reddick: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Finishes of 22nd or worse
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Wins last season (3rd most) – 1 Win after 8 races last season (Winless this season)
9-Chase Elliott: Winless last 8 races (3 Wins previous 5 races) – Last win: Phoenix 11/20
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 2nd at Martinsville – 100th career top 10 finish
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 2nd in 2 races since last win (Phoenix 11/20) – 2021 Daytona 500 & Martinsville
9-Chase Elliott: 73 Laps led this season – No laps led last 4 races
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 20th or worse 6 races this season including last 3
11-Denny Hamlin: 7 Wins last season (2nd most) – 2 Wins after 8 races last season (Winless this season)
11-Denny Hamlin: Winless last 13 races (3 Wins previous 13 races) – Last win: Talladega 10/20
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Straight top 5 finishes (Finished 4th or better all 5) – Career-long streak: 6 Straight (2019)
11-Denny Hamlin: Most laps led (276) & passed for final lead change at Martinsville – Finished 3rd
11-Denny Hamlin: 276 Laps led at Martinsville – 211 Laps led previous 7 races this season
11-Denny Hamlin: Failed to win last 3 races after leading most laps – Las Vegas 9/20, 2021 Daytona 500 & Martinsville 4/21
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Straight races led – 384 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney: 157 Laps led at Martinsville – 61 Laps led previous 7 races this season
12-Ryan Blaney: Winless in 8 races after leading 100 or more laps
12-Ryan Blaney: Stage 1 & 2 winner in 3 races (2 at Texas & 1 at Martinsville) – Failed to win all 3 races
18-Kyle Busch: Winless last 10 races – Last win: Texas 10/20 (2 Top 5 finishes & 12 laps led since last win)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 of last 4 wins came at Martinsville – 4 of last 5 wins came on short tracks
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins last 4 races – Winless previous 29 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Only repeat winner last 9 races (2 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins this season (Only 1 win all last season) – No top 5 finishes in first 9 races last season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 27 Wins last 7 seasons – 2 Wins previous 9 full seasons
20-Christopher Bell: 64 Career laps led – 46 Laps led this season
21-Matt DiBenedetto:
4 Straight top 15 finishes (Avg. finish: 12.5) – Finished 16th or worse previous 4 races this season (Avg. finish: 28.5)
22-Joey Logano: 3 Wins last season (5th most) – 2 Wins after 8 races last season (2021 Bristol Dirt winner)
22-Joey Logano: Only driver with wins after 8 races in 2020 & ‘21
23-Bubba Wallace: 30 Laps led this season – Career-high
24-William Byron: 6 Straight top 10 finishes (Career-long streak) – No top 10 finishes in 5 Richmond races
24-William Byron: Best finish last 5 races: 4th – Martinsville
24-William Byron: 138 Laps led this season – Career-high: 140 (2020)
48-Alex Bowman: 3 Top 10 finishes this season (Only 1 lap led this season) – 4 Finishes of 22nd or worse
7 Different winners in 8 races this season
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
*Martin Truex Jr.: 29 Career wins – Back-to-back wins once (Las Vegas 9/19 & Richmond 9/19)
Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Win last 23 short track races – Chase Elliott Martinsville 11/20
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished top 5 at Martinsville – Alex Bowman finished 34th
*William Byron only leader – 9 Laps led
Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Wins this season – Leads all teams
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10 at Martinsville – 296 of 500 Laps led
Joe Gibbs Racing (8) & Team Penske (5) won 13 of last 15 short track races
Stewart-Haas Racing: No laps led last 7 races
Team Penske: Only 1 top 10 finisher at Martinsville (Joey Logano 6th) – 163 Laps led
Leader of most laps failed to win 6 of 8 races this season – Including last 4 races
No winner started front row this season
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 19 races – Last to win Stage 1: Kevin Harvick (Dover 8/23/20)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Daniel Hemric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 4 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 4.6 Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 288 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 6 Austin Cindric
All 4 JR Motorsports drivers finished top 10 at Martinsville – First time all 4 finished top 10 in a race this season
12 Cautions at Martinsville – Most this season
1-Michael Annett: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – No top 10 finishes first 3 races this season
2-Myatt Snider: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Homestead-Miami winner
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – No top 10 finishes first 4 races this season
8-Josh Berry: Martinsville winner – Failed to finish previous 2 races
8-Josh Berry: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Finishes of 27th or worse
9-Noah Gragson: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 4 Finishes of 28th or worse
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 28th or worse first 3 races this season – 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 races
10-Jeb Burton: Finished outside top 10 last 2 races – Finished top 10 previous 5 races this season
11-Justin Haley: 5 Top 10 finish last 6 races
16-AJ Allmendinger: 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 races – Finished 13th at Martinsville
18-Daniel Hemric: 6 Top 10 finishes in 7 races this season (148 Laps led – 2nd most) – 4 Top 3 finishes last 6 races
19-Brandon Jones: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – 3 Finishes of 33rd or worse
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 13th or better 6 of 7 races this season – 5 Top 10 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 6th or better 6 of 7 races this season
6 Different winners in 7 races this season – 3 First-time winners
6 Different winners in last 6 races – Gibbs, Snider, Allmendinger, Cindric, Allgaier & Berry
First career win for 3 this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course), Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami) & Josh Berry (Martinsville April)
Dash 4 Cash winner: Noah Gragson (Martinsville)