NASCAR Information Sunday, April 14, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2024 Texas
Chase Elliott
2024 Texas winner – Started 24th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 39 laps led, avg. running pos.: 8.4
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott – 5 Stops 52, 84, 103, 139, 212 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Kyle Larson 21st
Stage 2 winner: Ross Chastain 32nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Briscoe 5th & 5th
Most points scored: 45 Chase Elliott 1st
Passed for final lead change: Denny Hamlin 30th
Winner final laps led: Chase Elliott 17
Lead changes: 23
Cautions: 16 (Tied Texas record)
Failed to finish: 6
Longest green run: 50 Laps (Lap 1-50)
Best free pass finisher: Kyle Busch 9th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ryan Blaney 33rd
Best starting rear of field finisher: Kyle Busch 9th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st
Best Gibbs: Ty Gibbs 13th
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 6th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 11th
Texas best finish this season:
Chase Briscoe 6th, Austin Dillon 8th, Chase Elliott 1st, Carson Hocevar 10th, Brad Keselowski 2nd
Texas worst finish this season:
Josh Berry 36th, Ryan Blaney 33rd, Alex Bowman 37th, Ross Chastain 32nd, Denny Hamlin 30th
8 Different winners last 8 Texas races –
Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, William Byron & Chase Elliott
Last 4 winners were first-time Texas winners – Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, William Byron & Chase Elliott
15 Scored first win of season at Texas
Most Texas cautions: 16 (2022 & ‘24)
Most wins this season: 3 William Byron
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 William Byron
Best average finish this season: 9.9 Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led this season: 531 Kyle Larson
Most laps led by winless driver this season: 352 Martin Truex Jr.
Denny Hamlin only driver to lead laps every race this season
6 Different winners in 9 races this season
Kyle Larson: Pole, Stage 1 winner & 307 laps led last 3 races – Winless all 3 races
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 5 races
Kyle Larson: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
William Byron: 3 Wins this season – No Stage wins
Brad Keselowski: Finished 2nd in 4 races since last win – Talladega 4/21
Ford: 3 of 18 Stage wins this season – 2 at Atlanta & 1 in Daytona 500
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
6 Races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
57 Races by Daniel Suárez at Atlanta & 42 Races by Chase Elliott at Texas
1 Race settled by last lap pass this season – Atlanta Feb. (Daniel Suárez winner),
Last Ford win: Ryan Blaney at Martinsville 10/23
Last 3 races ended in Overtime – Richmond March, Martinsville April & Texas
Carson Hocevar best Rookie finisher last 2 races
Youngest winner: William Byron – 26
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 43
No Joe Gibbs Racing driver finished top 10 at Martinsville & Texas – First time no JGR finisher in top 10 this season
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Hill & Chandler Smith
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Chandler Smith
Chandler Smith only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
Most laps led this season: 268 Chandler Smith
6 Different winners in 8 races this season – Austin Hill & Chandler Smith have multiple wins
Closest finishes:
1: .0004 seconds
Tyler Reddick over Elliott Sadler (Daytona 2/18)
2: .002
Buckshot Jones over Mike McLaughlin (1996 Milwaukee)
Terry Labonte over Joe Nemechek (1999 Talladega)
Sam Mayer over Ryan Sieg (2024 Texas)
Justin Allgaier & Jesse Love: 3 Stage wins each this season – No race wins
2024 Dash 4 Cash winners: Aric Almirola (Martinsville) & Sam Mayer (Texas)
1 Won consecutive races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb. & Atlanta Feb.)
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 5 of 8 races this season
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Austin (Kyle Larson passed Austin Hill & Shane van Gisbergen) & Texas (Sam Mayer passed Ryan Sieg)
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 2
Jesse Love best Rookie finisher last 5 races
Youngest winner: Sam Mayer – 20
Oldest winner: Aric Almirola – 40
Sam Mayer best JR Motorsports finisher last 2 races