NASCAR Information Sunday, April 16, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Martinsville
Kyle Larson
Martinsville April winner – Started 19th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 7th, only final 30 laps led
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson – Lap 85, 135, 185, 193 (G), 345
Stage 1 winner: Ryan Preece 15th
Stage 2 winner: Kevin Harvick 20th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Tyler Reddick 3rd & 4th, Chase Briscoe 5th & 2nd
Most points scored: Chase Briscoe 47
Passed for final lead change: Joey Logano 2nd
Winner final laps led: Kyle Larson 30
Cautions: 5
Longest green run: 111 Laps (193-303)
Best free pass finisher: Joey Logano 2nd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd
Best starting rear of field finisher: Joey Logano 2nd
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 5th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 2nd
Season
Most wins this season: 2 William Byron & Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Joey Logano
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell
Most top 10 finishes this season: 6 Christopher Bell & Alex Bowman
Most laps led this season: 468 Kyle Larson
Most laps led without a win this season: 150 Ross Chastain
Most races led this season: 7 Brad Keselowski
Kevin Harvick
Talladega: 800th career NASCAR Cup Series race – Richard Petty won in 800th career race (9/16/79 Dover)
*Richard Petty is only driver to win after 794 career starts – Final win came in 944th career start at Daytona 7/4/84
(Jeff Gordon won in 794th career start at Martinsville 11/15)
Kyle Larson: 2 Wins last 3 races
Joey Logano: 1 Win this season (Atlanta) – 3 Top 2 finishes
Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 3rd at Martinsville
Denny Hamlin: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 4th at Martinsville
Chase Briscoe: 2 Straight top 5 finishes – First back-to-back top 5 finishes (Most laps led in a race: 109 – Martinsville)
Aric Almirola: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 6th at Martinsville
Ryan Blaney: Finished 7th or better last 3 Martinsville races
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
Bubba Wallace: Best finish last 6 races: 9th – Martinsville
Ryan Preece: 135 Laps led at Martinsville – 29 Laps led previous 123 career races
Martinsville
58 Different winners in 149 NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville races
Driver starting first failed to win last 20 Martinsville races – Last to win from pole: Jimmie Johnson 4/13
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 12 Martinsville races (3 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
6 Different winners last 6 Martinsville races –
Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Alex Bowman, William Byron, Christopher Bell & Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports: 28 Martinsville wins by 9 drivers – Most all-time by a team at a single track
Hendrick Motorsports: 10,531 Laps led – Most all-time by a team at a single track
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 Martinsville races
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 5 Martinsville races
Driver pitted in stall 1 winless last 20 Martinsville races
Last 2 Martinsville winners pitted in stall 26 – Christopher Bell 10/22 & Kyle Larson 4/23
14 Won first career pole at Martinsville including Ryan Preece 4/23
Last Rookie of the Year contender to finish top 10 at Martinsville: Juan Pablo Montoya finished 8th 10/21/07
Martinsville pit road speeding penalties:
4/17: 9; 10/17: 5; 3/18: 8; 10/18: 4; 3/19: 6; 10/19: 7; 6/20: 6; 11/20: 10; 4/21 8; 10/21 11; 4/22 8; 10/22 2; 4/23 5
27 of the 35 NASCAR Cup Series champions won at Martinsville (95 Total wins)
8 Champions with no Martinsville wins
Career Laps Led
Kyle Busch: 45 from 19,000
William Byron: 10 from 2000
Kevin Harvick: 36 from 16,000
2023
7 Different winners in 9 races this season – William Byron & Kyle Larson 2 wins each
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 4 races
William Byron leads all with 5 Stage wins this season
Last to win consecutive races: William Byron (Las Vegas 3/23 & Phoenix 3/23)
5 of 9 races won by drivers starting in first 2 rows this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 5 of 9 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 7 races
Martin Truex Jr. best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher at Martinsville (Finished 3rd) – First time best JGR finisher this season
Martin Truex Jr. best Toyota finisher at Martinsville (Finished 3rd) – First time best Toyota finisher this season
4 of 9 races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 3
Ty Gibbs best Rookie finisher last 8 races
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 37
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .193 Seconds – Joey Logano over Brad Keselowski (Atlanta March)
Hendrick Motorsports only team with multiple wins this season – 4 Wins last 7 races
Last 4 Joe Gibbs Racing wins all by Christopher Bell
Chase Briscoe best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 3 races this season including last 2
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led this season: 340 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led without a win this season: 112 Josh Berry
Most races led this season: 7 John Hunter Nemechek
John Hunter Nemechek: 4 Top 2 finishes in 8 races this season
John Hunter Nemechek: 340 Laps led this season – Career-high
Sammy Smith: Finished 4th or better 3 of last 5 races
Cole Custer: 2 Straight top 5 finishes – No top 5 finishes previous 6 races this season
Josh Berry: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2022)
Brandon Jones: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 5th at Martinsville
Justin Allgaier: Finished 6th or better 5 of 8 races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
Daniel Hemric: 5 Top 10 finishes last 6 races
Brett Moffitt: 3 Top 10 finishes last 7 races
2023
5 Different winners in 8 races this season – Austin Hill (3) & John Hunter Nemechek (2) only drivers with multiple wins
5 Different winners last 5 races – Sammy Smith, Austin Hill, AJ Allmendinger, Chandler Smith & John Hunter Nemechek
Stage 1 winner went on to win last 4 races
First career win for 2 this season – Sammy Smith (Phoenix March) & Chandler Smith (Richmond April)
2023 Dash 4 Cash winners: Justin Allgaier (Richmond) & John Hunter Nemechek (Martinsville)
4 of 8 winners started on front row this season
Final lead change with 14 or fewer laps to go 5 of 8 races this season
Justin Allgaier passed for final lead change 3 races this season
John Hunter Nemechek best Toyota finisher 5 of 8 races this season
Josh Berry best Chevrolet finisher at Martinsville – First time best Chevrolet finisher this season
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Fontana 2/26/22
Youngest winner: Sammy Smith – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 41
John Hunter Nemechek best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 5 of 8 races this season
Josh Berry best JR Motorsports finisher 4 of last 5 races
Austin Hill won 2 closest races this season – Atlanta March (.085 Seconds) & Las Vegas March (.268 Seconds)