NASCAR Information Sunday, April 17, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
One-Quarter of season complete 9 of 36 races
Bristol Dirt
Kyle Busch
Bristol Dirt winner – Started 11th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 2, 248 laps in top 10 (most), avg. running pos.: 4.8 (best), only final lap led
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Busch 5th & 5th, Christopher Bell 3rd & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Cole Custer 13th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 4th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Cole Custer 13th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
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
Most races led: 8 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 4 Hendrick Motorsports
8 Different winners in 9 races this season – William Byron only driver with multiple wins this season
Alex Bowman, William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to win in first 9 races this season & last season
Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins at this point last season – Only 1 top 5 finish this season
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
6 Different pole winners this season – Ryan Blaney only driver with multiple pole wins (3)
Stage 2 winner failed to win every race this season
2 Won races this season without winning Stage 1 & 2 in any race – Kyle Busch & Austin Cindric
First career win for 3 this season – Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March) & Ross Chastain (COTA)
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; Kyle Busch 14-1
Tyler Reddick passed for final lead change 2 of last 4 races
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 7 of 9 races this season
1 Race settled by last lap pass this season – Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner)
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3 times
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 41
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .036 Seconds – Austin Cindric over Bubba Wallace (Daytona 500)
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