NASCAR Information Sunday, April 18, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Richmond
Alex Bowman
Richmond April winner – Started 24th, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, lap 240 uncontrolled tire, only led final 10 laps
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman (8 Stops) 32, 84, 137 (Green), 185 (Green), 240, 290 (Green), 340 (Green), 383
Longest green flag run: 134 Laps (248-381)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin (1st & 1st), Martin Truex Jr. (2nd & 2nd), Joey Logano (3rd & 3rd)
Rear of field: None
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 1st
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 6th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
Joe Gibbs Racing: 315 of 400 laps led at Richmond – All 4 finished 8th or better
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: 5 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Denny Hamlin (Winless) – 3 Others tied for 2nd with 4 top 5 finishes
Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Only 2 finished top 20 every race this season: Denny Hamlin & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Best average finish this season: 4.2 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 694 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Denny Hamlin is only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
| WINS | 2020 | 2021 |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 9 | 0 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 7 | 0 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 5 | 0 |
| BRAD KESELOWSKI | 4 | 0 |
| ACTIVE WIN LEADERS | CAREER WINS | 2021 |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 58 | 0 |
| KYLE BUSCH | 57 | 0 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 44 | 0 |
| BRAD KESELOWSKI | 34 | 0 |
| KURT BUSCH | 32 | 0 |
| WINLESS STREAK | LAST WIN | |
| BRAD KESELOWSKI | 17 | 2020 RICHMOND |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 16 | BRISTOL 9/20 |
| KURT BUSCH | 15 | LAS VEGAS 9/20 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 14 | TALLADEGA 10/20 |
| KYLE BUSCH | 11 | TEXAS 10/20 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 9 | PHOENIX 11/20 |
| ALEX BOWMAN | |||||||||
| 2020 | DAYTONA | DAYTONA ROAD | MIAMI | LAS VEGAS | PHOENIX | ATLANTA | BRISTOL DIRT | MARTINSVILLE | RICHMOND |
| FINISH | 35TH | 10TH | 9TH | 27TH | 13TH | 3RD | 22ND | 34TH | 1ST |
| LAPS LED | 1 | 10 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | |||||||||
| 2020 | DAYTONA | DAYTONA ROAD | MIAMI | LAS VEGAS | PHOENIX | ATLANTA | BRISTOL DIRT | MARTINSVILLE | RICHMOND |
| FINISH | 5TH | 3RD | 11TH | 4TH | 3RD | 4TH | 3RD | 3RD | 2ND |
| LAPS LED | 98 | 5 | 47 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 276 | 207 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | |||||||||
| 2020 | DAYTONA | DAYTONA ROAD | MIAMI | LAS VEGAS | PHOENIX | ATLANTA | BRISTOL DIRT | MARTINSVILLE | RICHMOND |
| FINISH | 2ND | 21ST | 14TH | 13TH | 5TH | 38TH | 10TH | 2ND | 12TH |
| LAPS LED | 3 | 44 | 4 | 22 |
1-Kurt Busch: No top 10 finishes last 6 races – Average finish: 20.5
2-Brad Keselowski: No top 10 finishes last 4 races – Average finish: 21.5
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 24th at Richmond – Worst finish this season
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 18th at Richmond – Average running position: 20.6
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 12th at Richmond – 88 Laps 1-lap down
10-Aric Almirola: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 6th at Richmond
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 6th at Richmond – Only Stewart-Haas Racing finisher in top 20
11-Denny Hamlin: 483 Laps led last 2 races (Finished 3rd & 2nd) – Passed for final lead change both races
11-Denny Hamlin: Led most laps 3 races this season – Failed to win all 3
11-Denny Hamlin: 6 Straight top 5 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2019)
11-Denny Hamlin: 6 Straight races led – 591 Laps led
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Stage 1 & 2 wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
11-Denny Hamlin: Best Joe Gibbs Racing & Toyota finisher 3 of last 4 races
18-Kyle Busch: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties longest streak this season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Only repeat winner last 10 races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins last 5 races – 253 Laps led last 3 races
20-Christopher Bell: 1 Top 5 finish last 7 races – Finished 4th at Richmond
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 9th at Richmond
22-Joey Logano: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 3 finishes
22-Joey Logano: Finished 3rd at Richmond – Only Team Penske driver in top 10
22-Joey Logano: Best Team Penske & Ford finisher last 3 races
24-William Byron: 7 Straight top 10 finishes (Career-long streak) – Longest current streak
48-Alex Bowman: Richmond winner – Ended 41-race winless streak
48-Alex Bowman: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 4 Finishes of 22nd or worse
48-Alex Bowman: 11 Laps led this season – Led final 10 laps at Richmond
48-Alex Bowman: Best Chevrolet finisher at Richmond (Winner) – First time best Chevrolet finisher this season
48-Alex Bowman: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher in 2 races this season – Daytona Road Course & Richmond
48-Greg Ives: 6 Wins as crew chief – First win: Talladega 5/15 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.)
8 Different winners in 9 races this season
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .381 Seconds – Alex Bowman over Denny Hamlin (Richmond)
Hendrick Motorsports: 2 Wins last 4 short track races – Winless previous 20 short track races
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
No winner started front row this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 7 of 9 races this season – Including last 5 races
1 Race settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 20 races – Last to win Stage 1: Kevin Harvick (Dover 8/23/20)
5 Winless streaks of 28 races or longer ended this season
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Martin Truex Jr. – 40
Stewart-Haas Racing: No laps led last 8 races
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: 6 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)