NASCAR Information Sunday, April 23, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Talladega
Kyle Busch
Talladega April winner – Started 17th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 3 laps led, avg. running pos.: 16.5
Winner pit stops: Kyle Busch – 7 Lap 39 (G), 63, 66, 103 (G), 123, 124, 144
Stage 1 winner: Chase Elliott 12th
Stage 2 winner: Aric Almirola 22nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Elliott 1st & 2nd
Most points scored: 44 Chase Elliott
Passed for final lead change: Bubba Wallace Finished 28th
Winner final laps led: Kyle Busch 1
Cautions: 8
Longest green run: 54 Laps (68-121)
Best free pass finisher: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Todd Gilliland 10th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 7th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 8th
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Season
Most wins this season: 2 Kyle Busch, William Byron & Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ryan Blaney & Joey Logano
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell
Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 Christopher Bell
Most laps led this season: 468 Kyle Larson
Most laps led without a win this season: 155 Denny Hamlin
Most races led this season: 8 Brad Keselowski
Ryan Blaney (2nd) – Finished 2nd in 4 races since last win
Chris Buescher (3rd) – Lap 62 running over equipment penalty
Chase Briscoe (4th) – Lap 41 pit in spin & 2 free passes
Brad Keselowski (5th) – Involved in final lap crash
Erik Jones (6th) – Running 32nd on lap 179
William Byron (7th) – Running 26th on lap 188
Christopher Bell (8th) – Running 31st on lap 183
Daniel Suárez (9th) – 5 To go of scheduled distance involved in crash
Todd Gilliland (10th) – Started rear of field, lap 62 over-the-wall too soon penalty
Talladega
7 Different winners last 7 Talladega races –
Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott & Kyle Busch
Chevrolet 3 straight Talladega wins – Winless previous 5 Talladega races
12 Different winners in last 12 Superspeedway races –
Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott,
Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Bubba Wallace
32 Talladega races settled by last lap pass including last 3
Kyle Busch: 1-1 Record in Talladega races settled by last lap pass
18 Talladega Overtime finishes
Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 10 of last 13 Talladega Overtime races
Hendrick Motorsports leads all teams with 14 Talladega wins – 7 Drivers
Richard Childress Racing: 13 Talladega wins – 3 Drivers
Career Laps Led
Kyle Busch: 42 from 19,000
William Byron: 9 from 2000
Kevin Harvick: 25 from 16,000
2023
7 Different winners in 10 races this season – Kyle Busch, William Byron & Kyle Larson 2 wins each
William Byron leads all with 5 Stage wins this season
5 of 10 races won by drivers starting in first 2 rows this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 6 of 10 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 8 races
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Atlanta March (Joey Logano winner) & Talladega April (Kyle Busch winner)
Christopher Bell best Toyota finisher 5 of 10 races this season
Ryan Blaney best Ford finisher 2 races this season – Phoenix & Talladega
5 of 10 races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 4
Ty Gibbs best Rookie finisher last 9 races
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 37
3 Races finished under caution this season – Daytona 500, Bristol Dirt & Talladega April
Hendrick Motorsports (4) & Richard Childress Racing (2) only teams with multiple wins this season
Last 4 Joe Gibbs Racing wins all by Christopher Bell
Chase Briscoe best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 4 races this season including last 3
Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher twice this season – Phoenix & Talladega
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 5 races
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 4 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill (3 Wins first 5 races – Winless last 4 races)
Most laps led this season: 340 John Hunter Nemechek (Career-high)
6 Different winners in 9 races this season – Austin Hill (3) & John Hunter Nemechek (2) only drivers with multiple wins
6 Different winners last 6 races – S. Smith, Hill, Allmendinger, C. Smith, Nemechek & Burton
Most lead changes this season: 28 – Talladega
Most failing to finish this season: 19 – Talladega
Justin Allgaier leads all with 4 Stage wins this season
Jeb Burton only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at Talladega
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) & Cole Custer (Talladega)
4 of 9 winners started on front row this season
Final lead change with 14 or fewer laps to go 6 of 9 races this season
Sheldon Creed passed for final lead change 2 of last 4 races
Best Toyota finisher at Talladega: Ryan Truex 19th
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Fontana 2/26/22
2 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won both
Youngest winner: Sammy Smith – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 41