NASCAR Information Sunday, April 24, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Talladega April
Ross Chastain
Talladega April winner – Started 19th, lap 35 pit road speeding penalty, first caution free pass, avg. running pos.: 17th, only final lap led
Winner pit stops: Ross Chastain (5 Stops) 36 (Green), 62, 83, 122, 160 (Green)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 2nd & 3rd, William Byron 4th & 1st, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Ross Chastain 1st
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 4th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 11th
30 Talladega races settled by last lap pass
Talladega winner led only final lap 5 times:
Jeff Gordon 10/07, Brad Keselowski 4/09, Aric Almirola 10/18, Brad Keselowski 4/21 & Ross Chastain 4/22
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron & Ross Chastain
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Ross Chastain & Austin Dillon
Most top 3 finishes: 5 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 7 Kyle Busch & Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 520 William Byron
Most races led: 9 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 4 Hendrick Motorsports
1-Ross Chastain: 2 Wins last 5 races – 5 Top 3 finishes in 10 races this season
1-Ross Chastain: 7 Dover races – Average finish: 28th, 1 lead lap finish & no laps led
3-Austin Dillon: 3 2nd-place finishes since last win – Texas 7/20
3-Austin Dillon: Finished 2nd at Talladega April – Started 14th, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 19th in Stage 2, running 14th with 3 to go
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 6th or better last 7 Dover races – 5 Top 5 finishes
5-Kyle Larson: 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 races – 2 Top 5 finishes previous 6 races this season
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 4th at Talladega April – Started 5th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 32 laps led, avg. running pos.: 4.77 (best)
7 Dover top 5 finishes, 10 top 10 finishes & 880 laps led – Most of all tracks
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
Finished 7th at Talladega April – Started 28th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, running 13th entering final lap
Finished 3rd at 2021 Dover – Started rear of field, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 9th or better last 4 races – 2 Straight top 3 finishes
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 3rd at Talladega April – Started 12th, finished 13th in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2, 3 laps led, running 15th with 3 to go
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins at this point last season – Winless this season with 2 top 5 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 5th at Talladega April – Started 2nd, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, running 12th with 6 to go
4 Top 2 finishes last 5 Dover races – Finished 19th (2021)
3 Dover wins – #1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet, #78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota & #19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
34-Michael McDowell: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 3 Straight (2021)
43-Erik Jones best finish last 8 races: 6th – Talladega
43-Erik Jones: Finished 6th at Talladega April – 10 Times led (most) for 25 laps, passed for lead on final lap
48-Alex Bowman: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Top 10 finishes last 6 races
8 Different winners in 10 races this season – William Byron & Ross Chastain only drivers with multiple wins this season
Alex Bowman, William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to win in first 10 races this season & last season
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
6 Different pole winners this season – Ryan Blaney leads all with 3 pole wins
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 5 races
Stage 2 winner failed to win every race this season
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; Ross Chastain 25-1
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 8 of 10 races this season
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner) & Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner)
Winner led only final lap last 2 races – Kyle Busch (Bristol Dirt) & Ross Chastain (Talladega)
8 of 10 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Talladega most competitive race this season: 25 Lead changes / 14 Drivers
16 Failed to finish Talladega – Most this season
Most wins this season: 3 Ty Gibbs
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish top 10 in every race this season
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
Most laps led this season: 330 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team this season: 4 Joe Gibbs Racing
Anthony Alfredo: 1 Top 10 finish last 7 races – Finished 6th at Talladega
AJ Allmendinger: 5 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak
AJ Allmendinger: 9 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
Landon Cassill: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
Noah Gragson: 2 Wins last 6 races
Noah Gragson: 3 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
Riley Herbst: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Straight top 10 finishes
Ryan Sieg: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2021)
6 Different winners in 9 races this season
5 Different pole winners this season – Ty Gibbs 3, AJ Allmendinger 2, Bayne 1, Earnhardt 1 & Hemric 1
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – AJ Allmendinger at COTA
Dash 4 Cash winners: Sam Mayer (Richmond) & AJ Allmendinger (Martinsville & Talladega)
Dash 4 Cash Dover: AJ Allmendinger, Landon Cassill, Noah Gragson & Ryan Sieg
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
6 of 9 races won by drivers starting in first 2 rows this season
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 5 of 9 races this season including last 3 races
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 5 races settled by last lap pass
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
7 of 9 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season