NASCAR Information Sunday, April 25, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Talladega
Brad Keselowski
Talladega April winner – Started 10th, finished 19th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 1 lap led, lap 60 involved in crash, avg. running pos.: 8th
Winner pit stops: Brad Keselowski (8 Stops) Lap 27, 60, 61, 64, 92 (Green), 122, 159 (Green), 173
Longest green flag run: 46 Laps (127-172)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Rear of field: 7 – Bell 17th, Wallace 19th, Burton 20th, McLeod 25th, Ware 28th, Truex Jr. 31st, Hamlin 32nd
Best Hendrick: William Byron 2nd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 17th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 4th
Best Team Penske: Brad Keselowski 1st
Margin-of-Victory: .102 – Closest this season
35 Lead changes & 17 Leaders – Season high
9 Pit road speeding penalties by 7 drivers – 2nd most this season (11 Penalties & 10 Drivers at Phoenix)
First win of season for 13 of last 14 Superspeedway winners
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) – 4 Others tied for 2nd with 4 top 5 finishes
Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Denny Hamlin & William Byron
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race this season: 7.0 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 737 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
| WINS | 2020 | 2021 |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 9 | 0 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 7 | 0 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 5 | 0 |
| ACTIVE WIN LEADERS | CAREER WINS | 2021 |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 58 | 0 |
| KYLE BUSCH | 57 | 0 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 44 | 0 |
| WINLESS STREAK | LAST WIN | |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 17 | BRISTOL 9/20 |
| KURT BUSCH | 16 | LAS VEGAS 9/20 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 15 | TALLADEGA 10/20 |
| KYLE BUSCH | 12 | TEXAS 10/20 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 10 | PHOENIX 11/20 |
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Win this season Talladega April
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 4th at Talladega – Tied best 2021 finish
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 5th at Talladega – Best finish this season
16-Kaz Grala: Finished 6th at Talladega – Best career finish
41-Cole Custer: Finished 10th at Talladega – Best finish this season
14-Chase Briscoe: Finished 11th at Talladega – Best career finish
38-Anthony Alfredo: Finished 12th at Talladega – Best career finish
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 20th at Talladega – First career race
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 31st at Talladega – Worst finish this season
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 32nd at Talladega – Worst finish this season
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 33rd at Talladega – Worst finish this season
48-Alex Bowman: Finished 38th at Talladega – Worst finish this season
22-Joey Logano: Finished 39th at Talladega – Worst finish this season
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 40th at Talladega – Worst finish this season
1-Kurt Busch: Finished outside top 10 last 7 races – Average finish: 22.6
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Wins by last lap pass – Only 1 lap led 3 wins
2-Brad Keselowski: 4-0 in races settled by last lap pass at Talladega (Never led into final lap & passed for win)
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Talladega wins – Tied for 2nd all-time with Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Jeff Gordon (Dale Earnhardt 10)
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Talladega winner
3-Austin Dillon: 2783 of 2785 laps completed this season – Leads all drivers
3-Austin Dillon: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: Talladega pit road speeding penalty – First since Kansas 10/18
4-Kevin Harvick: 1 Top 5 finish last 7 races – Finished 4th at Talladega
4-Kevin Harvick: 29 Laps led this season – 17 in Daytona 500 & 12 at Talladega
5-Kyle Larson: Failed to finish 1 race this season – Talladega
8-Tyler Reddick: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
9-Chase Elliott: 76 Laps led this season – 3 Laps led last 6 races (All 3 laps led at Talladega)
10-Aric Almirola: 1 Race led this season – 16 Laps led at Talladega
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 32nd at Talladega – Finished 4th or better previous 6 races
11-Denny Hamlin: Led most laps last 3 races (526 Laps led) – Finished 3rd, 2nd & 32nd
11-Denny Hamlin: Led most laps 4 races this season – Failed to win all 4
11-Denny Hamlin: 7 Straight races led – 634 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 11th or better last 7 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
18-Kyle Busch: 3 of last 4 races led (14 Laps led) – No laps led previous 6 races this season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Only repeat winner last 11 races (2 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
20-Christopher Bell: Best Toyota finisher at Talladega – Finished 17th
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Career Stage win – Talladega April
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Passed for lead on final lap last 2 Talladega races
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished outside top 10 previous 8 races this season
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Race led this season – 28 Laps led at Talladega
22-Joey Logano: Failed to finish last 4 superspeedway races (All due to crashes) – Led all 4 races (117 Laps led)
*Failed to finish 5 of last 6 superspeedway races – All due to crashes
22-Joey Logano: Failed to finish 2 races this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega
22-Joey Logano: 4 Straight races led – 126 Laps led
23-Bubba Wallace: 1 Career Stage win – Talladega April
24-William Byron: 8 Straight top 10 finishes (Career-long streak) – Longest current streak
24-William Byron: Finished 2nd at Talladega – Only Hendrick Motorsports driver in top 20
24-William Byron: 150 Laps led this season – Career-high
34-Michael McDowell: 1 Top 5 finish last 9 races – Finished 3rd at Talladega
41-Cole Custer: 1 Top 15 finish last 8 races – Finished 10th at Talladega
43-Erik Jones: 1 Race led this season – 7 Laps led at Talladega
48-Alex Bowman: Failed to finish 3 races this season – Failed to finish 2 of last 3 races
9 Different winners in 10 races this season
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Custer, A. Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Logano, Kyle Busch, Byron. Larson & Blaney
3 Different winners in 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Ryan Blaney, William Byron & Kyle Larson
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .102 Seconds – Brad Keselowski over William Byron (Talladega)
Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of 10 races this season – Including last 6 races
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega April
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 21 races – Last to win Stage 1: Kevin Harvick (Dover 8/23/20)
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
No winner started front row this season
5 Winless streaks of 28 races or longer ended this season
2 Overtime races this season – Bristol Dirt Race & Talladega April
3 Wins each this season: Hendrick, Gibbs & Penske – Stewart-Haas Racing winless this season (10 Last season – Most)
Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Top 20 finisher at Talladega (William Byron 2nd) – Rest finished 24th or worse (15 Laps led)
Joe Gibbs Racing: All 4 finished 17th or worse at Talladega – 51 Laps led (Martin Truex Jr. only driver with no laps led)
Stewart-Haas Racing: All 4 finished 15th or better at Talladega (2 Top 10 finishers) – 29 Laps led (Only 18 laps led into Talladega)
Team Penske: All 3 led Talladega – 2 Finished top 10 (22 Laps led)
Team Penske: 3 Wins by 3 different drivers last 5 races
Team Penske: 9 Wins last 14 Talladega races
Ford won 10 of last 12 Talladega races – Chevrolet won 4/19 (Chase Elliott) & Toyota won 10/20 (Denny Hamlin)
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Martin Truex Jr. – 40
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Cindric
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 4 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race this season: 4.3 Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 312 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 7 Austin Cindric
FATHER-SON NASCAR XFINITY SERIES WINNERS
| Blaney | Dave | Ryan |
| Burton | Jeff | Harrison |
| Burton | Ward | Jeb |
| Earnhardt | Dale | Dale Jr. |
| Elliott | Bill | Chase |
| Hamilton | Bobby | Bobby Jr. |
| Labonte | Terry | Justin |
| Nemechek | Joe | John Hunter |
| Pearson | David | Larry |
10-Jeb Burton 28 Years old (8/6/92) Halifax, VA
Kaulig Racing Chevrolet – 9 Wins / 2 This season
First full season
51 Career Xfinity Series races
Best career start: 1st – 2020 Indianapolis Road Course
1 Career win (51st race) – Talladega 4/21
Talladega April winner – Started 9th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 17th in Stage 2, avg. running pos. 5.9
1 Career Stage win – Daytona 2/20
1 Top 5 finish last 5 races – Talladega winner
10 Career top 5 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes last 9 races
4 Top 5 finishes this season – Career-high
10 Career top 5 finishes – 4 Superspeedway top 5 finishes (All 4 in last 5 races)
3 Straight superspeedway top 5 finishes
3rd Talladega NXS race
Finished 3rd at Talladega 6/20 – 8 Laps led & passed for lead on final lap
2013 Talladega NTS pole winner – Finished 18th
Ward Burton – Best Talladega NCS finish: 4th (10/99) & Best Talladega NXS finish: 8th (2007)
Kaulig Racing: 3 Talladega wins – Justin Haley 6/20, 10/20 & Jeb Burton 4/21
Dad Ward Burton won 2002 Daytona 500 when Jeb was 9 years old
“It was a really special day and I was just old enough to take it all in”
11/16/20: Racing fulltime for Kaulig Racing in 2021
| Jeb Burton Superspeedway Career | ||||
| Start | Finish | Status | ||
| 2/16 | Daytona | 21st | 25th | Running |
| 4/16 | Talladega | 12th | 17th | Running |
| 7/17 | Daytona | 17th | 4th | Running |
| 2/20 | Daytona | 4th | 23rd | Crash |
| 6/20 | Talladega | 8th | 3rd | Running |
| 2/21 | Daytona | 7th | 4th | Running |
| 4/21 | Talladega | 9th | 1st | Winner |
Talladega: 4 Cautions – Fewest this season
2-Myatt Snider: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 9th at Talladega
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 29th at Talladega
8-Josh Berry: Martinsville April winner – Finished 27th or worse in 4 races this season
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
11-Justin Haley: 6 Top 10 finishes last 7 races – Finished 8th last 3 races
16-AJ Allmendinger: 4 Top 5 finishes last 5 races – Finished 13th at Martinsville
19-Brandon Jones: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – 4 Finishes of 33rd or worse
20-Harrison Burton: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Avg. finish: 6.7
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Top 2 finishes this season – 2 Wins & 2 2nd-place finishes
39-Ryan Sieg: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 5th at Talladega
68-Brandon Brown: Finished 11th or better in 5 races this season – 4 Top 10 finishes
98-Riley Herbst: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 26th or worse in 4 races this season
7 Different winners in 8 races this season – 4 First-time winners
7 Different winners in last 7 races – Gibbs, Snider, Allmendinger, Cindric, Allgaier, Berry & J. Burton
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 6 races
2 Straight first-time winners – Only one streak of 3 or more first-time winners (First 6 winners in 1982)
First career win for 4 this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course), Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), Josh Berry (Martinsville April) & Jeb Burton (Talladega April)
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 4
5 Won first career race at Talladega –
Greg Sacks (1996), David Ragan (2009), Spencer Gallagher (2018), Justin Haley (6/20) & Jeb Burton (4/21)
Dash 4 Cash winners: Noah Gragson (Martinsville & Talladega)
3 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
1 Shortened race this season – Talladega April (Jeb Burton winner)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39