NASCAR Information Sunday, April 27, 2025
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Christopher Bell
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 William Byron & Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 William Byron & Kyle Larson
Only driver to finish top 20 every race this season: Chase Elliott
Best average finish of drivers to compete in every race this season: 8.5 William Byron
Most Stage wins this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 506 Kyle Larson
Most laps led of winless drivers this season: 284 Joey Logano
Most races led this season: 8 William Byron
Only driver to complete every lap this season: 2793 Denny Hamlin
6 Different winners in 10 races this season
Kyle Larson only champion to win this season – Miami & Bristol
Champion that season didn’t win until race 12 or later last 3 seasons
Last to win from pole: Tyler Reddick 2024 Miami
Final lead change with 7 or fewer laps to go 7 of 10 races this season – 4 by last lap pass
Leader of most laps failed to win 7 of 10 races this season
4 of 10 races settled by last lap pass this season
6 Different winners last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Christopher Bell (Gibbs), Ross Chastain (Trackhouse), Joey Logano (Penske),
Tyler Reddick (23XI), Josh Berry (Wood Brothers) & Kyle Larson (Hendrick)
6 Different teams won last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Gibbs, Trackhouse, Penske, 23XI, Wood Brothers & Hendrick
Joe Gibbs Racing won 5 of last 9 races
All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 7th or better at Talladega
All 3 RFK Racing drivers finished 34th or worse at Talladega
Talladega 4/25
Austin Cindric
Talladega 4/25 winner – Lap 170 running 11th, lap 172 first lead, only final 7 of 17 laps led, avg. running pos.: 12.7
Winner pit stops: Austin Cindric – 5 Stops 49, 63, 111 (G), 123, 172 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Kyle Larson 2nd
Stage 2 winner: Bubba Wallace 8th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 2nd, Bubba Wallace 5th & 1st
Most points scored: Kyle Larson 54
Passed for final lead change: Ryan Preece 38th
Winner final laps led: Austin Cindric 1
Lead changes: 67
Cautions: 4
Failed to finish: 5
Best free pass finisher: Daniel Suárez 9th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best starting rear of field finisher: J.J. Yeley 32nd
Longest green flag run: 62 Laps (127-188) 52 Minutes, 10 Seconds
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best Gibbs: Chase Briscoe 15th
Best 23XI: Bubba Wallace 8th
Best RFK: Chris Buescher 34th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 1st