NASCAR Information Sunday, April 9, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Bristol Dirt
Christopher Bell
Bristol Dirt winner – Started 4th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 100 laps led (most), avg. running pos: 4th (best)
Stage 1 winner: Kyle Larson 35th
Stage 2 winner: Tyler Reddick 2nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 3rd, Austin Dillon 2nd & 2nd, Kyle Busch 3rd & 5th
Passed for final lead change: Tyler Reddick
Winner final laps led: Christopher Bell 100
Cautions: 14
Longest green run: 28 Laps (208-235)
Best free pass finisher: Todd Gilliland 8th (2nd week in-a-row best free pass finisher)
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Corey LaJoie 30th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: William Byron 13th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 5th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 19th
Season
Most wins this season: 2 William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell
Best average finish this season: 9.9 Alex Bowman
Most laps led this season: 438 Kyle Larson
Career Laps Led
Kyle Busch: 45 from 19,000
William Byron: 10 from 2000
Kevin Harvick: 56 from 16,000
2023
7 Different winners in 8 races this season – William Byron only driver with multiple wins
William Byron won Stage 1 in 4 of last 6 races
William Byron leads all with 5 Stage wins this season
5 of 8 races won by drivers starting in first 2 rows this season
First win of season for last 4 winners
5 Different winners last 5 races – William Byron, Joey Logano, Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson & Christopher Bell
4 Different teams won last 4 races – Team Penske, 23XI Racing, Hendrick Motorsports & Joe Gibbs Racing
3 Different Hendrick Motorsports drivers started first last 3 races – Byron (Austin), Bowman (Richmond) & Larson (Bristol Dirt)
Leader of most laps failed to win 4 of 8 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 6 races
4 of 8 races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 3
Ty Gibbs best Rookie finisher last 7 races – 4 Straight top 10 finishes
7 Different winners last 7 paved short track races – Bowman, Hamlin, Byron, Harvick, Buescher, Bell & Larson
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 37
Hendrick Motorsports only team with multiple wins this season – 3 Wins last 6 races
Last 4 Joe Gibbs Racing wins all by Christopher Bell
Christopher Bell best Gibbs finisher 6 of 8 races this season
6 Different teams finished top 6 at Bristol Dirt – Gibbs, 23XI, Childress, JTG Daugherty, Stewart-Haas & Kaulig
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led this season: 204 Chandler Smith
Most races led this season: 6 John Hunter Nemechek
Chandler Smith: 4 Top 5 finishes last 6 races
John Hunter Nemechek: 3 Top 2 finishes in 7 races this season
Josh Berry: Finished 8th or better last 6 races
Kaz Grala: Best finish last 22 races: 4th – Richmond April
Cole Custer: 1 Top 5 finish last 10 races – Finished 5th at Richmond April
Sheldon Creed: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
Ryan Sieg: 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races – Finished 7th at Richmond April
Parker Kligerman: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 races
Austin Hill: Finished 9th or better 6 of 7 races this season
2023
5 Different winners in 7 races this season – Austin Hill only driver with multiple wins
Justin Allgaier (Winless) & Austin Hill (3 Wins) lead all with 3 Stage wins each this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win last 3 races
First career win for 2 this season – Sammy Smith (Phoenix March) & Chandler Smith (Richmond April)
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 6; 2022: 1; 2023: 2
2023 Dash 4 Cash winner: Justin Allgaier (Richmond)
Final lead change with 14 or fewer laps to go 5 of 7 races this season
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Fontana 2/26/22
Youngest winner: Sammy Smith – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 41
Josh Berry best JR Motorsports finisher 3 of last 4 races
Chandler Smith best Kaulig Racing finisher 4 of last 6 races
Sheldon Creed best Richard Childress Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races
Cole Custer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Richmond (Finished 5th) – First time best SHR finisher this season
Austin Hill won 2 closest races this season – Atlanta March (.085 Seconds) & Las Vegas March (.268 Seconds)
Last to win 1st & 2nd career races back-to-back: Austin Cindric – 2019 Watkins Glen & 2019 Mid-Ohio
DASH 4 CASH
2022 Winners: Sam Mayer (Richmond), AJ Allmendinger (Martinsville & Talladega) & Noah Gragson (Dover)
2021 Winners: Noah Gragson (Martinsville, Talladega & Darlington) & Josh Berry (Dover)
2020 Winners: Noah Gragson (Atlanta), AJ Allmendinger (Homestead-Miami) & Ross Chastain (Talladega & Pocono)
2019 Winners: Christopher Bell (Bristol & Dover), Cole Custer (Richmond) & Tyler Reddick (Talladega)
2018 Winners: Ryan Preece (Bristol), Elliott Sadler (Richmond), Elliott Sadler (Talladega) & Justin Allgaier (Dover)
2017 Winners: Justin Allgaier (Phoenix), Daniel Hemric (Bristol), Justin Allgaier (Richmond) & William Byron (Dover)
2016 Winners: Erik Jones (Bristol), Ty Dillon (Richmond), Erik Jones (Dover) & Justin Allgaier (Indianapolis)
2015 Winners: Regan Smith (Dover), Regan Smith (Indianapolis), Daniel Suárez (Bristol) & Daniel Suárez (Darlington)
2014 Winners: Regan Smith (New Hampshire), Brian Scott (Chicagoland), Ty Dillon (Indianapolis) & Trevor Bayne (Iowa)
2013 Winners: Daytona (Elliott Sadler), Austin Dillon (New Hampshire), Austin Dillon (Chicagoland) & Brian Vickers (Indianapolis)