NASCAR Information Sunday, August 18, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2024 Michigan
Tyler Reddick
2024 Michigan winner – Started 2nd, finished 12th in Stage 1 & 27th in Stage 2, 15 laps led including final 2
Winner pit stops: Tyler Reddick – 4 Stops Lap 40, 85 (G), 112, 162 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Ryan Blaney 18th
Stage 2 winner: Kyle Busch 4th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 3rd & 4th
Most points scored: William Byron 50
Passed for final lead change: William Byron 2nd
Winner final laps led: Tyler Reddick 2
Lead changes: 26
Cautions: 7
Failed to finish: 6
Best free pass finisher: Denny Hamlin 9th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Zane Smith 7th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Longest green flag run: 54 Laps (56-109 & 142-195)
Best Hendrick: William Byron 2nd
Best Gibbs: Ty Gibbs 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 11th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 18th
Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes this season: 7 William Byron, Kyle Larson & Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Tyler Reddick
Most top 10 finishes this season: 17 Tyler Reddick
Most Stage wins this season: 10 Christopher Bell
Most laps led this season: 896 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 489 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 18 Denny Hamlin
Most lead lap finishes this season: 23 Chase Elliott (Completed all but 1 lap – Bristol)
13 Different winners in 24 races this season
Ryan Blaney only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1-win each
Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher last 5 races
7 Different winners in last 7 races –
Christopher Bell, Joey Logano, Alex Bowman, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon & Tyler Reddick
Final lead change with 9 or fewer laps to go 14 races this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Atlanta Feb. (Daniel Suárez winner), Kansas May (Kyle Larson winner) & Richmond Aug. (Austin Dillon winner)
9 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 4 times
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
8 Races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 85 Austin Cindric at St. Louis, 80 Alex Bowman at Chicago
68 Austin Dillon at Richmond Aug., 57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb., 49 Joey Logano at Nashville &
42 Chase Elliott at Texas
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Shane van Gisbergen
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Sheldon Creed
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 10 Sheldon Creed
Most top 10 finishes this season: 16 Cole Custer
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 13 Sheldon Creed
Most laps led this season: 554 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 13 Justin Allgaier
14 Different winners in 21 races this season
Shane van Gisbergen only repeat winner last 10 races (3 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
7 Different winners last 7 races –
Sam Mayer, Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek, Shane van Gisbergen, Cole Custer, Riley Herbst & Justin Allgaier
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 11 of 21 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season
#20 Wins this season:
John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March & Nashville, Aric Almirola Martinsville April, Ryan Truex Dover, Christopher Bell New Hampshire
Justin Allgaier: 11 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
First career win for 2 this season – Jesse Love (Talladega April) & Shane van Gisbergen (Portland)
*Each Rookie drivers
2 Won consecutive races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb. & Atlanta Feb.) & Shane van Gisbergen (Portland & Sonoma)
9 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 5