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