NASCAR Information Sunday, August 21, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Watkins Glen
Kyle Larson
Watkins Glen winner – Started 2nd, finished 30th in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2, only final 5 laps led
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (2 Stops) 17 (G) & 56 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Best free pass finisher: Denny Hamlin 20th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Cindric 13th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Christopher Bell 8th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 8th
Best Stewart-Haas: Cole Custer 11th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
This season
Most wins: 4 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Ross Chastain & Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 7 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Chase Elliott, Ross Chastain & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 8 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 17 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 12 Ryan Blaney
Most laps led: 688 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 455 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 19 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 9 Hendrick Motorsports
1-Ross Chastain: Finished 18th or worse last 5 races
15 Different winners in 25 races this season – 8 With multiple wins this season
2 Different winners in 2 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500) & Ross Chastain (Talladega April)
13 Different pole winners this season –
Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson lead all with 3 pole wins
6 Won first career pole this season –
Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Cole Custer & Bubba Wallace
Chase Elliott only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Atlanta July
Joey Logano won Stage 2 in 3 races this season including last 2 – Failed to win all 3 races
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
First career win for 5 this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March), Ross Chastain (Austin),
Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
4 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Tyler Reddick (Indy Road Course)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 14 of 25 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 10 of 25 races this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
Most recent Rookie of the Year contenders to win:
Austin Cindric (2022 Daytona 500), Cole Custer (2020 Kentucky), Chris Buescher (2016 Pocono) & Joey Logano (2009 New Hampshire)
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
15 of 25 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .036 Seconds – Austin Cindric over Bubba Wallace (Daytona 500)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Ty Gibbs
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 12 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 19 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 15 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 555 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 19 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 9 JR Motorsports
10 Different winners in 22 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 races – Hill, Allgaier, Gragson, Allmendinger, Gibbs & Larson
2 Different winners in 2 superspeedway races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.) & Noah Gragson (Talladega April)
Noah Gragson: 10 Stage wins this season (Most) – 3 Wins this season
JR Motorsports: 25 Stage wins this season
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
First career win for 1 this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.)
2 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 10 of 22 races this season
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek), Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs) &
Road America (Ty Gibbs passed Kyle Larson)
5 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Closest finish this season: Atlanta July – Austin Hill finished .111 seconds ahead of Josh Berry