NASCAR Information Sunday, August 23, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 7 Kevin Harvick
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes: 17 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 11 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 21 Kevin Harvick
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 7 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 1111 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 286 Aric Almirola
Most races led: 18 Joey Logano
Most laps complete: 6491 of 6493 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap Dover Aug. 23: Kevin Harvick (6 Stops) 34, 73, 102, 188, 218, 291
Longest green flag run Dover Aug. 23: 80 Laps (107-186)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 Dover Aug. 23: Kevin Harvick (1st & 1st), Ryan Blaney (2nd & 5th)
Speeding Dover Aug. 23: 3 – Jimmie Johnson (3rd), Aric Almirola, Corey LaJoie
Rear of field Dover Aug. 23: 3 – Alex Bowman (5th), Kurt Busch, Garrett Smithley
Best HMS Dover Aug. 23: 3rd Jimmie Johnson
Best JGR Dover Aug. 23: 2nd Martin Truex Jr.
Best SHR Dover Aug. 23: 1st Kevin Harvick
Best TPR Dover Aug. 23: 6th Joey Logano
2 Finished top 5 each Dover race – Kevin Harvick (4th & 1st) & Martin Truex Jr. (2nd & 2nd)
5 Finished top 10 each Dover race – Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
14-Clint Bowyer
14th in Standings – 57 Ahead of 17th-Place Jimmie Johnson (14th – 66 Ahead of 17th before Dover)
21-Matt DiBenedetto
15th in Standings – 9 Ahead of 17th-Place Jimmie Johnson (15th – 57 Ahead of 17th before Daytona Road Course)
24-William Byron
16th in Standings – 4 Ahead of 17th-place Jimmie Johnson (16th – 25 Ahead of 17th before Dover)
48-Jimmie Johnson
17th in Standings – 4 Behind 16th-place William Byron (17th – 25 Behind 16th before Dover)
20-Erik Jones
18th in Standings – 50 Behind 16th-place William Byron (18th – 35 Behind 16th before Dover)
2-Brad Keselowski best finish last 4 races: 8th – Dover Aug. 23
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Stage 2 wins this season – Only 1 win after winning Stage 2 (New Hampshire)
3-Austin Dillon most laps led in a race: 49 – Dover Aug. 22
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Daytona wins – 43 Wins since last Daytona win (Winless last 19 Daytona races)
4-Kevin Harvick: 3 Wins last 5 races
4-Kevin Harvick: Won Stage 1, 2 & race twice this season – Michigan Aug. 8 & Dover Aug. 23
9-Chase Elliott worst finish this season: 39th – Dover Aug. 23
9-Chase Elliott: No top 10 finishes at Daytona – Only track
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 19th at Dover Aug. 23 – Finished 6th or better previous 6 races
11-Denny Hamlin: Won Stage 1, 2 & race twice this season – Miami June 14 & Dover Aug. 22
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
12-Ryan Blaney best finish last 4 races: 12th – Dover Aug. 23
12-Ryan Blaney: 1999 Career laps led – 1 to 2000
13-Ty Dillon: Finished 6th or better 3 of last 4 Daytona races – Finished 30th in 2020 Daytona 500
14-Clint Bowyer: 3 Stage wins this season – No race wins
17-Chris Buescher: 4 Top 10 finishes last 6 Daytona races – 3 Top 5 finishes last 5 Daytona races
18-Kyle Busch: 1 Daytona win 7/08 (10th career win) – 46 Wins since only Daytona win (Winless last 22 Daytona races)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2017 Champion & 27 career wins – Winless in 30 Daytona races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Straight top 3 finishes – 2 Straight 2nd-place finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Only driver to lead laps each Dover race – 28 Laps led
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 3 Daytona top 10 finishes (Most of all tracks) – Finished top 10 last 2 Coke Zero Sugar 400s
22-Joey Logano: 2 Wins this season (Las Vegas Feb. & Phoenix March) – Winless in 21 races since season restart
22-Joey Logano: Best Team Penske finisher last 4 races
22-Joey Logano: Finished 9th or better last 6 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
24-William Byron: Finished 2nd in 2019 Coke Zero Sugar 400 – Crashed out 3 of last 4 Daytona races
24-William Byron: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 4th at Dover Aug. 23
34-Michael McDowell: 11 Career top 10 finishes – 6 at Daytona
37-Ryan Preece: 3 Career top 10 finishes – 8th in 2019 Daytona 500, 3rd at Talladega 4/19 & 7th at Michigan 8/19
41-Cole Custer: Best Rookie finisher each Dover race – Finished 11th & 10th
41-Cole Custer best finish last 5 races: 10th – Dover Aug. 23
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 2 Career wins – 116 Races since last win (Daytona 7/17)
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 7th or better 3 Daytona races – Finished 29th or worse 4 Daytona races
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 121 Daytona laps led – Most of all tracks
48-Jimmie Johnson: 4 Points behind 16th-place William Byron – Finished ahead of Byron last 5 races
48-Jimmie Johnson: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Last time with 4 straight: 2016
48-Jimmie Johnson best finish last season: 3rd – Coke Zero Sugar 400
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
48-Jimmie Johnson: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher at Dover Aug. 23 (Finished 3rd) – First time best HMS finisher in last 15 races
48-Jimmie Johnson: Passed for final lead change at Dover Aug. 23 – Finished 3rd
48-Jimmie Johnson: Best Chevrolet finisher at Dover Aug. 23 (Finished 3rd) – 3rd time best Chevrolet finisher this season
88-Alex Bowman best finish last 20 races: 5th – Dover Aug. 23
10 Different winners in 25 races this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win last 3 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 13 Stage wins this season – 3 Wins
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Talladega June & Kentucky
6 Overtime races this season – Kevin Harvick won last 2 (Indianapolis & Michigan Aug. 8)
Chevrolet: 4 Wins this season – 3 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Toyota: 7 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 6
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
17 Races this season won by drivers 36-years-old or older
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished top 5 at Dover Aug. 23
Joe Gibbs Racing: No laps led Dover Aug. 23
3 of 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished top 10 at Dover Aug. 23
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 6 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 12 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 15 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 9 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 18 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 9 Austin Cindric
Most races led: 17 Austin Cindric & Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 706 Austin Cindric
Most laps led by winless driver: 202 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 3294 of 3305 Chase Briscoe
1-Michael Annett: Passed for final lead change at Dover Aug. 23 – Finished 8th
1-Michael Annett best finish last 4 races: 8th – Dover Aug. 23
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 9th or better last 3 races – Dover Aug. 22 winner
7-Justin Allgaier: 8 Stage wins this season – 1 Race win (Dover Aug. 22)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 6th or better last 4 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
9-Noah Gragson: 4 Straight races led – 40 Laps led
10-Ross Chastain: Winless this season – 3 2nd-place finishes
10-Ross Chastain best finish last 9 races: 2nd – Dover Aug. 23
18-Riley Herbst best Rookie finisher 2 of last 3 races
18-Riley Herbst: Finished 9th or better last 3 races – Average finish: 7.3
19-Brandon Jones: 7 Top 5 finishes this season – Career-high
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Career wins – No career Stage wins
22-Austin Cindric: 5 Wins last 8 races – 8 Straight top 3 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: 9 Straight top 5 finishes – 8 Straight top 3 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 4 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
22-Austin Cindric: 14 Straight races led – 628 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: 6 Wins this season – 3 with Richard Boswell & 3 with Greg Zipadelli
98-Chase Briscoe: 1 Win last 8 races – 3 Wins previous 4 races
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
98-Chase Briscoe won 2 overtime races this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
9 Different winners in 21 races this season
Chase Briscoe (6) & Austin Cindric (5) won 11 of 21 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 10 of 21 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega & Kansas July
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 18 of 21 races this season
3 Win streaks this season – Chase Briscoe (Pocono & Indianapolis) & Austin Cindric (2 Win streaks)
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (Auto Club) & Justin Haley (Talladega)
7 Overtime races this season