NASCAR Information Sunday, August 28, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Daytona
Austin Dillon
Daytona Aug. winner – Started 21st, finished 32nd in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, 6th caution free pass, took lead for first time on lap 138 of 160, only led 10 of final 23 laps
Winner pit stops: Austin Dillon (8 Stops) 32, 37, 79 (G), 97, 99, 106 127, 132
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 1st & 4th, Kyle Busch 4th & 1st, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Dillon 1st
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Busch 10th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 14th
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 8th
Best Stewart-Haas: Cole Custer 16th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 3rd
This season
Most wins: 4 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 7 Ross Chastain & Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott & 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 & Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led: 719 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 456 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 19 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 9 Hendrick Motorsports
16 Different winners in 26 races this season – 8 With multiple wins this season
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 16 (2022)
3 Different winners in 3 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Ross Chastain (Talladega April) & Austin Dillon (Daytona Aug.)
Car numbers 1, 2 & 3 won the 3 superspeedway races this season
19 Different leaders at Daytona Aug. – Most this season
20 Failed to finish Daytona Aug. – Most this season
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
Kyle Busch: 2 Stage wins this season – Kansas May & Daytona Aug.
Joey Logano won a Stage in last 3 races – 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 15 of 26 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 11 of 26 races this season
Chase Elliott led most laps last 2 races – Finished 4th at Watkins Glen & 29th at Daytona
Austin Dillon: 18 Laps led this season – 16 Laps led last 2 races
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
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
15 of 26 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
Alex Bowman best Hendrick Motorsports finisher in 1 of last 20 races – Finished 14th at Daytona Aug.
Alex Bowman only top 25 Hendrick Motorsports finisher at Daytona Aug. – Finished 14th
Cole Custer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 3 of last 5 races
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: 9 AJ Allmendinger
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: 20 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 15 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 566 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 20 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 9 JR Motorsports
11 Different winners in 23 races this season
7 Different winners last 7 races – Hill, Allgaier, Gragson, Allmendinger, Gibbs, Larson & Clements
3 Different winners in 3 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.), Noah Gragson (Talladega April) & Jeremy Clements (Daytona Aug.)
Noah Gragson: 11 Stage wins this season (Most) – 3 Wins this season
JR Motorsports: 26 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.)
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
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 11 of 23 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)
6 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
10 of 23 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season