NASCAR Information Sunday, August 30, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 7 Kevin Harvick
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes: 12 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: 1117 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 287 Aric Almirola
Most races led: 19 Joey Logano
Most laps complete: 6655 of 6657 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: William Byron (7 Stops) 22, 52, 65, 102, 104, 125, 145
Longest green flag run last race: 46 Laps (56-101)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Joey Logano (1st & 1st), Jimmie Johnson (5th & 5th)
Speeding last race: 3 – Austin Dillon, Joey Gase, Brendan Gaughan
Rear of field last race: 2 – Clint Bowyer, Austin Dillon
Best HMS last race: 1st William Byron
Best JGR last race: 3rd Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 18th Aric Almirola
Best TPR last race: 6th Ryan Blaney
2-Brad Keselowski: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Average finish: 9th
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Stage 2 wins this season – Only 1 win after winning Stage 2 (New Hampshire)
4-Kevin Harvick worst finish last 14 races: 20th – Daytona Aug.
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 9th or better 6 of last 7 races this season – Finished 39th at Dover Aug. 23
11-Denny Hamlin: Passed for final lead change 3 races this season including Daytona Aug.
11-Denny Hamlin: Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 6 of last 8 races
11-Denny Hamlin: Best Toyota finisher 6 of last 8 races
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 6th or better 7 of last 8 races – 2 Wins & 3 2nd-place finishes
12-Ryan Blaney: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 6th at Daytona Aug.
12-Ryan Blaney: Best Team Penske finisher at Daytona Aug. (Finished 6th) – First time best Team Penske finisher in last 9 races
12-Ryan Blaney: Best Ford finisher at Daytona Aug. (Finished 6th) – First time best Ford finisher in last 13 races
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
14-Clint Bowyer: 3 Stage wins this season – No race wins
17-Chris Buescher: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – Career-high
18-Kyle Busch: 11 Top 5 finishes this season – 9 Finishes of 21st or worse (Failed to finish 5 races)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 4th or better last 8 races – 7 Top 3 finishes
20-Erik Jones: 5 Top 5 finishes this season – 12 Finishes of 21st or worse (Failed to finish 3 races)
21-Matt DiBenedetto best finish last 4 races: 12th – Daytona Aug.
22-Joey Logano: Finished 27th at Daytona Aug. – Stage 1 & 2 winner, 6 times led for 36 laps (most), lap 159 crash
22-Joey Logano: 6 Top 10 finishes last 7 races – Finished 27th at Daytona Aug.
24-William Byron 2020 Wins – Daytona Duel Race 2, NASCAR Open Stage 2 & Daytona Aug.
24-William Byron: Daytona Aug. winner – First time best Chevrolet finisher this season
24-William Byron: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 3 races this season – Pocono June 27, Kentucky & Daytona Aug.
24-William Byron: 2 Straight top 5 finishes (Ties career-long streak) – No top 5 finishes previous 24 races this season
38-John Hunter Nemechek: Best Rookie finisher at Daytona Aug. – Finished 11th
38-John Hunter Nemechek best finish last 13 races: 11th Daytona Aug.
43-Bubba Wallace best finish last 36 races: 5th – Daytona Aug.
43-Bubba Wallace: 3 Career top 5 finishes – 2 Daytona top 5 finishes
43-Bubba Wallace: 1 Top 20 finish last 5 races – Finished 5th at Daytona Aug.
48-Jimmie Johnson worst finish last 7 races: 17th – Daytona Aug.
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 17th at Daytona Aug. – Finished 7th or better previous 3 races
88-Alex Bowman: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – First back-to-back top 10 finishes this season
95-Christopher Bell: 1 Top 20 finish last 4 races – Finished 13th at Daytona Aug.
96-Daniel Suarez: 20 Laps led this season (19 at Daytona Aug.) – 1 DNF in 25 races this season (Daytona Aug.)
11 Different winners in 26 races this season
2 Won first career race this season – Cole Custer (Kentucky) & William Byron (Daytona Aug.)
3 Different winners in 3 Daytona-Talladega races this season (3 Different teams & manufacturers) –
Ryan Blaney Penske Ford (Talladega June), William Byron Hendrick Chevrolet (Daytona Aug.) & Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota (Daytona 500)
15 Failed to finish Daytona Aug. – 2nd most this season (17 Daytona 500)
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Talladega June & Kentucky
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
Chevrolet: 5 Wins this season – 4 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Toyota: 7 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 6
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22Y, 5M, 19D & William Byron – 22Y, 9M, 0D
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
17 Races this season won by drivers 36-years-old or older
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 7th or better at Daytona Aug. – Jimmie Johnson finished 17th
Hendrick Motorsports: 13 Stage wins this season – 4 Wins
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers led Daytona Aug. – 69 Laps led (42%)
Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished 18th or worse at Daytona Aug.
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
24-William Byron
22 Years Old (11/29/97)
Charlotte, NC
(12 Championships) Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet
(7 Championships) Crew Chief: Chad Knaus Age: 49 (8/5/71) Rockford, IL
(Diagnosed with Leukemia in 1996) Car Owner: Rick Hendrick 7/12/49 (2017 NASCAR Hall of Fame)
2nd Playoff appearance / Finished 11th in 2019
9th in NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs – 3 Points ahead of 13th (Clint Bowyer)
Seeded 9th in 2020 Playoffs (2,007 points)
16th in Standings – 4 Ahead of 17th-place Jimmie Johnson into Daytona
3rd Year in NASCAR Cup Series / All with Hendrick Motorsports
2018 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year
2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
99th NASCAR Cup Series race
1 Career win (98th race) – Daytona Aug.
5 Poles
4 Stage wins / 2 This season
Daytona Aug. winner – Started 6th, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 11th in Stage 2, 24 laps led including final 2
Chad Knaus: 17th Playoff appearance (Every season) – Jimmie Johnson 15 & William Byron 2
2020 Daytona Duel Race 2 winner & 2020 NASCAR Open Stage 2 winner
Daytona Aug. winner – First time best Chevrolet finisher this season
Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 3 races this season – Pocono June 27, Kentucky & Daytona Aug.
2 Straight top 5 finishes (Ties career-long streak) – No top 5 finishes previous 24 races this season
9 Top 10 finishes this season – 8 Finishes of 20th or worse this season
5 Career poles (All in 2019) – Winless from pole
1 Win in 98 NCS races / 4 Wins in 33 NXS races / 7 Wins in 24 NTS races
#24 wins: Jeff Gordon 93 & William Byron 1
Hendrick Motorsports: 260 Wins / 4 This season
5th Darlington NCS race – Best finish: 12th (May 20)
Finished 35th at Darlington May 17 – 3 Laps led & lap 110 crash
Finished 12th at Darlington May 20 – Finished 18th in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2
Finished 21st at 2019 Darlington – Pole, finished 11th in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2, no laps led
1 Top 20 finish in 4 Darlington races – Finished 12th May 20
2019 Darlington pole winner – Youngest Darlington pole winner (21-Years-old)
Hendrick Motorsports: 14 Darlington wins (Most all-time) – 6 Drivers
8/18/16: Hendrick Motorsports signed multiyear contract with William Byron
8/9/17: William Byron announced to drive #24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet starting in 2018
Eagle Scout
Attended first race in 2006 at Martinsville. Started racing on a computer at age 13. Started racing in a car at 15.
| Number of Races with Hendrick Motorsports Before First Win | ||||
| Races | Career Win | Date | Track | |
| Terry Labonte | 7 | 11th | 4/17/94 | N. Wilkesboro |
| Geoff Bodine | 8 | 1st | 4/29/84 | Martinsville |
| Mark Martin | 8 | 36th | 4/18/09 | Phoenix |
| Casey Mears | 12 | 1st | 5/27/07 | Charlotte |
| Kasey Kahne | 12 | 13th | 5/27/12 | Charlotte |
| Tim Richmond | 13 | 5th | 6/8/86 | Pocono |
| Jimmie Johnson | 13 | 1st | 4/28/02 | California |
| Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 15 | 18th | 6/15/08 | Michigan |
| Ken Schrader | 16 | 1st | 7/31/88 | Talladega |
| Ricky Rudd | 18 | 11th | 8/12/90 | Watkins Glen |
| Darrell Waltrip | 24 | 71st | 9/27/87 | Martinsville |
| Kyle Busch | 31 | 1st | 9/4/05 | California |
| Jerry Nadeau | 34 | 1st | 11/20/00 | Atlanta |
| Joe Nemechek | 36 | 3rd | 5/3/03 | Richmond |
| Jeff Gordon | 42 | 1st | 5/29/94 | Charlotte |
| Alex Bowman | 63 | 1st | 6/30/19 | Chicago |
| William Byron | 98 | 1st | 8/29/20 | Daytona |
| Chase Elliott | 99 | 1st | 8/5/18 | Watkins Glen |
| Brian Vickers | 107 | 1st | 10/8/06 | Talladega |
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: 19 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: 203 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 3394 of 3405 Chase Briscoe
1-Michael Annett: Finished 9th or better last 3 races – Average finish: 8th
1-Michael Annett: Finished 7th at Daytona Aug. – Best JR Motorsports finisher
4-Jesse Little: Finished 10th at Daytona – Tied best career finish (Pocono June)
7-Justin Allgaier: 12 Top 10 finishes this season – 7 Finishes of 20th or worse this season (Failed to finish 6 races – All due to crashes)
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 9th or better 3 of last 4 races – Finished 29th at Daytona (Crash)
7-Justin Allgaier: 8 Stage wins this season – 1 Race win (Dover Aug. 22)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 6th or better 4 of last 5 races – Finished 31st at Daytona (Worst career finish)
11-Justin Haley (Haley’s Comet): 2 Career wins (Talladega June & Daytona Aug.) – Each by last lap pass
11-Justin Haley: Finished 7th or better last 5 races at Daytona & Talladega – 2 Straight wins (Talladega June & Daytona Aug.)
11-Justin Haley: 2 Wins last 12 races (Talladega June & Daytona Aug.) – Winless previous 46 career races
11-Justin Haley: 1 Top 5 finish last 7 races – Daytona Aug. winner
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 3 finishes
18-Riley Herbst: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
18-Riley Herbst: Finished 9th or better last 4 races – Average finish: 6.5
18-Riley Herbst best finish last 8 races: 4th – Daytona
18-Riley Herbst best Rookie finisher 3 of last 4 races
18-Riley Herbst: Finished 4th at Daytona Aug. – Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 11th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 10 finishes
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Career wins – No career Stage wins
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 8th or better last 10 races – 5 Wins & 8 top 3 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 4 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
92-Josh Williams: 1 Top 20 finish last 4 races – Finished 9th at Daytona
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Top 3 finishes last 3 races
98-Chase Briscoe won 2 overtime races this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
98-Chase Briscoe: 6 Wins this season – 3 with Richard Boswell & 3 with Greg Zipadelli
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
6 at Daytona tied or scored best career finish:
Justin Haley 1st (Tied), Gray Gaulding 2nd (Tied), Jesse Little 10th (Tied), Vinnie Miller 11th (Tied), Colby Howard 12th (Best), Tim Viens 18th (Best)
14 Failed to finish Daytona Aug. – Tied for most DNFs this season (Daytona Feb.)
9 Different winners in 22 races this season
Chase Briscoe (6) & Austin Cindric (5) won 11 of 22 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 11 of 22 races this season
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season (23%) – Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July & Daytona Aug.
4 Different winners from 4 different teams last 4 races –
Austin Cindric (Team Penske), Justin Allgaier (JR Motorsports), Chase Briscoe (Stewart-Haas Racing) & Justin Haley (Kaulig Racing)
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (California) & Justin Haley (Talladega June)
Toyota: 5 Wins this season – Winless last 5 races
25-Years-old & younger won 19 of 22 races this season
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38