NASCAR Information Sunday, August 7, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Michigan
Kevin Harvick
Michigan winner – Started 16th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 13th in Stage 2, led only final 38 laps
Winner pit stops: Kevin Harvick (4 Stops) 48, 90 (Green), 111, 158 (Green)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin 2nd & 1st, Christopher Bell 1st & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Bubba Wallace 2nd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Larson 7th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 7th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 1st
Best Penske: Joey Logano 4th
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 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 8 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 15 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 11 Ryan Blaney
Most laps led: 658 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 455 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 18 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 8 Hendrick Motorsports
15 Different winners in 23 races this season – 6 With multiple wins this season
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
13 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney & Denny Hamlin 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
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
4 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Tyler Reddick (Indianapolis Road)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 13 of 23 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 9 of 23 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)
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
15 of 23 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
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 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 18 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 14 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 555 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 18 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 8 JR Motorsports
9 Different winners in 21 races this season
5 Different winners last 5 races – Hill, Allgaier, Gragson, Allmendinger & Gibbs
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
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 Indianapolis Road
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 9 of 21 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)
2 Different winners in 4 road course races this season –
AJ Allmendinger (Austin, Portland & Indianapolis Road) & Ty Gibbs (Road America)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
10 of 21 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season