NASCAR Information Sunday, August 8, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Watkins Glen
Kyle Larson
Watkins Glen winner – Started 4th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 27 laps led
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (2 Stops) 21, 57
Longest green flag run: 47 Laps (44-90)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson (2nd & 4th)
Speeding: Josh Bilicki 33rd, R.C. Enerson 34th, James Davison 37th
Rear of field: Chase Elliott 2nd, Christopher Bell 7th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st (3 of 4 Hendrick drivers finished top 10 – Bowman finished 20th)
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd (All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 7th or better)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 8th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 14th
Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 12 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 16 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.5 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 1468 Kyle Larson (691 More than 2nd-most Denny Hamlin)
Most races led this season: 19 Denny Hamlin
Most wins on road courses this season: 2 Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes on road courses this season: 2 Chase Elliott
Most laps led on road courses this season: 88 Chase Elliott
Chase Elliott only driver to lead laps all 4 road course races this season
| 2020 Wins | 2021 Wins | Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 | 30 | Bristol 9/20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 7 | 0 | 28 | Talladega 10/20 |
2-Brad Keselowski: Worst finish this season: 35th – Watkins Glen
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished outside top 10 last 4 road course races – Avg. finish: 20.5
4-Kevin Harvick: 1 Top 20 finish last 4 road course races – Finished 8th at Watkins Glen
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Ford finisher at Watkins Glen (Finished 8th) – First time best Ford finisher last 11 races
5-Kyle Larson: 5 Wins this season – Career-high
5-Kyle Larson: 10 Top 2 finishes in 23 races this season (43%) – 5 Wins & 5 2nd-place finishes
5-Kyle Larson: 2 Wins last 3 road course races – 3 Top 2 finishes last 4 road course races
8-Tyler Reddick: 12 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 road course races
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 13th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: 7 Top 2 finishes this season – 2 Wins & 5 2nd-place finishes (3 2nd-place finishes to Kyle Larson)
9-Chase Elliott: 2 Wins last 4 road course races – 4 Straight road course top 2 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: Started rear of field 5 races this season – Finished 7th or better 4 times
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 8th or better last 3 road course races – Finished 5th last 2 road course races
14-Chase Briscoe: 3 Career top 10 finishes – All on road courses
18-Kyle Busch: 11 Top 5 finishes this season – 7 Top 5 finishes last 9 races
18-Kyle Busch: 4 Straight road course top 10 finishes – 3 Straight road course top 5 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Winless last 11 races – 3 Wins previous 8 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 9th or better last 3 road course races – Finished 3rd twice
20-Christopher Bell: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – 2 Road course top 5 finishes
20-Christopher Bell: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
24-William Byron: Finished 6th at Watkins Glen – Finished 20th or worse previous 3 races this season
24-William Byron: 1 Top 10 finish in 5 road course races this season – Finished 6th at Watkins Glen
42-Ross Chastain: Finished 12th or better last 4 road course races – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 road course races
13 Different winners in 23 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season (3 Hendrick & 2 Gibbs drivers) –
Kyle Larson 5, Alex Bowman 3, Martin Truex Jr. 3, Kyle Busch 2 & Chase Elliott 2
3 Different winners in 5 road course races this season – Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson 2 wins each
Hendrick Motorsports won 4 of 5 road course races this season
Hendrick Motorsports: 11 Wins this season – 7 Wins all last season (4 in ’19 & 3 in ’18)
Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions 48 races including 5 races this season
2 Races won starting from front row this season – Kyle Larson Charlotte (Pole) & Sonoma (1st)
7 Winless streaks of 26 races or longer ended this season
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 9 races this season
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Busch
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier & Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 9 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 13 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 16 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 8 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 7.4 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 556 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 17 Austin Cindric
Most wins on road courses this season: 2 Kyle Busch & Ty Gibbs
Most top 5 finishes on road courses this season: 4 AJ Allmendinger
Justin Haley only driver to finish top 10 all 5 road course races this season
Most laps led on road courses this season: 93 Austin Cindric
AJ Allmendinger & Austin Cindric only drivers to lead laps all 5 road course races this season
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
9-Noah Gragson: 6 Top 10 finishes last 7 races – Average finish last 7 races: 7.4
11-Justin Haley: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
16-AJ Allmendinger: Best finish last 7 races: 2nd – Watkins Glen
16-AJ Allmendinger: 6 Stage wins this season – 5 Road course Stage wins
16-AJ Allmendinger: Passed for final lead change 3 of last 4 races
19-Brandon Jones: 1 Top 15 finish last 4 races – Finished 6th at Watkins Glen
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 5th last 2 races – First back-to-back top 5 finishes this season
22-Austin Cindric: 5 Straight top 10 finishes – 3 Top 5 finishes last 5 races
9 Different winners in 20 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season – Busch 5, Cindric 4, Gibbs 3, Allgaier 2 & Allmendinger 2
3 Different winners in 5 road course races this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona), Kyle Busch (COTA), AJ Allmendinger (Mid-Ohio), Kyle Busch (Road America) & Ty Gibbs (Watkins Glen)
Joe Gibbs Racing #54 won 4 of 5 road course races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing #54 finished top 3 in last 10 races – 8 Wins last 10 races including 4 straight
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go in 10 races this season
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39