NASCAR Information Sunday, August 9, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 6 Kevin Harvick
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes: 9 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes: 15 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 10 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 19 Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes by winless driver: 14 Kurt Busch
Most laps led: 888 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 264 Aric Almirola
Most races led: 16 Ryan Blaney, Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Kevin Harvick (3 Stops) 43, 88, 106
Longest green flag run last race: 41 Laps (1-41)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Kyle Busch (3rd & 3rd), Clint Bowyer (1st & 5th), Christopher Bell (2nd & 4th)
Speeding last race: None
Rear of field last race: 13 Drivers – Best finisher: Aric Almirola (6th)
Best HMS last race: 9th Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 2nd Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 1st Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 5th Joey Logano
10-Aric Almirola: 11th in Standings (Best of winless drivers) – 158 Ahead of 17th-place Erik Jones (11th – 145 Ahead of 17th before Michigan)
18-Kyle Busch: 12th in Standings – 140 Ahead of 17th-place Erik Jones (13th – 94 Ahead of 17th before Michigan)
1-Kurt Busch: 13th in Standings – 137 Ahead of 17th-place Erik Jones (13th – 119 Ahead of 17th before New Hampshire)
14-Clint Bowyer: 14th in Standings – 60 Ahead of 17th-Place Erik Jones (15th – 36 Ahead of 17th before Kansas)
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 15th in Standings – 57 Ahead of 17th-Place Erik Jones (15th – 35 Ahead of 17th before New Hampshire)
24-William Byron: 16th in Standings – 26 Ahead of 17th-place Erik Jones (17th – 2 Behind 16th before Kansas)
20-Erik Jones: 17th in Standings – 26 Behind 16th-place William Byron (19th – 31 Behind 16th before Michigan)
48-Jimmie Johnson: 18th in Standings – 26 Behind 16th-place William Byron (16th – 24 Ahead of 17th before Texas)
8-Tyler Reddick: 19th in Standings – 36 Behind 16th-place William Byron (17th – 15 Behind 16th before Texas)
Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr. lead active drivers with 4 road course wins
3 Finished top 10 all 3 road course races last season – Ryan Blaney, Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
2 Led laps all 3 road course races last season – Chase Elliott & Martin Truex Jr.
First career win for 15 drivers came on a road course
1-Kurt Busch: 5 Top 10 finishes last 6 races – Finished 17th at New Hampshire
1-Kurt Busch 2011 Sonoma winner (#22 Team Penske Dodge) – Only road course win
2-Brad Keselowski: 400th NASCAR Cup Series race
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Top 10 finishes last 7 races – Finished 39th at Michigan Aug. 9
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Stage wins this season (All Stage 2) – Leads all drivers
2-Brad Keselowski: 6 Stage 2 wins this season – Only 1 win after winning Stage 2 (New Hampshire)
2-Brad Keselowski: Failed to finish 2 races this season – Daytona 500 & Michigan Aug. 9
2-Brad Keselowski: Best road course finish: 2nd – 2011 Watkins Glen, 2012 Watkins Glen & 2013 Watkins Glen
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 8th at Michigan Aug. 9
4-Kevin Harvick: 6 Wins this season – 2nd most in a season (8 in 2018)
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Straight wins – Back-to-back wins 7 times (3 Straight wins once – 2018 Texas, Bristol & Richmond)
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Straight wins – First to win back-to-back races since Martin Truex Jr. at Las Vegas 9/19 & Richmond 9/19
4-Kevin Harvick: 9 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher last 5 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 10 Straight races led – 346 Laps led
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 7th or better all 3 road course races last season – Average finish: 5.3
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 9th or better last 3 races – Average finish: 8.3
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 7th & 9th at Michigan last week – Only Hendrick Motorsports driver to finish top 10 each race
9-Chase Elliott: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 3 races
9-Chase Elliott: 2 Wins in 3 road course races last season – 2 Straight wins
9-Chase Elliott won last 2 road course races – 2019 Watkins Glen & 2019 Charlotte Roval
9-Chase Elliott: 118 Road course laps led last season (Most) – 57 Laps more than 2nd-most Martin Truex Jr.
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Wins last 5 road course races
10-Aric Almirola: 10 Top 10 finishes last 11 races – Finished 16th at Michigan Aug. 8
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 6th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 2 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Straight races led – 176 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 20th or worse 3 of last 4 races
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
12-Ryan Blaney: 6 Straight races led – 219 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 8th or better all 3 road course races last season – Average finish: 5.3
14-Clint Bowyer: 3 Stage wins this season – No race wins
14-Clint Bowyer: 2012 Sonoma winner – Only road course win
18-Kyle Busch: Winless after 22 races this season – 4 Wins in first 14 races last season
18-Kyle Busch: 4 Road course wins – Tied for most of active drivers (Martin Truex Jr.)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 3rd last 4 races – 3 Top 3 finishes first 18 races this season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Road course wins – Tied for most of active drivers (Kyle Busch)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 7th or better all 3 road course races last season – Average finish: 3.3 (Best)
20-Erk Jones: Finished 11th & 27th at Michigan – Only Joe Gibbs Racing driver to finish outside top 10 each race
20-Erik Jones: Finished 27th at Michigan Aug. 9 – Only Joe Gibbs Racing driver outside top 5
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 7 Top 10 finishes this season – Ties career-high (2019)
Wood Brothers: 8 Road course wins – 7 at Riverside & 1 at Watkins Glen (1965 Marvin Panch)
22-Joey Logano: Finished 8th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
48-Jimmie Johnson best finish last 10 races: 11th – Michigan Aug. 9
48-Jimmie Johnson: 2010 Sonoma winner – Only road course win
95-Christopher Bell best Rookie finisher last 2 races
10 Different winners in 22 races this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 3 races this season – California (Bowman), Miami (Hamlin) & Michigan Aug. 8 (Harvick)
Hendrick Motorsports: 12 Stage wins this season – 2 Wins
Last to win 3 straight races: Brad Keselowski (2018 Darlington, Indianapolis & Las Vegas)
3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 5 at Michigan Aug. 9
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
Chevrolet: 3 Wins this season – 3 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Toyota: 6 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 5
6 Overtime races this season – Kevin Harvick won last 2 (Indianapolis & Michigan Aug. 8)
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
15 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)
3rd closest margin-of-victory this season: .093 Seconds – Kevin Harvick over Denny Hamlin (Michigan Aug. 9)
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 5 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 12 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 7 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 16 Ross Chastain
Top 20 finish every race: Chase Briscoe
Most races led: 14 Austin Cindric & Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 635 Austin Cindric
Most laps led by winless driver: 418 Justin Allgaier
Most laps complete: 2848 of 2853 Chase Briscoe
02-Andy Lally best career finish: 5th – 2017 Mid-Ohio & 2020 Road America
1-Michael Annett: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – Career long streak: 8 Straight (2012)
7-Justin Allgaier: 7 Stage wins this season – No race wins
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 30th at Road America (Crash)
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Top 10 finishes last 6 road course races – Finished 30th at Road America last week
9-Noah Gragson: 8 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Noah Gragson best finish last 5 races: 6th – Road America
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 9th or better all 6 road course races – 4 Top 5 finishes
10-Ross Chastain: 11 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak & longest current streak
10-Ross Chastain: 3 Road course top 10 finishes – 2 Straight road course top 10 finishes
11-Justin Haley: Finished 11th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
16-AJ Allmendinger: 7 Straight top 10 finishes (3 Top 2 finishes last 7 races) – Career-long streak
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 4th or better last 3 road course races – 1 Win (2019 Charlotte Roval)
19-Brandon Jones: Best Toyota finisher 6 races this season including last 2
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher last 3 races
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Career wins – No career Stage wins
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Wins last 5 races – Finished 2nd at Kansas
22-Austin Cindric: 6 Straight top 5 finishes (5 Straight top 2 finishes) – Career-long streak
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 3 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
22-Austin Cindric: 11 Straight races led – 557 Laps led
22-Austin Cindric: 7 Straight road course top 5 finishes – 3 Wins last 6 road course races
36-Preston Pardus: 5 Laps led at Road America – Passed for final lead change
36-Preston Pardus: 4 Career Xfinity Series races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
39-Ryan Sieg: 7 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
39-Ryan Sieg: 1 Top 10 finish in 22 road course races – Finished 9th at Road America last week
68-Brandon Brown: Finished 13th or better last 4 races – Average finish: 11.5
98-Chase Briscoe: 6 Top 3 finishes last 9 races – 3 Wins
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
98-Chase Briscoe: 5 Wins this season – 3 with Greg Zipadelli & 2 with Richard Boswell
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished 9th or better last 7 road course races – 2 Wins
8 Different winners in 18 races this season
4 Winners last 9 races – Austin Cindric 4, Chase Briscoe 3, Justin Haley 1 & Brandon Jones 1
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 10 of 18 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega & Kansas July
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 races
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 16 of 18 races this season
Chevrolet winless last 7 races
No Toyota finished top 10 in 3 races this season (2 Road course races) – Talladega, Indianapolis & Road America
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (Auto Club) & Justin Haley (Talladega)