NASCAR Information Sunday, February 28, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
HOMESTEAD-MIAMI 2/28/21
Winner pit stops: William Byron (6 Stops) 27, 68, 83, 121 (Green), 156, 201
Longest green flag run: 67 Laps (88-154) – 60 Lap green-flag run to finish (208-267)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron (4th & 1st), Martin Truex Jr. (3rd & 4th)
Speeding: Denny Hamlin 11th, Josh Bilicki 33rd
Rear of field: Alex Bowman 9th, Denny Hamlin 11th, Corey LaJoie 36th, James Davison 37th
Best HMS: William Byron 1st
Best JGR: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd
Best SHR: Kevin Harvick 5th
Best TPR: Brad Keselowski 16th
First career win: 2 in 2021, 2 in 2020, 2 in 2019, 2 in 2018 & 3 in 2017
2 Finished top 10 all 3 races this season – Kevin Harvick (4th, 6th & 5th) Michael McDowell (1st, 8th & 6th)
Each have an average finish of 5th this season
2 Led laps all 3 races this season – Chase Elliott (51 Laps led) & Joey Logano (48 Laps led)
Most laps led this season: Denny Hamlin 103 & William Byron 102
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished 22nd in Daytona 500
2-Brad Keselowski: 47 of first 78 laps led at Homestead-Miami – No laps led final 189 laps (Finished 16th)
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher all 3 races this season – Only SHR driver with top 10 finishes this season
4-Kevin Harvick only Stewart-Haas finisher in top 15 at Homestead-Miami – Finished 5th
5-Kyle Larson: 6 Career wins – Winless on 1.5-mile tracks (71 Races & 799 laps led)
6-Ryan Newman: 1 Top 15 finish last 8 races – Finished 7th at Homestead-Miami
8-Tyler Reddick: 1 Top 15 finish last 5 races – Finished 2nd at Homestead-Miami
8-Tyler Reddick: 4 Career top 5 finishes – Average start when finishing top 5: 25th
9-Chase Elliott: Only repeat winner last 12 races (3 Wins) – 9 Others 1 win each
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 17th or worse all 3 races this season – Avg. finish: 27th
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Stage wins this season (No race wins) – Daytona 500 (Stage 1 & 2) & Daytona Road Course (Stage 2)
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 15th or worse all 3 races this season – Avg. finish: 25th (Only Team Penske driver with no laps led)
17-Chris Buescher: Finished 19th at Homestead-Miami – Stage 1 winner & career-high 57 laps led
17-Chris Buescher: 57 Laps led at Homestead-Miami – 33 Laps led all last season
18-Kyle Busch only Joe Gibbs Racing driver with no top 5 finishes & no laps led this season
18-Kyle Busch: No top 5 finishes this season – First time with no top 5 finishes in first 3 races since 2017 (Finished 2nd in points)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 races – Finished 3rd at Homestead-Miami (37 Laps led)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 3rd at Homestead-Miami – No top 5 finishes first 9 races last season
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 2nd both Las Vegas races last season – Finished 28th or worse first 3 races this season
22-Joey Logano: Only led first 12 laps at Homestead-Miami – Finished 25th
24-William Byron: 2 Wins last 14 races – Winless previous 97 races
24-William Byron: Homestead-Miami winner – No top 5 finishes first 24 races last season (5 Top 5 finishes last 15 races)
24-William Byron first 3 finishes this season: 26th, 33rd & 1st
24-William Byron: 102 Laps led at Homestead-Miami – Career-high
34-Michael McDowell: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Only career top 10 finish streak
34-Michael McDowell: 3 Top 10 finishes in 3 races this season – 4 Top 10 finishes all last season (Career-high)
34-Michael McDowell: Finished 6th at Homestead-Miami – Best 1.5-mile track finish
3 Different winners in 3 races this season – All 3 had 1 career win total at start of season
Champions winless this season – Best finish: Elliott 2nd Daytona 500 & Logano 2nd Daytona Road Course
7 Different winners last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Custer, A. Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Logano, Kyle Busch & Byron
4 Different teams won last 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Ganassi, Penske, Gibbs & Hendrick
All 3 winners started outside top 10 this season
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 14 races
Hendrick Motorsports: Only 2 wins first 22 races last season – 6 Wins last 17 races including 4 of last 8
Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Top 10 finishers at Homestead-Miami –
Byron 1st, Larson 4th, Bowman 9th, Elliott 14th (111 Hendrick Motorsports laps led)
Team Penske drivers finished 16th or worse at Homestead-Miami – 59 Laps led
Hamlin, Bell & Truex Jr. best Gibbs finishers first 3 races this season – Kyle Busch hasn’t been best Gibbs finisher in 3 races
Elliott, Bowman & Byron best Hendrick finishers first 3 races this season – Kyle Larson hasn’t been best Hendrick finisher in 3 races
All 3 manufacturers won this season
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Michael McDowell – 36
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2 Finished top 5 all 3 races this season: Jeb Burton & Austin Cindric
3 Finished top 10 all 3 races this season: Jeb Burton, Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
2 Led all 3 races this season: Harrison Burton & Austin Cindric
02-Brett Moffitt: Finished 11th or better first 3 races this season – 2 Top 10 finishes
2-Myatt Snider: Finished 13th or better all 3 races this season – 1 Win & 2 top 10 finishes
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 26th or worse first 3 races this season (Avg. finish: 30.7) – Worst-ever 3-race average
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 23rd or worse 6 of last 9 races – Failed to finish 4 of last 9 races (3 Due to crashes)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 28th or worse first 3 races this season (Avg. finish: 31.0) – Worst-ever 3-race average
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 28th or worse first 3 races this season – 3 finishes worse than 28th all last season
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 28th or worse last 3 races (Avg. finish: 31st) – 3 Top 3 finishes previous 3 races (Avg. finish: 2nd)
10-Jeb Burton best Kaulig Racing finisher all 3 races this season
10-Jeb Burton: 9 Career top 5 finishes – 4 Straight top 5 finishes (Career-long streak)
10-Jeb Burton: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – Tied for most in a season (2020)
18-Daniel Hemric: Finished 9th or better all 3 races this season – 2 Straight 3rd-place finishes
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 39th at Miami (Engine) – Worst career finish
22-Austin Cindric average finish this season: 2.7 (Best)
22-Austin Cindric: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes last 6 races including 4 straight
22-Austin Cindric: 7 Straight races led – 245 Laps led
22-Austin Cindric: 120 Laps led this season – 71 More than 2nd-most AJ Allmendinger (49)
51-Jeremy Clements: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
3 Different winners in 3 races this season – 2 Straight first-time winners
First career win for 2 this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course) & Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami)
First time winners in first 3 races 2021: Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course) & Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami)
First time winners in first 3 races 2020: Noah Gragson (Daytona) & Harrison Burton (California)
Last 2 winners were first time winners – First time since 2017 (Alex Bowman Charlotte & Christopher Bell Kansas)
Final lead change with 2 to go last 2 races
Stage 1 winner failed to win all 3 races this season
3 Different teams won first 3 races this season – Team Penske, Joe Gibbs Racing & Richard Childress Racing
All 3 manufacturers won this season
All 3 races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost last 2
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: Myatt Snider – 26
1 Disqualified this season –
Tyler Reddick (Homestead-Miami) – Finished 40th (Original finish: 2nd)
#8 Best JR Motorsports finisher all 3 races this season – Josh Berry 27th, Miguel Paludo 7th & Josh Berry 10th
JR Motorsports:
Only 2 top 10 finishes this season – Miguel Paludo 7th at Daytona Road Course & Josh Berry 10th at Homestead-Miami
Only 2 led this season – Justin Allgaier 8 laps at Daytona & Noah Gragson 34 laps at Homestead-Miami
JR Motorsports: 8 Finishes 26th or worse this season
Average JR Motorsports finish: 24th
| JR Motorsports | |||||||||
| Daytona | Daytona Road Course | Homestead-Miami | |||||||
| Driver | Finish | Laps Led | Driver | Finish | Laps Led | Driver | Finish | Laps Led | |
| 1 | Michael Annett | 36th | 0 | Michael Annett | 15th | 0 | Michael Annett | 13th | 0 |
| 7 | Justin Allgaier | 28th | 8 | Justin Allgaier | 26th | 0 | Justin Allgaier | 38th | 0 |
| 8 | Josh Berry | 27th | 0 | Miguel Paludo | 7th | 0 | Josh Berry | 10th | 0 |
| 9 | Noah Gragson | 32nd | 0 | Noah Gragson | 28th | 0 | Noah Gragson | 33rd | 34 |