NASCAR Information Sunday, July 10, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Atlanta July
Chase Elliott
Atlanta July winner – Started 1st, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 8 times led for 96 laps (most)
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (4 Stops) 63, 95, 162, 191 (All caution)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Elliott 1st & 1st, Ryan Blaney 4th & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Kyle Larson 13th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Martin Truex Jr. 11th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 11th
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 8th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 3rd
This season
Most wins: 3 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes: 7 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 7 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 13 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 645 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 392 Ryan Blaney
Most races led: 16 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 7 Hendrick Motorsports
13 Different winners in 19 races this season –
William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano only drivers with multiple wins this season
Chase Elliott only repeat winner last 7 races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
Chase Elliott only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Atlanta July
Chase Elliott won Stage 1, 2 & race from first starting position twice – 2019 Watkins Glen & Atlanta 7/22
Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 4 races
6 Different winners last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Larson, Bowman, Byron, Kurt Busch, Hamlin & Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports won 5 of last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks
5 Different winners in 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March), William Byron (Atlanta March),
Kurt Busch (Kansas May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte) & Chase Elliott (Atlanta July)
10 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell & Ryan Blaney lead all with 3 pole wins
5 Won first career pole this season – Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric & Cole Custer
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
First career win for 5 this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March), Ross Chastain (Austin),
Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
3 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte) & Chase Elliott (Atlanta July)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 13 of 19 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 9 of 19 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 8 races
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
Chevrolet won last 4 races
Toyota finished outside top 10 in 3 of last 4 races
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kurt Busch – 43
12 of 19 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 4 Ty Gibbs
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 15 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 12 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 465 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 14 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 6 JR Motorsports
9 Different winners in 17 races this season
Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 7 races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
11 Different pole winners this season –
Gibbs 3, Allmendinger 2, Alfredo 1, Bayne 1, Earnhardt 1, Gragson 1, Hemric 1, Herbst 1, Jones 1, Larson 1 & Mayer 1
Noah Gragson: 6 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
JR Motorsports: 18 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
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
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 4 or fewer laps to go 8 of 17 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)
5 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
8 of 17 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season
Closest finish this season: Atlanta July – Austin Hill finished .111 seconds ahead of Josh Berry