NASCAR Information Sunday, July 12, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 4 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes: 7 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes: 14 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 651 Kevin Harvick
Most races led: 13 Joey Logano
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Cole Custer (5 Stops) 27, 83, 149, 163, 228
Longest green flag run last race: 67 Laps (88-154)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Joey Logano (3rd & 4th), Ryan Blaney (5th & 2nd)
Speeding last race: 5 Drivers & 6 Penalties
Rear of field last race: Martin Truex Jr. (2nd), Matt Kenseth (25th)
Best HMS last race: 11th William Byron
Best JGR last race: 2nd Martin Truex Jr.
Best SHR last race: 1st Cole Custer
Best TPR last race: 6th Ryan Blaney
6 Different winners in 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Chase Elliott
Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 4 Ryan Blaney
Top 10 all 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Brad Keselowski
Best 1.5-mile track average finish this season: 5.0 Ryan Blaney
Most 1.5-mile track laps led this season: 317 Kevin Harvick
1-Kurt Busch: 1 Top 5 finish last 9 races – Finished 5th at Kentucky
1-Kurt Busch: Best Ford finisher at Kentucky (Finished 5th) – 2nd time best Chevrolet finisher this season (Atlanta)
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 11th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 10 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 4 Stage 2 wins this season – Failed to win all 4 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Wins this season – 2 Stage wins
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 4th at Kentucky – Average running position: 12th
4-Kevin Harvick: 5 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished 4th or better last 4 races (2 Wins)
4-Kevin Harvick: 5 Straight races led – 109 Laps led
8-Tyler Reddick: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 6 races
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 8th at Kentucky – 128 Laps led (Career-high)
10-Aric Almirola: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2019)
10-Aric Almirola: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 8th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 5 finishes
10-Aric Almirola: 218 Laps led this season – Career-high
12-Ryan Blaney: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 6th at Kentucky
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
14-Clint Bowyer: Finished 14th at Kentucky – Only Stewart-Haas Racing finisher outside top 10
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 2nd at Kentucky – Started rear of field, lap 38 in top 10, lap 181 first lead, passed for lead on final lap
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 2nd at Kentucky – Only Joe Gibbs Racing finisher in top 10
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Top 5 finish last 6 races – Finished 2nd at Kentucky
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Best Toyota finisher at Kentucky (Finished 2nd) – First time best Toyota finisher last 6 races
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 3rd at Kentucky – Finished 16th or worse previous 5 Kentucky races (25th or worse 4 times)
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 5 finish last 15 races – Finished 3rd at Kentucky
22-Joey Logano: Finished 15th at Kentucky – Only Team Penske driver outside top 10
24-William Byron: Finished 11th at Kentucky – Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher (Only HMS driver to lead – 4 Laps)
37-Ryan Preece: Failed to finish 5 races this season – Failed to finish last 2 races
38-John Hunter Nemechek: Failed to finish 1 of 20 career races – Finished 36th at Kentucky (Crash)
41-Cole Custer: Kentucky winner (First win in 20th career race) – Running 4th into final lap
41-Cole Custer: Best Rookie finisher 4 races this season including last 3
41-Cole Custer winner of 3rd closest finish this season (Kentucky) – .271 Seconds ahead of Martin Truex Jr.
95-Christopher Bell: 5 Career top 10 finishes – All in last 11 races
9 Different winners in 17 races this season
7 Different winners last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Kyle Busch, Logano, Keselowski, Elliott, Harvick, Hamlin & Custer
Most recent Rookie of the Year contenders to win:
Cole Custer (2020 Kentucky), Chris Buescher (2016 Pocono), Joey Logano (2009 New Hampshire) & Juan Pablo Montoya (2007 Sonoma)
Chevrolet winless last 9 races
Ford won 4 of last 5 races
Toyota: 5 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 4
Stewart-Haas Racing won 3 of last 4 races
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 5 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 12 Stage wins this season – 2 Wins
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Talladega June & Kentucky
3 Stewart-Haas Racing top 10 finishers at Kentucky – 3 Led laps (144 of 267 laps led – 54%)
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
11 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)
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
5 Overtime races this season – Daytona 500, Phoenix March, Coca-Cola 600, Talladega June & Indianapolis
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 5 Chase Briscoe
Most top 5 finishes: 9 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 13 Ross Chastain
Top 20 finish every race: Chase Briscoe
Most races led: 13 Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 468 Noah Gragson
Most laps led by winless driver: 319 Justin Allgaier
Most laps complete: 2428 of 2432 Noah Gragson
Most wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 2 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most 2nd-place finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 2 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Top 10 finishes all 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Ross Chastain
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 392 Austin Cindric
Led all 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Austin Cindric & Noah Gragson
3 Finished top 5 each Kentucky race – Austin Cindric (1st & 1st), Chase Briscoe (4th & 2nd), Ross Chastain (3rd & 4th)
3 Finished top 5 each Stage Kentucky July 9: Austin Cindric (3rd & 2nd), Ross Chastain (4th & 4th), Noah Gragson (1st & 1st)
3 Finished top 5 each Stage Kentucky July 10: Austin Cindric (3rd & 1st), Anthony Alfredo (4th & 2nd), Harrison Burton (2nd & 3rd)
1-Michael Annett: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished 5th twice
7-Justin Allgaier: Best JR Motorsports finisher twice this season – Darlington May & Kentucky July 10
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 5th at Kentucky July 10 – 1-Lap down for 167 laps
7-Justin Allgaier best finish last 9 races: 5th – Kentucky July 10
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Stage wins this season – No race wins
9-Noah Gragson: 8 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Noah Gragson: Stage 1 winner last 2 races – Finished 11th & 7th in race
10-Ross Chastain: Most laps led 2 of last 5 races – Passed for final lead change 2 of last 4 races
10-Ross Chastain: 8 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
11-Justin Haley: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 3 finishes
18-Riley Herbst: Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races – Only time best JGR finisher this season
18-Riley Herbst: Best Toyota finisher last 2 races – Only time best Toyota finisher this season
18-Riley Herbst best Rookie finisher last 2 races – First time best Rookie finisher this season
19-Brandon Jones: Failed to finish last 4 races – 3 Due to crashes
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Career wins – 2 Straight wins
22-Austin Cindric: 8 Straight races led – 363 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: 5 Wins this season – 3 with Greg Zipadelli & 2 with Richard Boswell
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished 4th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 2 finishes (2 Wins)
98-Chase Briscoe won 2 overtime races this season – Homestead-Miami June 14 & Pocono
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Homestead-Miami June 14 & Darlington May
98-Chase Briscoe: 6 Straight races led – 87 Laps led
8 Different winners in 15 races this season
2 Different winners last 4 races – Chase Briscoe (2 Wins) & Austin Cindric (2 Wins)
Last to win 3 straight races: Christopher Bell – 2018 Kentucky, New Hampshire & Iowa
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 8 of 15 races this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte & Talladega
Kaulig Racing driver best Chevrolet finisher last 6 races
Ford won last 4 races
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (Auto Club) & Justin Haley (Talladega)
5 Overtime races this season – Charlotte, Bristol June, Homestead-Miami June 14, Pocono & Kentucky July 9
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 13 of 15 races this season