NASCAR Information Sunday, July 16, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2023 New Hampshire
Martin Truex Jr.
New Hampshire winner – Started 2nd, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 254 of 301 laps led
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. – 6 Stops 30, 73, 132 (G), 164, 237 (G), 273
Stage 1 winner: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Stage 2 winner: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. 1st & 1st, Ryan Blaney 5th & 4th
Most points scored: 60 Martin Truex Jr.
Passed for final lead change: Kevin Harvick
Winner final laps led: Martin Truex Jr. 24
Cautions: 8
Failed to finish – Aric Almirola, Kyle Busch, Cole Custer & Noah Gragson
Longest green run: 86 Laps (78-163)
Best free pass finisher: Chase Briscoe 10th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Tyler Reddick 6th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Kyle Busch 36th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 3rd
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 4th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 2nd
Season
Most wins this season: 4 William Byron
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Joey Logano
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 12 Kyle Busch
Most laps led this season: 750 William Byron
Career Laps Led
Kevin Harvick: 16,009 – Passed 16,000 at New Hampshire
Martin Truex Jr.: 12,036 – Passed 12,000 at New Hampshire
Chase Elliott: 62 to 5,000
New Hampshire
Most tries before first New Hampshire win: Martin Truex Jr. won in 30th try (7/23)
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps last 2 New Hampshire races – 426 Total laps led
Martin Truex Jr. only driver to win New Hampshire Stage 1, 2 & race (2023)
Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 1 & 2 last 2 New Hampshire races – Finished 4th in 2022 & 2023 Winner
First New Hampshire win for last 3 winners – Aric Almirola, Christopher Bell & Martin Truex Jr.
Season
12 Different winners in 20 races this season
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 7 races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1-win each
14 Different winners after 20 races last season
William Byron leads all with 7 Stage wins this season
2 Swept Stage 1, 2 & race this season – William Byron (Las Vegas March) & Martin Truex Jr. (New Hampshire)
Last to win consecutive races: William Byron (Las Vegas 3/23 & Phoenix 3/23)
3 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March), Kyle Busch (St. Louis) & Ross Chastain (Nashville)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 8 races this season
William Byron took lead for final time with 2 to go 3 of 4 wins this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Atlanta March (Joey Logano winner), Talladega April (Kyle Busch winner) & Kansas May (Denny Hamlin winner)
Ford: 2 Wins this season – Joey Logano Atlanta & Ryan Blaney Charlotte
8 Races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 5
William Byron: 3 Overtime wins this season
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Martin Truex Jr. – 43
3rd closest margin-of-victory this season: New Hampshire Martin Truex Jr. over Joey Logano by .396 Seconds
Top 6 New Hampshire finishers from different teams – Gibbs, Penske, Hendrick, Stewart-Haas & RFK, 23XI
3 Postponed races this season –
Dover (Martin Truex Jr. winner), Charlotte (Ryan Blaney winner) & New Hampshire (Martin Truex Jr. winner)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 4 John Hunter Nemechek
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 7 Josh Berry
Most top 10 finishes this season: 15 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 11 Josh Berry
Most laps led this season: 597 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led without a win this season: 159 Sheldon Creed
Most races led this season: 13 John Hunter Nemechek
Season
11 Different winners in 18 races this season
1 Won consecutive races this season – John Hunter Nemechek (Atlanta July & New Hampshire)
John Hunter Nemechek started 2nd all 4 wins this season
John Hunter Nemechek best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 4 races
Only 3 winners started outside top 10 this season –
Sammy Smith 11th at Phoenix March, Ryan Truex 12th at Dover & AJ Allmendinger 11th at Nashville
6 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4
Austin Hill best Richard Childress Racing finisher last 9 races