NASCAR Information Sunday, July 17, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
New Hampshire
Christopher Bell
New Hampshire winner – Started 5th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, led only final 42 laps
Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell (5 Stops) 73, 95, 148, 188, 206 (All caution)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. 1st & 1st, Kyle Larson 3rd & 5th, Chase Elliott 4th & 3rd, Kevin Harvick 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Cindric 13th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: None
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 5th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 13th
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: 14 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 11 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 658 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 453 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 16 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 7 Hendrick Motorsports
14 Different winners in 20 races this season –
William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano only drivers with multiple wins this season
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
Chase Elliott only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 5 races
Christopher Bell: New Hampshire winner – Ended 53-race winless streak
Christopher Bell best Toyota finisher 4 races this season – Austin, Dover, Darlington & New Hampshire
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 1 & 2 in 3 races this season – Failed to win all 3
Kevin Harvick best Ford finisher 3 races this season – Richmond, Charlotte & New Hampshire
Austin Cindric best Team Penske finisher last 3 races
11 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
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 20 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 9 of 20 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 9 races
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
6 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3 times
Most recent Rookie of the Year contenders to win:
Austin Cindric (2022 Daytona 500), Cole Custer (2020 Kentucky), Chris Buescher (2016 Pocono) & Joey Logano (2009 New Hampshire)
13 of 20 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: 512 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 15 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 7 JR Motorsports
9 Different winners in 18 races this season
Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 8 races (3 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
Noah Gragson: 6 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
JR Motorsports: 19 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 18 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 18 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season
3 Disqualified this season –
Joe Graf Jr. (Las Vegas March) – Finished 38th (Original finish: 29th)
Landon Cassill (New Hampshire) – Finished 37th (Original finish: 3rd)
Noah Gragson (New Hampshire) – Finished 38th (Original finish: 4th)
All 3 Kaulig Racing drivers finished 20th or worse at New Hampshire