NASCAR Information Sunday, July 18, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
New Hampshire
Aric Almirola
New Hampshire winner – Started 22nd, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 25 laps led
Winner pit stops: Aric Almirola (5 Stops) 35, 78, 131, 188, 250 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (193-293)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Brad Keselowski (2nd & 1st), Ryan Blaney (1st & 3rd), Kevin Harvick (4th & 2nd)
Speeding: Ryan Preece 22nd
Rear of field: Ryan Preece 22nd, Corey LaJoie 23rd, Bubba Wallace 26th, B.J. McLeod 30th, Quin Houff 35th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 7th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 1st
Best Penske: Brad Keselowski 3rd (All 3 Team Penske drivers finished top 5)
Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 15 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.6 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 1441 Kyle Larson (670 More than 2nd-most Denny Hamlin)
Most races led this season: 18 Denny Hamlin
Most wins on road courses this season: 2 Chase Elliott
Most laps led on road courses this season: 86 Chase Elliott
Chase Elliott only driver to lead laps all 4 road course races this season
| 2020 Wins | 2021 Wins | Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 | 29 | Bristol 9/20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 7 | 0 | 27 | Talladega 10/20 |
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 3rd at New Hampshire – Started 11th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 53 laps led, 53 points scored (most)
2-Brad Keselowski: 5 Top 3 finishes this season – Finished 3rd in 2 of last 4 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Best Team Penske finisher 3 of last 4 races
3-Austin Dillon: 15th in standings +104 into New Hampshire – 17th in standings -5 after New Hampshire
4-Kevin Harvick: 66 Laps led at New Hampshire (Most) – 39 Laps led previous 21 races this season
5-Kyle Larson: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 races (No laps led last 4 races) – 6 Top 2 finishes previous 6 races (3 Wins)
8-Tyler Reddick: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 13th at New Hampshire
10-Aric Almirola: 27th in Standings -232 into New Hampshire
10-Aric Almirola: New Hampshire winner – Only 2nd top 5 finish this season (Finished 4th at Nashville)
10-Aric Almirola: 25 Laps led at New Hampshire (Winner) – 26 Laps led previous 21 races this season
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 10th at New Hampshire – Lap 6 crash, 19 laps 1-lap down, 156 laps in top 10
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 5th last 2 races – First back-to-back top 5 finishes this season
12-Ryan Blaney: 64 Laps led at New Hampshire – 2 Laps led previous 11 races this season
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 37th at New Hampshire – Started 1st, led first 6 laps, crashed lap 6
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 37th at New Hampshire (Worst finish this season) – Finished top 3 previous 4 races this season
18-Kyle Busch: Failed to finish 2 races this season – Daytona 500 & New Hampshire
18-Kyle Busch: 9 Straight races led – 186 Laps led
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 12th at New Hampshire – Lap 6 crash, 21 laps 1-lap down, avg. running pos.: 20th
20-Christopher Bell: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
20-Christopher Bell: Finished 2nd in 2 of last 3 races – 3 Straight top 10 finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Passed for final lead change 2 races this season – Talladega April & New Hampshire
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 11th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 10 finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 60 Laps led this season – 30 Total laps led 2 of last 3 races (10 Road America & 20 New Hampshire)
22-Joey Logano: Finished 4th at New Hampshire – 2 Lap penalty, free pass twice, 106 laps 1-lap down, avg. running pos.: 20th
22-Joey Logano: 1 Top 5 finish last 6 races – Finished 4th at New Hampshire
24-William Byron: Finished 20th or worse last 3 races – Average finish: 24.7
41-Cole Custer: 1 Top 15 finish last 9 races – Finished 14th at New Hampshire
42-Ross Chastain: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Top 10 finishes last 9 races
13 Different winners in 22 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season (3 Hendrick & 2 Gibbs drivers) –
Kyle Larson 4, Alex Bowman 3, Martin Truex Jr. 3, Kyle Busch 2 & Chase Elliott 2
3 Different winners in 4 road course races this season – Chase Elliott 2 wins
Hendrick Motorsports won 3 of 4 road course races this season
First career win for 16 drivers came on a road course
4 Different teams won last 4 races – Gibbs, Hendrick, Ganassi & Stewart-Haas
1 Postponed race this season (Bristol Dirt) – 2 Shortened races this season (COTA & New Hampshire)
2 Races won starting from front row this season – Kyle Larson Charlotte (Pole) & Sonoma (1st)
7 Winless streaks of 26 races or longer ended this season
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 9 races this season
Chevrolet: No top 5 finisher at New Hampshire – First time this season no Chevrolet finished top 5
Ford: 1 Win last 12 races – Aric Almirola at New Hampshire (5 Fords finished in top 6 at New Hampshire)
Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Wins this season – 7 Wins all last season (4 in ’19 & 3 in ’18)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Busch
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier & Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Justin Allgaier & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 12 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 15 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 7 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 7.6 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 534 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 16 Austin Cindric
02-Brett Moffitt: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – 2nd time in career (2020)
2-Myatt Snider: Best finish last 16 races: 7th – New Hampshire
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 2nd in 3 races since last win – Texas June, Nashville June & New Hampshire July
7-Justin Allgaier: 8 Top 3 finishes last 14 races (57%) – 2 Wins
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Top 10 finishes last 6 races – Finished 14th at New Hampshire
11-Justin Haley: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties longest streak this season
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished outside top 10 last 2 races – Finished 6th or better previous 5 races
18-Daniel Hemric: 6 Top 3 finishes this season – 390 Laps led this season
20-Harrison Burton: 6 Top 5 finishes this season – 4 Top 5 finishes last 8 races
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
98-Riley Herbst: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
9 Different winners in 19 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season – Busch 5, Cindric 4, Allgaier 2, Allmendinger 2 & Gibbs 2
3 Different winners in 4 road course races this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona), Kyle Busch (COTA), AJ Allmendinger (Mid-Ohio) & Kyle Busch (Road America)
Joe Gibbs Racing #54 finished top 3 in last 9 races – 7 Wins including 3 straight
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go in 9 races this season