NASCAR Information Sunday, July 19, 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: 11 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 8 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 15 Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes by winless driver: 11 Kurt Busch
Most laps led: 691 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 253 Aric Almirola
Most races led: 14 Joey Logano
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Austin Dillon (7 Stops) 22, 88, 108, 178, 213, 245, 307
Longest green flag run last race: 90 Laps (122-211)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Ryan Blaney (1st & 1st), Kevin Harvick (3rd & 5th)
Speeding last race: Gray Gaulding (25th) & Timmy Hill (36th)
Rear of field last race: Chase Elliott (12th), J.J. Yeley (24th), Reed Sorenson (28th), Josh Bilicki (31st), Joey Gase (32nd)
Best HMS last race: 12th Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 4th Kyle Busch
Best SHR last race: 5th Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 3rd Joey Logano
7 Different winners in 7 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 & Kevin Harvick
Top 10 all 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Brad Keselowski
Best 1.5-mile track average finish this season: 5.3 Ryan Blaney
Most 1.5-mile track laps led this season: 357 Kevin Harvick
1-Kurt Busch: Finished 8th at Texas – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 219 involved in crash
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 9th at Texas – Finished 25th in Stage 1 & 14th in Stage 2, 15 laps led
2-Brad Keselowski: 4 Stage 2 wins this season – Failed to win all 4 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 11th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 7 Top 10 finishes in 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Only 1 top 5 finish (Coca-Cola 600 winner)
2-Brad Keselowski average finish this season – 1.5-mile tracks: 7.4 / All others: 10.5
3-Austin Dillon: Texas winner – 17th in Standings, 24 behind 16th-place Jimmie Johnson into Texas
3-Austin Dillon: Texas winner – Ended 88-race winless streak
3-Austin Dillon: Texas winner – Finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, led only 22 of final 23 laps
3-Austin Dillon winner of 3rd closest finish this season (Texas July) – .149 Seconds ahead of Tyler Reddick
3-Austin Dillon average finish this season – 1.5-mile tracks: 8.3 / All others: 21.5
3-Austin Dillon: 25 Total laps led in 3 career wins
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 5 finish last 16 races – Texas winner
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 5th at Texas – 1 of 2 to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 (Blaney), 40 Laps led, lap 219 involved in crash
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Wins this season – 2 Stage wins
4-Kevin Harvick: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – 5 Straight top 5 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: 6 Straight races led – 149 Laps led
6-Ryan Newman: Finished 13th at Texas – Lap 108 pitting outside of box penalty, free pass 3rd & 4th caution
8-Tyler Reddick: 7 Career top 10 finishes – 3 Straight top 10 finishes
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 2nd at Texas – Best career finish, best Rookie finisher, 6th caution free pass, 62 laps 1-lap down
8-Tyler Reddick: 4 Top 10 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season – 3 Straight top 10 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 12th at Texas – Started rear of field & only Hendrick Motorsports top 25 finisher
9-Chase Elliott average finish this season – 1.5-mile tracks: 10.6 / All others: 15.9
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 10th at Texas – Lap 63 blend line violation, 35 laps led, lap 219 involved in crash, 7th straight top 10 finish
10-Aric Almirola: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes last 7 races
10-Aric Almirola: 3 Straight top 10 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Average finish: 7.7
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 20th at Texas – 8th caution free pass, lap 319 & 329 involved in crash
12-Ryan Blaney average finish this season – 1.5-mile tracks: 5.3 (Best) / All others: 18.5
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 7th at Texas – Stage 1 & 2 winner, 6 times led for 150 laps (most)
12-Ryan Blaney: 150 Laps led at Texas – 2nd-most laps led in a race (158 Laps led at Bristol 4/19)
12-Ryan Blaney: Winless in 7 races leading over 100 laps
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 11th or better all 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Finished 7th or better last 6 races
14-Clint Bowyer: Finished 11th at Texas – 5th caution free pass
17-Chris Buescher: Finished 19th at Texas – Lap 219 involved in crash, final caution free pass, first driver 1-lap down
18-Kyle Busch best finish last 8 races: 4th – Texas
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 4th at Texas – Lap 219 involved in crash
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 29th at Texas – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 15 laps led, lap 219 involved in crash
20-Erik Jones: 1 Top 10 finish in 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Finished 6th at Texas
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 17th at Texas – Lap 306 involved in crash & 9th caution free pass
22-Joey Logano: Finished 3rd at Texas – Finished 20th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 22 laps led
22-Joey Logano best finish last 14 races: 3rd – Texas
22-Joey Logano: Best Ford finisher at Texas (Finished 3rd) – First time best Ford finisher in last 14 races
22-Joey Logano: Best Team Penske finisher at Texas (Finished 3rd) – First time best Team Penske finisher in last 14 races
22-Joey Logano: 1 Top 5 finish last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Finished 3rd at Texas
24-William Byron: Finished 37th at Texas – Lap 219 & 251 crash
37-Ryan Preece: Failed to finish last 3 races
41-Cole Custer: Finished 39th at Texas (Worst career finish) – Won previous race at Kentucky
42-Matt Kenseth: Finished 18th at Texas – Lap 219 involved in crash & last lead lap finisher
43-Bubba Wallace: Finished 14th at Texas – Lap 219 involved in crash
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Failed to finish 4 races this season – Failed to finish 2 of last 3 races
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 29th or worse last 3 races – Average finish: 34th
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 38th at Texas – Lap 219 crash
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished outside top 15 last 4 races
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 26th at Texas – Lap 22 safety violation & lap 117 hit wall
88-Alex Bowman: Failed to finish 3 races this season – Failed to finish 2 of last 3 races
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 30th at Texas – Lap 319 crash
95-Christopher Bell: Finished 21st at Texas – Lap 306 involved in crash
10 Different winners in 18 races this season
8 Different winners last 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Kyle Busch, Logano, Keselowski, Elliott, Harvick, Hamlin, Custer & A. Dillon
Chevrolet: 3 Wins this season – 3 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Chevrolet: 1 Win last 10 races – Texas (Austin Dillon)
Ford won 4 of last 6 races
Toyota: 5 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 4
Richard Childress Racing finished top 2 at Texas – 4th time sweeping top finishing positions
(Most recent before Texas July: 10/23/11 Talladega – Clint Bowyer winner & Jeff Burton 2nd
No Hendrick Motorsports driver finished top 10 last 3 races
Joe Gibbs Racing: All 4 drivers led Texas – 44 Laps led
Team Penske: All 3 drivers finished top 10 & led Texas – 187 Laps led (56%)
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Talladega June & Kentucky
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 6 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 12 Stage wins this season – 2 Wins
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
11 Races this season won by drivers 36-years-old or older
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 5 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Chase Briscoe
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 14 Ross Chastain
Top 20 finish every race: Chase Briscoe
Most races led: 13 Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 485 Austin Cindric
Most laps led by winless driver: 417 Justin Allgaier
Most laps complete: 2628 of 2633 Chase Briscoe
Most wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 3 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 6 Austin Cindric
Top 10 finishes all 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Ross Chastain
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 436 Austin Cindric
Led all 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season: Austin Cindric
1-Michael Annett: Finished 9th or better last 5 races – Finished 5th three times
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 3rd at Texas – Stage 1 & 2 winner, 98 laps led (most), lap 159 blend line violation
7-Justin Allgaier: Best finish this season: 3rd – Darlington May & Texas July
7-Justin Allgaier: 7 Stage wins this season – No race wins
7-Justin Allgaier: Best Chevrolet finisher at Texas (Finished 3rd) – Only 2nd time best Chevrolet finisher this season
7-Justin Allgaier: Best JR Motorsports finisher 3 times this season including last 2 races
9-Noah Gragson worst career finish: 30th – Texas 11/19 & Texas July (Failed to finish only 2 of 52 career races)
9-Noah Gragson: 8 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
10-Ross Chastain: 9 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
11-Justin Haley: Finished 8th or better last 4 races – 2 Top 3 finishes
11-Justin Haley: Finished 8th at Texas – Free pass final caution
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 7th at Texas – Finished 30th or worse previous 4 races (Failed to finish all 4)
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races – Finished 4th at Texas
20-Harrison Burton: Best Toyota finisher at Texas (Finished 4th) – First time best Toyota finisher last 7 races
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher at Texas – Finished 4th
21-Anthony Alfredo worst career finish: 27th – Texas July (Only DNF in 10 career races)
22-Austin Cindric:
3 Straight wins – Only 1 won 4 straight NXS races (Sam Ard – 1983 South Boston, Martinsville, Orange County & Charlotte)
22-Austin Cindric: 9 Straight races led – 407 Laps led
39-Ryan Sieg: Failed to finish 3 races this season – Failed to finish last 2 races
68-Brandon Brown best finish last 9 races: 10th – Texas
93-Myatt Snider: Failed to finish 4 races this season – Failed to finish last 2 races
98-Chase Briscoe: 8 Top 2 finishes this season – 5 Wins & 3 2nd-place finishes
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 2nd-place finishes this season – Leads all drivers
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished 4th or better last 5 races – 2 Wins & 2 2nd-place finishes
98-Chase Briscoe: 7 Straight races led – 102 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe won 2 overtime races this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
98-Chase Briscoe: 5 Wins this season – 3 with Greg Zipadelli & 2 with Richard Boswell
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
8 Different winners in 16 races this season
2 Different winners last 5 races – Austin Cindric (3 Wins) & Chase Briscoe (2 Wins)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 8 of 16 races this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte & Talladega
Ford won last 5 races
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 14 of 16 races this season
1 Disqualified this season – Kyle Busch (Texas July) – Finished 37th (Original finish: Winner)
6 Overtime races this season – Charlotte, Bristol June, Miami June 14, Pocono, Kentucky July 9 & Texas July
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (Auto Club) & Justin Haley (Talladega)