NASCAR Information Sunday, July 2, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Chicago Street Race
Shane van Gisbergen
Chicago winner – Started 3rd, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 9 laps led, avg. running pos.: 5th (best), 70 laps in top 10
Winner pit stops: Shane van Gisbergen – 2 Stops 26 (G) & 47
Stage 1 winner: Christopher Bell 18th
Stage 2 winner: Christopher Bell 18th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Christopher Bell 1st & 1st, Tyler Reddick 2nd & 3rd, Shane van Gisbergen 3rd & 4th, Michael McDowell 5th & 5th
Most points scored: 55 Shane van Gisbergen
Passed for final lead change: Justin Haley
Winner final laps led: Shane van Gisbergen 8
Cautions: 9
Failed to finish – Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon & Ty Dillon
Longest green run: 15 Laps (16-30)
Best free pass finisher: Noah Gragson 25th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: None
Best starting rear of field finisher: Justin Haley 2nd
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 3rd
Best Gibbs: Ty Gibbs 9th
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 12th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 6th
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch & William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 5 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes this season: 11 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 8 Chris Buescher
Most laps led this season: 722 William Byron (Career-high: 746 – 2022)
Most races led this season: 13 Denny Hamlin
Career Laps Led
Chase Elliott: 62 to 5,000
Kevin Harvick: 1 to 16,000
Season
12 Different winners in 18 races this season
7 Different winners in last 7 races – Hamlin, Byron, Blaney, Busch, Truex Jr., Chastain & van Gisbergen
13 Different winners after 18 races last season
3 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March), Kyle Busch (St. Louis) & Ross Chastain (Nashville)
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
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .193 Seconds – Joey Logano over Brad Keselowski (Atlanta March)
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 12 races
William Byron leads all with 7 Stage wins this season
4 Winless streaks of 42 races or longer ended this season
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 all 3 wins this season
8 Races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 5
All 3 William Byron wins this season in Overtime races
William Byron: All 3 wins under 1-second margin-of-victory
Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 3 races
Aric Almirola best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Chicago Street (Finished 12th) – First time best SHR finisher this season
Foreign-born winners:
Marcos Ambrose, Mario Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Earl Ross, Daniel Suárez & Shane van Gisbergen
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Justin Allgaier
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 7 Josh Berry
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 11 Josh Berry
Most laps led this season: 457 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led without a win this season: 135 Sheldon Creed
Season
11 Different winners in 16 races this season
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .085 Seconds – Austin Hill over Daniel Hemric (Atlanta March)
First career win for 3 this season –
Sammy Smith (Phoenix March), Chandler Smith (Richmond) & Ryan Truex (Dover)
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
Cole Custer only repeat winner last 10 races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1-win each
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed Justin Allgaier), Darlington May (Kyle Larson passed John Hunter Nemechek)
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3