NASCAR Information Sunday, July 24, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Pocono
Chase Elliott
Pocono winner – Started 3rd, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, took checkered 3rd, no laps led
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (4 Stops) 31, 62 (Green), 84, 121 (Green)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 4th & 2nd, Erik Jones 5th & 3rd
Best free pass finisher: Aric Almirola 13th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Cindric 31st
Best starting rear of field finisher: Erik Jones 9th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 4th
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 13th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 20th
This season
Most wins: 4 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Ross Chastain & Tyler Reddick
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: 15 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 11 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 658 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 455 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 17 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 8 Hendrick Motorsports
14 Different winners in 21 races this season –
William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano only drivers with multiple wins this season
Chase Elliott only repeat winner last 9 races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
3 Different winners in 3 road course races this season –
Ross Chastain (Austin), Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
First career win for all 3 road course winners this season
First career win for 19 drivers came on a road course
11 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney & Denny Hamlin lead all with 3 pole wins
5 Won first career pole this season – Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric & Cole Custer
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
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)
Chase Elliott: 3 Wins last 5 races – 5 Straight top 2 finishes
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 13 of 21 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 9 of 21 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 10 races
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
Michael McDowell best Ford finisher 2 races this season – Talladega April & Pocono
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kurt Busch – 43
14 of 21 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last 6 races
2 Disqualified this season – Denny Hamlin (Pocono) & Kyle Busch (Pocono)
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: 7 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 10 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 16 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 12 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 534 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 16 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 8 JR Motorsports
9 Different winners in 19 races this season
Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 9 races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
Noah Gragson: 7 Stage wins this season (Most) – 3 Wins this season
JR Motorsports: 21 Stage wins this season
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 19 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)
2 Different winners in 3 road course races this season – AJ Allmendinger (Austin, Portland) & Ty Gibbs (Road America)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
9 of 19 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season