NASCAR Information Sunday, July 3, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Road America
Tyler Reddick
Road America winner – Started 4th, finished 13th in Stage 1 & 10th in Stage 2, final 16 laps led
Winner pit stops: Tyler Reddick (3 Stops) 12, 28, 43 (All under green)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kurt Busch 5th & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Cody Ware 32nd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Todd Gilliland 25th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Kyle Busch 29th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 13th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 7th
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most top 3 finishes: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 9 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 6 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 12 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 570 William Byron
Most laps led without a win: 390 Ryan Blaney
Most races led: 15 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 6 Hendrick Motorsports
13 Different winners in 18 races this season –
William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano only drivers with multiple wins this season
6 Different winners last 6 races – Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano, Daniel Suárez Chase Elliott & Tyler Reddick
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
10 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
Stage 2 winner won only 1 race this season – Kurt Busch (Kansas)
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
First career win for 5 this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March), Ross Chastain (Austin),
Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
2 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Darlington May) & Denny Hamlin (Charlotte)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 12 of 18 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 8 of 18 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 7 races
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
Hendrick Motorsports won 4 of last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks
4 Different winners in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March), William Byron (Atlanta March), Kurt Busch (Kansas May) & Denny Hamlin (Charlotte)
11 of 18 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
6 Different teams won last 6 races – 23XI, Gibbs, Penske, Trackhouse, Hendrick & Childress
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .036 Seconds – Austin Cindric over Bubba Wallace (Daytona 500)
First career win for 19 drivers came on a road course
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: 14 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 11 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 465 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 13 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 6 JR Motorsports
9 Different winners in 16 races this season
Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 6 races (2 Wins) – 4 Others 1 win each
11 Different pole winners this season –
Gibbs 3, Allmendinger 2, Alfredo 1, Bayne 1, Earnhardt 1, Gragson 1, Hemric 1, Herbst 1, Jones 1, Larson 1 & Mayer 1
Noah Gragson: 6 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
First career win for 1 this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.)
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 16 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)
Ty Gibbs won 2 of 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Las Vegas March & Atlanta March
#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won 7 of last 10 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Ty Gibbs 4, Kyle Busch 2 & John Hunter Nemechek 1
8 of 16 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season