NASCAR Information Sunday, July 5, 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: 9 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes: 13 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 640 Kevin Harvick
Most races led: 13 Joey Logano
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Kevin Harvick (3 Stops) 42, 77, 123
Longest green flag run last race: 28 Laps (106-133)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Kevin Harvick (5th & 1st), Chase Elliott (4th & 2nd), Austin Dillon (3rd & 5th)
Speeding last race: None (Only race this season)
Rear of field last race: Timmy Hill (29th), Justin Allgaier (37th)
Best HMS last race: 11th Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 6th Kyle Busch
Best SHR last race: 1st Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 4th Brad Keselowski
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 races – Finished 4th at Indianapolis
2-Brad Keselowski best Team Penske finisher last 3 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 53 Career wins – 22 Different tracks (Winless at Kentucky & Charlotte Roval)
4-Kevin Harvick: 53 Career wins – 22 After turning 40-years-old (Lee Petty won 42 races after turning 40)
4-Kevin Harvick: 53 Career wins – 1 Behind Hall of Fame driver Lee Petty
4-Kevin Harvick: 8 Wins last 33 races (24%)
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Wins this season – Winless first 19 races last season
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Wins last 3 races – 3 Straight top 2 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: 6 Career win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Winless at Kentucky
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Wins this season – 2 Stage wins
4-Kevin Harvick best Ford finisher last 3 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Straight races led – 98 Laps led
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 8th at Indianapolis – Finished 20th or worse previous 3 races
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 11th at Indianapolis – Rest of Hendrick Motorsports finished 27th or worse
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
10-Aric Almirola: 5 Straight top 5 finishes – First-ever top 5 finish streak
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 28th at Indianapolis (Crash) – Finished 4th or better previous 4 races including 2 wins
Gutted. I’ve been trying to win the Brickyard for so many years. Come so close. This one hurt on many levels.
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Straight races led – 233 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
14-Clint Bowyer: Finished 15th at Indianapolis – Only Stewart-Haas Racing finisher outside top 5
18-Kyle Busch: Winless this season – 4 Wins at this point last season
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 6th at Indianapolis – Rest of Joe Gibbs Racing finished 28th or worse
18-Kyle Busch best Toyota finisher at Indianapolis (Finished 6th) – First time best Toyota finisher last 6 races
18-Kyle Busch best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher at Indianapolis (Finished 6th) – First time best JGR finisher last 6 races
22-Joey Logano: 1 Top 15 finish last 5 races – Finished 10th at Indianapolis
41-Cole Custer best career finish: 5th – Indianapolis July
41-Cole Custer best Rookie finisher 3 races this season – Phoenix (9th), Pocono June 28 (17th) & Indianapolis (5th)
42-Matt Kenseth: 1 Top 5 finish last 28 races – Finished 2nd at Indianapolis July
42-Matt Kenseth best Chevrolet finisher at Indianapolis – Finished 2nd
43-Bubba Wallace: 1 Top 10 finish last 7 races – Finished 9th at Indianapolis
8 Different winners in 16 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Kyle Busch, Logano, Keselowski, Elliott, Harvick & Hamlin
Stage 1 winner finished outside top 10 last 4 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 12 Stage wins this season – 2 Wins
3 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished top 5 at Indianapolis
2 Winners started rear of field – Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500) & Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600)
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
Chevrolet winless last 8 races – Last win: Charlotte May 28 (Chase Elliott)
Toyota: 5 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 4
5 Overtime races this season – Daytona 500, Phoenix March, Coca-Cola 600, Talladega June & Indianapolis
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
11 Races this season won by drivers 36-years-old or older
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 5 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Harrison Burton, Ross Chastain & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 8 Noah Gragson
Most top 10 finishes: 11 Ross Chastain
Top 20 finish every race: Chase Briscoe
Most races led: 11 Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 344 Noah Gragson
Most laps complete: 2092 of 2036 Noah Gragson
1-Michael Annett: Finished 12th or better last 3 races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Stage wins this season (Tied for most with Noah Gragson) – No race wins
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Straight races led – 13 Laps led
9-Noah Gragson: 8 Top 5 finishes this season – 9 Top 5 finishes all of last season
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 9th or better last 6 races – 3 Top 3 finishes
11-Justin Haley: 9 Career top 5 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes this season
22-Austin Cindric: Stage 1 winner last 2 races – Finished 29th & 5th in race
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Stage wins this season – No race wins
22-Austin Cindric: 6 Straight races led – 192 Laps led
93-Myatt Snider best Rookie finisher 3 of last 4 races
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 Wins last 4 races
98-Chase Briscoe only repeat winner last 10 races (4 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
98-Chase Briscoe only driver to win consecutive races this season – Pocono & Indianapolis
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 – Homestead-Miami June 14 & Darlington May
98-Chase Briscoe won 2 overtime races this season – Homestead-Miami June 14 & Pocono
98-Chase Briscoe: 4 Straight races led – 80 Laps led
7 Different winners in 13 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 7 of 13 races this season including 4 of last 5
Last to win 3 straight races: Christopher Bell – 2018 Kentucky, New Hampshire & Iowa
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte & Talladega
Kaulig Racing driver best Chevrolet finisher last 4 races
Joe Gibbs Racing Indianapolis finishes – Harrison Burton 25th, Riley Herbst 33rd & Brandon Jones 37th
25-Years-old & younger won 11 of 13 races this season
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (Auto Club) & Justin Haley (Talladega)
4 Overtime races this season – Charlotte, Bristol June, Homestead-Miami June 14 & Pocono
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38