NASCAR Information Sunday, July 7, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2024 Chicago
Alex Bowman
2024 Chicago winner – Started 8th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 6.5, only final 8 laps led
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman – 1 Stop Lap 21
Stage 1 winner: Shane van Gisbergen 40th
Stage 2 winner: Joey Hand 4th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: Alex Bowman 54
Passed for final lead change: Joey Hand 4th
Winner final laps led: Alex Bowman 8
Lead changes: 9
Cautions: 5
Failed to finish: 4
Longest green run: 17 Laps (Lap 1-17)
Best free pass finisher: Joey Logano 23rd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: None
Best starting rear of field finisher: William Byron 8th
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 1st
Best Gibbs: Ty Gibbs 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Noah Gragson 14th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 10th
Most wins this season: 3 Christopher Bell, William Byron, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Brad Keselowski
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 William Byron, Brad Keselowski & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Larson & Tyler Reddick
Most top 10 finishes this season: 13 Tyler Reddick
Most Stage wins this season: 9 Christopher Bell
Most laps led this season: 755 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 447 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 15 Denny Hamlin
Most lead lap finishes this season: 19 Chase Elliott (Completed all but 1 lap – Bristol)
12 Different winners in 20 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 races –
Austin Cindric, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, Christopher Bell, Joey Logano & Alex Bowman
Christopher Bell only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1-win each
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 85 Austin Cindric at St. Louis, 80 Alex Bowman at Chicago
57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb, 49 Joey Logano at Nashville & 42 Chase Elliott at Texas
3 Different winners in 3 road course races this season – Bowman, Byron & Larson (All Hendrick drivers)
Final lead change with 9 or fewer laps to go 11 races this season
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
Driver starting first finished 21st or worse 4 of last 6 races
8 Races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Shane van Gisbergen
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Sheldon Creed
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Austin Hill
Most top 10 finishes this season: 14 Cole Custer (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 487 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led of winless drivers this season: 400 Cole Custer
Most races led this season: 11 Justin Allgaier & Austin Hill
Austin Hill at Pocono: 100th NASCAR Xfinity Series race
12 Different winners in 18 races this season
Shane van Gisbergen only repeat winner last 10 races (3 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 10 of 18 races this season
#20 Wins this season:
John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March & Nashville, Aric Almirola Martinsville April, Ryan Truex Dover, Christopher Bell New Hampshire
Jesse Love leads all with 3 pole wins this season
Justin Allgaier: 10 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
2 Won consecutive races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb. & Atlanta Feb.) & Shane van Gisbergen (Portland & Sonoma)
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Phoenix 11/23
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 5