NASCAR Information Sunday, June 11, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Sonoma
Martin Truex Jr.
Sonoma winner – Started 8th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, 51 laps led (most)
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. – 4 Stops 26 (G), 51, 75 (G), 93
Stage 1 winner: Denny Hamlin 36th
Stage 2 winner: Kyle Busch 2nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: 53 Martin Truex Jr.
Passed for final lead change: Chase Elliott
Winner final laps led: Martin Truex Jr.14
Cautions: 2
1 Failed to finish – Denny Hamlin (Crash)
Longest green run: 50 Laps (1-50)
Best free pass finisher: Justin Haley 21st
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ryan Blaney 31st (Only driver)
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 5th
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 11th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch & William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 William Byron (Only 5 top 5 finishes all last season)
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 5 Ross Chastain
Most laps led this season: 717 William Byron (Career-high: 746 – 2022)
Most laps led without a win this season: 348 Ross Chastain
Most races led this season: 12 Denny Hamlin
Sonoma
2023 Winner Martin Truex Jr. passed Tony Stewart for 2nd all-time Sonoma wins with 4th victory – Jeff Gordon leads all with 5
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 14 Sonoma races (4 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each
Martin Truex Jr. won 3 of last 5 Sonoma races
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 4 of last 6 Sonoma races – Finished 37th in 2017 & Winner 2018, ’19 & ‘23
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 5 of last 10 Sonoma races – 4 Wins
Denny Hamlin only Sonoma pole winner failing to finish (2023) – Crash
Fewest Sonoma cautions: 2 – 2012, ’19 & ‘23
Career Laps Led
Chase Elliott: 63 to 5,000
Kevin Harvick: 1 to 16,000
Season
10 Different winners in 16 races this season
5 Different winners in last 5 races – Hamlin, Byron, Blaney, Busch & Truex Jr.
12 Different winners after 16 races last season
William Byron leads all with 7 Stage wins this season
Last to win consecutive races: William Byron (Las Vegas 3/23 & Phoenix 3/23)
2 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March) & Kyle Busch (St. Louis)
6 Winless streaks of 28 races or longer ended this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 6 of last 14 races
William Byron took lead for final time with 2 to go all 3 wins this season
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
7 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
Top 7 Sonoma finishers all different teams – Gibbs, Childress, Penske, RFK, Hendrick, Kaulig & Front Row
2 Postponed races this season – Dover (Martin Truex Jr. winner) & Charlotte (Ryan Blaney winner)
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 10 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill
Most top 3 finishes this season: 7 Justin Allgaier
Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Justin Allgaier
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 6 Josh Berry
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 10 Josh Berry
Most laps led this season: 457 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led without a win this season: 135 Sheldon Creed
Most races led this season: 11 John Hunter Nemechek
Season
11 Different winners in 14 races this season – Austin Hill (3) & John Hunter Nemechek (2) only drivers with multiple wins
11 Different winners last 11 races –
S. Smith, Hill, Allmendinger, C. Smith, Nemechek, Burton, Truex, Larson, Allgaier, Custer & Almirola
First win of season for last 6 winners
6 Different teams won last 6 races – Anderson, Gibbs, Kaulig, JRM, Stewart-Haas & RSS Racing
Justin Allgaier best JR Motorsports finisher last 4 races
Austin Hill best Richard Childress Racing finisher last 5 races
2 Swept Stage 1, 2 & race this season – John Hunter Nemechek (Martinsville April) & Ryan Truex (Dover)
First career win for 3 this season –
Sammy Smith (Phoenix March), Chandler Smith (Richmond) & Ryan Truex (Dover)
Only 2 winners started outside top 10 this season – Sammy Smith 11th at Phoenix March & Ryan Truex 12th at Dover
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed Justin Allgaier), Darlington May (Kyle Larson passed John Hunter Nemechek)
3 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 2 of 3