NASCAR Information Sunday, June 14, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 3 Denny Hamlin
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes: 5 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 9 Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
Most laps led: 542 Kevin Harvick (544 Laps led first 22 races last season)
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Denny Hamlin (7 Stops) 22, 34, 83, 120, 163, 172, 218
Longest green flag run last race: 92 Laps (176-267)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Denny Hamlin (1st & 1st), Ryan Blaney (2nd & 4th), Tyler Reddick (3rd & 2nd), Chase Elliott (4th & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Josh Bilicki, Ty Dillon, Ryan Newman, J.J. Yeley
Rear of field last race: Quin Houff, B.J. McLeod
Best HMS last race: 2nd Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 1st Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 5th Aric Almirola
Best TPR last race: 3rd Ryan Blaney
2-Brad Keselowski: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest current streak (Career-long streak: 10 Straight in 2015)
3-Austin Dillon: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 6 Top 10 finishes all last season
8-Tyler Reddick best Rookie finisher last 3 races
9-Chase Elliott passed for final lead change 3 races this season including Miami
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 8th or better last 3 races – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
9-Chase Elliott best Chevrolet finisher 4 of last 6 races
9-Chase Elliott: 7 Straight races led – 236 Laps led
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 5th at Miami – Only Stewart-Haas Racing top 10 finisher
10-Aric Almirola best finish last 14 races: 5th – Miami June
11-Denny Hamlin: 9 Wins last 48 races – Winless previous 47 races
12-Ryan Blaney: 3 Straight top 5 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2019)
12-Ryan Blaney: 6 Top 5 finishes this season – 3 Straight top 5 finishes
12-Ryan Blaney: 6 Top 5 finishes this season – 5 Top 5 finishes last 6 races
12-Ryan Blaney average finish this season – First 6 races: 17.7 / Last 6 races: 9.2
12-Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher last 3 races
12-Ryan Blaney best Ford finisher 3 of last 5 races
12-Ryan Blaney: 5 Straight races led – 168 Laps led
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Wins after 12 races last season – Winless after 12 races this season
22-Joey Logano: 7 Straight races led – 360 Laps led
24-William Byron: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
48-Jimmie Johnson: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 16th at Miami
95-Christopher Bell: 3 Career top 10 finishes – All in last 6 races
7 Different winners in 12 races this season
5 Different winners last 5 races – Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr. & Denny Hamlin
6 Different winners last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Kyle Busch, Logano, Keselowski, Elliott, Harvick & Hamlin
5 Different teams finished top 5 at Miami – Gibbs, Hendrick, Penske, Childress & Stewart-Haas
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
No Stewart-Haas Racing laps led at Miami
All 3 Team Penske drivers led Miami – 98 Laps led
Hendrick Motorsports: 11 Stage wins this season (Only Chevrolet Stage winners) – 2 Wins
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
3 Races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500, Phoenix March & Coca-Cola 600
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 3 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Harrison Burton & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 7 Harrison Burton & Noah Gragson
Top 10 finish every race: Harrison Burton
Top 20 finish every race: Chase Briscoe & Harrison Burton
Most races led: 9 Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 317 Noah Gragson
Finished on lead lap every race: Harrison Burton
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 11th or better last 7 races – 4 Straight top 5 finishes (Career-long streak)
9-Noah Gragson best JR Motorsports finisher last 4 races
9-Noah Gragson failed to win 3 races this season after leading most laps including each Miami race
9-Noah Gragson: 7 Straight races led – 300 Laps led
9-Noah Gragson: 399 Career laps led – 317 Laps led this season
10-Ross Chastain: 8 Top 10 finishes this season – Ties career-high (2018)
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 9th or better last 3 races
18-Riley Herbst best finish in last 7 races: 9th – Miami June 14
19-Brandon Jones 4 straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 5 straight (2018 & ’19)
19-Brandon Jones: 103 Laps led this season – 104 Laps led all last season
20-Harrison Burton: 15 Top 10 finishes in 19 races – 12 Straight top 10 finishes
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher every race this season
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Top 3 finishes this season – Winless
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Straight races led – 152 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: 5 Career wins on 5 different tracks – Charlotte Roval, Darlington, Miami, Iowa & Las Vegas
98-Chase Briscoe: 5 Career wins – 3 Wins this season (Leads all drivers)
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 Wins last 9 races – 2 Wins previous 51 races
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Darlington May & Miami June 14
98-Chase Briscoe: 206 Laps led this season – 197 Laps led all last season
98-Chase Briscoe best Ford finisher 6 races this season
6 Different winners in 10 races this season
5 Different winners in last 5 races – Kyle Busch, Noah Gragson, AJ Allmendinger, Harrison Burton & Chase Briscoe
4 Different teams won last 4 races – JR Motorsports, Kaulig Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing & Stewart-Haas Racing
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 5 of 10 races this season
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May & Charlotte
Stage 2 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – Kyle Busch (Charlotte)
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 8 of 10 races this season
Dash 4 Cash winners this season: Noah Gragson (Atlanta) & AJ Allmendinger (Miami)
First career win for 2 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.) & Harrison Burton (Auto Club)
3 Overtime races this season – Charlotte, Bristol June & Miami June 14