NASCAR Information Sunday, June 2, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2024 St. Louis
Austin Cindric
2024 St. Louis winner – Started 2nd, finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, 53 laps led including final 2 laps, ended 85-race winless streak
Winner pit stops: Austin Cindric – 3 Stops 49, 114, 177 (G)
Stage 1 & 2 winner: Christopher Bell
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Christopher Bell 1st & 1st, Ryan Blaney 3rd & 3rd, Austin Cindric 4th & 2nd
Most points scored: 56 Austin Cindric
Passed for final lead change: Ryan Blaney 24th
Winner final laps led: Austin Cindric 53
Lead changes: 16
Cautions: 5
Failed to finish: 2 Josh Berry & Kyle Busch (1st DNF of season)
Longest green run: 92 Laps (Lap 149-240)
Best free pass finisher: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 20th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ty Gibbs 11th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 10th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 17th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 1st
Most wins this season: 3 William Byron & Denny Hamlin
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Brad Keselowski
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Brad Keselowski
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Denny Hamlin & Brad Keselowski
Most top 10 finishes this season: 9 Alex Bowman (Winless), William Byron & Tyler Reddick
Chase Elliott only driver to finish top 20 every race this season
Best average finish this season: 9.9 Chase Elliott
Most Stage wins this season: 7 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 656 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 446 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 13 Denny Hamlin
9 Different winners in 15 races this season
8 Different winners last 8 races –
William Byron, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson,
Brad Keselowski, Christopher Bell & Austin Cindric
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 85 Austin Cindric at St. Louis,
57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb. & 42 Chase Elliott at Texas
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 5 races this season
Christopher Bell led most laps last 2 races – 170 Total laps led
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
Stage 1 winner won only 1 race this season – Kyle Larson Las Vegas
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
7 Races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season
Rookie of the Year contenders finished top 10 in last 3 races
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 25
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Hill & Chandler Smith
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Austin Hill
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Cole Custer (Winless), Austin Hill & Chandler Smith
Most top 10 finishes this season: 10 Cole Custer (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 473 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led of winless drivers this season: 222 Cole Custer
Most races led this season: 10 Justin Allgaier
11 Different winners in 13 races this season – Austin Hill & Chandler Smith have multiple wins
9 Different winners last 9 races –
Kyle Larson, Chandler Smith, Aric Almirola, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love,
Ryan Truex, Justin Allgaier, Chase Elliott & Shane van Gisbergen
First win of season for last 7 winners
5 Different teams won last 5 races – Childress, Gibbs, JR Motorsports, Hendrick & Kaulig
First career win for 2 this season – Jesse Love (Talladega April) & Shane van Gisbergen (Portland)
*Each Rookie drivers
Last to win 1st & 2nd career races back-to-back: Austin Cindric – 2019 Watkins Glen & 2019 Mid-Ohio
Shane van Gisbergen best Kaulig finisher 4 races this season
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 7 of 13 races this season
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Phoenix 11/23
#20 Wins this season: John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March, Aric Almirola Martinsville April, Ryan Truex Dover
Jesse Love leads all with 3 pole wins this season
Justin Allgaier: 10 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
Justin Allgaier won Stage 1 & 2 last 3 races – Stage 1 winner last 4 races