NASCAR Information Sunday, June 20, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 10 Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 13 William Byron
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.5 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 1426 Kyle Larson (670 More than 2nd-most Denny Hamlin)
Most races led this season: 14 Denny Hamlin
| Kyle Larson Committing Larsony | |||||||
| Race | Darlington | Dover | COTA | Charlotte | Sonoma | All-Star | Nashville |
| Finish | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner |
| 3 Straight Wins Since 2008 Finish in 4th Race | ||
| 2015 | Kyle Busch | 21st |
| 2015 | Joey Logano | 37th |
| 2018 | Kevin Harvick | 35th |
| 2018 | Kyle Busch | 13th |
| 2018 | Brad Keselowski | 9th |
| 2021 | Kyle Larson | ? |
| Wins | 2020 | 2021 |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 |
| Denny Hamlin | 7 | 0 |
| Kurt Busch | 1 | 0 |
| Cole Custer | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Dillon | 1 | 0 |
| Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 24 | Bristol 9/20 |
| Kurt Busch | 23 | Las Vegas 9/20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 22 | Talladega 10/20 |
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished outside top 10 previous 12 races
2-Brad Keselowski: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – No top 10 finishes last 6 races
4-Kevin Harvick: Best finish last 6 races: 5th – Nashville
5-Kyle Larson: 8 Top 2 finishes in 17 races this season (47%) – 4 Wins & 4 2nd-place finishes
5-Kyle Larson: 3 Straight wins – 6 Straight top 2 finishes
5-Kyle Larson: 648 of 792 laps led last 3 races (82%) – Most laps led all 3 races
5-Kyle Larson: Most laps led 7 races this season (5 of last 7 races) – 4 Wins (Las Vegas, Charlotte, Sonoma & Nashville)
9-Chase Elliott: Took checkers 13th at Nashville (Stage 1 winner & 38 points scored) – 39th after penalty & 1 point scored
10-Aric Almirola: Best finish last 37 races: 4th – Nashville
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Last non-Hendrick winner – Darlington May
20-Christopher Bell: 1 Top 10 finish last 8 races – Finished 9th at Nashville
24-William Byron: Best finish last 7 races: 3rd – Nashville
42-Ross Chastain: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 1 Top 10 finish last 10 races – Finished 6th at Nashville
99-Daniel Suarez: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
11 Different winners in 17 races this season
3 With multiple wins this season (2 Hendrick drivers) – Kyle Larson 4, Martin Truex Jr. 3 & Alex Bowman 2
Last to win 4 straight races: Jimmie Johnson (2007 Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas & Phoenix)
Last to win 5 straight races: Richard Petty (1971 Malta, Islip, Trenton, Nashville & Atlanta)
3 Straight wins 6 times since 2008
Hendrick Motorsports: 5 Straight wins – First time since 2014
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Wins this season – 7 Wins all last season (4 in ’19 & 3 in ’18)
Stewart-Haas Racing: 2 Top 5 finishers at Nashville (Almirola & Harvick) –
First time this season with 2 top 5 finishers in same race
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch & Austin Cindric
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 7 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 10 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 11 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 7 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.1 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 498 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 14 Austin Cindric
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Top 3 finishes last 7 races – 2 Straight 2nd-place finishes
7-Justin Allgaier: Passed for final lead change last 2 races
9-Noah Gragson: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – No top 5 finishes last 6 races
10-Jeb Burton: Best finish last 7 races: 7th – Nashville
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
16-AJ Allmendinger: Best Kaulig Racing finisher last 3 races
18-Daniel Hemric: 6 Top 5 finishes this season – Only 1 top 5 finish last 6 races
19-Brandon Jones: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 5 Straight (2018 & ’19)
20-Harrison Burton: Best finish this season: 3rd – Daytona, Atlanta, Charlotte & Nashville
22-Austin Cindric: Worst finish this season: 32nd – Nashville
68-Brandon Brown: Worst finish this season: 35th – Nashville
98-Riley Herbst: Best finish last 7 races: 10th – Nashville
8 Different winners in 15 races this season
5 With multiple wins this season – Busch 3, Cindric 3, Allgaier 2, Allmendinger 2 & Gibbs 2
Joe Gibbs Racing #54 won 4 of last 5 races
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go in 7 races this season