NASCAR Information Sunday, June 25, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Nashville
Ross Chastain
Nashville winner – Pole, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 99 laps led (most), 298 laps in top 10
Winner pit stops: Ross Chastain – 5 Stops 43 (G), 93, 136 (G), 188, 242 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Tyler Reddick 30th
Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin 3rd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ross Chastain 2nd & 3rd, Martin Truex Jr. 4th & 2nd, Denny Hamlin 5th & 1st, William Byron 3rd & 4th
Most points scored: 57 Ross Chastain
Passed for final lead change: Alex Bowman
Winner final laps led: Ross Chastain 34
Cautions: 4
1 Failed to finish – Ryan Blaney (Crash)
Longest green run: 108 Laps (193-300)
Best free pass finisher: William Byron 6th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Busch 9th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Daniel Suárez 12th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 4th
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 16th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 19th
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch & William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 William Byron & Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 722 William Byron (Career-high: 746 – 2022)
Most races led this season: 13 Denny Hamlin
Career Laps Led
Chase Elliott: 62 to 5,000
Kevin Harvick: 1 to 16,000
Season
11 Different winners in 17 races this season
6 Different winners in last 6 races – Hamlin, Byron, Blaney, Busch, Truex Jr. & Chastain
12 Different winners after 17 races last season
5 Different teams won last 5 races – Hendrick, Penske, Childress, Gibbs & Trackhouse
Joe Gibbs Racing only repeat winning team last 7 races (3 Wins) – 4 Others teams 1-win each
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 11 races
William Byron leads all with 7 Stage wins this season
Last to win consecutive races: William Byron (Las Vegas 3/23 & Phoenix 3/23)
3 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March), Kyle Busch (St. Louis) & Ross Chastain (Nashville)
4 Winless streaks of 42 races or longer ended this season including Ross Chastain at Nashville
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 6 of last 15 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
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 without a win this season: 7 Josh Berry
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 11 Josh Berry
Most laps led this season: 457 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led without a win this season: 135 Sheldon Creed
Season
11 Different winners in 15 races this season
9 Different winners last 9 races –
C. Smith, Nemechek, Burton, Truex, Larson, Allgaier, Custer, Almirola & Allmendinger
3 Different winners in 3 road course races this season – Allmendinger (Austin), Custer (Portland) & Almirola (Sonoma)
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 3 winners started outside top 10 this season –
Sammy Smith 11th at Phoenix March, Ryan Truex 12th at Dover & AJ Allmendinger 11th at Nashville
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed Justin Allgaier), Darlington May (Kyle Larson passed John Hunter Nemechek)
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3