NASCAR Information Sunday, June 26, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Nashville
Chase Elliott
Nashville winner – Started 4th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, first lead on lap 245, led 42 of final 56 laps
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (8 Stops) 44, 93, 120, 121, 147, 188, 206, 248 (Green)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. 1st & 1st, Denny Hamlin 2nd & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Austin Cindric 8th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Kyle Larson 4th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Kyle Busch 21st
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 6th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 3rd
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most top 3 finishes: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 8 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 6 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 11 Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 10 Christopher Bell
Most laps led: 570 William Byron
Most laps led without a win: 386 Ryan Blaney
Most races led: 15 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 6 Hendrick Motorsports
12 Different winners in 17 races this season –
William Byron, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano only drivers with multiple wins this season
10 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell & Ryan Blaney lead all with 3 pole wins
5 Won first career pole this season – Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric & Cole Custer
Stage 2 winner won only 1 race this season – Kurt Busch (Kansas)
Martin Truex Jr.: 5 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) – Winless
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
2 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Darlington May) & Denny Hamlin (Charlotte)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 12 of 17 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 8 of 17 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 6 races
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 3 of last 4 races
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
6 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3 times
2 Different winners in 2 road course races this season – Ross Chastain (Austin) & Daniel Suárez (Sonoma)
Both Trackhouse Racing & both first-time winners
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kurt Busch – 43
10 of 17 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
5 Different teams won last 5 races – 23XI, Gibbs, Penske, Trackhouse & Hendrick
Joe Gibbs Racing led 250 of first 261 laps at Nashville
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Ty Gibbs
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 AJ Allmendinger & Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 13 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 10 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 462 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 12 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 6 JR Motorsports
9 Different winners in 15 races this season
Justin Allgaier only repeat winner last 5 races (2 Wins) – 3 Others 1 win each
Justin Allgaier: 2 Wins this season – 2 Wins last season
10 Different pole winners this season –
Gibbs 3, Allmendinger 2, Alfredo 1, Bayne 1, Earnhardt 1, Gragson 1, Hemric 1, Herbst 1, Jones 1 & Mayer 1
Noah Gragson: 6 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 7 of 15 races this season
AJ Allmendinger passed for final lead change 3 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek) & Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs)
Chevrolet won last 7 races
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
7 of 15 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season