NASCAR Information Sunday, June 4, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
St. Louis
Kyle Busch
St. Louis winner – Pole, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 121 laps led (most), avg. running pos.: 1.96
Winner pit stops: Kyle Busch – 4 Stops (All caution) Lap 49, 99, 144, 178
Kyle Busch: Passed 19,000 career laps led / 121 St. Louis laps led – 76 Laps led previous 14 races this season
Stage 1 winner: Kyle Busch 1st
Stage 2 winner: Ryan Blaney 6th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Busch 1st & 2nd, Denny Hamlin 3rd & 3rd, Ryan Blaney 2nd & 1st
Most points scored: 59 Kyle Busch
Passed for final lead change: Kyle Larson
Winner final laps led: Kyle Busch 60
Cautions: 11 (8 For spins & crashes involving 10 drivers)
6 Failed to finish – All due to crashes
Red Flags: 3
Longest green run: 39 Laps (103-141)
Best free pass finisher: J.J. Yeley 24th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Cindric 13th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Erik Jones 18th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 4th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
2023
Most laps led from start of race: 135 – Ryan Preece Martinsville
Most consecutive laps led in a race: 145 – William Byron Las Vegas
Most laps led in a race: 201 – Kyle Larson Phoenix
Most laps led by winner: 176 – William Byron Las Vegas
Most lead changes: 57 – Talladega
Most leaders: 21 – Daytona & Talladega
Most cautions: 16 – Charlotte
Most caution laps: 83 – Charlotte
Longest green run from start: 81 Laps – Las Vegas & Martinsville
Longest green run: 130 – Richmond
Longest green run to finish: 55 – Fontana
Best free pass finisher: 2nd – Joey Logano Martinsville
Best finish starting rear of field: 2nd – Joey Logano Martinsville
Shortest race: 2:40:40 – Bristol Dirt
Longest race: 4:58:50 – Charlotte
Most lead lap finishers: 29 – Austin
Fewest lead lap finishers: 12 – Dover
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Busch & William Byron
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 William Byron (Only 5 top 5 finishes all last season)
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 5 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes this season: 9 Ryan Blaney & William Byron
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 7 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led this season: 717 William Byron (Career-high: 746 – 2022)
Most laps led without a win this season: 347 Ross Chastain
Most races led this season: 11 Denny Hamlin
William Byron: 6 Straight races led – 332 Laps led
Career Laps Led
Chase Elliott: 70 to 5,000
Kevin Harvick: 1 to 16,000
Season
10 Different winners in 15 races this season – Kyle Busch, William Byron & Kyle Larson only drivers with multiple wins
5 Different winners in last 5 races – Truex Jr., Hamlin, Byron, Blaney & Busch
11 Different winners after 15 races last season
Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 3 times this season including St. Louis
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 6 of last 13 races
William Byron took lead for final time with 2 to go all 3 wins this season
William Byron leads all with 7 Stage wins this season
Last to win consecutive races: William Byron (Las Vegas 3/23 & Phoenix 3/23)
2 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March) & Kyle Busch (St. Louis)
6 Winless streaks of 28 races or longer ended 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
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .193 Seconds – Joey Logano over Brad Keselowski (Atlanta March)
William Byron: All 3 wins under 1-second margin-of-victory
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 9 races
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr. – 42
2 Postponed races this season – Dover (Martin Truex Jr. winner) & Charlotte (Ryan Blaney winner)