NASCAR Information Sunday, March 14, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Phoenix
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. (7 Stops) 33, 79, 141 (Green), 194, 254 (Green), 264, 284
Longest green flag run: 93 Laps (99-191)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano (2nd & 1st), Denny Hamlin (4th & 3rd), Brad Keselowski (3rd & 4th), Ryan Blaney (1st & 5th)
Speeding: Elliott 5th, Larson 7th, Almirola 11th, Dillon 17th, Chastain 19th,
Suarez 21st, Briscoe 22nd, McDowell 23rd, Reddick 29th, Bilicki 35th
Rear of field: Elliott 5th, Larson 7th, Byron 8th, Houff 32nd, Smithley 34th, Ware 36th
Best HMS: Chase Elliott 5th
Best JGR: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best SHR: Kevin Harvick 6th
Best TPR: Joey Logano 2nd
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Joey Logano (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most top 10 finishes this season: 4 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season: 5.2 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 198 Joey Logano (Winless)
1 Led every race this season: Joey Logano (Winless)
3 Finished on lead lap every race this season: Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
8 Different winners last 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Custer, Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Logano, Kyle Busch, Byron & Larson
3 Drivers finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 2 races: Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin & Brad Keselowski
11 Speeding penalties by 10 drivers at Phoenix – 7 Total speeding penalties in first 4 races this season
22-Joey Logano: Passed for final lead change 3 of 5 races this season
22-Joey Logano: Passed for final lead change 4 of last 6 races including last 2 Phoenix races
Martin Truex Jr.
Phoenix winner – Didn’t lead for first time until lap 224
Ended 29-race winless streak – Last previous win: Martinsville 6/20
2/10/21: Signed Joe Gibbs Racing contract extension through 2022
“I’m happy to get this news out there so we can focus on this season & the future”
First win in 31st race at Phoenix – Most races before first Phoenix win
Most previous tries before first Phoenix win: Jeff Gordon won in 17th try (4/07)
Winless in 22 tries at Atlanta
First career NCS start: Atlanta 10/04 – Finished 37th (24-Years-old)
28 Career wins – 15 Different tracks
28 Career wins – 26 Wins in last 7 seasons (2015-‘21)
28 Career wins – Back-to-back wins once (Las Vegas 9/19 & Richmond 9/19)
9th season with a win – 7th straight season with a win (2015-’21)
2 Wins last 44 races – 7 Wins previous 25 races
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher every race this season
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 6th or better 4 of 5 races this season
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 5th at Phoenix
9-Chase Elliott: Only repeat winner last 14 races (3 Wins) – 11 Others 1 win each
10-Aric Almirola: 1 Top 15 finish this season – Finished 11th at Phoenix
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 11th or better all 5 races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Stage wins this season (No race wins) – Daytona 500 (Stage 1 & 2) & Daytona Road Course (Stage 2)
20-Christopher Bell: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 15 finish this season – Finished 14th at Phoenix
22-Joey Logano: 342 Laps led since last win – Kansas 10/20
22-Joey Logano: 7133 Career laps led – Passed 7000 career laps led at Phoenix
23-Bubba Wallace best finish this season: 16th – Phoenix
24-William Byron: 3 Straight top 10 finishes
5 Different winners in 5 races this season
First time 5 different winners in first 5 races since 2017
Hendrick Motorsports won both races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
William Byron (Homestead-Miami) & Kyle Larson (Las Vegas March)
1st or 2nd career win for last 3 winning crew chiefs – Rudy Fugle (1), Cliff Daniels (1) & James Small (2)
All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 13th or better at Phoenix – 3 Finished 8th or better (1 Lap led)
3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 9th or better at Phoenix – Kyle Busch finished 25th
All 3 Team Penske drivers finished top 10 at Phoenix – 197 Laps led (63%)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 16 races
3 of the 5 winners this season haven’t won Stage 1 or 2 in any race – Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell & Martin Truex Jr.
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Martin Truex Jr. – 40
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
YOUNGEST TO 10 WINS
| Joey Logano | 21 Years & 10 Months | California 3/24/12 |
| Kyle Busch | 22 Years & 4 Months | Kansas 9/29/07 |
| Austin Cindric | 22 Years & 6 Months | Phoenix 3/13/21 |
BEST FINISH IN FIRST 2 RACES
| Ty Gibbs | 2021 Daytona Road Course | Winner | Phoenix 3/21 | 2nd |
| Terry Labonte | Charlotte 10/85 | Winner | 1986 Road Atlanta | 2nd |
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Top 5 every race this season: Austin Cindric
Top 10 every race this season: Jeb Burton & Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Jeb Burton, Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 282 Austin Cindric (Daniel Hemric 2nd most with 120 – 162 fewer laps led)
Led every race this season: Austin Cindric
Most DNFs this season: 3 Noah Gragson, Riley Herbst & Ryan Sieg
Phoenix
3 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2: Austin Cindric (1st & 4th), Harrison Burton (3rd & 2nd), Daniel Hemric (4th & 1st)
Most cautions in a race this season: 11 & Most caution laps in a race this season: 65
JR Motorsports: 1 Top 35 finisher (Justin Allgaier 8th) – Berry, Annett & Gragson failed to finish
Worst career finish for Josh Berry & Noah Gragson / Worst finish of season for Michael Annett
02-Brett Moffitt: Finished 9th at Phoenix – Lap 140 spin
1-Michael Annett: Finished 38th at Phoenix – Worst finish of season
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 8th at Phoenix – First time best JR Motorsports finisher this season
7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 8th at Phoenix
8-Josh Berry: Finished 36th at Phoenix – Worst career finish
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 39th at Phoenix – Worst career finish
10-Jeb Burton: Finished 6th at Phoenix – Lap 125 pit road speeding
10-Jeb Burton: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 5th at Phoenix – Lap 166 contact with Brandon Jones followed by Jones crash
16-AJ Allmendinger: 2 Wins last 7 races – 4 Top 5 finishes last 7 races
18-Daniel Hemric: Stage 2 winner last 2 races – Finished 2nd at Las Vegas & 23rd at Phoenix
18-Daniel Hemric: Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 2 races
19-Brandon Jones passed for final lead change at Phoenix – Finished 33rd (Crash)
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 33rd at Phoenix – Finished 4th or better previous 3 races this season
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 13th at Phoenix – Finished top 3 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 132 spin
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Wins last 6 races – 6 Straight top 5 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Stage 1 & 2 wins this season – Only driver with multiple Stage 1 & 2 wins
22-Austin Cindric: Most laps 3 of last 4 races – Tied for most laps led at Daytona Feb. (H. Burton)
51-Jeremy Clements: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
68-Brandon Brown: 2 Career top 5 finishes (Both in last 8 races) – Finished 5th at Texas 10/20 & 3rd at Phoenix 3/21
68-Brandon Brown: Finished 11th or better 4 of 5 races this season – 3 Top 10 finishes
68-Brandon Brown: 10 Career top 10 finishes – 5 Top 10 finishes last 11 races
74-Bayley Currey: 1 Top 10 finish in 55 career races – Finished 7th at Phoenix
Tweet: I can breath now, we are through tech
98-Riley Herbst: 1 Top 5 finish last 10 races – Finished 4th at Phoenix
4 Different winners in 5 races this season – 2 First-time winners
4 Different winners in last 4 races – Gibbs, Snider, Allmendinger & Cindric
4 Different teams won last 4 races – Gibbs, Childress, Kaulig & Penske
2 Different winners in 2 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami) & AJ Allmendinger (Las Vegas)
Stage 2 winner failed to win 4 of 5 races this season including last 3
First career win for 2 this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course) & Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami)
3 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39