NASCAR Information Sunday, March 17, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Bristol 3/24
Denny Hamlin
Bristol March winner – Started 3rd, finished 13th in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, 163 laps led (most), 422 laps in top 10
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin – 9 Stops 26, 74, 131, 182, 235, 257, 317, 373, 448 (G)
Stage 1 & 2 winner: Ty Gibbs 9th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ty Gibbs 1st & 1st, Brad Keselowski 4th & 2nd, John Hunter Nemechek 5th & 4th
Most points scored: 50 Brad Keselowski 3rd
Passed for final lead change: Martin Truex Jr. 2nd
Winner final laps led: Denny Hamlin 17
Lead changes: 54
Cautions: 9
Failed to finish: 1 (Zane Smith)
Longest green run: 121 Laps (Lap 380-500)
Best free pass finisher: AJ Allmendinger 23rd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ryan Blaney 16th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 4th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Josh Berry 12th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 16th
5 Lead lap finishers
54 Lead changes – Short track record & season-high (Previous season-high: 48 – Atlanta)
Joe Gibbs Racing – 383 Laps led (All 4 drivers finished top 10)
Joe Gibbs Racing won 14 of last 28 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
Car #11 won 22 Bristol races
Stage 1 winner winless in last 10 Bristol races
Stage 2 winner won only 1 Bristol race – Kyle Larson 9/21
16 Bristol win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Denny Hamlin won last 2 Bristol races
Last to win 3 straight Bristol races: Kurt Busch – 3/03, 8/03 & 3/04
Most top 5 finishes this season: 3 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes this season: 4 Ty Gibbs
Best average finish this season: 8.6 Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led this season: 272 Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin only driver to lead laps every race this season
Martin Truex Jr. only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
5 Different winners in 5 races this season –
Christopher Bell, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson & Daniel Suárez
Most different winners to start season in Playoff era: 7 (2014, ’21 & ‘22)
7 Different winners last 7 races – Blaney, Chastain, Byron, Suárez, Larson, Bell & Hamlin
William Byron only driver with a win in first 5 races in 2021, ’22, ’23 & ‘24
Christopher Bell only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
Last 13 winners:
Christopher Bell 2, Ryan Blaney 2, William Byron 2, Denny Hamlin 2, Kyle Larson 2,
AJ Allmendinger 1, Ross Chastain 1 & Daniel Suárez 1
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
Last race won from pole: 2023 Nashville – Ross Chastain
Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change last 2 races
5 Different drivers have been best Chevrolet finisher this season – Bowman, Byron, Chastain, Larson & Suárez
Best Rookie of the Year contender finishers this season – Carson Hocevar 2, Josh Berry 1, Kaz Grala 1 & Zane Smith 1
Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher last 4 races
First career win for 20 drivers came on a road course
Wet weather tires used 4 times –
2020 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Austin, 2022 Watkins Glen & 2023 Chicago Street
Foreign-born winners:
Marcos Ambrose, Mario Andretti, Juan Pablo Montoya, Earl Ross, Daniel Suárez & Shane van Gisbergen
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Hill
Georgia drivers Austin Hill & Chandler Smith only drivers to finish top 5 & top 10 all 4 races this season
Best average finish this season: 2.5 Austin Hill
Most laps led this season: 191 Jesse Love
3 Finished on lead lap every race this season – Austin Hill, Brandon Jones & Chandler Smith
3 Different winners in 4 races this season
1 Won consecutive races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb. & Atlanta Feb.)
3 of 4 races this season won by driver starting 2nd
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go all 4 races this season
Jeff Meendering 3 Phoenix wins with 3 different drivers
Shane van Gisbergen best Kaulig Racing finisher 2 of 4 races this season
10 Failed to finish at Phoenix – 8 Due to accident