NASCAR Information Sunday, March 18, 2018

By admin | March 21, 2018

2018 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

Most wins this season: 3 Kevin Harvick (Only driver to win more than once)
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Kyle Busch
Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Martin Truex Jr.
Best average finish this season: 6.6 Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led this season: 433 Kevin Harvick
Most races led this season: 5 Martin Truex Jr. (Every race)
3 Different winners in 5 races this season
Martin Truex Jr.: 16 Career wins – Never won back-to-back races
Austin Dillon & Kevin Harvick winless at this point last season
Kurt Busch, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson & Ryan Newman had wins at this point last season
Martin Truex Jr. only driver with a win at this point last season & this season
Kevin Harvick leads all with 3 Stage wins this season
Martin Truex Jr. 19 Stage wins last season (Most) – 2 Stage wins this season
4 Races won Driving for the Cycle –
2017 Las Vegas, 2017 Kentucky & 2018 Auto Club (Truex Jr.) & Las Vegas 3/18 (Harvick)
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 races
Kyle Larson best Chevrolet finisher 3 of last 4 races
William Byron best Rookie of the Year candidate 3 of last 4 races
Jimmie Johnson best Hendrick Motorsports finisher last race – Finished 9th
Kyle Busch best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 3 races
Clint Bowyer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher last race – Finished 11th
Brad Keselowski best Team Penske finisher 3 of last 4 races

Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Justin Allgaier
Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Elliott Sadler
Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Elliott Sadler (Every race)
Most laps led this season: 203 Kyle Larson
Most race led this season: 4 Christopher Bell (4 Straight)
Most poles this season: 3 Christopher Bell (3 in last 4 races)
5 Different winners in 5 races this season
3 of 5 Winners this season from California – Brad Keselowski (MI) won ISM & Joey Logano (CT) won Auto Club
11 Different winners in last 11 races (All-time record 13 different winners in 13 races – 1988 & ’17)
2 Different winners in 2 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
3 Different pole winners in 5 races this season
1 NXS & MENCS weekend sweep this season – Kevin Harvick (Atlanta)
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Busch (Kentucky 7/8/17 & New Hampshire 7/15/17)
Justin Allgaier best NXS regular finisher last 2 races
Brad Keselowski: 2 Straight wins (6 Career win streaks – Back-to-back wins 5 times & 4 straight wins once)
#22 Best Ford finisher leader 3 races – 2 Straight wins
Last Toyota win: Erik Jones – Texas 11/4/17
1 Rookie of the Year contender win this season – Tyler Reddick (Daytona Feb.)
Tyler Reddick best Rookie of the Year contender last race – Finished 7th
Youngest winner: Tyler Reddick – 22
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 42
Justin Allgaier best JR Motorsports finisher last 3 races