NASCAR Information Sunday, March 20, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Atlanta
William Byron
Atlanta winner – Started 12th, Stage 1 winner & finished 9th in Stage 2, 8 times led for 111 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 4.7 (best)
Winner pit stops: William Byron (6 Stops) Lap 47, 106, 149, 204, 213, 255 (All caution)
Top 8 finishers all tied or scored their best finish of season
Bottom 7 finishers scored their worst finish of season
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Speeding: Chastain 2nd, Truex Jr. 8th, Bowman 10th, McLeod 19th, Biffle 20th
Best free pass finisher: Chastain 2nd (Free pass 5th & 6th cautions)
Rear of field: Keselowski 12th, Burton 25th
Best Hendrick: William Byron Winner
Hendrick Motorsports: 15 Atlanta wins (Most all-time) – 7 Different drivers
(Jeff Gordon 5, Jimmie Johnson 5, William Byron, Kasey Kahne, Jerry Nadeau, Ken Schrader & Darrell Waltrip)
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 8th
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 15th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 9th
Record 46 lead changes (Most lead changes in last 46 races) – Previous Atlanta record: 45 (11/82)
Most lead changes at a track that’s not Daytona & Talladega since 46 at Charlotte 10/8/00
Record 20 leaders today – Previous Atlanta record: 17 (3/00)
Atlanta
Green flag time: 2:09:47
Caution time: 1:47:24
Most involved in crash: 13 (Lap 145)
Green at start: 24 Laps
Longest green run: 44 Laps (52-95)
Green to finish: 13 Laps
Out of race: 12 Drivers (Ties season-high – Daytona 500)
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes this season: 3 Ross Chastain
Kurt Busch only driver to finish top 20 every race this season
Aric Almirola only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
Most laps led this season: 205 Ryan Blaney
Ryan Blaney, William Byron & Kyle Larson only drivers to lead every race this season
Most wins by a team this season: 3 Hendrick Motorsports
5 Different winners in 5 races this season – 7 Different winners in first 7 races last season
William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to win in first 5 races this season & last season
’Bs’ earning ‘Ws’ – Last 3 winners: Bowman, Briscoe & Byron
Most different winners to start season in Playoff era: 7 (2014 & ‘21)
Most different winners to start a season: 10 (2000)
Record for different winners in a season: 19 (1956, ’58, ’61 & ’01)
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
Fewest number of different winners after 26 races in Playoff era: 10 (2008 & ’18)
4 Different pole winners this season
Stage 2 winner failed to win all 5 races this season
Ryan Blaney: 13 Stage 2 wins – Only 1 win after winning Stage 2 (2018 Charlotte Roval)
3 Won races this season without winning Stage 1 & 2 in any race – Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric & Kyle Larson
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
2022 Winner Odds – Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1; Byron 15-1
William Byron: 111 Laps led at Atlanta – Career-high
Only 1 win by leader of most laps this season – William Byron (Atlanta)
5 Different drivers best Chevrolet finisher in 5 races this season – Bowman, Byron, Chastain, Elliott & Larson
5 Different drivers best Ford finisher in 5 races this season – Almirola, Briscoe, Buescher, Cindric & Logano
Kurt Busch: Best Toyota finisher 3 of last 4 races
Toyota winless last 10 races – Last win: Bubba Wallace at Talladega 10/4/21
2 Overtime races this season – Daytona 500 & Las Vegas March
Hendrick Motorsports won last 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kyle Larson – 29
Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless last 11 races – Longest streak since 2017
Chase Briscoe: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 3 of 5 races this season
Kevin Harvick hasn’t been best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher last 7 races
Joey Logano: Best Team Penske finisher 3 of last 4 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Wins in 5 races this season – First time since 2010 (All 3 wins Jimmie Johnson)
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Wins last 10 races (Stewart-Haas Racing & Team Penske 1 win each)
Trackhouse Racing: 6 Top 5 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes last 4 races
23XI Racing: 6 Top 5 finishes – 3 Top 5 finishes this season
| High Temp | ||
| 2/20 | Daytona 500 | 74 |
| 2/27 | Auto Club | 75 |
| 3/6 | Las Vegas | 62 |
| 3/13 | Phoenix | 79 |
| 3/20 | Atlanta | 68 |
| NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS LAST 11 RACES WON BY DRIVERS UNDER 30-YEARS-OLD | ||||
| RACE | AGE | WINNER | TEAM | CAR |
| Talladega | 27 | Bubba Wallace | 23XI | Toyota |
| Charlotte Roval | 29 | Kyle Larson | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Texas | 29 | Kyle Larson | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Kansas | 29 | Kyle Larson | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Martinsville | 28 | Alex Bowman | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Phoenix | 29 | Kyle Larson | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Daytona | 23 | Austin Cindric | TP | Ford |
| California | 29 | Kyle Larson | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Las Vegas | 28 | Alex Bowman | HMS | Chevrolet |
| Phoenix | 27 | Chase Briscoe | SHR | Ford |
| Atlanta | 24 | William Byron | HMS | Chevrolet |
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Ty Gibbs
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish top 10 all 5 races this season
3 Finished top 20 all 5 races this season: AJ Allmendinger, Jeb Burton & Ty Gibbs
3 Finished on lead lap all 5 races this season: AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most laps led this season: 241 Noah Gragson
Noah Gragson only driver to lead laps all 5 races this season
Most wins by a team this season: 2 Joe Gibbs Racing
Most poles this season: 2 AJ Allmendinger
4 Different winners in 5 races this season
Most wins since start of 2021: 6 Ty Gibbs
3 Different pole winners this season
Stage 1 winner failed to win all 5 races this season
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
3 of 5 races won from 2nd starting position this season
No winner from first starting position this season
Ty Gibbs: 6 Career wins – 3 Wins last 7 races
AJ Allmendinger led most laps at Atlanta – Finished 3rd
Ryan Sieg passed for final lead change on last lap at Atlanta – Finished 10th
Leader of most laps won only 2 of 5 races this season
2 of 5 races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger) & Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg)
2 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won once
Auto Club (Cole Custer winner) & Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs)
Ty Gibbs won both races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Las Vegas March & Atlanta March
#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won 7 of last 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Ty Gibbs 4, Kyle Busch 2 & John Hunter Nemechek 1
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: Austin Hill – 27
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher 4 of 5 races this season
Jeb Burton best Our Motorsports finisher last 2 races
Ty Gibbs best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 of 5 races this season
Noah Gragson best JR Motorsports finisher 4 of 5 races this season
All 4 JR Motorsports drivers finished 21st or worse at Atlanta