NASCAR Information Sunday, March 21, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Atlanta
Winner pit stops: Ryan Blaney (7 Stops) 27, 64 (Green), 108, 160 (Green), 213, 221, 269 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (225-325)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney (3rd & 2nd), Kyle Larson (1st & 1st), Kyle Busch (2nd & 4th)
Ryan Blaney finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 3 races
Speeding: Kyle Busch (5th), Stenhouse Jr. (12th), Suarez (17th), LaJoie (29th), Houff (33rd), Bilicki (37th)
Rear of field: Houff (33rd), Hill (36th), Elliott (38th)
Best HMS: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best JGR: Denny Hamlin 4th
Best SHR: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best TPR: Ryan Blaney 1st
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Joey Logano (Winless)
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
Only 3 finished top 20 every race this season: Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 3 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season: 5.0 Denny Hamlin (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 379 Kyle Larson
2 Finished on lead lap every race this season: Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most short track wins last season: 2 Brad Keselowski
Most short track 2nd-place finishes last season: 2 Ryan Blaney
Most short track top 3 finishes last season: 3 Brad Keselowski
Most short track top 5 finishes last season: 4 Brad Keselowski
Most short track laps led last season: 397 Brad Keselowski
Richard Petty after winning most recent NASCAR Cup Series race on dirt at North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh on Wednesday September 30, 1970: “The dirt tracks are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. I hope a few dirt tracks are kept on the schedule. This is where our brand of racing started.”
| NASCAR TRUCK SERIES ELDORA SPEEDWAY WINNERS | |
| 2013 | Austin Dillon |
| 2014 | Bubba Wallace |
| 2015 | Christopher Bell |
| 2016 | Kyle Larson |
| 2017 | Matt Crafton |
| 2018 | Chase Briscoe |
| 2019 | Stewart Friesen |
| NASCAR TRUCK SERIES ELDORA SPEEDWAY | ||
| RACES | BEST FINISH | |
| Ryan Blaney | 2 | 3rd – 2014 |
| William Byron | 1 | 14th – 2016 |
| Ross Chastain | 1 | 12th – 2019 |
| Cole Custer | 2 | 6th – 2016 |
| Ty Dillon | 5 | 5th – 2014 |
| Justin Haley | 2 | 8th – 2017 |
| Erik Jones | 2 | 4th – 2015 |
| Brad Keselowski | 1 | 28th – 2015 |
| Ryan Newman | 2 | 3rd – 2013 |
| Tyler Reddick | 3 | 3rd – 2015 |
| J.J. Yeley | 1 | 21st – 2017 |
| Ryan Blaney Career Wins Laps Led After Final Lead Change | |
| Pocono 6/17 | 10 |
| 2018 Charlotte Roval | 1 |
| Talladega 10/19 | 7 |
| Talladega 6/20 | 1 |
| Atlanta 3/21 | 9 |
| Kyle Larson Race Finish After Winning Stage 1 & 2 | |
| 2017 Homestead-Miami | 3rd |
| 2018 Darlington | 3rd |
| Pocono 6/19 | 26th |
| Atlanta 3/21 | 2nd |
| Atlanta Laps Led | ||
| Chevrolet | 273 | 4 Drivers |
| Toyota | 27 | Denny Hamlin led first 27 laps |
| Ford | 25 | Ryan Blaney only Ford leader |
6 Different winners in 6 races this season – All won for the first time at that track
First time 6 different winners in first 6 races since 2014 (7 Different winners in first 7 races)
Last 8 races won by a driver winning for the first time at that track
Most different winners to start season in Playoff era: 7 (2014)
Most different winners to start a season: 10 (2000)
Most consecutive different winners: 13 (Twice in 1961)
Most different winners in a season: 19 (1956, ’58, ’61 & ’01)
Most different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
Fewest different winners before start of Playoffs: 10 (2008 & ’18)
Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Win last 21 short track races – Chase Elliott Martinsville 11/20
Joe Gibbs Racing (7) & Team Penske (4) won 11 of last 13 short track races
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Custer, A. Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Logano, Kyle Busch, Byron. Larson & Blaney
Ford: 5th straight Atlanta win – Longest Atlanta manufacturer streak
Atlanta best finish of season for: Blaney Winner, Bowman 3rd, Buescher 7th, DiBenedetto 11th
(Bubba Wallace tied best finish of season: 16th)
Winless this season: Harvick 9 Wins last season, Hamlin 7, Elliott 5, Keselowski 4 & Logano 3
Only drivers with multiple wins last season
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 28th at Atlanta – Worst finish this season
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 6th at Atlanta
4-Kevin Harvick only Stewart-Haas Racing top 15 finisher (Finished 10th) – Stewart-Haas Racing no laps led last 5 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 5 Top 10 finishes in 6 races this season – 17 Laps led (No laps led last 5 races)
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher every race this season
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 7th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 5 finishes (4 Straight races led – 378 Laps led)
5-Kyle Larson: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 5 Straight (2014, ’17 & ‘19)
5-Kyle Larson: 269 Atlanta laps led – 2nd most laps led in a race (284 Laps led 2018 Darlington – Finished 3rd)
5-Kyle Larson: Led 200 or more laps in 5 races – Winless all 5 races
9-Chase Elliott: Only repeat winner last 15 races (3 Wins) – 12 Others 1 win each
9-Chase Elliott: Started rear of field last 2 races – Finished 5th at Phoenix & 38th at Atlanta
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 38th at Atlanta – First engine failure since Dover 10/19
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 11th or better all 6 races this season – 5 Top 5 finishes
12-Ryan Blaney: 1 Win each last 5 seasons – 2021 Earliest to first win of season
12-Ryan Blaney only Team Penske top 10 finisher (Winner) & leader (25 Laps led) at Atlanta
12-Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher at Atlanta (Winner) – First time best Team Penske finisher this season
12-Ryan Blaney finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 3 races
12-Ryan Blaney: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races
17-Chris Buescher: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 7th at Atlanta
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 5th at Atlanta (2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races) – Lap 221 pit road speeding penalty
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Top 3 finishes last 4 races
22-Joey Logano: Finished 15th at Atlanta – 4th caution free pass & first driver 1-lap down
22-Joey Logano: Passed for final lead change 3 of 6 races this season
24-William Byron: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
48-Alex Bowman: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Finished 3rd at Atlanta
Champions Kurt Busch (39th) & Chase Elliott (38th) only 2 drivers failing to finish Atlanta – First DNF for each this season
3 of 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished top 10 at Atlanta (Chase Elliott 38th) – 271 Laps led
3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10 at Atlanta (Christopher Bell 21st) – 27 Laps led (Denny Hamlin led first 27)
Stewart-Haas Racing: 10 Wins last season (Led all teams) – Winless last 13 races
Leader of most laps failed to win 4 of 6 races this season
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 17 races
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
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Jeb Burton, Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 4 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 4.3 Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 288 Austin Cindric
Led every race this season: Austin Cindric
Atlanta
4 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2:
Justin Allgaier (3rd & 2nd), Martin Truex Jr. (1st & 1st), Harrison Burton (2nd & 4th), Justin Haley (4th & 3rd)
2/22/20: Noah Gragson & Myatt Snider post-race discussion / Lap 162 Gragson spun Snider
7/10/20: Noah Gragson & Harrison Burton post-race fight / 13 To go Gragson & Burton into wall
3/20/21: Noah Gragson & Daniel Hemric post-race fight / Lap 114 Gragson backs into Hemric in pits
7-Justin Allgaier: Atlanta winner – No laps led first 113 laps / Led 47 of final 50 laps
7-Justin Allgaier: Atlanta winner – Only top 5 finish this season
9-Noah Gragson best finish this season: 4th – Atlanta
10-Jeb Burton: 6 Top 10 finishes last 7 races – Finished 25th at Atlanta
16-AJ Allmendinger: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – 3 Straight top 5 finishes
16-AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher last 3 races
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 races – Finished 3rd at Atlanta
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
22-Austin Cindric: 6 Top 5 finishes last 7 races – Finished 13th at Atlanta
22-Austin Cindric: Only driver to finish top 20 every race this season
98-Riley Herbst: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished outside top 10 previous 4 races this season
5 Different winners in 6 races this season – 2 First-time winners
5 Different winners in last 5 races – Gibbs, Snider, Allmendinger, Cindric & Allgaier
5 Different teams won last 5 races – Gibbs, Childress, Kaulig, Penske & JR Motorsports
3 Different winners from 3 different teams in 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season (All Chevrolet) –
Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), AJ Allmendinger (Las Vegas) & Justin Allgaier (Atlanta)
5 Different winners from 5 different teams in last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Briscoe (Kansas SHR), Burton (Texas JGR), Snider (Homestead-Miami RCR),
Allmendinger (Las Vegas Kaulig) & Allgaier (Atlanta JRM)
Only 1 winner started outside top 10 this season – Ty Gibbs started 15th at Daytona Road Course