NASCAR Information Sunday, March 24, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2024 Austin
William Byron
2024 Austin winner – Pole, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 42 laps led, avg. running pos.: 2.3
Winner pit stops: William Byron – 3 Stops 13, 28, 45 (All green)
Stage 1 winner: Christopher Bell 2nd
Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin 14th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Most points scored: 47 William Byron 1st
Passed for final lead change: Martin Truex Jr. 10th
Winner final laps led: William Byron 18
Lead changes: 11
Cautions: 2
Failed to finish: 1 (Michael McDowell)
Longest green run: 35 Laps (Lap 34-68)
Best free pass finisher: None
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Shane van Gisbergen 20th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Chris Buescher 8th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 13th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 11th
Most wins this season: 2 William Byron
Most top 3 finishes this season: 3 Christopher Bell
Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Ty Gibbs
Best average finish this season: 7.8 Ty Gibbs
Most laps led this season: 275 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
William Byron: 10 Gen 7 wins – Most all-time
Kyle Busch tied with Jimmie Johnson & Ricky Rudd for 8th all-time with 374 top 10 finishes
5 Different winners in 6 races this season – William Byron only driver with multiple wins
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change last 3 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Hill
Austin Hill only driver to finish top 5 every race this season
2 Finished top 10 every race this season: Austin Hill & Chandler Smith
Most laps led this season: 191 Jesse Love
4 Different winners in 5 races this season – Austin Hill only driver with multiple wins
Jesse Love: 3 Stage wins this season – No race wins
Jesse Love best Rookie finisher last 2 races
Sam Mayer: Best JR Motorsports finisher once this season – Finished 9th at Austin
3 of 5 races this season won by driver starting 2nd
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 3 of 5 races this season
3 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 2