NASCAR Information Sunday, March 26, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Austin
Tyler Reddick
Austin winner – Started 2nd, finished 23rd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 41 laps led including final 12
Winner pit stops: Tyler Reddick (4 Stops) 13, 32 (G), 42, 58
Stage 1 winner: William Byron 5th
Stage 2 winner: Tyler Reddick 1st
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
No driver finished top 10 in both Stage 1 & 2
Passed for final lead change: William Byron (Avg. running pos.: 3rd – Best of all drivers)
Winner final laps led: Tyler Reddick 12
Cautions: 8
Longest green run: 26 Laps (16-51)
Last 5 green runs 4 laps or shorter – 3 Only 1 lap
Best free pass finisher: Corey LaJoie 11th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Corey LaJoie 11th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Michael McDowell 12th (Only driver)
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 3rd
Best Gibbs: Ty Gibbs 9th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 13th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 6th
Season
Most wins this season: 2 William Byron
Most top 10 finishes this season: 5 Alex Bowman
Best average finish this season: 7.0 Alex Bowman
Most laps led this season: 270 Kyle Larson
Most races led this season: 5 Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano
Road Course
Tyler Reddick: 3 Wins last 5 road course races (5 Straight led for 118 laps) – Finished 8th or better last 5 road course races
Kyle Busch: Finished 2nd – Best finish in last 18 road course races
Alex Bowman: Finished 3rd – Only top 10 finish in last 5 road course races
Ross Chastain: Finished 4th – Only top 20 finish in last 4 road course races
William Byron: Finished 5th – First top 5 finish in 22 road course races (150 Career road course laps led)
Austin Cindric: Finished 6th – 6 Top 10 finishes last 8 road course races
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: Finished 7th – First top 10 finish in 32 road course races
Chris Buescher: Finished 8th – 6th straight road course top 10 finish
Ty Gibbs: Finished 9th – First top 15 finish in 4 road course races
Todd Gilliland: Finished 10th – 2 Top 10 finishes last 4 road course races
2023
5 Different winners in 6 races this season
William Byron won Stage 1 in 3 of last 4 races
William Byron leads all with 4 Stage wins this season
Tyler Reddick only Toyota Stage winner this season (Austin)
3 of 6 races won from front-row starting position this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 3 of 6 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 3 of last 4 races
4 of 6 races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 3
Ty Gibbs best Rookie finisher last 5 races
Ty Gibbs best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher at Austin – Finished 9th (Only JGR driver in top 15)
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 37
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Justin Allgaier
Most top 10 finishes this season: 6 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 187 Austin Hill
Most races led this season: 5 Austin Hill & John Hunter Nemechek
Road Course
AJ Allmendinger: 6 Wins last 8 road course races
William Byron: 3 Top 10 finishes in 5 road course races
Ty Gibbs: 6 Top 3 finishes in 13 road course races
Sammy Smith: 2 Top 5 finishes in 3 road course races
Justin Allgaier: 28 Road course top 10 finishes
Daniel Hemric: 1 Top 15 finish last 5 road course races – Finished 6th at Austin
Sam Mayer: Finished 11th or better last 4 road course races – 3 Top 10 finishes
Josh Berry: 3 Straight road course top 10 finishes
Sheldon Creed: 3 Road course top 10 finishes – 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 road course races
Riley Herbst: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 road course races
2023
2022 Dash 4 Cash winners: Sam Mayer (Richmond), AJ Allmendinger (Martinsville & Talladega) & Noah Gragson (Dover)
4 Different winners in 6 races this season
Justin Allgaier (Winless) & Austin Hill (3 Wins) lead all with 3 Stage wins each this season
First career win for 1 this season – Sammy Smith (Phoenix March)
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Fontana 2/26/22
Riley Herbst best Ford finisher all 6 races this season
Riley Herbst best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher all 6 races this season
Austin Hill won 2 closest races this season – Atlanta March (.085 Seconds) & Las Vegas March (.268 Seconds)
Youngest winner: Sammy Smith – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 41