NASCAR Information Sunday, March 27, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
COTA
Ross Chastain
2022 COTA winner – Started 16th, finished 13th in Stage 1 & 8th in Stage 2, 4 times led for 31 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 4th (best)
Winner pit stops: Ross Chastain (3 Stops) Lap 13, 28, 42
| Ross Chastain | ||||||
| 2022 | Daytona | California | Las Vegas | Phoenix | Atlanta | COTA |
| Finish | 40th | 29th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st |
| Laps Led | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 42 | 31 |
| Status | Crash | Running | Running | Running | Running | Winner |
| Ross Chastain | |||
| Career | First Race | Races | Wins |
| NCS | 2017 | 121 | 1 |
| NXS | 2014 | 193 | 2 |
| NTS | 2011 | 96 | 3 |
| 6 NASCAR wins on 6 different tracks |
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney 2nd & 4th, Joey Logano 4th & 3rd
Speeding: William Byron 12th, Corey LaJoie 36th, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 37th
Best free pass finisher: Christopher Bell 3rd
Rear of field: Jones 9th, McDowell 13th, Bilicki 22nd, Said 26th, Allmendinger 33rd, Hezemans 34th, Hand 35th
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 2nd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 11th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 6th
COTA
32 Finished on lead lap
Green flag time: 1:53:35
Caution time: 1:27:17
Green at start: 16 Laps
Longest green run: 16 Laps (1-16)
Green to finish: 2 Laps
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes this season: 4 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes this season: 4 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Aric Almirola only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
Most laps led this season: 206 Ryan Blaney (Winless)
Ryan Blaney only driver to lead every race this season
Most wins by a team this season: 3 Hendrick Motorsports (Only team with multiple wins)
6 Different winners in 6 races this season – 7 Different winners in first 7 races last season
William Byron & Kyle Larson are only drivers to win in first 6 races this season & last season
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)
Stage 2 winner failed to win all 6 races this season
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
First career win for 3 this season – Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March) & Ross Chastain (COTA)
3 Won first career race last season – Christopher Bell, Michael McDowell & Bubba Wallace
*Last time with more than 3 first-time winners in a season: 2011 – 5 (Marcos Ambrose, Trevor Bayne, Paul Menard, David Ragan, Regan Smith)
2022 Winner Odds – Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1; Byron 15-1; Chastain 28-1
Ross Chastain: 231 Career laps led – 156 Laps led this season
6 Different drivers best Ford finisher in 6 races this season – Almirola, Blaney, Briscoe, Buescher, Cindric & Logano
Toyota winless last 11 races – Last win: Bubba Wallace at Talladega 10/4/21
3 Overtime races this season – Daytona 500, Las Vegas March & COTA
Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless last 12 races – Longest streak since 2017
Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 1 race this season – Finished 11th at COTA
Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Wins in 6 races this season
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Wins last 11 races (Stewart-Haas Racing, Team Penske & Trackhouse Racing 1 win each)
Trackhouse Racing: 7 Top 5 finishes – 6 Top 5 finishes last 5 races
First career win for 17 drivers came on a road course
| NASCAR CUP SERIES WINNERS LAST 12 RACES WON BY DRIVERS UNDER 30-YEARS-OLD | |||||
| RACE | AGE | WINNER | CAREER WIN | TEAM | CAR |
| Talladega | 27 | Bubba Wallace | 1st | 23XI Racing | Toyota |
| Charlotte Roval | 29 | Kyle Larson | 13TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Texas | 29 | Kyle Larson | 14TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Kansas | 29 | Kyle Larson | 15TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Martinsville | 28 | Alex Bowman | 6TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Phoenix | 29 | Kyle Larson | 16TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Daytona | 23 | Austin Cindric | 1st | Team Penske | Ford |
| California | 29 | Kyle Larson | 17TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Las Vegas | 28 | Alex Bowman | 7TH | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| Phoenix | 27 | Chase Briscoe | 1st | Stewart-Haas Racing | Ford |
| Atlanta | 24 | William Byron | 3rd | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet |
| COTA | 29 | Ross Chastain | 1st | Trackhouse Racing | Chevrolet |
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Ty Gibbs
Most top 3 finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 5 Noah Gragson
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish top 10 in every race this season
2 Finished top 20 every race this season: AJ Allmendinger & Ty Gibbs
3 Finished on lead lap every race this season: AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most laps led this season: 241 Noah Gragson
Most wins by a team this season: 2 Joe Gibbs Racing
Most poles this season: 2 AJ Allmendinger
5 Different winners in 6 races this season
4 Different pole winners this season
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
No winner from first starting position this season
5 of 6 races won from drivers starting from first 2 rows this season
AJ Allmendinger led most laps last 2 races – Finished 3rd at Atlanta & Winner at COTA
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher 5 of 6 races this season
Noah Gragson best JR Motorsports finisher 5 of 6 races this season
All 3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 15th or worse at COTA