NASCAR Information Sunday, March 5, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Las Vegas
William Byron
Las Vegas winner – Started 2nd, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 5 times led for 176 laps (most), 2 to go took lead for final time
Winner pit stops: William Byron (7 Stops) 37 (G), 84, 126 (G), 169, 185, 222 (G), 266
Stage 1 winner: William Byron 1st
Stage 2 winner: William Byron 1st
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 1st & 1st, Kyle Larson 2nd & 2nd, Christopher Bell 4th & 5th
Passed for final lead change: Martin Truex Jr. 7th
Winner final laps led: William Byron 2
Cautions: 4
Longest green run: 81 Laps (1-81)
Best free pass finisher: Austin Cindric 6th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Michael McDowell 25th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Tyler Reddick 15th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 1st
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 5th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 9th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 6th
Best finish of season for top 4: William Byron, Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman & Bubba Wallace
Alex Bowman & Daniel Suárez only drivers to finish top 10 all 3 races this season
Christopher Bell & Alex Bowman lead all with 2 top 5 finishes this season
Las Vegas
6 Different winners last 6 Las Vegas races –
Kurt Busch, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Alex Bowman, Joey Logano & William Byron
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go last 3 Las Vegas races
Only 1 Las Vegas winner after winning pole – Kyle Busch (2009) – Started from the rear (Engine change)
Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Las Vegas wins – Most all-time
Most consecutive laps led in a Las Vegas race: 145 – William Byron (March)
10 To go leader failed to win last 3 Las Vegas races
5 Las Vegas Overtime finishes (2006, 9/18, 9/20, 3/22 & 3/23)
Martin Truex Jr. leading at scheduled distance, but failed to win last 2
3 Different winners in 3 races this season
6 Different winners in last 6 races – Kyle Larson (Miami), Christopher Bell (Martinsville), Joey Logano (Phoenix), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Daytona 500), Kyle Busch (Fontana) & William Byron (Las Vegas)
Last to win consecutive races: Kevin Harvick (2022 Michigan & Richmond 8/22)
2 Overtime races this season (Daytona 500 & Las Vegas March) – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win both
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 37
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .622 Seconds – William Byron over Kyle Larson (Las Vegas March)
3 Different teams won first 3 races this season – JTG Daugherty, Childress & Hendrick
Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions 52 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Justin Allgaier: 4 Straight Las Vegas top 5 finishes
Justin Allgaier: Finished top 3 all 3 races this season
Josh Berry: Finished 7th or better all 5 Las Vegas races
Austin Hill: 2 Wins in 3 races this season
Daniel Hemric: 6 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes
2 Different winners in 3 races this season
Cole Custer: 2 Stage wins this season – Winless
Justin Allgaier passed for final lead change 3 of last 4 races
Chandler Smith passed for final lead change at Las Vegas – Finished 3rd
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 2 of 3 races this season
Chandler Smith best Rookie finisher last 2 races
Youngest winner: John Hunter Nemechek – 25
Oldest winner: Austin Hill – 28
John Hunter Nemechek best Gibbs finisher all 3 races this season
Austin Hill best Childress finisher all 3 races this season
Justin Allgaier only driver to finish top 5 all 3 races this season
4 Finished top 10 all 3 races this season – Justin Allgaier, Riley Herbst, Austin Hill & John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led this season: 119 Chandler Smith
4 Led laps all 3 races this season: Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, Austin Hill & John Hunter Nemechek
Chandler Smith led 53 of final 55 laps at Las Vegas – Finished 3rd