NASCAR Information Sunday, March 7, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Las Vegas 3/7/21
Most competitive race this season: 27 Lead changes
Best finish this season for 7 drivers: Kyle Larson 1st, Brad Keselowski 2nd, Kyle Busch 3rd, Ryan Blaney 5th,
Erik Jones 10th, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 11th & Matt DiBenedetto 7th
Worst finish of season for 3 of 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers: Kevin Harvick 20th, Cole Custer 25th & Aric Almirola 38th
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (6 Stops) 27, 83, 124 (Green), 163, 181, 225 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 83 Laps (185-267)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Brad Keselowski (1st & 2nd), Ryan Blaney (3rd & 5th), Denny Hamlin (4th & 3rd)
Speeding: Tyler Reddick 22nd, Bubba Wallace 28th
Rear of field: None
Best HMS: Kyle Larson 1st
Best JGR: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best SHR: Kevin Harvick 20th
Best TPR: Brad Keselowski 2nd
Most top 5 finishes this season: 3 Denny Hamlin
Most top 10 finishes this season: 3 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson & Michael McDowell
Best average finish this season: 5.8 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 150 Denny Hamlin
2 Led every race this season: Chase Elliott & Joey Logano
Completed every lap this season: 804 Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
2-Brad Keselowski best Team Penske finisher last 2 races
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 20th at Las Vegas (Started 1st & no laps led) – Finished 6th or better previous 3 races this season
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher all 4 races this season
4-Kevin Harvick: 17 Laps led this season – 159 Laps led after 4 races last season
Las Vegas winner – Started 3rd, finished 12th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 6 times for 103 laps led (most)
Led more than 100 laps in 13 races – Only 3 wins (2017 California, Dover 10/19 & Las Vegas March)
5-Kyle Larson: 7 Career wins – 5 Tracks (3 Michigan, 1 California, 1 Dover, 1 Las Vegas & 1 Richmond)
5-Kyle Larson: 7 Career wins – 1 on a 1.5-mile track (Best previous 1.5-mile track finish: 2nd – 9 Times)
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 2nd in Daytona 500 – Finished outside top 10 last 3 races (Avg. finish: 16.0)
9-Chase Elliott: Only repeat winner last 13 races (3 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 30th or worse 3 of 4 races this season – Average finish: 29.8
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 11th or better all 4 races this season – 3 Top 5 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 3 Stage wins this season (No race wins) – Daytona 500 (Stage 1 & 2) & Daytona Road Course (Stage 2)
12-Ryan Blaney: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 5th at Las Vegas
18-Kyle Busch: 1 Top 5 finish last 6 races – Finished 3rd at Las Vegas
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 3rd at Las Vegas – Average running position: 12th
18-Kyle Busch: No laps led this season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 12th or better last 3 races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 25 finish this season – Finished 16th at Las Vegas
22-Joey Logano: Winless this season – 2 Wins in first 4 races last season
24-William Byron: 127 Laps led this season – 140 Laps led all last season
34-Michael McDowell: Finished 17th at Las Vegas – Finished 8th or better previous 3 races this season
43-Erik Jones best finish last 8 races: 10th – Las Vegas
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. best finish last 16 races: 11th – Las Vegas
48-Alex Bowman: No top 5 finishes this season & only 1 lap led – 1 Win & 113 laps led after 4 races last season
4 Different winners in 4 races this season
Champions winless this season –
Best finish: Elliott 2nd Daytona 500, Logano 2nd Daytona Road Course & Brad Keselowski Las Vegas March
8 Different winners last 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Custer, A. Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Logano, Kyle Busch, Byron & Larson
Hendrick Motorsports won both races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
William Byron (Homestead-Miami) & Kyle Larson (Las Vegas March)
First career win for last 2 crew chiefs – Rudy Fugle & Cliff Daniels (Hendrick Motorsports)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 15 races
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Michael McDowell – 36
Hendrick Motorsports: Only 2 wins first 22 races last season – 7 Wins last 18 races including 5 of last 9
All 4 Hendrick drivers best finisher in a race this season –
Elliott (Daytona 500), Bowman (Daytona Road Course), Byron (Homestead-Miami) & Larson (Las Vegas)
All 4 Gibbs drivers best finisher in a race this season –
Hamlin (Daytona 500), Bell (Daytona Road Course), Truex Jr. (Homestead-Miami) & Kyle Busch (Las Vegas)
Hendrick Motorsports led 150 of 267 laps at Las Vegas (56%)
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 7th or better at Las Vegas
All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished 20th or worse at Las Vegas – No laps led
Team Penske drivers finished 9th or better at Las Vegas – 35 Laps led
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Las Vegas
Most lead changes in a race this season: 23
Most caution laps in a race this season: 45
3 Finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2: AJ Allmendinger (4th & 2nd), Daniel Hemric (3rd & 1st), Brandon Jones (5th & 4th)
5 of top 10 finishers involved in crashes – Michael Annett, Josh Berry, Harrison Burton, Austin Cindric & Justin Haley
Jeb Burton, Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric only drivers to finish top 20 & finish on lead lap all 4 races this season
Age of winners: Ty Gibbs 18, Austin Cindric 22, Myatt Snider 26 & AJ Allmendinger 39
3 Finished top 10 all 4 races this season: Jeb Burton, Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 163 Austin Cindric – Only driver to lead all 4 races this season
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 10 finish this season – Finished 6th at Las Vegas
7-Justin Allgaier: No top 10 finishes last 4 races – Longest streak since 2013
8-Josh Berry: Best Rookie finisher last 2 races – Finished 10th at Homestead-Miami & 7th at Las Vegas
9-Noah Gragson: 1 Top 25 finish this season – Finished 9th at Las Vegas
10-Jeb Burton: 5 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
11-Justin Haley: Finished 9th or better last 3 races – Average finish: 7.7
16-AJ Allmendinger: 2 Wins last 6 races – 3 Top 5 finishes last 6 races
18-Daniel Hemric: 3 Straight top 3 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2018)
18-Daniel Hemric: 3 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak: 4 Straight (2018 & ’20)
19-Brandon Jones: 3 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 4th or better last 3 races
22-Austin Cindric: 2 Wins last 5 races – 5 Straight top 5 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – 6 Top 5 finishes last 7 races
22-Austin Cindric: 8 Straight races led – 288 Laps led
68-Brandon Brown: Finished 11th or better 3 of 4 races this season – 2 Top 10 finishes
98-Riley Herbst
Finished 26th at Daytona Feb. – Started 4th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 18th in Stage 2, 12 laps led, lap 105 crash
Finished 39th at 2021 Daytona Road Course – Lap 16 crash
Finished 11th at 2021 Homestead-Miami – Lap 98 involved in crash with Justin Allgaier
Finished 40th at Las Vegas March – Lap 56 crash
4 Different winners in 4 races this season – 2 First-time winners
4 Different teams won first 4 races this season –
Team Penske, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing & Kaulig Racing
Stage 1 winner failed to win all 4 races this season
First career win for 2 this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course) & Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami)
Daniel Hemric: Passed for final lead change at Las Vegas – Finished 2nd
Final lead change with 13 or fewer laps to go all 4 races this season
3 of 4 races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
First win for last 2 crew chiefs: Andy Street (#2 Richard Childress Racing) & Jason Trinchere (#16 Kaulig Racing)