NASCAR Information Sunday, March 8, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
1-Kurt Busch finished 3rd & 6th last 2 races – finished 33rd & 25th first 2 races this season
2-Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change last 2 races – Finished 5th at Auto Club & 11th at Phoenix
2-Brad Keselowski finished 11th or better last 3 races – 2 top 10 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick only driver to finish top 10 all 4 races this season
4-Kevin Harvick: 9 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 10 Straight (2014-’15)
4-Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 3 of 4 races this season
9-Chase Elliott: 186 Laps led this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
9-Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 2 of 4 races this season
9-Chase Elliott only driver to win Stage 1 & 2 more than once this season (3)
9-Chase Elliott finished 4th & 7th last 2 races – finished 17th & 26th first 2 races this season
10-Aric Almirola finished 8th last 2 races
11-Denny Hamlin: 1 Win starting rear of field – 2020 Daytona 500
12-Ryan Blaney only 1 top 10 finish this season – finished 2nd in Daytona 500
12-Ryan Blaney finished outside top 10 last 3 races – Average finish last 3 races: 22.3
12-Ryan Blaney: 77 Laps led this season – Average finish this season: 17.3
14-Clint Bowyer: 1 Top 5 finish last 11 races – Finished 5th at Phoenix March
18-Kyle Busch finished 2nd & 3rd last 2 races
18-Kyle Busch best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 3 races
18-Kyle Busch best Toyota finisher last 3 races
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 3rd at Phoenix – Rest of Joe Gibbs Racing finished 20th or worse
22-Joey Logano: 2 Wins in 4 races this season (Earliest in season with multiple wins) – 2 Wins all of last season
22-Joey Logano: 2 Wins last 3 races
22-Joey Logano: Phoenix winner – Only Team Penske driver finishing in top 10
24-William Byron: 1 Top 10 finish last 7 races – Finished 10th at Phoenix March
41-Cole Custer best Rookie finisher at Phoenix – Finished 9th
41-Cole Custer: 1 Top 15 finish in 7 career races – Finished 9th at Phoenix March
42-Kyle Larson: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 races (Finished 4th at Phoenix) – Last 2 top 5 finishes came at Phoenix
42-Kyle Larson best Chevrolet finisher at Phoenix – Finished 4th
48-Jimmie Johnson finished 12th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 10 finishes
95-Christopher Bell finished 21st or worse all 4 races this season
3 Finished top 10 at Atlanta, Homestead-Miami & each Texas race last season – Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick & Erik Jones
Looking ahead to Phoenix championship race:
Joey Logano: 2 Wins last 8 Phoenix races
Kevin Harvick: 14 Straight Phoenix top 10 finishes
Kyle Busch: Finished 3rd or better last 5 Phoenix races
Kyle Larson: Finished 6th or better last 4 Phoenix races – 3 Top 5 finishes
Denny Hamlin: Finished 20th at Phoenix – Finished 5th & 1st previous 2 Phoenix races
Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 32nd at Phoenix – Finished 2nd & 6th previous 2 Phoenix races
Ryan Blaney: Finished 37th at Phoenix – Finished 3rd previous 2 Phoenix races
Final 6 Phoenix green-flag runs 16 or fewer laps – 5 green-flag runs of 7 or fewer laps
Phoenix – 2019: 17 Lead changes, 6 leaders, 9 cautions for 57 laps / 2020: 20 Lead changes, 7 leaders, 12 cautions for 73 laps
3 Different winners from 3 different teams with 3 different manufacturers in 4 races this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 of 4 races this season – Alex Bowman (Auto Club)
Stage 2 winner finished outside top 10 last 3 races
Driver starting first finished outside top 5 all 4 races this season
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change last 3 races
6 Pit road speeding penalties by 5 drivers at Phoenix – 4 Total pit road speeding penalties previous 3 races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing: 1 Win this season – 2 Wins in first 4 races last season (3 Wins in first 5 races)
Team Penske won 3 of first 6 races last season – 3 Wins in final 30 races to finish season (Only 1 in final 21 races in 2019)
2 of 4 races this season ended in Overtime – Daytona 500 & Phoenix March
Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Chris Buescher – Pocono 8/16
Youngest winner: Alex Bowman – 26
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 39
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .014 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Ryan Blaney (Daytona 500)
All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished 9th or better at Phoenix
All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 14th or better at Phoenix – Chase Elliott & William Byron finished top 10
2020 Laps led:
Penske: 315
Hendrick: 313
Stewart-Haas: 175 (Cole Custer – No laps led)
Gibbs: 108 (Erik Jones – No laps led)
2020 Laps led:
Ford: 508
Chevrolet: 376
Toyota: 108
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
1-Michael Annett only 1 top 10 finish this season – finished 7th at Las Vegas
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Stage wins this season (Most) at 3 different tracks – Winless
7-Justin Allgaier: 140 Laps led this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
7-Justin Allgaier only driver to lead laps all 4 races this season – only 1 top 10 finish this season (avg. finish: 15.8)
9-Noah Gragson best JR Motorsports finisher 3 of 4 races this season
9-Noah Gragson: Phoenix Stage 2 winner – Finished 7th
10-Ross Chastain: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
11-Justin Haley finished 5th last 2 races – first back-to-back top 5 finishes
11-Justin Haley best Chevrolet finisher at Phoenix – Finished 5th
18-Riley Herbst: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
19-Brandon Jones 2 wins last 8 races – Winless previous 133 races
19-Brandon Jones only repeat winner in last 10 races
19-Brandon Jones: 97 Laps led this season – 104 Laps led all last season
20-Harrison Burton points leader – only driver to finish top 5 all 4 races this season (avg. finish: 2.5)
20-Harrison Burton best Rookie finisher all 4 races this season
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Win this season (Auto Club) – 2 2nd-place finishes
22-Austin Cindric finished 8th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 3 finishes
39-Ryan Sieg finished 11th or better all 4 races this season – 3 top 10 finishes
98-Chase Briscoe finished 6th or better 3 of 4 races this season
4 Different winners in 4 races this season
7 Different winners in last 7 races:
Bell, Allgaier, Reddick, Gragson, Briscoe, H. Burton & B. Jones
Stage 1 winner failed to win 3 of 4 races this season
Stage 2 winner failed to win all 4 races this season
First career win for 2 of the 4 winners this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.) & Harrison Burton (Auto Club)
Joe Gibbs Racing 2 straight pole & race wins
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: Chase Briscoe – 25
All 4 winners this season range from 19 to 25 in age
Joe Gibbs Racing finished top 2 at Auto Club & top 3 at Phoenix