NASCAR Information Sunday, May 16, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Dover
Alex Bowman
Dover winner – Started 16th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 98 laps led including final 97
Winner pit stops: Alex Bowman (5 Stops) Lap 37, 123, 173, 244, 304 (12.1 Pit stop to 13.3 for Kyle Larson)
Longest green flag run: 80 Laps (41-120)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson (1st & 1st), Denny Hamlin (2nd & 5th), Chase Elliott (4th & 2nd)
Speeding: 8 Drivers – 9 Penalties
Rear of field: Chase Elliott 3rd, Ryan Newman 23rd, Josh Berry 30th
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 1st
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 7th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 6th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 5th
Most wins this season: 3 Martin Truex Jr.
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Kyle Larson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Denny Hamlin
Most top 10 finishes this season: 11 William Byron
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 6 Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race this season: 7.2 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 774 Kyle Larson
Most races led this season: 12 Denny Hamlin
Most laps completed this season: 3742 of 3745 Denny Hamlin
| WINS | 2020 | 2021 |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 9 | 0 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 7 | 0 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 5 | 0 |
| WINLESS STREAK | LAST WIN | |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 20 | BRISTOL 9/20 |
| KURT BUSCH | 19 | LAS VEGAS 9/20 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 18 | TALLADEGA 10/20 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 13 | PHOENIX 11/20 |
TOP 4 ONE TEAM SWEEP
| Date | Location | Team | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
| 12/30/56 | Titusville | Peter DePaolo Engineering | Fireball Roberts | Curtis Turner | Marvin Panch | Ralph Moody |
| 4/7/57 | North Wilkesboro | Peter DePaolo Engineering | Fireball Roberts | Paul Goldsmith | Ralph Moody | Marvin Panch |
| 11/20/05 | Homestead-Miami | Roush Fenway Racing | Greg Biffle | Mark Martin | Matt Kenseth | Carl Edwards |
| 5/16/21 | Dover | Hendrick Motorsports | Alex Bowman | Kyle Larson | Chase Elliott | William Byron |
2nd of 7 road course races this season –
Daytona Road Course, Circuit of the Americas, Sonoma, Road America, Watkins Glen, Indianapolis & Charlotte Roval
Circuit of the Americas 3rd longest on circuit: 3.41 Miles – Daytona Road Course 2nd: 3.61 Miles – Road America 1st: 4.048 Miles
Road Course Wins
Chase Elliott 5
Kyle Busch 4, Martin Truex Jr. 4
Kevin Harvick 2
AJ Allmendinger 1, Christopher Bell 1, Ryan Blaney 1, Kurt Busch 1, Denny Hamlin 1, Joey Logano 1
Brad Keselowski: Only champion competing without a road course win
First career win for 16 drivers came on a road course
Jeff Gordon: 9 Road Course wins including record 6 straight – Most all-time / Clint Bowyer: 1 Road Course win (2012 Sonoma)
NASCAR CUP SERIES ALL-TIME ROAD COURSE WINS
| Jeff Gordon | 9 |
| Tony Stewart | 8 |
| Bobby Allison | 6 |
| Richard Petty | 6 |
| Ricky Rudd | 6 |
| Rusty Wallace | 6 |
| Chase Elliott | 5 |
| Dan Gurney | 5 |
| Tim Richmond | 5 |
| Darrell Waltrip | 5 |
| Kyle Busch | 4 |
| Mark Martin | 4 |
| David Pearson | 4 |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 4 |
COTA was completed in 2012
20 Turns – 11 Left / 9 Right
42-52 Feet wide
Elevation change: 130 Feet
Elevation change turn 20 to turn 1: 103 Feet
Chase Elliott in Chevrolet, Brad Keselowski in Ford & Martin Truex Jr. in Toyota at Goodyear tire test at Circuit of the Americas in March
Drivers at COTA in April: Kyle Busch, Daniel Hemric & John Hunter Nemechek
Drivers at World Racing League event in December: Josh Bilicki, Austin Dillon,
Kaz Grala, Corey LaJoie, Tommy Joe Martins, Tyler Reddick & Garrett Smithley
Hosted Formula 1 2012-’19 & Scheduled October 24, 2021
1-Kurt Busch: Finished outside top 10 last 10 races – Average finish: 22.1
1-Kurt Busch: 2011 Sonoma winner (#22 Team Penske Dodge) – Only road course win
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished outside top 15 last 2 races – First back-to-back finishes outside top 15 this season
2-Brad Keselowski: 35 Career wins – Winless in 25 road course races
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 6th or better last 4 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 12 of 13 races this season
4-Kevin Harvick: 58 Career wins – 2 Road course wins (2006 Watkins Glen & 2017 Sonoma)
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 2nd in 3 races since last win – Atlanta, Darlington & Dover
5-Kyle Larson: 7 Career wins – 25 2nd-place finishes (2 to Alex Bowman – 2019 Chicago & 2021 Dover)
5-Kyle Larson: Stage 1 & 2 winner 2 races this season – Finished 2nd at Atlanta & 2nd at Dover
5-Kyle Larson: Stage 1 & 2 winner 5 times – Winless all 5
5-Kyle Larson: 263 Laps led at Dover – 3rd most laps led in a race
5-Kyle Larson: 200 or more laps led in 6 races – Winless all 6
5-Kyle Larson: Most laps led 4 races this season – Failed to win last 3 races after leading most laps (Atlanta, Kansas & Dover)
5-Kyle Larson: Best road course finish: 4th – 2014 Watkins Glen
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 12th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 10 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: Started rear of field at Phoenix (Finished 5th), Atlanta (38th), Darlington (7th) & Dover (3rd)
9-Chase Elliott: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 7th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: Best finish last 5 races: 3rd – Dover
9-Chase Elliott: 11 Career wins – 5 Road course wins (Leads active drivers)
9-Chase Elliott:
4 Wins last 5 road course races – 2019 Watkins Glen, 2019 Charlotte Roval, 2020 Daytona Road Course & 2020 Charlotte Roval
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished 7th at Dover – Rest of Joe Gibbs Racing finished 19th or worse
11-Denny Hamlin: 10 Straight races led – 648 Laps led
11-Denny Hamlin: 44 Career wins – 1 Road course win (2016 Watkins Glen)
12-Ryan Blaney: No top 5 finishes last 7 races – Last top 5 finish: Atlanta winner
12-Ryan Blaney: 5 Career wins – 1 Road course win (2018 Charlotte Roval – First Charlotte Roval race)
16-AJ Allmendinger: 1 Career win (213th race) – 2014 Watkins Glen
18-Kyle Busch: 58 Career wins – 4 Road course wins
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 30 Career wins – 4 Road course wins
20-Christopher Bell:
2021 Daytona Road Course winner – Started 12th, finished 12th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, led 5 laps including final 2
22-Joey Logano: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 5th at Dover
22-Joey Logano: 27 Career wins – 1 Road course win (2015 Watkins Glen)
23-Bubba Wallace: 1 Top 15 finish this season – Finished 11th at Dover
24-William Byron: 11 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished 4th last 2 races
41-Cole Custer: 2 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
48-Alex Bowman: 4 Career wins – 4 Different tracks (2019 Chicago, 2020 California, Richmond April & 2021 Dover)
48-Alex Bowman: 4 Career wins – 2 Wins this season (First multiple win season)
48-Alex Bowman: 2 Wins last 5 races – Winless previous 41 races
48-Alex Bowman: Dover winner at 18-1 odds
48-Alex Bowman: Best Chevrolet finisher twice this season – Richmond (Winner) & Dover (Winner)
48-Alex Bowman: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 3 races this season – Daytona Road Course, Richmond & Dover
48-Alex Bowman: Best road course finish: 2nd – 2019 Charlotte Roval
48-Greg Ives: 7 Career wins – 7 Different tracks
99-Daniel Suarez: 2 Top 10 finishes this season – Finished 4th at Bristol Dirt Race & 9th at Dover
10 Different winners in 13 races this season
2 With multiple wins this season – Martin Truex Jr. 3 & Alex Bowman 2
Hendrick Motorsports swept top 4 at Dover – 382 of 400 Laps led including final 227
Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions in 44 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 267 Career wins – Petty Enterprises: 268 (Most all-time)
Hendrick Motorsports 2021 rear of field: 4 Chase Elliott, William Byron 2, Kyle Larson 2 & William Byron 1
Chevrolet: 799 Career wins
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
No winner started front row this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 10 of 13 races this season
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Martin Truex Jr. – 40
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race this season: 6.5 Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 397 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 9 Austin Cindric
1-Michael Annett: 1 Top 10 finish first 5 races this season – 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Top 3 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 3 finishes
8-Josh Berry: 3 Top 2 finishes last 4 races – Finished 2nd last 2 races
16-AJ Allmendinger: 5 Top 5 finishes last 7 races – Avg. finish: 6.3
18-Daniel Hemric: Finished 12th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 12th or better last 7 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: Finished top 2 in 5 of 10 races this season – 3 Wins & 2 2nd-place finishes
39-Ryan Sieg: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest current streak (Ties career-long streak)
68-Brandon Brown: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – Career-high: 6 (2020)
7 Different winners in 10 races this season – 4 First-time winners
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 5 races & Stage 2 winner failed to win last 8 races
First career win for 4 this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course), Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), Josh Berry (Martinsville April) & Jeb Burton (Talladega April)
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 4
Dash 4 Cash winners: Noah Gragson (Martinsville, Talladega & Darlington) & Josh Berry (Dover)
Last 2 winners started 16th – Justin Allgaier (Darlington) & Austin Cindric (Dover)
Final lead change with 2 laps to go in 3 races this season
Toyota: 1 Win this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course)
4 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39
Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Finished 9th or better at Dover – 1 Lap led (Daniel Hemric)
JR Motorsports: 3 Finished 7th or better at Dover – 142 Laps led
Kaulig Racing: AJ Allmendinger only top 10 finisher at Dover – Finished 4th
Largest margin-of-victory this season: 3.796 Seconds – Dover (Austin Cindric over Josh Berry)