NASCAR Information Sunday, May 23, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
COTA
Chase Elliott
COTA winner – Started 8th, finished 12th in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, led only final 5 laps
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (3 Stops) 1, 8, 41
Longest green flag run: 18 Laps (36-53)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Austin Cindric (5th & 4th)
Speeding: Byron 11th, A. Dillon 12th, Davison 29th, Tilley 31st, Suarez 33rd
Rear of field: Season-high 11 – Briscoe 6th, Buescher 13th, Hamlin 14th, Jones 16th, Blaney 17th,
Alfredo 18th, Keselowski 19th, Almirola 26th, Davison 29th, Ware 32nd, Suarez 33rd
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 10th
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 6th
Best Team Penske: Joey Logano 3rd
Most wins this season: 3 Martin Truex Jr.
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Kyle Larson
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: 7.7 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 778 Kyle Larson
Most races led this season: 12 Denny Hamlin
Most laps completed this season: 3796 of 3799 Denny Hamlin
| Wins | 2020 | 2021 |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 |
| Denny Hamlin | 7 | 0 |
| Kurt Busch | 1 | 0 |
| Cole Custer | 1 | 0 |
| Austin Dillon | 1 | 0 |
| Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 21 | Bristol 9/20 |
| Kurt Busch | 20 | Las Vegas 9/20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 19 | Talladega 10/20 |
Chase Elliott
Coca-Cola 600 will be 200th career race
12 Career wins – 10 Different tracks
12 Career wins (25-years-old) – Bill Elliott 28-years-old at 1st career win (Riverside 11/83)
12 Career wins (25-years-old) – Kyle Busch 23 at 12th win & Joey Logano 25 at 12th win
COTA winner at 3-1 odds – Favorite
Won back-to-back races once – Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20
4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
Finished 7th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 5 finishes
1 Top 5 finish last 10 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Average finish: 16.5
1 Top 10 finish in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Average finish: 17.5
Average finish this season – 1.5-mile tracks: 17.5 / All others: 8.7
Finished 2nd in 2020 Coca-Cola 600 – 38 Laps led, leader at 600-mile mark, gave up lead final caution before overtime
Charlotte winner 5/28/20 – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, only led final 28 laps
1 Charlotte win (5/28/20) – 2 Charlotte 2nd-place finishes
Finished 11th or better last 5 Charlotte races – Finished 4th or better last 3 races
12 Career wins – 6 Road course wins (Leads active drivers)
5 Wins last 6 road course races
6 Road course wins – 5 of last 8 career wins came on road courses
6 Wins last 9 road course races – Only top 5 finishes last 9 road course races
Alan Gustafson: 32 Career wins – 20 Different tracks
| Chase Elliott Recent Road Course Results | |||||
| Start | Finish | Laps Led | Status | ||
| 2018 Sonoma | 3rd | 4th | 0 | Running | |
| 2018 Watkins Glen | 3rd | 1st | 52 | Winner | |
| 2018 Charlotte Roval | 4th | 6th | 0 | Running | |
| 2019 Sonoma | 4th | 37th | 3 | Engine | |
| 2019 Watkins Glen | 1st | 1st | 80 | Winner | |
| 2019 Charlotte Roval | 19th | 1st | 35 | Winner | |
| 2020 Daytona Road Course | 7th | 1st | 34 | Winner | |
| 2020 Charlotte Roval | 2nd | 1st | 27 | Winner | |
| 2021 Daytona Road Course | 1st | 21st | 44 | Running | |
| 2021 COTA | 8th | 1st | 5 | Winner |
| Road Course All-Time Winners | ||
| 1 | Jeff Gordon | 9 |
| 2 | Tony Stewart | 8 |
| 3 | Bobby Allison | 6 |
| Chase Elliott | 6 | |
| Richard Petty | 6 | |
| Ricky Rudd | 6 | |
| Rusty Wallace | 6 |
1-Kurt Busch: No top 10 finishes last 11 races – Average finish: 22.5
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished outside top 15 last 3 races – Average finish: 19.7
4-Kevin Harvick: Worst finish this season: 37th – COTA (Running at finish previous 61 races – Streak started Bristol 8/19)
5-Kyle Larson: Finished 2nd in 4 races since last win – Finished 2nd last 3 races
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 12th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
12-Ryan Blaney: Last top 5 finish: Winner – Atlanta
14-Chase Briscoe: Best career finish: 6th – 2021 COTA
14-Chase Briscoe: Finished 6th at COTA – Only Stewart-Haas Racing top 25 finisher
16-AJ Allmendinger: 3rd straight road course top 10 finish
18-Kyle Busch: Only repeat winner last 10 races on 1.5-mile tracks (2 Wins last 5 races) – 8 Others 1 win each
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Top 10 finishes first 7 races this season (7 Laps led) – 5 Top 10 finishes last 7 races (48 Laps led)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Worst finish this season: 35th – COTA (Only DNF this season)
20-Christopher Bell: Worst finish this season: 38th – COTA
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 19th or worse last 3 races – Finished 9th or better previous 3 races
22-Joey Logano: Finished 3rd at COTA – Only Team Penske top 15 finisher
22-Joey Logano: Best finish last 5 races: 3rd – COTA
22-Joey Logano: Most laps led 2 races this season – Finished 2nd at Phoenix & 3rd at COTA
22-Joey Logano: 3 Straight road course top 3 finishes
23-Bubba Wallace: Worst finish this season: 39th – COTA
24-William Byron: Finished 11th or better last 12 races – 11 Top 10 finishes
34-Michael McDowell: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – Career-high
42-Ross Chastain: Best career finish: 4th – 2021 COTA
48-Alex Bowman: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Finishes of 22nd or worse
48-Alex Bowman: 4th top 10 finish last 5 road course races
11 Different winners in 14 races this season
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
5 Different winners last 5 races – Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Truex Jr., Bowman & Elliott
2 With multiple wins this season – Martin Truex Jr. 3 & Alex Bowman 2
4 Different winners in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, William Byron & Kyle Larson
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
No winner started front row this season
Leader of most laps won only 3 of 14 races this season
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 7 races this season
Most wins by a team this season: 5 – Joe Gibbs Racing & Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports: All 4 finished 11th or better at COTA (3 Top 10) – 12 Laps led
Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions 45 races
Hottest race this season: 85 Degrees – Darlington
1 Postponed race this season (Bristol Dirt) – 1 Shortened race this season (COTA)
Wet weather tires used twice – 2020 Charlotte Roval & 2021 COTA (Chase Elliott won both)
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: 8 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 9 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 6.4 Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 399 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 10 Austin Cindric
7-Justin Allgaier: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – 3 Straight top 3 finishes
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 28th or worse 5 of 11 races this season – Failed to finish 4 races
16-AJ Allmendinger: Best Kaulig Racing finisher last 3 races
16-AJ Allmendinger: Best finish last 7 races: 2nd – COTA
18-Daniel Hemric: Worst finish this season: 29th – COTA (Last lead lap finisher)
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 12th or better last 8 races – 6 Top 10 finishes
8 Different winners in 11 races this season – 4 First-time winners
3 Different winners from 3 different teams in 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season (All Chevrolet) –
Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), AJ Allmendinger (Las Vegas) & Justin Allgaier (Atlanta)
5 Different winners from 5 different teams in last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Briscoe (Kansas SHR), Burton (Texas JGR), Snider (Homestead-Miami RCR),
Allmendinger (Las Vegas Kaulig) & Allgaier (Atlanta JRM)
4 Different teams won last 4 races – Kaulig, JRM, Penske & Gibbs
Kaulig Racing: All 3 finished top 10 at COTA – Allmendinger 3rd, Haley 9th & J. Burton 10th
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 6 races
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 9 races
Largest margin-of-victory this season: 11.024 Seconds – COTA (Kyle Busch over AJ Allmendinger)
First career win for 4 this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course), Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), Josh Berry (Martinsville April) & Jeb Burton (Talladega April)
Toyota: 2 Wins this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course) & Kyle Busch (COTA)
4 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39