NASCAR Information Sunday, May 26, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2024 Charlotte
Christopher Bell
2024 Charlotte winner – Started 3rd, finished 4th in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 90 laps led (most), 58 of final 61 laps led
Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell – 7 Stops 43 (G), 89, 104, 147 (G), 160, 202, 231
Stage 1 winner: William Byron 3rd (First Stage win of season)
Stage 2 winner: Christopher Bell 1st
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 1st & 2nd, Christopher Bell 4th & 1st
Most points scored: 67 Christopher Bell
Passed for final lead change: Brad Keselowski 2nd
Winner final laps led: Christopher Bell 18
Lead changes: 21
Cautions: 7
Failed to finish: 3 Ryan Blaney (2nd straight DNF), Noah Gragson & J.J. Yeley
Longest green run: 87 Laps (Lap 1-87)
Best free pass finisher: Jimmie Johnson 29th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Dillon 27th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Tyler Reddick 4th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 3rd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Josh Berry 10th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 14th
Most wins this season: 3 William Byron & Denny Hamlin
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Brad Keselowski
Chase Elliott only driver to finish top 20 every race this season
Best average finish this season: 9.6 Chase Elliott
Most Stage wins this season: 7 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 649 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 445 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 13 Denny Hamlin
Coca-Cola 600
12 Different winners last 13 Coca-Cola 600s
8 Different winners last 8 Coca-Cola 600s –
Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski,
Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney & Christopher Bell
2024
8 Different winners in 14 races this season
7 Different winners last 7 races –
William Byron, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Brad Keselowski & Christopher Bell
Stage 1 winner won only 1 race this season – Kyle Larson Las Vegas
Stage 2 winner went on to win 3 races this season – Christopher Bell won 2
William Byron: 3 Wins this season – 1 Stage win
Ford: 6 of 28 Stage wins this season
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
7 Races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb. & 42 Chase Elliott at Texas
RFK drivers Chris Buescher & Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change last 3 races
Brad Keselowski best Ford finisher 4 of last 6 races – 4 Top 2 finishes last 6 races
Josh Berry best Rookie of the Year contender last 5 races
Team Penske drivers finished outside top 10 in 8 races this season including last 3
Last Team Penske top 5 finish: Ryan Blaney finished 5th at Martinsville April (No top 5 finishes last 6 races)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Austin Hill & Chandler Smith
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Austin Hill
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Cole Custer (Winless), Austin Hill & Chandler Smith
Most top 10 finishes this season: 9 Cole Custer (Winless)
Most laps led this season: 427 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led of winless drivers this season: 222 Cole Custer
10 Different winners in 12 races this season – Austin Hill & Chandler Smith have multiple wins
8 Different winners last 8 races –
Kyle Larson, Chandler Smith, Aric Almirola, Sam Mayer, Jesse Love, Ryan Truex, Justin Allgaier & Chase Elliott
First win of season for last 6 winners
#20 Wins this season: John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March, Aric Almirola Martinsville April, Ryan Truex Dover
Jesse Love leads all with 3 pole wins this season
Justin Allgaier: 8 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 6 of 12 races this season
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Phoenix 11/23