NASCAR Information Sunday, May 28, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Coca-Cola 600
Ryan Blaney
Charlotte winner – Started 8th, only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1, 2, 3, 163 laps led (most), 64 points scored, avg. running pos.: 2.5
Winner pit stops: Ryan Blaney – 10 Stops Lap 37, 76, 103, 147 (G), 204, 233, 277, 304, 345, 359
Ryan Blaney: 163 Laps led – Career-high (12th race leading 100 or more laps – First win)
Stage 1 winner: William Byron 2nd
Stage 2 winner: Chris Buescher 8th
Stage 3 winner: Ryan Blaney 1st
Top 5 Stage 1, 2 & 3: Ryan Blaney 3rd, 5th, 1st
Most points scored: 64 Ryan Blaney
Passed for final lead change: William Byron 2nd
Winner final laps led: Ryan Blaney 26
Cautions: 16
Longest green run: 49 Laps (108-156)
Best free pass finisher: Bubba Wallace 4th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Noah Gragson 36th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: William Byron 2nd
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 11th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 1st
16 Cautions – Previous season-high: 14 (Bristol Dirt)
83 Caution laps – Previous season-high: 73 (Bristol Dirt)
Time of race: 4:58:50 – Previous longest race this season: 3:38:53 (Daytona 500)
Season
Most wins this season: 3 William Byron (Most wins in a season – Previous career-high: 2 – 2022)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 William Byron (Only 5 top 5 finishes all last season)
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 5 Ross Chastain
Most laps led this season: 687 William Byron (Career-high: 746 – 2022)
Most laps led without a win this season: 347 Ross Chastain
Most races led this season: 11 Denny Hamlin
*William Byron: 5 Straight races led – 302 Laps led
*Denny Hamlin: 6 Straight races led – 110 Laps led
Charlotte
38 Different winners in 64 NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 races
Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 14 Charlotte races (3 Wins) – 11 Others 1 win each
11 Different winners last 12 Coca-Cola 600s
7 Different winners last 7 Coca-Cola 600s –
Austin Dillon, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Jr., Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin & Ryan Blaney
Charlotte NXS & NCS races run same day 3 times – 10/11/03, 10/9/16 & 5/29/23
4 Postponed Charlotte races – 3 Coca-Cola 600s (1960 Construction, 2009 & ’23 Weather)
Drivers won first race of season 33 times at Coca-Cola 600
Ford: 14 Coca-Cola 600 wins – 2 Wins last 4 races (2020 Brad Keselowski & 2023 Ryan Blaney)
1 Team won Indianapolis 500 & Coca-Cola 600 in same year – Team Penske 2023
Team Penske: 19 Indianapolis 500 wins
1972, ’79, ’81, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’88, ’91, ’93, ’94, ’01, 02, ’03, ’06, ’09, ’15, ’18, ’19 & ‘23
3 Coca-Cola 600 wins – 2010 Kurt Busch, 2020 Brad Keselowski & 2023 Ryan Blaney
Coca-Cola 600 pit road speeding penalties:
2017: 7 / 2018: 4 / 2019: 6 / 2020: 10 / 2021: 3 / 2022: 7 / 2023: 1
2023 Coca-Cola 600 cautions: 16 – Tied 3rd-most all-time (2019)
Career Laps Led
Kyle Busch: 16 to 19,000
Chase Elliott: 70 to 5,000
Kevin Harvick: 1 to 16,000
William Byron: 4 Straight top 5 finishes
Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
Bubba Wallace: 3 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak
Tyler Reddick: Finished top 10 in all 4 Coca-Cola 600s
Kyle Busch: Finished 6th or better last 7 Coca-Cola 600s
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Top 10 finishes all last season
Chris Buescher: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
Austin Dillon: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 races
Zane Smith: 1 Top 10 finish in 6 races – Finished 10th in Coca-Cola 600
Season
10 Different winners in 14 races this season – Kyle Busch, William Byron & Kyle Larson only drivers with multiple wins
7 Different winners in last 7 races – Bell, Larson, Busch, Truex Jr., Hamlin, Byron & Blaney
11 Different winners after 14 races last season
William Byron leads all with 7 Stage wins this season
Last to win consecutive races: William Byron (Las Vegas 3/23 & Phoenix 3/23)
1 Race won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March)
6 Winless streaks of 28 races or longer ended this season
William Byron passed for final lead change 3 times this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 9 of 14 races this season including 5 of last 6
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 6 of last 12 races
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Atlanta March (Joey Logano winner), Talladega April (Kyle Busch winner) & Kansas May (Denny Hamlin winner)
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 8 races
Ford: 2 Wins this season – Joey Logano Atlanta & Ryan Blaney Charlotte
6 Races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 5
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .193 Seconds – Joey Logano over Brad Keselowski (Atlanta March)
William Byron: All 3 wins under 1-second margin-of-victory
Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher 4 of last 5 races
William Byron best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 4 of last 5 races
2 Postponed races this season – Dover (Martin Truex Jr. winner) & Charlotte (Ryan Blaney winner)
Youngest winner: William Byron – 25
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr. – 42
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Justin Allgaier
Most top 10 finishes this season: 10 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led this season: 454 John Hunter Nemechek
Charlotte
11 Different winners in last 11 Charlotte Xfinity Series races
Justin Allgaier won first Charlotte race in 21st try – Most of all drivers
Justin Allgaier: 3 Straight top 3 finishes
John Hunter Nemechek: 3 Straight top 5 finishes
Cole Custer: Finished 7th or better last 6 races
Austin Hill: Finished 4th last 3 races
Parker Retzlaff: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
Jeb Burton: 2 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – No top 10 finishes previous 8 races this season
Brandon Jones: 3 Top 10 finishes last 5 races – No top 10 finishes previous 7 races this season
Season
9 Different winners in 12 races this season – Austin Hill (3) & John Hunter Nemechek (2) only drivers with multiple wins
9 Different winners last 9 races – S. Smith, Hill, Allmendinger, C. Smith, Nemechek, Burton, Truex, Larson & Allgaier
First win of season for last 4 winners
Final lead change with 14 or fewer laps to go 8 of 12 races this season
John Hunter Nemechek passed for final lead change 3 races this season – Richmond, Darlington & Charlotte
Last Ford win: Cole Custer – Fontana 2/26/22
2 Swept Stage 1, 2 & race this season – John Hunter Nemechek (Martinsville April) & Ryan Truex (Dover)
First career win for 3 this season –
Sammy Smith (Phoenix March), Chandler Smith (Richmond) & Ryan Truex (Dover)
Only 2 winners started outside top 10 this season – Sammy Smith 11th at Phoenix March & Ryan Truex 12th at Dover
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed Justin Allgaier), Darlington May (Kyle Larson passed John Hunter Nemechek)
2 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won both
Youngest winner: Sammy Smith – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 41