NASCAR Information Sunday, May 29, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Coca-Cola 600
Denny Hamlin
Coca-Cola 600 winner – 7 of first 9 laps led, 8 of final 9 laps led (Didn’t lead 395 laps in between – No laps led 10-404)
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin (13 Stops – All under caution) 19, 35, 62, 103, 128, 148, 188, 193, 195, 255, 303, 341, 401
Top 5 Stage 1, 2 & 3: Ross Chastain (4th, 2nd & 1st)
Best free pass finisher: Kyle Busch 2nd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 7th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 7th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 9th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 3rd
Best Penske: Joey Logano 20th
Kyle Busch: Finished 4th or better last 6 Coca-Cola 600s
Ross Chastain: Most laps led in a race: 153 – 2022 Coca-Cola 600
Kevin Harvick: 4 Straight Coca-Cola 600 top 10 finishes
Tyler Reddick: Finished top 10 all 3 Coca-Cola 600s
Top 3 Charlotte finishers total 166 career wins – Hamlin 48, Kyle Busch 60 & Harvick 58
Denny Hamlin won Coca-Cola 600 for first time in 17th try – 2nd to Mark Martin (Won in 19th try in 2002)
Most failing to finish this season: 17 – Coca-Cola 600
7 Speeding penalties – 6 Drivers
Time of race: 5:13:08 (Previous longest race this season: Atlanta – 3:57:14)
Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of last 6 Charlotte races
Coca-Cola 600 won from first starting position 5 of last 9 races – Winless previous 9 races
Final lead change with 5 laps to go 4 of last 6 Coca-Cola 600s
3 Coca-Cola 600s finished in Overtime – 2011, ’20 & ’22 (Leader at scheduled distance failed to win all 3)
Longest NASCAR race all-time: 2022 Coca-Cola 600 – 619.5 Miles
3 Charlotte races settled by last lap pass (All 3 on May 29) – 2005, ’11 & ‘22 Coca-Cola 600s
Green: 2:41:05 / Yellow: 2:13:50 / Red: 18:10
Laps Led
Chevrolet 346 (6 Drivers) / Toyota 54 (4 Drivers) / Ford 13 (3 Drivers)
Trackhouse 189 / Hendrick 138 / Gibbs 51 / Childress 19 / Penske 11 / 23XI 3 / Stewart-Haas 2
Denny Hamlin
3-Time Daytona 500 champion – 2016, ’19 & ‘20
3-Time Southern 500 champion – 2010, ’17 & ‘21
Best Brickyard 400 finish: 3rd – 2008, ’14 & ‘18
48 Career wins – No championships (Junior Johnson 50 career wins without a championship)
48 Career wins – 19 Different tracks; 3 by last lap pass; 8 wins from 1st starting position
48 Career wins – 1 Behind Hall of Fame driver Tony Stewart
Last 9 wins came on 9 different tracks
Homestead-Miami, Pocono, Kansas, Dover, Talladega, Darlington, Las Vegas, Richmond & Charlotte
2 Wins this season – 2 Wins all last season (Winless first 26 races last season)
16th season with a win (4th straight season with a win) – 11th Multiple-win season
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron, Ross Chastain & Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes: 6 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes: 7 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 10 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 8 Christopher Bell
Best average finish: 11.2 Kyle Busch
Most laps led: 570 William Byron
Most laps led without a win: 373 Ryan Blaney
Most races led: 12 Ryan Blaney (No laps led on Bristol Dirt & Darlington)
Most wins by a team: 5 Hendrick Motorsports
1-Ross Chastain
Finished 15th at Charlotte –
Started 22nd, only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1, 2 & 3, 6 times led for 153 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 4th (best)
2019 St. Louis NTS winner
4-Kevin Harvick
7 Top 10 finishes this season (13 Laps led) – 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races (Best finish last 7 races: 3rd at Charlotte)
3 Top 5 finishes this season – 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races
2 St. Louis NXS wins (2000 & ’01) – First & 6th career wins (24 & 25 Years old)
2010 St. Louis NTS winner
5-Kyle Larson
Finished 9th at Charlotte – 51 of final 60 laps led (No laps led first 353 laps)
Started rear of field, 4 pit penalties, lap 166 spin, lap 405 involved in crash
2021 Inaugural Nashville winner
1 St. Louis NXS win (10/10)
8-Tyler Reddick
Finished 6th at Charlotte – Running 18th at 600 miles
9-Chase Elliott
Finished 33rd at Charlotte (Worst finish this season) – 86 of first 170 laps led (51%), lap 192 crashed out
Finished outside top 10 last 2 races (29th at Kansas & 33rd at Charlotte) – First back-to-back finishes outside top 10 this season
Inaugural race wins on Daytona Road Course (2020) & Circuit of the Americas (2021)
Last year won return to Road America for first time since 1956
11-Denny Hamlin
Best St. Louis NXS finish: 3rd (2006) – Pole & 169 laps led
18-Kyle Busch
Finished 9th or better 7 of last 8 races – 4 Top 3 finishes last 6 races (6 Straight races led – 180 Laps led)
2009 St. Louis NXS winner
19-Martin Truex Jr.
St. Louis will be 600th NASCAR Cup Series race
2004 St. Louis NXS winner – Championship season
20-Christopher Bell
4 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties career-long streak (Twice in 2021)
Finished 5th at Charlotte – 2 Free passes, running 20th at 600 miles
2016 St. Louis NTS winner
22-Joey Logano
2021 Inaugural Bristol Dirt race winner & 2022 Inaugural Clash at the Coliseum winner
Finished 2nd in 2008 St. Louis NTS race – 42 Laps led
23-Bubba Wallace
2014 St. Louis NTS winner
31-Justin Haley
2018 St. Louis NTS winner – First career NTS win
34-Michael McDowell
5 Top 10 finishes this season (Ties career-high – 2021) – 4 Top 10 finishes last 6 races
41-Cole Custer
2015 St. Louis NTS winner – 17 Years old
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
4 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak
99-Daniel Suarez
Laps led this season – First 7 races: 28 / Last 7 races: 128
11 Different winners in 14 races this season –
William Byron, Ross Chastain & Denny Hamlin only drivers with multiple wins this season (2 Wins each)
7 Different winners last 7 races –
William Byron, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Kurt Busch & Denny Hamlin
Record for different winners before start of Playoffs: 15 (2011)
4 Different winners in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March), William Byron (Atlanta March), Kurt Busch (Kansas May) & Denny Hamlin (Charlotte)
Ryan Blaney: 4 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) & 373 Laps led this season (Leads winless drivers)
No drivers won back-to-back races this season
Denny Hamlin won back-to-back races twice, but the last time was 10 years ago
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 11 of 14 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 7 of 14 races this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin (Winner)
3 of last 6 races settled by last lap pass – Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 6 races
Toyota: Winless first 6 races this season – 4 Wins last 8 races
2 Races won from pole this season (2 of last 3 races) – Joey Logano (Darlington May) & Denny Hamlin (Charlotte)
9 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell & Ryan Blaney lead all with 3 pole wins
5 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 3 times
First 6 races won by drivers 29-years-old or younger this season – 5 of last 8 races won by drivers 31-years-old or older
3rd closest margin-of-victory this season: .119 Seconds – Denny Hamlin over Kyle Busch (Charlotte)
3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 5 at Charlotte
All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 20th or worse at Charlotte
Joe Gibbs Racing finished 1-2 at Charlotte – First-ever 1-2 finish at Charlotte & first 1-2 finish this season
Stewart-Haas Racing: Multiple finishers in top 5 twice this season – Daytona 500 & Charlotte
Hottest race this season: 87º at Charlotte (85º at COTA)
Best free pass finished 6th or better last 5 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Ty Gibbs
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 7 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 12 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 9 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 384 Noah Gragson
9 Different winners in 13 races this season
Josh Berry only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
8 Different pole winners this season –
Ty Gibbs 3, AJ Allmendinger 2, Bayne 1, Earnhardt 1, Gragson 1, Hemric 1, Jones 1 & Mayer 1
Noah Gragson: 6 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 2 races this season – AJ Allmendinger at COTA & Josh Berry at Charlotte
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
5 of 13 races won from front row this season
JR Motorsports won 4 of last 5 races
Josh Berry led most laps last 2 races – 46 at Texas & 89 at Charlotte (2nd most laps led in a race)
Josh Berry: 135 Laps led last 2 races – 65 Laps led previous 11 races this season
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 6 of 13 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek) & Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs)
Chevrolet won last 5 races
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
7 of 13 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season
JR Motorsports: 190 of 200 laps led at Charlotte – All 4 finished 7th or better