NASCAR Information Sunday, May 3, 2025
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Christopher Bell
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 William Byron & Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes of winless drivers this season: 4 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Larson
Only driver to finish top 20 every race this season: Chase Elliott
Best average finish of drivers to compete in every race this season: 8.9 William Byron
Most Stage wins this season: 6 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 596 Kyle Larson
Most laps led of winless drivers this season: 199 Ryan Blaney
Most races led this season: 9 William Byron
Most laps completed this season: 3063 of 3064 Chase Elliott (Finished 1-lap down at Bristol)
Most fastest laps this season: 3 Michael McDowell
Texas best finish of season:
Joey Logano 1st, Ross Chastain 2nd, Ryan Blaney 3rd, Erik Jones 5th, Austin Dillon 7th, Ty Dillon 12th, Riley Herbst 14th
Texas:
12 Cautions – Most this season
12 Failed to finish – 2nd most this season (13 Daytona 500)
11 Speeding penalties – Tied for most this season (Phoenix)
Chase Elliott only Hendrick driver with no laps led
Christopher Bell only Gibbs driver to finish in top 20
Kyle Larson: 148 Laps from 10,000 career laps led
Kansas: 12th race this season – One-third of season complete after Kansas
7 Different winners in 11 races this season
9 Different pole winners in 11 races this season
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – Kyle Larson Bristol
No winner from the pole this season – Last to win from pole: Tyler Reddick 2024 Miami
Pole winner finished 19th or worse last 3 races
Final lead change with 7 or fewer laps to go 8 of 11 races this season – 4 by last lap pass
Leader of most laps won only 3 of 11 races this season
Winner led 10 or fewer laps in 6 of 11 races this season
Ryan Blaney passed for final lead change 3 of last 4 races
4 Races finished in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 2 races
3 Different winners in 3 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Team Penske won last 2 races – Winless previous 9 races
2025 Texas
Joey Logano
2025 Texas winner –
Started 27th, 19th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, lap 172 involved in crash, only 7 of final 8 laps led, avg. running pos.: 13.1
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano – 5 Stops 22, 83, 127, 167, 221 (All caution)
Stage 1 winner: Austin Cindric 25th
Stage 2 winner: Kyle Larson 4th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Tyler Reddick 2nd & 2nd, Kyle Larson 4th & 1st
Most points scored: Kyle Larson 50
Passed for final lead change: Ryan Blaney 3rd
Winner final laps led: Joey Logano 2
Lead changes: 20
Cautions: 12
Failed to finish: 12
Best free pass finisher: Chris Buescher 18th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ryan Blaney 3rd
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Longest green flag run: 50 Laps (26-75) 24 Minutes, 28 Seconds
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 4th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 9th
Best 23XI: Riley Herbst 14th
Best RFK: Chris Buescher 18th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st