NASCAR Information Sunday, May 30, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Charlotte
Kyle Larson – HIGH FIVE! or COMMITTED GRAND LARCONY at Charlotte
Charlotte winner – Pole, Stage 1, 2 & 3 winner, 327 laps led (490.5 miles), avg. running pos.: 1.3, 70 points scored
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (8 Stops) Lap 48 (Green), 103, 149 (Green), 174, 203, 247 (Green), 301, 347 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (1-101)
Total time: 3:58:45 (Longest this season)
Total green time: 3:12:17
Total caution time: 46:26
Top 5 Stage 1, 2, 3: Kyle Larson (1st, 1st, 1st), Chase Elliott (2nd, 2nd, 4th), William Byron (3rd, 3rd, 2nd)
Speeding: Ryan Blaney (13th), Anthony Alfredo (25th), Ryan Newman (27th)
Rear of field: B.J. McLeod (31st), Kurt Busch (38th)
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson (1st)
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch (3rd)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (10th)
Best Penske: Brad Keselowski (11th)
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: 12 William Byron
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 7.7 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 1105 Kyle Larson
Most races led this season: 13 Denny Hamlin
Most laps completed this season: 4196 of 4199 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 | 22 | Bristol 9/20 |
| Kurt Busch | 21 | Las Vegas 9/20 |
| Denny Hamlin | 20 | Talladega 10/20 |
1-Kurt Busch: Failed to finish 3 races this season – Failed to finish 2 of last 4 races
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Top 15 finish last 4 races – Finished 11th at Charlotte
3-Austin Dillon: Best finish last 9 races: 6th – Charlotte
5-Kyle Larson: 2 Wins this season – 2nd season with multiple wins (4 Wins in 2017)
5-Kyle Larson: 6 Top 2 finishes this season – 2 Wins & 4 2nd-place finishes
5-Kyle Larson: 4 Straight top 2 finishes – 1 Win (Charlotte)
5-Kyle Larson: Charlotte winner at 4-1 odds – Favorite
5-Kyle Larson: Most laps led 5 races this season – 2 Wins (Las Vegas & Charlotte)
5-Kyle Larson: 327 Laps led at Charlotte – Career-high
5-Kyle Larson: 1105 Laps led this season – 2nd season with more than 1000 laps led (1352 Laps led 2017)
8-Tyler Reddick: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2020)
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 12th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 7th or better last 5 races – 3 Straight top 3 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 8 Top 5 finishes first 9 races this season (694 Laps led) – 1 Top 5 finish last 6 races (60 Laps led)
12-Ryan Blaney: No top 5 finishes last 9 races – Last top 5 finish: Atlanta winner
17-Chris Buescher: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 5 races
18-Kyle Busch: 4 Top 3 finishes this season – 3 Top 3 finishes last 5 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 19th or worse last 3 races – Average finish: 27.7
20-Christopher Bell: Finished 21st or worse last 3 races – Average finish: 27.7
21-Matt DiBenedetto: No top 15 finishes last 4 races – Average finish: 21.0
24-William Byron: Finished 11th or better last 13 races – 12 Top 10 finishes (Finished 4th in 3 of last 4 races)
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 1 Top 15 finish last 7 races – Finished 12th at Charlotte
48-Alex Bowman: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
11 Different winners in 15 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 races – Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Truex Jr., Bowman, Elliott & Larson
3 With multiple wins this season (2 Hendrick drivers) – Martin Truex Jr. 3, Alex Bowman 2 & Kyle Larson 2
4 Different winners in 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Larson 2 wins
Hendrick Motorsports won 3 of 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
Kyle Larson never won back-to-back races
1 Winner started front row this season – Kyle Larson Charlotte (Pole)
Leader of most laps won only 4 of 15 races this season
Largest margin-of-victory this season: 10.051 Seconds – Kyle Larson over Chase Elliott (Charlotte)
Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Wins with 3 different drivers last 3 races – Bowman, Elliott & Larson
*First time since 2015: Jeff Gordon (Martinsville), Jimmie Johnson (Texas) & Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Phoenix)
Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Straight wins – Last time with streak of 4 or more: 2014 (5 Straight)
Hendrick Motorsports: All 4 finished top 5 at Charlotte – 373 Laps led (559.5 Miles)
Hendrick Motorsports: 6 Wins this season (Leads all teams) – 7 Wins all last season (4 in ’19 & 3 in ’18)
Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions 46 races including last 3
Chip Ganassi Racing: Finished last & next to last at Charlotte – Kurt Busch 38th & Ross Chastain 37th
Hottest race this season: 85 Degrees – Darlington
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 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 10 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 6.0 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 401 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 11 Austin Cindric
| Ty Gibbs Season | |||||
| Start | Finish | Laps Led | |||
| Feb. 13 | Daytona | ARCA | 13th | 4th | 0 |
| Feb. 20 | Daytona Road Course | NXS | 15th | 1st | 14 |
| March 12 | Phoenix | ARCA | 1st | 1st | 124 |
| March 13 | Phoenix | NXS | 27th | 2nd | 1 |
| April 9 | Martinsville | NXS | 16th | 4th | 28 |
| April 24 | Talladega | ARCA | 1st | 27th | 13 |
| May 1 | Kansas | ARCA | 1st | 1st | 100 |
| May 8 | Darlington | NXS | 29th | 18th | 0 |
| May 14 | Dover | East | 1st | 1st | 125 |
| May 15 | Dover | NXS | 14th | 5th | 0 |
| May 22 | Toledo | ARCA | 1st | 1st | 153 |
| May 29 | Charlotte | NXS | 8th | 1st | 20 |
| May 29 | Charlotte | ARCA | 1st | 1st | 100 |
2-Myatt Snider: 1 Top 5 finish this season – Homestead-Miami winner
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Top 3 finishes last 4 races – Finished 11th at Charlotte
10-Jeb Burton: Best finish last 4 races: 9th – Charlotte
10-Jeb Burton: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – Only 1 in last 9 races (Talladega winner)
16-AJ Allmendinger: Failed to finish 1 races this season – Charlotte
18-Daniel Hemric at Mid-Ohio: 100th career NASCAR Xfinity Series race
18-Daniel Hemric led most laps 2 races this season (Las Vegas & Charlotte) – Finished 2nd & 28th
18-Daniel Hemric: 105 Laps led at Charlotte – 2nd most laps led in a race (128 – 2018 Kansas)
19-Brandon Jones: 5 Top 5 finishes this season – 5 Finishes of 33rd or worse
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 12th or better last 9 races – 7 Top 10 finishes last 9 races
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – Avg. finish: 5.0 (Best 3-race stretch this season)
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Wins & 3 2nd-place finishes this season – Finished top 2 in 6 of 12 races this season
51-Jeremy Clements: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – Ties career-high (2020)
54-Ty Gibbs: 6 Career races – 2 Wins & 5 top 5 finishes
68-Brandon Brown: 3 Career top 5 finishes – 2 This season (Both in last 8 races)
68-Brandon Brown: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – Ties career-high (2020)
98-Riley Herbst: 1 Top 15 finish last 4 races – Finished 12th at Charlotte
8 Different winners in 12 races this season – 4 First-time winners
2 Different winners in 2 races on a road courses this season
Joe Gibbs Racing won both road course races this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course) & Kyle Busch (COTA)
4 Different winners from 4 different teams in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), AJ Allmendinger (Las Vegas), Justin Allgaier (Atlanta) & Ty Gibbs (Charlotte)
6 Different winners from 5 different teams in last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Briscoe (Kansas SHR), Burton (Texas JGR), Snider (Homestead-Miami RCR),
Allmendinger (Las Vegas Kaulig), Allgaier (Atlanta JRM) & Gibbs (Charlotte JGR)
First career win for 4 this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course), Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), Josh Berry (Martinsville April) & Jeb Burton (Talladega April)
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 4
#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won last 2 races – Kyle Busch (COTA) & Ty Gibbs (Charlotte)
Toyota: 3 Wins this season – 2 Straight wins
All 4 JR Motorsports drivers finished outside top 10 at Charlotte
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .085 Seconds – Homestead-Miami (Myatt Snider over Brandon Jones)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 races
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 10 races
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39