NASCAR Information Sunday, May 8, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Darlington
Joey Logano
Darlington winner – Pole, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, 8 times led for 107 laps (most), final lead change with 2 to go
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano (8 Stops) 32, 56, 93, 136 (Green), 170, 191, 237 (Green), 256
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 1st & 3rd, Ross Chastain 2nd & 1st, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Justin Haley 3rd
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 5th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 6th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 4th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st
Worst finish of season for Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Brad Keselowski & Kyle Larson
Darlington was first win of season in all 3 NASCAR National Touring Series
Joey Logano (Cup), Justin Allgaier (Xfinity) & John Hunter Nemechek (Truck)
This season
Most wins: 2 William Byron & Ross Chastain
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Ross Chastain, Austin Dillon & Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 6 Ross Chastain (50%)
Most top 5 finishes: 7 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 9 Chase Elliott
Best average finish: 9.3 Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 544 William Byron
Most races led: 10 Ryan Blaney (No laps led on Bristol Dirt & Darlington)
Most wins by a team: 5 Hendrick Motorsports
William Byron led 24 of final 26 laps at Darlington – Finished 13th
Tyler Reddick: 86 Career races – 0 Wins & 5 2nd-place finishes
5 Career 2nd-place finishes – Tied for 2nd-most 2nd-place finishes without a win (Jimmie Lewallen)
Justin Haley: Finished 3rd at Darlington (6th caution free pass) – 2nd career top 5 finish
Kevin Harvick: 13th straight Darlington top 10 finish – All-time longest streak
Chase Elliott: Finished 5th at Darlington – 5th straight top 10 finish
Christopher Bell: Finished 6th at Darlington – 5th top 10 finish last 7 races
Michael McDowell: Finished 7th at Darlington – 3rd top 10 finish last 4 races
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
Austin Dillon: Finished 9th at Darlington (2 Pit road speeding penalties) – 5 Top 10 finishes last 7 races
Daniel Suarez: Finished 10th at Darlington – First top 10 finish last 7 races
Martin Truex Jr. finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 last 3 races
10 Different winners in 12 races this season – William Byron & Ross Chastain only drivers with multiple wins this season
6 Different winners last 6 races –
Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott & Joey Logano
8 Different teams finished top 8 at Darlington –
Penske, Childress, Kaulig, Stewart-Haas, Hendrick, Gibbs, Front Row, JTG Daugherty
(Childress only team with multiple drivers in top 10)
8 Different pole winners this season – Ryan Blaney leads all with 3 pole wins
Stage 2 winner failed to win every race this season
Ryan Blaney: 4 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) – Winless
Last to win consecutive races: Kyle Larson – 2021 Charlotte Roval, 2021 Texas & Kansas 10/21
1 Winner from pole this season – Joey Logano (Darlington May)
2022 Winner Odds –
Cindric 30-1; Larson 4-1; Bowman 18-1; Briscoe 66-1; Byron 15-1; Chastain 28-1; Hamlin 12-1
Byron 15-2; Kyle Busch 14-1; Ross Chastain 25-1; Chase Elliott 6-1; Logano 7-1
William Byron passed for final lead change at Richmond with 5 to go & Darlington with 2 to go
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 9 of 12 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 6 of 12 races this season
13 Failed to finish Darlington – Tied for most this season (Talladega)
Hendrick Motorsports won last 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks
2 Different winners in 2 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March) & William Byron (Atlanta March)
9 of 12 races this season won by drivers 29-years-old or younger
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: 8 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 5 Sam Mayer
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish top 10 in every race this season
AJ Allmendinger only driver to finish on lead lap every race this season
Most laps led this season: 349 Ty Gibbs
Most laps led without a win this season: 146 John Hunter Nemechek
7-Justin Allgaier: Darlington winner – Passed for final lead change previous 2 races
7-Justin Allgaier: Most laps led last 2 races – 41% of laps led last 2 races
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Stage wins this season (Most) – 2 Wins this season (Phoenix March & Talladega April)
8 Different winners in 11 races this season
6 Different winners in last 6 races –
AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs, Brandon Jones, Noah Gragson, Josh Berry & Justin Allgaier
3 Different JR Motorsports drivers won last 3 races – Noah Gragson (Talladega), Josh Berry (Dover) & Justin Allgaier (Darlington)
JR Motorsports drivers swept top 2 positions at Darlington – Justin Allgaier winner & Noah Gragson 2nd
Car numbers 9, 8 & 7 won last 3 races
6 Different pole winners this season – Ty Gibbs 3, AJ Allmendinger 2, Bayne 1, Earnhardt 1, Hemric 1 & Jones 1
Stage 1 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – AJ Allmendinger at COTA
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
1 Race won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond
Final lead change with 3 or fewer laps to go 6 of 11 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)
4 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
7 of 11 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season