NASCAR Information Sunday, May 9, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Darlington
Martin Truex Jr.
Darlington May winner – Started 4th, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 7 times led for 248 laps including final 105
Winner pit stops: Martin Truex Jr. (8 Stops) – Lap 25, 61 (Green), 93, 111, 145 (Green), 188, 226 (Green), 257 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 100 Laps (194-293)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Martin Truex Jr. (1st & 1st), Kyle Larson (4th & 5th), Denny Hamlin (2nd & 4th)
Speeding: Kyle Larson 2nd, Joey Logano 13th, Christopher Bell 14th, Anthony Alfredo 28th
Rear of field: Chase Elliott 7th, Aric Almirola 37th
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 6th
Best Team Penske: Ryan Blaney 8th
Most wins this season: 3 Martin Truex Jr.
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson & Joey Logano
Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Denny Hamlin
Most top 10 finishes this season: 10 William Byron
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Denny Hamlin
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race this season: 7.3 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 749 Denny Hamlin
Most races led this season: 11 Denny Hamlin
Most laps completed this season: 3342 of 3345 Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin
| WINS | 2020 | 2021 |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 9 | 0 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 7 | 0 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 5 | 0 |
| WINLESS STREAK | LAST WIN | |
| KEVIN HARVICK | 19 | BRISTOL 9/20 |
| KURT BUSCH | 18 | LAS VEGAS 9/20 |
| DENNY HAMLIN | 17 | TALLADEGA 10/20 |
| CHASE ELLIOTT | 12 | PHOENIX 11/20 |
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Top 10 finishes this season – 5 Finishes of 21st or worse
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 24th at Darlington – Average running position: 20th
3-Austin Dillon: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 16th at Darlington
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 11 of 12 races this season
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Ford finisher 3 races this season – 5th at Homestead-Miami, 2nd at Kansas & 6th at Darlington
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – Average finish: 4th (Best 3-race average this season)
5-Kyle Larson: 7 Career wins – 24 Career 2nd-place finishes
5-Kyle Larson: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 1 of last 6 races – Finished 2nd at Darlington
5-Kyle Larson: 1 Dover win (10/19) – 5 Dover top 3 finishes
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 12th or better last 3 races – Finished 7th twice
9-Chase Elliott: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – Only 3 laps led last 8 races
10-Aric Almirola: 1 Top 10 finish this season – 6 Finishes of 29th or worse (Failed to finish 4 races)
11-Denny Hamlin: 9 Top 5 finishes in 12 races this season – 749 Laps led
11-Denny Hamlin: 11,977 Career laps led – 23 To 12,000
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 8th at Darlington – First top 10 finish in 9th Darlington race
12-Ryan Blaney: Best Team Penske finisher 1 of last 6 races – Finished 8th at Darlington
17-Chris Buescher: 3 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
18-Kyle Busch: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – 2 Straight top 3 finishes
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Dover wins – 4 Dover 2nd-place finishes
18-Kyle Busch: 17,990 Laps led – 10 To 18,000
30 Career wins – Back-to-back wins once (Las Vegas 9/19 & Richmond 9/19)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Dover wins – #1 Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet, #78 Furniture Row Racing Toyota & #19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Swept Stage 1, 2 & race 6 times
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins this season – Only driver with multiple wins
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins last 8 races – Winless previous 29 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Only repeat winner last 13 races (3 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 248 Laps led at Darlington – 3rd most laps led in a race
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 19th at Darlington
24-William Byron: 10 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak & longest current streak
48-Alex Bowman: Finished 17th or worse last 3 races – Average finish: 24.3
Last to win consecutive races: Chase Elliott (Martinsville 11/20 & Phoenix 11/20)
10 Different winners in 12 races this season
Leader of most laps failed to win 9 of 12 races this season
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 6 races this season
3 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 7th or better at Darlington – No laps led
3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 5 at Darlington – All 4 led (265 Laps led)
No winner started front row this season
5 Winless streaks of 28 races or longer ended this season
Youngest winner: William Byron – 23
Oldest winner: Martin Truex Jr. – 40
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 2 Justin Allgaier & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 7 Harrison Burton, Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 5 Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race this season: 7.0 Austin Cindric
Finished on lead lap every race this season: Daniel Hemric
Most laps led this season: 346 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 8 Austin Cindric
| Justin Allgaier Recent Dover NXS Results | |||
| Start | Finish | Laps Led | |
| 9/17 | 4th | 2nd | 0 |
| 5/18 | 6th | 1st | 104 |
| 10/18 | 3rd | 3rd | 23 |
| 5/19 | 2nd | 2nd | 1 |
| 10/19 | 8th | 2nd | 67 |
| 8/22/20 | 5th | 1st | 120 |
| 8/23/20 | 15th | 7th | 19 |
| JR Motorsports Season | ||
| First 5 Races | Last 4 Races | |
| Wins | 0 | 3 |
| Top 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Top 10 | 6 | 11 |
| Avg. Finish | 22.3 | 13.7 |
| Laps Led | 78 | 220 |
| Kaulig Racing Darlington | ||
| Finish | Laps Led | |
| AJ Allmendinger | 12th | 6 |
| Justin Haley | 13th | 0 |
| Jeb Burton | 19th | 0 |
7-Justin Allgaier: Only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
7-Justin Allgaier: 2 Wins last 4 races – No top 5 finishes previous 5 races this season
7-Justin Allgaier: 2 Wins this season – Winless in Stage 1 & 2 this season
7-Justin Allgaier: 4th Multiple-win season – Earliest to multiple wins
8-Josh Berry: 2 Top 2 finishes last 3 races – Martinsville winner & finished 2nd at Darlington
18-Daniel Hemric: 204 Laps led this season – Most of winless drivers
20-Harrison Burton: 7 Top 10 finishes this season – 4 Straight top 10 finishes
36-Alex Labbe: Finished 9th at Darlington – Best finish this season
39-Ryan Sieg: 5 Career top 5 finishes – 5 Different tracks
39-Ryan Sieg: Finished 8th at Darlington – Best Ford finisher
51-Jeremy Clements: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – Career-high: 5 (2020)
7 Different winners in 9 races this season – 4 First-time winners
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 7 races
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
Dash 4 Cash winners: Noah Gragson (Martinsville & Talladega) & AJ Allmendinger (Darlington)
JR Motorsports: 3 Wins this season (Leads all teams) – 3 Wins last 4 races
Final lead change with 2 laps to go in 3 races this season
Chevrolet: 4 Straight wins
Toyota: 1 Win this season – Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course)
4 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 2
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 39
2 Disqualified this season –
Tyler Reddick (Homestead-Miami) – Finished 40th (Original finish: 2nd)
Noah Gragson (Darlington May) – Finished 40th (Original finish: 4th)
All 3 Kaulig Racing drivers finished outside top 10 at Darlington