NASCAR Information Sunday, November 1, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Chase Elliott: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 8 races this season – 3 Times in Playoff races
Denny Hamlin: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 12 races this season – Twice in Playoff races
Brad Keselowski: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 9 races this season – Twice in Playoff races
Joey Logano: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 6 races this season – Twice in Playoff races
| 2020 Season | 2020 Playoffs | |||||||||
| Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | |
| Chase Elliott | 35 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 1094 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 564 |
| Denny Hamlin | 35 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 1083 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 312 |
| Brad Keselowski | 35 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 936 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 298 |
| Joey Logano | 35 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 814 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 157 |
Most wins: 9 Kevin Harvick (Career-high)
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Most top 3 finishes: 14 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes: 20 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 9 Erik Jones
Most top 10 finishes: 26 Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes by winless driver: 18 Aric Almirola
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 11 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: 1531 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 298 Aric Almirola
Most laps complete: 9599 of 9602 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Chase Elliott (8 Stops) 63, 134, 188, 217, 263, 353, 404, 442
Longest green flag run last race: 85 Laps (268-352)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Chase Elliott (4th & 1st), Denny Hamlin (1st & 3rd)
Speeding last race: 9 Drivers 10 penalties – Ryan Blaney 2nd & Brad Keselowski 4th are only 2 finishing top 10
Rear of field last race: Garrett Smithley 39th
Best HMS last race: Chase Elliott 1st
Best JGR last race: Kyle Busch 9th
Best SHR last race: Aric Almirola 7th
Best TPR last race: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Chase Elliott & Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr. (Winless)
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 5 Joey Logano
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 5 Joey Logano
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 7 Kyle Busch & Alex Bowman
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 8.0 Alex Bowman
Most Playoff laps led this season: 564 Chase Elliott
Most Playoff races led this season: 8 Chase Elliott (No laps led at Texas)
Father-Son NASCAR Cup Series champions:
Ned Jarrett & Dale Jarrett
Lee Petty & Richard Petty
(Bill Elliott: 1988 Champion)
2-Brad Keselowski: 4 Wins this season – 1 Playoff race win (Richmond)
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – Finished 4th twice
2-Brad Keselowski: 7 Stage 2 wins this season – Only 2 wins after winning Stage 2 (New Hampshire & Richmond)
9-Chase Elliott: Only repeat winner last 8 races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
9-Chase Elliott: 4 Wins this season – Career-high
9-Chase Elliott: 4 Wins this season – 2 Playoff race wins
9-Chase Elliott: 4 Wins this season – 2 Wins last 4 races
9-Chase Elliott: 236 Laps led at Martinsville – Career-high
9-Chase Elliott: Raced into Championship 4 (Martinsville winner) – 6th in Standings -25 into Martinsville
9-Chase Elliott: Advanced to Championship 4 – Eliminated Round of 8 previous 3 seasons
9-Chase Elliott: 4 Stage 2 wins this season – Finished 22nd or worse 3 of 4 races after winning Stage 2 (Martinsville Nov. winner)
11-Denny Hamlin: 7 Wins this season – Most of Championship 4
11-Denny Hamlin: Stage 1 winner 3 Playoff races – Failed to win all 3 races
22-Joey Logano: 3 Wins this season – 1 Playoff race win (Kansas)
22-Joey Logano: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – 3 Top 3 finishes last 4 races
22-Joey Logano: 6 Stage wins this season – No Stage wins in Playoff races
Jeremy Bullins: First Championship 4
Chris Gabehart: 2nd Championship 4 – Finished 4th in 2019 with Denny Hamlin
Alan Gustafson: 2nd Championship 4 – Finished 3rd in 2015 with Jeff Gordon
Paul Wolfe: 2nd Championship 4 – Finished 4th in 2017 with Brad Keselowski
4-Kevin Harvick: Failed to advance to Championship 4 (5th in Standings -8) – 2nd in Standings +42 into Martinsville
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher first 5 Playoff races this season – Only once last 4 races
4-Kevin Harvick: Winless last 6 races – Longest streak this season
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished outside top 10 in back-to-back races 3 times this season – Twice in Playoff races
10-Aric Almirola: 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races – Finished 7th at Martinsville
12-Ryan Blaney: Best non-Playoff finisher at Martinsville – Finished 2nd
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 7th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 5 finishes
14-Clint Bowyer best finish last 6 races: 8th – Martinsville
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 22nd at Martinsville (129 Laps led – 2nd most) – Worst Playoff finisher
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Passed for final lead change 5 races this season including Martinsville
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 22nd at Martinsville
20-Erik Jones: Best non-Playoff finisher 4 of 9 Playoff races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 12th or better last 3 races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 8th or better last 4 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
13 Different winners in 35 races this season – Kevin Harvick (9) & Denny Hamlin (7) 46%
7 Different winners in 9 Playoff races this season –
Chase Elliott & Kevin Harvick only drivers to win more than once (2 Wins each)
4 Different winners from 4 different teams in 5 short track races this season –
Brad Keselowski 2, Chase Elliott, Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr. 1
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 10 races
Joe Gibbs Racing driver best non-Playoff finisher 6 of 9 Playoff races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing: 19 Pre-race issues this season
Chevrolet: 8 Wins this season – 5 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Ford won 4 of 9 Playoff races this season – Harvick 2, Keselowski 1 & Logano 1
Toyota: 9 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 7
23 Races this season won by drivers 35-years-old or older
Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Win last 21 short track races – Chase Elliott Martinsville Nov.
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Justin Allgaier: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 4 races this season – Once in Playoff races (2nd at Martinsville)
Chase Briscoe: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 12 races this season – Twice in Playoff races (Las Vegas & Kansas winner)
Austin Cindric: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 11 races this season – Twice in Playoff races (6th at Roval & 4th at Texas)
Justin Haley: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 5 races this season – Once in Playoff races (Talladega winner)
| 2020 Season | 2020 Playoffs | |||||||||
| Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Laps Led | |
| Justin Allgaier | 32 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 932 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 36 |
| Chase Briscoe | 32 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 991 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 453 |
| Austin Cindric | 32 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 875 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 63 |
| Justin Haley | 32 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 113 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
Most wins: 9 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Chase Briscoe
Most top 5 finishes: 18 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 15 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 26 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 12 Justin Allgaier & Chase Briscoe
Most laps led: 991 Chase Briscoe (9 From 1000)
Most laps led by winless driver: 543 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 5354 of 5383 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Chase Briscoe & Harrison Burton
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson (Winless)
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 5 Noah Gragson
Best Playoff race average finish this season of drivers competing all 6 races: 8.0 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff laps led this season: 453 of 1031 (44%) Chase Briscoe (Harrison Burton 2nd-most with 105 laps led)
Most Playoff races led this season: 5 Chase Briscoe & Noah Gragson
Top 3 drivers with best Playoff race average of drivers competing all 6 Playoff races were eliminated at Martinsville:
Noah Gragson 8.0, Ross Chastain 10.0 & Brandon Jones 11.3
7-Justin Allgaier: Best JR Motorsports finisher 1 Playoff race this season – Finished 2nd at Martinsville
7-Justin Allgaier best finish last 7 races: 2nd – Martinsville
7-Justin Allgaier: 12 Stage wins this season (Tied for most with Chase Briscoe) – 3 Race wins
11-Justin Haley: 3 Career wins – Took lead for final time all 3 with 2 or fewer laps to go
11-Justin Haley: 3 Stage wins this season – 3 Race wins
11-Justin Haley: Finished 12th at Martinsville – Worst Playoff finisher (Advanced to Championship 4)
22-Austin Cindric: 100th career NASCAR Xfinity Series race
22-Austin Cindric: 5 Wins this season – Winless in Playoff races (Only 1 top 5 finish)
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 5 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
22-Austin Cindric: 10 Stage wins this season – Behind Justin Allgaier & Chase Briscoe (12 Each)
98-Chase Briscoe: 9 Wins this season – Leads all drivers (Last to win 10 races in a season: Kyle Busch 2016)
98-Chase Briscoe: 9 Wins this season – 6 with Richard Boswell & 3 with Greg Zipadelli
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
98-Chase Briscoe: Most laps led 4 of 6 Playoff races this season – 2 Wins (Las Vegas & Kansas)
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Overtime wins this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
98-Chase Briscoe: Swept Stage 1 & 2 in 3 of 6 Playoff races this season
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 Wins last 7 races – Only top 5 finishes last 10 races
9-Noah Gragson: Best Playoff finisher 2 of 6 Playoff races this season – Eliminated from Playoffs
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Top 3 finishes in 6 Playoff races this season – Eliminated from Playoffs
9-Noah Gragson: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2019 & ‘20
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 2nd in 4 races since last win (Bristol June) – Finished 2nd in 3 of 6 Playoff races
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Straight races led – 97 Laps led
18-Riley Herbst best finish last 9 races: 6th – Martinsville
20-Harrison Burton: 4 Career wins – 2 Straight wins
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Straight wins – Finished outside top 10 previous 3 races
99-Jesse Iwuji: Finished ahead of Austin Cindric at Kansas & Chase Briscoe at Texas
9 Different winners in 32 races this season
4 Different winners from 3 different teams & manufacturers in 5 short track races this season
JR Motorsports won 3 of 5 short track races this season –
Justin Allgaier (Richmond 9/11 & 9/12) & Noah Gragson (Bristol June)
4 Different winners in 6 Playoff races this season – AJ Allmendinger, Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton & Justin Haley
Chase Briscoe & Justin Haley only Championship 4 drivers with Playoff race wins this season
3 Playoff races won by non-Playoff drivers this season – AJ Allmendinger (Charlotte Roval) & Harrison Burton (Texas & Martinsville)
Chase Briscoe & Harrison Burton: 2 Playoff race wins each this season – Most Playoff wins in a season: 3 Christopher Bell (2018)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 15 of 32 races this season (47%)
6 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July, Daytona Aug. & Texas Oct. (3 on 1.5-mile tracks)
Ross Chastain, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones & Ryan Sieg eliminated Round of 8 in 2020
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (California) & Justin Haley (Talladega June)
25-Years-old & younger won 26 of 32 races this season