NASCAR Information Sunday, November 17, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
18 Different winners in 36 races this season
7 Different winners in 10 Playoff races this season
Joey Logano 3 wins & Kyle Larson 2 wins only drivers with multiple Playoff race wins this season
Best Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Joey Logano – Winner
Best non-Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Kyle Larson – 4th
Worst Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Tyler Reddick – 6th
Joey Logano: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 7 races this season – 4 Times in Playoff races
Ryan Blaney: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 10 races this season – 2 Times in Playoff races
William Byron: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 10 races this season – 3 Times in Playoff races
Tyler Reddick: Best finisher of Championship 4 in 9 races this season – 1 Time in Playoff races (Miami winner)
2024 Champion Joey Logano first win came in 19th race this season –
Deepest for first win in championship season since Tony Stewart won race 27 in 2011
Joey Logano: 4 Wins this season – 3 Playoff race wins
Joey Logano: 4 Wins this season – 3 Wins leading 9 or fewer laps
Joey Logano: Winless first 18 races this season – 4 Wins final 18 races this season
Team Penske first win this season came in race 15 – Austin Cindric St. Louis
Team Penske: 0 Wins first 14 races this season – 8 Wins final 22 races (36%)
Team Penske swept top finishing positions 8 races – Once this season (Championship race)
Ryan Blaney: 6 Top 2 finishes this season – Finished season with 3 straight top 2 finishes
Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change 6 races this season
Denny Hamlin: 3 Wins first 11 races this season – Winless final 25 races this season
Denny Hamlin led laps in first 13 races this season – Led laps 9 of final 23 races this season
William Byron: 3 Wins first 8 races this season – Winless final 28 races this season
Christopher Bell: 3 Wins first 18 races this season – Winless final 18 races this season
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
*No driver won consecutive races this season
First career win for 1 this season – Harrison Burton (Daytona Aug.)
2 Races won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin) & Tyler Reddick (Miami)
William Byron best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 4 of last 7 races this season
Christopher Bell best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 6 of 10 Playoff races this season
10 Different teams won races this season
Teams swept top finishing positions 5 races this season – Hendrick Motorsports finished top 3 at Martinsville April
1 Postponed race this season – Daytona 500
2 Shortened races this season – Coca-Cola 600 & Chicago Street Race
1 Multi-day race this season – Michigan
Kyle Larson won Stage 1, 2 & race twice this season – Las Vegas March & Bristol Sept.
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 97 Harrison Burton at Daytona Aug., 93 Chase Briscoe at Darlington Sept.,
85 Austin Cindric at St. Louis, 80 Alex Bowman at Chicago, 68 Austin Dillon at Richmond Aug.,
65 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at Talladega Oct., 57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb.,
49 Joey Logano at Nashville & 42 Chase Elliott at Texas
Final lead change with 9 or fewer laps to go 19 races this season (53%)
6 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Atlanta Feb. (Daniel Suárez winner), Kansas May (Kyle Larson winner), Richmond Aug. (Austin Dillon winner)
Daytona Aug. (Harrison Burton winner), Watkins Glen (Chris Buescher winner), Miami (Tyler Reddick winner)
Closest NASCAR Cup Series finish: .001 Seconds Kyle Larson over Chris Buescher Kansas May
Previous: .002 2003 Darlington & 2011 Talladega
13 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 7 times
5 Overtimes at Nashville – NCS record
Best finish by a Rookie of the Year candidate this season – Zane Smith finished 2nd at Nashville
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 23
Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 43
Most wins this season: 6 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Brad Keselowski (1 Win)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 11 William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 15 Christopher Bell & Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 23 Christopher Bell
Most top 10 finishes of winless drivers this season: 14 Bubba Wallace
Most Stage wins this season: 12 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 1700 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 555 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 25 Kyle Larson
Most lead lap finishes this season: 32 Chase Elliott
Most laps completed this season: 9690 Daniel Hemric
Most poles this season: 6 Michael McDowell
Most Playoff race wins this season: 3 Joey Logano
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney & Chase Elliott
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 4 Ryan Blaney & William Byron
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 6 Christopher Bell
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 8 Christopher Bell & William Byron
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 7.1 Christopher Bell
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 611 Kyle Larson
Most speeding penalties: 14 – Atlanta Feb.
Fewest lead lap finishers: 5 – Bristol March
Most caution laps: 98 – Bristol March
Fewest cautions: 2 – Austin
Fewest failed to finish: 0 – Richmond March
Longest green run: 189 Laps – Martinsville April
Fastest pole this: 190.369mph Kyle Larson – Texas
Most cautions: 16 – Texas
Most lead changes: 72 – Talladega April
Most lead lap finishers: 35 – Coca-Cola 600
Longest green run from start: 91 Laps – Darlington May & Nashville
Longest race: 4:03:54 – Nashville
Shortest race: 2:19:24 – Chicago Street Race
Fewest laps led by a winner: 1 Harrison Burton – Daytona Aug.
Most failed to finish: 15 – Daytona Aug.
Most consecutive laps led in a race: 167 Kyle Larson – Bristol Sept.
Most laps led in a race: 462 Kyle Larson – Bristol Sept.
Most laps led to end of a race: 167 Kyle Larson – Bristol Sept.
Longest green run to finish: 163 – Bristol Sept.
Most leaders this season: 24 – Talladega Oct.
Phoenix 11/24
Joey Logano
Phoenix 11/24 winner – Started 2nd, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, 107 laps led including final 53, champion
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano – 5 Stops 64, 116 (G), 189, 236 (G), 253
Stage 1 winner: Joey Logano 1st
Stage 2 winner: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 1st & 3rd, Christopher Bell 3rd & 2nd, William Byron 4th & 4th
Most points scored: Christopher Bell 49
Passed for final lead change: William Byron 3rd
Winner final laps led: Joey Logano 53
Lead changes: 16
Cautions: 4
Failed to finish: 2
Best free pass finisher: Bubba Wallace 7th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Erik Jones 22nd
Best starting rear of field finisher: Jeb Burton 38
Longest green flag run: 115 Laps (72-186) 55 Minutes, 34 Seconds
Best Hendrick: William Byron 3rd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 5th
Best Stewart-Haas: Noah Gragson 12th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 4 Austin Hill
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Sheldon Creed
Most top 3 finishes this season: 10 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 17 Chandler Smith
Most top 10 finishes this season: 23 Sheldon Creed & Cole Custer
Most laps led this season: 779 Cole Custer
Most races led this season: 20 Justin Allgaier & Cole Custer
Most Stage wins this season: 16 Justin Allgaier
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Aric Almirola
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Cole Custer & Ryan Sieg
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 4 Aric Almirola
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 6 Chandler Smith
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 6 Sheldon Creed & Chandler Smith
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 193 Riley Herbst
Most Playoff race races led this season: 5 Cole Custer & Chandler Smith
17 Different winners in 33 races this season
Aric Almirola only repeat winner last 9 races (2 Wins) – 7 Others 1-win each
6 Different winners last 6 races –
Sammy Smith, Sam Mayer, AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Aric Almirola & Riley Herbst
5 Different teams won last 5 races – JR Motorsports, Kaulig, Childress, Gibbs & Stewart-Haas
6 Different winners in 7 Playoff races this season –
AJ Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Riley Herbst, Austin Hill, Sam Mayer & Sammy Smith
Best Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Justin Allgaier – 2nd
Best non-Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Riley Herbst – Winner
Worst Playoff finisher at Phoenix: Austin Hill – 10th
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 15 of 33 races this season (45%)
6 Races settled by last lap pass this season
Riley Herbst: 2 Wins this season (Indianapolis & Phoenix Nov.) – Each by last lap pass
Closest finish this season: .002 Texas – Sam Mayer over Ryan Sieg
Justin Allgaier best Chevrolet finisher at Phoenix Nov. (Finished 2nd) – First time best Chevrolet finisher last 12 races
Aric Almirola best Toyota finisher last 3 races
#20 Wins this season:
John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March & Nashville, Aric Almirola Martinsville April, Kansas & Martinsville Nov.,
Ryan Truex Dover & Daytona Aug., Christopher Bell New Hampshire & Darlington Aug.
First career win for 3 this season –
Jesse Love (Talladega April), Shane van Gisbergen (Portland) & Connor Zilisch (Watkins Glen)
Last to win 1st & 2nd career races back-to-back: Shane van Gisbergen – 2024 Portland & 2024 Sonoma
2024 Dash 4 Cash winners: Aric Almirola (Martinsville), Sam Mayer (Texas), Ryan Sieg (Talladega) & Anthony Alfredo (Dover)
2 Won consecutive races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb. & Atlanta Feb.) & Shane van Gisbergen (Portland & Sonoma)
15 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 8
Youngest winner: Connor Zilisch – 18
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 42