NASCAR Information Sunday, November 8, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
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: 27 Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes by winless driver: 18 Aric Almirola (Career-high)
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 11 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: 1531 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 305 Aric Almirola (Career-high)
Most laps complete: 9911 of 9914 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 33, 79, 139, 163, 196, 260
Longest green flag run last race: 112 Laps (201-312)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race:
Chase Elliott (3rd & 2nd), Brad Keselowski (4th & 1st), Joey Logano (1st & 3rd), Denny Hamlin (2nd & 4th), Ryan Blaney (5th & 5th)
Speeding last race: A. Dillon (18th), McDowell, Nemechek, Stenhouse Jr., Hill
Rear of field last race: Chase Elliott (1st), Brennan Poole (29th)
Best HMS last race: Chase Elliott 1st
Best JGR last race: Denny Hamlin 4th
Best SHR last race: Kevin Harvick 7th
Best TPR last race: Brad Keselowski 2nd
Most Playoff race wins this season: 3 Chase Elliott
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr. (Winless)
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 6 Joey Logano
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 6 Joey Logano
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 7 Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott & Joey Logano
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 7.6 Joey Logano
Most Playoff laps led this season: 717 Chase Elliott
Most Playoff races led this season: 9 Chase Elliott (No laps led at Texas)
14 Won season finale & championship in same season including last 7
7 Won final 2 races to finish season – 2 Won first race the following season
Hendrick Motorsports: 13 Championships (1995, ’96, ’97, ’98, ’01, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’13, ’16 & ’20) – Chase Elliott, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson & Terry Labonte
13 Different winners in 36 races this season
7 Different winners in 10 Playoff races this season
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
Hendrick Motorsports: 1 Win last 21 short track races – Chase Elliott Martinsville Nov.
Joe Gibbs Racing (7) & Team Penske (4) won 11 of last 13 short track races
6 Different winners last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Custer, A. Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Logano & Kyle Busch
3 Different winners in 4 superspeedway races this season
Chase Elliott: 3 Playoff race wins this season – Most
Chase Elliott: Only repeat winner last 9 races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
Chase Elliott: 5 Wins this season – Career-high
Chase Elliott: 5 Wins this season – 3 Playoff race wins
Chase Elliott: 5 Wins this season – 3 Wins last 5 races
Chase Elliott: 530 Regular season laps led – 717 Playoff laps led
Chase Elliott: 389 of 812 laps led last 2 races (48%) – Won both races
Chase Elliott: Raced into Championship 4 (Martinsville winner) – 6th in Standings -25 into Martinsville
Chase Elliott: Advanced to Championship 4 – Eliminated Round of 8 previous 3 seasons
Chase Elliott: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 5 of last 9 Playoff races
Chase Elliott: Won both road course races this season
Ryan Blaney average finish on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 6.8 – Best
Denny Hamlin: Won Stage 1, 2 & race twice this season – Miami June 14 & Dover Aug. 22
Denny Hamlin: 2 Wins in 4 superspeedway races this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega Oct.
Denny Hamlin: Finished 4th or better all 4 superspeedway races this season (2 Wins) – Only driver to finish top 10 all 4 races
Denny Hamlin average superspeedway finish this season: 2.3 – Best
Kevin Harvick: Only 1 finish outside top 20 this season – Finished 26th at Miami
Kevin Harvick: Failed to advance to Championship 4 (5th in Standings -8) – 2nd in Standings +42 into Martinsville
Kevin Harvick: Won Stage 1, 2 & race twice this season – Michigan Aug. 8 & Dover Aug. 23
Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 7 of 10 Playoff races
Kevin Harvick: No pit road speeding penalties this season – No races started rear of field this season
Kevin Harvick: 6 Top 5 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Most
Jimmie Johnson: Best non-Championship 4 finisher in season finale – Finished 5th
Erik Jones: Best non-Playoff finisher 4 of 10 Playoff races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
Brad Keselowski: 10 Top 10 finishes in 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins on short tracks this season – Only driver to win more than once
Brad Keselowski: 4 Top 5 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Most
Brad Keselowski: 8 Stage wins this season – All Stage 2
Joe Gibbs Racing driver best non-Playoff finisher 6 of 10 Playoff races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing: 19 Pre-race issues this season
4 Playoff crew chiefs suspended during Playoffs this season –
Todd Gordon, Adam Stevens, John Klausmeier & James Small
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 11 races
2 Won consecutive races
Kevin Harvick Michigan Aug. 8 & Michigan Aug. 9 and Chase Elliott Martinsville Nov. & Phoenix Nov.
Last to win 3 straight races: Brad Keselowski (2018 Darlington, Indianapolis & Las Vegas)
2 Won first career race this season – Cole Custer (Kentucky) & William Byron (Daytona Aug.)
3 Winners started rear of field –
Denny Hamlin (Daytona 500), Brad Keselowski (Coca-Cola 600) & Chase Elliott (Phoenix Nov.)
Longest winless streaks ended this season: William Byron 97 races, Austin Dillon 88, Kurt Busch 46
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Talladega June, Kentucky & Talladega Oct.
Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
Chevrolet: 9 Wins this season – 5 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Ford won 4 of 10 Playoff races this season – Harvick 2, Keselowski 1 & Logano 1
Toyota: 9 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 7
Stewart-Haas Racing: 10 Wins this season – Most
9 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 3
All 4 superspeedway races ended in Overtime this season
Most recent Rookie of the Year contenders to win:
Cole Custer (2020 Kentucky), Chris Buescher (2016 Pocono), Joey Logano (2009 New Hampshire) & Juan Pablo Montoya (2007 Sonoma)
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22Y, 5M, 19D & William Byron – 22Y, 9M, 0D
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
23 Races this season won by drivers 35-years-old or older
1 Disqualified this season – Jimmie Johnson (Coca-Cola 600)
Daytona 500 – Most failing to finish this season: 17
California March & Richmond – Fewest cautions this season: 3
California & Martinsville Nov. – Longest green flag run from start this season: 61 Laps
California, Miami & Richmond – Fewest failing to finish this season: 1
Charlotte May – Longest race this season: 4:29:55
Bristol May – Most cautions this season: 17
Bristol May – Most caution laps this season: 102
Bristol May – Most pit road speeding penalties this season: 21
Bristol May – Most drivers speeding on pit road this season: 16
Martinsville June & Bristol Sept. – Most consecutive laps led this season: 131 (Martin Truex Jr. & Kevin Harvick)
Martinsville June – Most laps led to finish of race this season: 131 – Martin Truex Jr.
Talladega June – Most different leaders this season: 19
Indianapolis & Michigan Aug. 9 – No speeding penalties
Michigan Aug. 8, Daytona Road Course & Charlotte Roval – Most lead lap finishers this season: 32
Michigan Aug. 9 – Shortest race this season: 2:09:35
Michigan Aug. 9 – Most starting rear of field this season: 13
Darlington Sept. – Most laps led from the start this season: 71 – Chase Elliott
Richmond – Longest green flag run this season: 157 Laps
Richmond – Longest green flag run to finish this season: 157 Laps
Bristol Sept. – Fewest lead lap finishers this season: 6
Las Vegas Sept. – Only race no drivers started rear of field
Talladega Oct. – Most lead changes this season: 58
Martinsville Nov. – Most laps led this season: 236 – Chase Elliott
Best finish of driver receiving free-pass this season: 2nd
Kyle Busch (Darlington May 20), Ryan Blaney (Martinsville June) & Tyler Reddick (Texas July)
3 Won after pit road speeding penalties this season:
Brad Keselowski (Bristol May), Denny Hamlin (Talladega Oct.) & Kyle Busch (Texas Oct.)
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 9 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain & Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 19 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 15 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 27 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 13 Chase Briscoe
Most laps led: 1032 Chase Briscoe
Most laps led by winless driver: 553 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 5560 of 5589 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Chase Briscoe & Harrison Burton
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson (Winless)
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 6 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 6 Michael Annett & Noah Gragson
Best Playoff race average finish this season of drivers competing all 7 races: 7.1 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff laps led this season: 494 of 1237 (40%) Chase Briscoe (Austin Cindric 2nd-most with 135 laps led)
Most Playoff races led this season: 6 Chase Briscoe & Noah Gragson
9 Different winners in 33 races this season
5 Different winners in 7 Playoff races this season –
AJ Allmendinger, Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton, Austin Cindric & Justin Haley
Chase Briscoe: Only 2 finishes outside top 20 this season – Finished 29th at Daytona Road Course & 24th at Texas Oct.
Ross Chastain:
Only 3 finishes outside top 20 this season – Finished 22nd at Daytona Feb., 28th at Bristol June & 36th at Daytona Road Course
Ross Chastain: Only driver to finish top 20 all 7 Playoff races this season
2 Drivers won Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Kyle Busch (Charlotte) & Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas Sept. & Kansas Oct.)
Austin Cindric: 1 Playoff race win (2020 Phoenix) – 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
Noah Gragson: 6 Top 3 finishes in 7 Playoff races this season – Eliminated from Playoffs at Martinsville
3 Playoff races won by non-Playoff drivers this season – AJ Allmendinger (Charlotte Roval) & Harrison Burton (Texas & Martinsville)
Noah Gragson: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2019 & ‘20
Michael Annett, Brandon Brown, Harrison Burton & Riley Herbst eliminated Round of 12 in 2020
Ross Chastain, Noah Gragson, Brandon Jones & Ryan Sieg eliminated Round of 8 in 2020
Dash 4 Cash winners this season: Noah Gragson (Atlanta), AJ Allmendinger (Homestead-Miami) & Ross Chastain (Talladega & Pocono)
Austin Cindric: Won back-to-back races twice this season – Kentucky, Kentucky, Texas & Road America, Daytona Road
Chase Briscoe: Won back-to-back races twice this season – Pocono, Indianapolis & Bristol Aug., Las Vegas Sept.
6 Win streaks this season – Briscoe (2), Cindric (2), Allgaier (1) & H. Burton (1)
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (California) & Justin Haley (Talladega June)
Justin Haley: 3 Career wins – Took lead for final time all 3 with 2 or fewer laps to go
Chase Briscoe: Most laps led 4 of 7 Playoff races this season – 2 Wins (Las Vegas & Kansas)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 16 of 33 races this season (48%)
7 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July, Daytona Aug., Texas Oct. & Phoenix Nov. (3 on 1.5-mile tracks)
Noah Gragson passed for lead on final lap 2 races this season – Texas Oct. & Phoenix Nov.
Austin Cindric: Passed for lead on final lap 2 races this season – Won Phoenix Nov. with last lap pass
Chase Briscoe: 2 Overtime wins this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
9 Overtime 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)
6 Different winners in 12 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Justin Haley: 3 Straight superspeedway wins – Talladega June, Daytona Aug. & Talladega Oct.
2 Different winners in 4 superspeedway races this season – Justin Haley 3 & Noah Gragson 1
Austin Cindric: 2 Wins in 4 races on road courses this season
3 Different winners in 4 road course races this season – Austin Cindric 2, AJ Allmendinger 1 & Chase Briscoe 1
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 27 of 33 races this season
3 Disqualified this season –
Kyle Busch (Texas July) – Finished 37th (Original finish: Winner)
Chad Finchum (Richmond Sept. 11) – Finished 37th (Original finish: 27th)
Michael Annett (Talladega Oct.) – Finished 37th (Original finish: 2nd)
Chase Briscoe: 9 Wins this season – 6 with Richard Boswell & 3 with Greg Zipadelli
Best JR Motorsports driver finished 2nd in last 5 races
Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
Phoenix November 3rd closest finish this season – Austin Cindric by .162 seconds over Noah Gragson