NASCAR Information Sunday, October 11, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 9 Kevin Harvick (Career-high)
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes: 14 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes: 19 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 12 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 25 Kevin Harvick
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 9 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: 1418 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 417 Kyle Busch
Most laps complete: 8499 of 8501 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Chase Elliott (6 Stops) 21, 51, 53, 65, 71, 87
Longest green flag run last race: 18 Laps (29-46)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Christopher Bell (2nd & 3rd)
Speeding last race: 7 Drivers 10 penalties –
Ryan Blaney 5th, William Byron 6th, Martin Truex Jr. 7th, Chris Buescher, Quin Houff, Ryan Newman, Josh Bilicki
Rear of field last race: Erik Jones 3rd, Josh Bilicki 33rd
Best HMS last race: Chase Elliott 1st
Best JGR last race: Erik Jones 3rd
Best SHR last race: Cole Custer 9th
Best TPR last race: Joey Logano 2nd
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 3 Erik Jones & Joey Logano
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 Erik Jones
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 5 Erik Jones
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 7th Erik Jones
Most Playoff laps led this season: 301 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff races led this season: 6 Chase Elliott (Every race)
1-Kurt Busch: 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races – No top 5 finishes previous 12 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished outside top 10 last 4 races – Longest streak this season
3-Austin Dillon: Failed to advance to Round of 8 – Only Playoff driver with a win this season failing to advance to Round of 8
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Wins in Round of 16 (Avg. finish: 3rd) – 1 Top 10 finish in Round of 12 (Avg. finish: 14th)
4-Kevin Harvick: Only repeat winner last 8 races (3 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished outside top 10 last 2 races – Only 2nd time this season finishing outside top 10 in back-to-back races
9-Chase Elliott: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2017, ’18 & ’19 – Never made Championship 4
9-Chase Elliott: 9 Career wins (24-years-old) – Kyle Busch 23 at 9th win & Joey Logano 24 at 9th win
9-Chase Elliott: 9 Career wins – 4 Playoff race wins
10-Aric Almirola: Finished 16th or worse last 3 races (Avg. finish: 23rd) – Finished 9th or better previous 3 races (Avg. finish: 7th)
11-Denny Hamlin: 2 Wins last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks
11-Denny Hamlin: 17 Top 5 finishes this season – Only 2 top 5 finishes in 6 Playoff races
12-Ryan Blaney best finish last 11 races: 5th at Charlotte Roval
14-Clint Bowyer: Eliminated Round of 12 in 2019 & ‘20
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 30th at Charlotte Roval – Worst Playoff finisher
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better first 4 Playoff races this season – Finished 27th & 30th last 2 Playoff races
18-Kyle Busch: 12 Top 5 finishes this season – 11 Finishes of 21st or worse
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 5 Stage wins this season – Winless this season after winning Stage
20-Erik Jones: Best non-Playoff finisher 4 of 6 Playoff races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
20-Erik Jones: Finished 8th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 3 finishes
22-Joey Logano best finish last 28 races: 2nd – Charlotte Roval
22-Joey Logano: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 2nd at Charlotte Roval
24-William Byron: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Finished 21st or worse previous 3 races
41-Cole Custer best finish last 12 races: 9th at Charlotte Roval
88-Alex Bowman: 12 Top 10 finishes this season – Ties career-high (2019)
88-Alex Bowman: 4 Top 10 finishes in 6 Playoff races this season – Average finish: 10th
88-Alex Bowman: 1 of 2 Playoff drivers to finish top 20 all 6 Playoff races this season (Kevin Harvick)
12 Different winners in 32 races this season – Kevin Harvick (9) & Denny Hamlin (7) 50%
5 Different winners from 5 different teams last 5 races –
Brad Keselowski (Penske), Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas), Kurt Busch (Ganassi), Denny Hamlin (Gibbs) & Chase Elliott (Hendrick)
5 Different winners in 6 Playoff races this season
4 Different teams won last 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Stewart-Haas, Childress, Gibbs & Ganassi
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 7 races – Stage 2 winner failed to win last 4 races
Chevrolet: 7 Wins this season – 5 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Ford won 3 of 6 Playoff races this season – All Round of 16 (Winless Round of 12)
Toyota: 8 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 7
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 8 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 13 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 17 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 14 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 25 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 12 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led: 897 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led by winless driver: 475 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 4720 of 4733 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson (All 3 races)
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson & Daniel Hemric (All 3 races)
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 2.3 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff laps led this season: 260 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff races led this season: 3 Chase Briscoe (All 3 races)
7-Justin Allgaier: 12 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) – 3 Race wins
8-Daniel Hemric: 3 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak: 4 Straight (2018)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 2nd at Charlotte Roval – Best Playoff finisher
9-Noah Gragson: Best JR Motorsports finisher all 3 Playoff races this season
9-Noah Gragson: Average finish – Regular season: 9th / Playoffs: 2nd
9-Noah Gragson: 7 Straight top 10 finishes – Ties career-long streak (2019)
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 2nd in 3 races since last win – Bristol June
9-Noah Gragson since last win: 3 2nd-place finishes, 7 top 3 finishes, 10 top 5 finishes, 17 top 10 finishes, 395 laps led
11-Justin Haley: Finished 35th at Charlotte Roval – Worst Playoff finisher
11-Justin Haley: 3 Career wins – Took lead for final time all 3 with 2 or fewer laps to go
19-Brandon Jones: Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 2 Playoff races – Finished 4th & 10th
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 11th or better last 5 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
20-Harrison Burton worst finish this season: 33rd – Charlotte Roval
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 5 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Tied for most (Chase Briscoe)
36-Alex Labbe: 1 Top 5 finish in 75 races – Finished 4th at 2020 Charlotte Roval
39-Ryan Sieg: 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races – Finished 21st on Charlotte Roval
98-Chase Briscoe: Stage 2 winner all 3 Playoff races this season – Stage 1 winner first 2 Playoff races this season
98-Chase Briscoe: Led most laps all 3 Playoff races this season (260 of 381 – 68%) – 1 Win (Las Vegas)
98-Chase Briscoe: Passed for final lead change 3 races this season including Charlotte Roval
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Tied for most (Austin Cindric)
9 Different winners in 29 races this season
3 Different winners in 3 Playoff races this season – AJ Allmendinger, Chase Briscoe & Justin Haley
6 Different winners in 10 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 14 of 29 races this season
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July & Daytona Aug.
25-Years-old & younger won 23 of 29 races this season