NASCAR Information Sunday, October 16, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Las Vegas
Joey Logano
Las Vegas winner – Started 5th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 2, first lead on lap 168, 32 laps led including final 3
Winner pit stops: Joey Logano (7 Stops) 38 (G), 82, 97, 168, 196, 229, 242
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Joey Logano 2nd & 2nd, Daniel Suárez 3rd & 3rd, Ryan Blaney 5th & 1st
Best free pass finisher: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Cole Custer 20th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Noah Gragson 11th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 4th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 1st
Season
Most wins: 5 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Ross Chastain & Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 9 Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 12 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 10 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 19 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 15 Ryan Blaney
Most laps led: 803 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 544 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 24 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 10 Hendrick Motorsports
19 Different winners in 33 races this season – 9 With multiple wins this season
10 Different winners last 10 races – Harvick, Larson, A. Dillon, Jones, Wallace, Buescher, Reddick, Elliott, Bell & Logano
7 Different teams won last 7 races – Petty GMS, 23XI, RFK, Childress, Hendrick, Gibbs & Penske
7 Different winners in 7 Playoff races this season
9 Different winners last 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Larson, Bowman, Byron, Kurt Busch, Hamlin, Elliott, Wallace, Reddick & Logano
5 Different teams won last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Gibbs, Hendrick, 23XI, Childress & Penske
8 Different winners in 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season –
Alex Bowman (Las Vegas March), William Byron (Atlanta March), Kurt Busch (Kansas May),
Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July), Bubba Wallace (Kansas Sept.),
Tyler Reddick (Texas Sept.) & Joey Logano (Las Vegas Oct.)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 14 races
Ryan Blaney: 8 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
Christopher Bell: Worst Playoff finisher at Texas (34th) & Las Vegas (34th)
Kyle Busch: Best non-Playoff finisher at Las Vegas – Finished 3rd
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 18 of 33 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 14 of 33 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner),
Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner) & Talladega Oct. (Chase Elliott winner)
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
Noah Gragson best Hendrick finisher at Las Vegas – Finished 11th
Chase Briscoe best Stewart-Haas finisher 4 of last 6 races
3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finisher 7th or better at Las Vegas – Christopher Bell finished 34th
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins this season: 7 Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 18 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 10 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 26 AJ Allmendinger
Most laps led this season: 825 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 25 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 14 JR Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 AJ Allmendinger
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 174 Noah Gragson
11 Different winners in 30 races this season
3 Different winners in 4 Playoff races this season
5 Different winners in 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Noah Gragson: 14 Stage wins this season (Most) – 7 Wins this season (Most)
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
Ty Gibbs: 6 Stage 1 wins this season – Winless all 6 races
Best non-Playoff finisher at Las Vegas: Trevor Bayne – 5th
Worst Playoff finisher at Las Vegas: AJ Allmendinger – 22nd
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 14 of 30 races this season
7 Races settled by last lap pass this season
Hailie Deegan best Ford finisher at Las Vegas – Finished 13th
Ty Gibbs best Toyota finisher last 4 races
Chevrolet: 9 Straight wins
7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
JR Motorsports: 6 Wins last 9 races by 3 different drivers
AJ Allmendinger leads all with 5 poles this season
3 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course & Charlotte Roval
10 Races won by drivers starting front row this season
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)