NASCAR Information Sunday, October 18, 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: 20 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 13 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 26 Kevin Harvick
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 10 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: 1503 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 421 Kyle Busch
Most laps complete: 8766 of 8768 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Joey Logano (7 Stops) 27, 83, 124, 145, 163, 201, 222
Longest green flag run last race: 58 Laps (87-144)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Chase Elliott (1st & 5th), Ryan Blaney (4th & 3rd), Denny Hamlin (3rd & 1st)
Speeding last race: 8 Drivers 9 penalties –
Cole Custer, Michael McDowell, Brennan Poole, James Davison, Josh Bilicki, Reed Sorenson, Kurt Busch, Chad Finchum
Rear of field last race: Martin Truex Jr. (9th), James Davison (32nd)
Best HMS last race: Alex Bowman 3rd
Best JGR last race: Kyle Busch 5th
Best SHR last race: Kevin Harvick 2nd
Best TPR last race: Joey Logano 1st
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 4 Joey Logano
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 Erik Jones & Joey Logano
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 7th Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff laps led this season: 386 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff races led this season: 7 Chase Elliott (Every race)
Most 1.5-mile track wins this season: 2 Denny Hamlin & Joey Logano
Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Matt DiBenedetto & Chase Elliott
Most 1.5-mile track top 3 finishes this season: 4 Denny Hamlin
Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 6 Kevin Harvick
Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes this season: 9 Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 451 Kevin Harvick
Most races led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 9 Joey Logano
1-Kurt Busch: Finished 38th at Kansas – Worst Playoff finisher
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 4th at Kansas
2-Brad Keselowski: 11 Top 5 finishes this season – Only 2 top 5 finishes last 12 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 9 Wins this season – Passed for final lead change 4 races this season including Kansas Oct.
4-Kevin Harvick: Only repeat winner last 9 races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
4-Kevin Harvick: Winless last 4 races – Ties longest winless streak this season
4-Kevin Harvick: 1 Top 5 finish last 4 races – Finished 2nd at Kansas
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 6 of 7 Playoff races this season
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 7th or better 5 of last 6 races – 3 Top 5 finishes
11-Denny Hamlin: 2 Playoff races top 3 finishes this season – Finished outside top 10 other 5 Playoff races
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 5th at Kansas – Best non-Playoff finisher
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Wins after 33 races last season (Led all drivers) – 1 Win in 33 races this season (Martinsville June)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins first 7 Playoff races last season – Winless in 7 Playoff races this season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Top 5 finishes in 7 Playoff races this season – 3 Wins in first 7 Playoff races last season
20-Erik Jones: Best non-Playoff finisher 4 of 7 Playoff races this season – 4 Top 5 finishes
22-Joey Logano: 2 Wins first 4 races this season – 1 Win last 29 races (Kansas Oct.)
22-Joey Logano: 3 Wins this season – 2 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks (Las Vegas Feb. & Kansas Oct.)
22-Joey Logano: 3 Wins this season – Kevin Harvick finished 2nd twice (Phoenix March & Kansas Oct.)
22-Joey Logano: Best Team Penske finisher 4 of 7 Playoff races this season
22-Joey Logano: 7 Top 3 finishes this season – 4 Top 3 finishes in 7 Playoff races (Leads all drivers)
88-Alex Bowman best finish last 28 races: 3rd – Kansas Oct.
88-Alex Bowman: Best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 2 of last 4 races
88-Alex Bowman: Average finish – Regular season: 17th / Playoffs: 9th
88-Alex Bowman: 13 Top 10 finishes this season (Career-high) – 7 Top 10 finishes last 9 races
12 Different winners in 33 races this season – Kevin Harvick (9) & Denny Hamlin (7) 48%
6 Different winners in 7 Playoff races this season – Kevin Harvick only driver to win more than once
5 Different winners last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Custer, A. Dillon, Hamlin, Kurt Busch & Logano
5 Different teams won last 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Stewart-Haas, Childress, Gibbs, Ganassi & Penske
6 Different winners from 5 different teams last 6 races –
Brad Keselowski (Penske), Kevin Harvick (Stewart-Haas), Kurt Busch (Ganassi),
Denny Hamlin (Gibbs), Chase Elliott (Hendrick) & Joey Logano (Penske)
5 Won multiple races this season – Harvick (9), Hamlin (7), Keselowski (4), Elliott (3) & Logano (3)
(All have Playoff race wis this season)
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 8 races – Stage 2 winner failed to win last 5 races
Hendrick Motorsports: 16 Stage wins this season – 5 Wins
Joe Gibbs Racing: 17 Pre-race issues this season
Chevrolet: 7 Wins this season – 5 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Ford won 4 of 7 Playoff races this season – Harvick 2, Keselowski 1 & Logano 1
Toyota: 8 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 7
Paul Wolfe: 2nd Championship 4 – Finished 4th in 2017 with Brad Keselowski
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
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: 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 & Chase Briscoe
Most laps led: 957 Chase Briscoe
Most laps led by winless driver: 482 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 4920 of 4933 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson & Daniel Hemric
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 Daniel Hemric (Every race)
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 3.3 Daniel Hemric
Most Playoff laps led this season: 419 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff races led this season: 4 Chase Briscoe (Every race)
02-Brett Moffitt: 8 Career top 10 finishes – 7 Top 10 finishes this season
7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Top 20 finish last 3 races – Finished 10th at Kansas
7-Justin Allgaier: 12 Stage wins this season (Tied for most with Chase Briscoe) – 3 Race wins
9-Noah Gragson: Finished last at Kansas – Finished 8th or better previous 7 races
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 3 Playoff races – 3 Straight top 10 finishes
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 11th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season (2nd most) – 3 2nd-place finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season (Most)
22-Austin Cindric: 7 Top 3 finishes in 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Leads all drivers
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 5 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
39-Ryan Sieg: 7 Top 5 finishes this season – 3 Top 5 finishes in 4 Playoff races
61-Austin Hill best career finish: 5th – Kansas Oct. – Best Toyota finisher
92-Josh Williams: 5 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 races
98-Chase Briscoe: 9 Wins this season – Leads all drivers (Last to win 10 races in a season: Kyle Busch 2016)
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Playoff race wins this season – Only driver to win more than once
(Most Playoff wins in a season: 3 Christopher Bell 2018)
98-Chase Briscoe: 3 Wins last 5 races
98-Chase Briscoe: 4 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Leads all drivers
98-Chase Briscoe: Most laps led all 4 Playoff races this season (419 of 581 – 72%) – 2 Wins (Las Vegas & Kansas)
98-Chase Briscoe: 159 Laps led at Kansas (2nd most laps led in a race) – 164 Laps led at Las Vegas Sept.
98-Chase Briscoe: Swept Stage 1 & 2 in 3 of 4 Playoff races this season – Finished 11th in Stage 1 at Charlotte Roval
98-Chase Briscoe: Won back-to-back races twice this season – Pocono, Indianapolis & Bristol Aug., Las Vegas Sept.
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
98-Chase Briscoe: 10 Straight races led – 634 Laps led
9 Different winners in 30 races this season
6 Different winners in 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
3 Different winners in 4 Playoff races this season – AJ Allmendinger, Chase Briscoe & Justin Haley
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 14 of 30 races this season
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July & Daytona Aug.
2 Drivers won Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Kyle Busch (Charlotte) & Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas Sept. & Kansas Oct.)
Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 7 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
25-Years-old & younger won 24 of 30 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)