NASCAR Information Sunday, October 20, 2019

2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 6 Martin Truex Jr.
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• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
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• Most top 3 finishes this season: 13 Kyle Busch
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• Most top 5 finishes this season: 17 Denny Hamlin (Career-high)
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• Most top 10 finishes this season: 24 Kyle Busch
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• Best average finish this season: 9.3 Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin
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• Most laps led this season: 1375 Kyle Busch
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• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 225 William Byron
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• Most races led this season: 22 Kyle Busch
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• Most poles this season: 5 William Byron & Kevin Harvick
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• Most front row starts this season: 10 William Byron
• Best average start this season: 8.6 Kevin Harvick
• Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr.
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• Most Playoff race top 2 finishes this season: 3 Martin Truex Jr.
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• Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 Denny Hamlin
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• Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 5 Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
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• Best Playoff race average finish this season: 7.0 Kevin Harvick
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• Worst Playoff race average finish this season by Playoff driver: 15.3 Joey Logano
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• Best Playoff race average finish this season by non-Playoff driver: 11.0 Brad Keselowski
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• Most Playoff laps led this season: 374 Denny Hamlin
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• Most Playoff races led this season: 5 William Byron & Martin Truex Jr.
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• 13 Different winners in 32 races this season – 7 Won multiple races
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• 4 Different winners in 5 races on short tracks this season – Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins (Richmond April & Sept.)
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• Joe Gibbs Racing won 4 of 5 short track races this season (Last 4 short track races)
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• Joe Gibbs Racing (5) & Team Penske (2) won last 7 short track races
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• Kyle Busch: 6 Wins in last 14 short track races
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• Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Wins last 3 short track races – Richmond April & Sept.
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• Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 6 short track races – 4 Others 1 win each
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• 5 Different winners in 6 Playoff races this season –Truex Jr. 2, Blaney 1, Elliott 1, Hamlin 1 & Larson 1
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• 5 Different winners last 5 races – Truex Jr., Elliott, Larson, Blaney & Hamlin
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• Denny Hamlin: Won back-to-back wins twice in career – Pocono 6/10 & Michigan 6/10 and Bristol 8/12 & 2012 Atlanta
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• Denny Hamlin: 5 Wins this season – Winless last season
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• 6 Overtime races this season – Denny Hamlin won 3 Overtime races this season
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• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Talladega Oct. (Ryan Blaney over Ryan Newman)
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• 3rd closest margin-of-victory this season: .128 Seconds – Kansas Oct. (Denny Hamlin over Chase Elliott)
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• Kurt Busch best non-Playoff finisher last race – Finished 4th
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• Ryan Blaney worst Playoff finisher last race – Finished 21st
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• Chase Elliott raced into Round of 8 at Kansas – 10th (-22) pre-race & 8th (+3) post-race
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• Chase Elliott eliminated Round of 8 last 2 seasons
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• Alex Bowman, Clint Bowyer, William Byron & Brad Keselowski eliminated Round of 12
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• Kyle Busch leads all with 11 Stage wins this season – Only 1 Stage win in Playoffs (Richmond)
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• Joey Logano: 10 Stage wins this season – Only 2 race wins
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• Martin Truex Jr.: 6 Stage wins this season – 3 Stage wins in Playoff races
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• Stage 1 winner failed to win last 4 races
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• Kyle Busch: 4 Wins this season – Winless in Playoff races
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• 3 of 6 Playoff races won by drivers starting 19th or worse this season
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• All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 11th or better at Kansas – 3 Finished top 10 & 3 led laps
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• All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 7th or better at Kansas – 186 of 277 Laps led (67%)
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• Daniel Suarez only Stewart-Haas Racing driver to lead Kansas – 6 Laps led
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• All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 17th or worse at Kansas
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• Chase Elliott best Hendrick Motorsports driver in 4 of 6 Playoff races this season
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• Clint Bowyer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Kansas (8th) – First time best SHR finisher in last 8 races
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• Joey Logano best Team Penske finisher at Kansas (17th) – First time best Team Penske finisher in 2019 Playoffs
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• Team Penske won 3 of first 6 races this season – 3 Wins last 26 races (1 Win last 17 races)
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• 3 Won last season, but are winless this season: Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer & Austin Dillon
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• 4 Different teams won last 4 races – Hendrick Motorsports, Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske & Joe Gibbs Racing
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• 2 Toyota poles this season (Denny Hamlin – Bristol Aug. & Dover Oct.) – 16 Toyota wins this season
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• Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Poles this season – 4 Wins
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• Hendrick Motorsports: 4 Wins this season – 3 Wins all of last season
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• 6 of last 7 Hendrick Motorsports wins by Chase Elliott
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• Ryan Preece best Rookie finisher 3 of last 4 races
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• Youngest winner: Justin Haley – 20
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• Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 43
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• 22 of 32 races this season won by drivers 33-years-old & older (69%)
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• William Byron: 5 Career poles (All this season) – Winless from pole
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• 7 Drivers won poles this season, but are winless – Almirola, Bowyer, Byron, A. Dillon, Hemric, Johnson & Suarez
• 2019 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
• Most wins this season: 7 Christopher Bell & Cole Custer
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Tyler Reddick
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 16 Christopher Bell
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 22 Tyler Reddick
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 25 Tyler Reddick
• Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 5.8 Tyler Reddick
• Most laps led this season: 1775 Christopher Bell (872 More laps led than 2nd-most Cole Custer)
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 522 Justin Allgaier (4th most of all drivers)
• Most races led this season: 25 Christopher Bell
• Most poles this season: 6 Cole Custer
• Most front row starts this season: 12 Christopher Bell
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• Tyler Reddick: Finished 2nd in 2 of 4 Playoff races this season
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• Austin Cindric: 3 Top 3 finishes in 4 Playoff races this season
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• Justin Allgaier: Only driver to finish top 5 all 4 Playoff races this season
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• 2 Finished top 10 all 4 Playoff races this season – Justin Allgaier & Chase Briscoe
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• Most Playoff laps led this season: 326 – Christopher Bell (201 More than 2nd-most Chase Briscoe)
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• Tyler Reddick: 449 Laps led this season – 1 Playoff lap led (Charlotte Roval)
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• 10 Different winners in 30 races this season
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• 6 Different winners in last 6 races – Busch, Reddick, Bell, Allmendinger, Custer & Jones
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• 4 Winners in 4 Playoff races this season – AJ Allmendinger, Christopher Bell, Cole Custer & Brandon Jones
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• 5 Different winners in 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Busch, Cole Custer & Tyler Reddick 2 wins each
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• Joe Gibbs Racing won 4 of 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season with 3 different drivers
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• Christopher Bell: 5 Playoff race wins – Most all-time
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• Cole Custer: 3 Playoff race wins – 1 Each of last 3 years
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• Tyler Reddick best Playoff finisher 2 of last 3 Playoff races – Finished 2nd on Charlotte Roval & 2nd at Kansas
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• Worst Playoff finisher last race: Austin Cindric – Finished 25th
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• Christopher Bell: 25 Stage wins (Most all-time) – 18 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers)
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• Justin Allgaier: 7 Stage wins this season – Winless
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• Christopher Bell: Only 1 win last 4 times winning Stage 1 & 2 – Richmond Sept.
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• Christopher Bell won Stage 1, 2 & race 3 times this season – Atlanta, Iowa June & Richmond Sept.
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• Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win last 3 races
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• 3 Won first career race this season – Michael Annett (Daytona Feb.), Austin Cindric (Watkins Glen) & Brandon Jones (Kansas)
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• 22 of 30 races this season won by drivers starting from first 2 rows – Only 3 from pole
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• Only 2 races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season (Bristol Aug. & Road America)
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• Christopher Bell: 11 Career poles including 5 this season – Only 1 win from pole (Richmond 9/18)
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• Cole Custer: 12 Career poles including 6 this season – Only 1 win from pole (Pocono June)
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• Tyler Reddick: 5 Career poles including 3 this season – Winless from pole
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• Tyler Reddick this season: Winless first 8 races, 3 wins next 5 races, 2 Wins last 17 races
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• Christopher Bell passed for final lead change 6 races this season
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• Cole Custer passed for final lead change 5 races this season including Kansas
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• Tyler Reddick passed for final lead change 4 races this season – All 4 with 8 or fewer laps to go
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• Leader of most laps failed to win last 3 races
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• Tyler Reddick passed for lead on final lap 3 times – Twice by Cole Custer (Texas 11/18 & 2019 Pocono)
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• Chase Briscoe best Ford finisher at Kansas (3rd) – First time best Ford finisher in last 8 races
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• Brandon Jones best Toyota finisher 4 of 30 races this season
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• Toyota: 12 Wins this season – Christopher Bell 7, Kyle Busch 4 & Brandon Jones 1
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• 1 Race won by a Rookie of the Year contender this season – Chase Briscoe at Iowa July
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• Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 20
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• Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 37
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• 23 of 30 races this season won by drivers 20-24 years-old
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• Michael Annett best JR Motorsports finisher 5 races this season including Kansas
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• Brandon Jones best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 4 races this season including Kansas