NASCAR Information Sunday, October 22, 2023
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
2023 Miami
Christopher Bell
Miami winner – Started 13th, finished 9th in Stage 1 & 22nd in Stage 2, only led 26 of final 38 laps, avg. running pos.: 11th
Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell – 6 Stops 33 (G), 81, 115 (G), 168, 218, 239
Stage 1 winner: Kyle Larson 34th
Stage 2 winner: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 3rd, Brad Keselowski 2nd & 5th, Ryan Blaney 3rd & 1st, William Byron 4th & 2nd
Most points scored: 53 Ryan Blaney 2nd
Passed for final lead change: William Byron 4th
Winner final laps led: Christopher Bell 16
Cautions: 5
Failed to finish: 8
Longest green run: 81 Laps (Lap 86-166)
Best free pass finisher: Daniel Suárez 16th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Aric Almirola 9th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Joey Logano 8th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 4th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 9th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Season
Most wins this season: 6 William Byron
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Denny Hamlin
Most top 10 finishes this season: 20 William Byron
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 16 Brad Keselowski
Most laps led this season: 1127 Kyle Larson
Most laps led without a win this season: 341 Brad Keselowski
Most races led this season: 25 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Kyle Larson
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 5 William Byron
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 7 William Byron
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 503 Kyle Larson
Season
15 Different winners in 34 races this season
7 Different winners in 8 Playoff races this season –
Kyle Larson (Darlington & Las Vegas), Tyler Reddick (Kansas), Denny Hamlin (Bristol),
William Byron (Texas), Ryan Blaney (Talladega), AJ Allmendinger (Charlotte Roval) & Christopher Bell (Miami)
Christopher Bell best Playoff finisher at Miami – Winner
AJ Allmendinger best non-Playoff finisher at Miami – Finished 5th
Kyle Larson worst Playoff finisher at Miami – Finished 34th
7 Different winners last 7 races –
Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Ryan Blaney, AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Larson & Christopher Bell
Kyle Larson only repeat winner last 9 races (2 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
7 Different winners in 9 races on tracks 1.5-miles in length this season
William Byron: 3 Wins on tracks 1.5-miles in length this season – Only driver with multiple wins
3 Different winners in 4 races on paved short tracks this season – Kyle Larson 2, Chris Buescher 1 & Denny Hamlin 1
Miami top 5 finishers from 5 different teams – Gibbs, Penske, 23XI, Hendrick & Kaulig
Christopher Bell leads all with 6 poles this season
Christopher Bell: Winless in 11 races after starting first
William Byron & Kyle Larson lead with 8 Stage wins each this season
Brad Keselowski: 6 Stage wins this season – Winless
2 Won consecutive races this season –
William Byron (Las Vegas March & Phoenix March) & Chris Buescher (Richmond July & Michigan)
3 Races won from pole this season – Joey Logano (Atlanta March), Kyle Busch (St. Louis) & Ross Chastain (Nashville)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go 9 races this season
William Byron took lead for final time with 6 or fewer laps to go 4 of 6 wins this season
William Byron: 6 Wins this season – Passed for final lead change 4 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 7 John Hunter Nemechek
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 3 finishes this season: 15 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 5 finishes this season: 17 John Hunter Nemechek
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 10 Josh Berry
Most top 10 finishes this season: 24 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led this season: 963 John Hunter Nemechek
Most laps led without a win this season: 211 Josh Berry
Most races led this season: 21 Justin Allgaier
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Sam Mayer
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 John Hunter Nemechek
Only driver to finish top 10 all 5 Playoff races this season: John Hunter Nemechek
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 317 Cole Custer
Only driver to lead all 5 Playoff races this season: Cole Custer
Season
15 Different winners in 31 races this season
Cole Custer leads all with 6 poles this season
Justin Allgaier leads all with 12 Stage 1 & 2 wins this season
Best Playoff finisher at Miami: Sam Mayer – Winner
Best non-Playoff finisher at Miami: Riley Herbst –2nd
Worst Playoff finisher at Miami: Chandler Smith – 34th
Riley Herbst best non-Playoff finisher last 3 races – 3 Straight top 5 finishes
4 Different winners in 5 Playoff races this season – Sam Mayer only driver with multiple wins (Charlotte Roval & Miami)
Winner started on front row in 12 races this season
Only 7 winners started outside top 10 this season
John Hunter Nemechek started 2nd in 4 of 7 wins this season
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go in 10 races this season
John Hunter Nemechek best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 6 races
Sam Mayer best JR Motorsports finisher last 3 races
Austin Hill best Richard Childress Racing finisher last 4 races