NASCAR Information Sunday, October 23, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
MIAMI
Kyle Larson
Miami winner – Started 5th, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 5 times led for 199 laps, avg. running pos.: 1.5, ran top 5 every lap
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (6 Stops) 32, 83, 122 (G), 166, 213, 246
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 1st, William Byron 2nd & 3rd, Martin Truex Jr. 3rd & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Chase Buescher 13th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Noah Gragson 25th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Corey LaJoie 23rd
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 6th
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 8th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 17th
Season
Most wins: 5 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain
Most top 3 finishes: 9 Ross Chastain & Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 13 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 10 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 19 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 15 Ryan Blaney & Martin Truex Jr.
Best average finish this season: 12.1 Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 803 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 572 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 24 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 11 Hendrick Motorsports
19 Different winners in 34 races this season – 9 With multiple wins this season
9 Different winners in 9 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), Joey Logano (Las Vegas Oct.) & Kyle Larson (Homestead-Miami)
9 Different winners last 9 races – A. Dillon, Jones, Wallace, Buescher, Reddick, Elliott, Bell, Logano & Larson
8 Different winners in 8 Playoff races this season
Ross Chastain: Best Playoff finisher at Homestead-Miami – Finished 2nd
Chase Briscoe: Worst Playoff finisher at Homestead-Miami – Finished 36th
Chase Briscoe
Raced into Round of 12 – 15th (-9) before Bristol & 10th (+14) after Bristol
Raced into Round of 8 – 9th (-12) before Charlotte Roval & 8th (+2) after Charlotte Roval
Christopher Bell raced into Round of 8 – 11th (-45) before Charlotte Roval & Charlotte Roval winner
4 Different winners in 4 paved short track races this season –
Denny Hamlin (Richmond April), William Byron (Martinsville April), Kevin Harvick (Richmond Aug.) & Chris Buescher (Bristol)
6 Different teams finished top 6 at Homestead-Miami – Hendrick, Trackhouse, Kaulig, Childress, RFK & Gibbs
Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Kyle Larson (Homestead-Miami) only drivers to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season
Ryan Blaney: 8 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 18 of 34 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 14 of 34 races this season
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
24 of 34 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
16 Different pole winners this season – Christopher Bell leads all with 4 pole wins
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Season
Most wins this season: 8 Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 15 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 19 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 11 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 27 AJ Allmendinger
Most laps led this season: 952 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 26 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 15 JR Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 AJ Allmendinger & Noah Gragson
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ty Gibbs
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 301 Noah Gragson
11 Different winners in 31 races this season
3 Different winners in 5 Playoff races this season
3 Different winners in 3 short track races this season –
Ty Gibbs (Richmond), Brandon Jones (Martinsville April) & Noah Gragson (Bristol)
Noah Gragson: 16 Stage wins this season (Most) – 8 Wins this season (Most)
Justin Allgaier (Nashville) & Noah Gragson (Homestead-Miami) only drivers to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season
Best non-Playoff finisher at Homestead-Miami: Daniel Hemric – 4th
Worst Playoff finisher at Homestead-Miami: Brandon Jones – 15th
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 14 of 31 races this season
7 Races settled by last lap pass this season including Martinsville April
Ty Gibbs best Toyota finisher last 5 races
Chevrolet: 10 Straight wins
JR Motorsports: 7 Wins last 10 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
11 Races won by drivers starting front row this season