NASCAR Information Sunday, October 24, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Kansas
Kyle Larson
Kansas winner – Started 1st, Stage 1 winner & finished 3rd in Stage 2, 9 times led for 130 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 2.3
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (5 Stops) 24, 83, 122 (Green), 163, 219
Longest green flag run: 75 Laps (87-161)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Larson (1st & 3rd), Elliott (3rd & 2nd), Kurt Busch (4th & 4th), William Byron (2nd & 1st)
Speeding: Chastain (13th), Wallace (14th), Briscoe (19th), Stenhouse Jr. (24th), McLeod (30th), Ware (31st), Houff (35th)
Rear of field: Briscoe (19th), Newman (27th), Houff (35th)
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson (1st)
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin (5th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (3rd)
Best Penske: Joey Logano (9th)
Most wins this season: 9 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 7 Chase Elliott
Most top 3 finishes this season: 17 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 19 Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 25 Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.1 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 2397 Kyle Larson
Most races led this season: 29 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race wins this season: 4 Kyle Larson
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 7 Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 5.1 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 831 Kyle Larson
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 10 finish last 7 races – Finished 10th at Kansas
4-Kevin Harvick: Best non-Playoff finisher at Kansas – Finished 3rd
4-Kevin Harvick: Best finish last 5 races: 3rd – Kansas
5-Kyle Larson: 4 Wins in 8 Playoff races this season
5-Kyle Larson: 3 Straight wins twice in career – (2021 Charlotte, Sonoma, Nashville & 2021 Charlotte Roval, Texas & Kansas)
>3 Straight wins 7 times since 2008
>Last to win 4 straight races: Jimmie Johnson (2007 Martinsville, Atlanta, Texas & Phoenix)
5-Kyle Larson: 9 Wins this season – 4 Wins from 1st starting position
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 2nd in 3 races since last win (Twice to Kyle Larson) – Road America July
12-Ryan Blaney: Worst Playoff finisher at Kansas – Finished 37th
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 7th at Kansas
20-Christopher Bell: Finished 8th or better last 4 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
3 STRAIGHT WINS SINCE 2008 – FINISH IN 4TH RACE
| 2015 | Kyle Busch | 21st |
| 2015 | Joey Logano | 37th |
| 2018 | Kevin Harvick | 35th |
| 2018 | Kyle Busch | 13th |
| 2018 | Brad Keselowski | 9th |
| 2021 | Kyle Larson | 9th |
| 2021 | Kyle Larson | ? |
| 2020 Wins | 2021 Wins | Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 | 41 | Bristol 9/20 |
>16 Different winners in 34 races this season
>7 With multiple wins this season –
Kyle Larson 9, Martin Truex Jr. 4, Ryan Blaney 3, Alex Bowman 3, Kyle Busch 2, Chase Elliott 2 & Denny Hamlin 2
>4 Different winners in 8 Playoff races this season –
Kyle Larson 4 wins, Denny Hamlin 2, Martin Truex Jr. 1 & Bubba Wallace 1
>6 Different winners in 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Larson 4 wins (Only driver to win more than once)
>Hendrick Motorsports swept top finishing positions 50 races all-time including 7 races this season
>Kyle Larson & Chase Elliott finished 1-2 in 5 races this season – Larson 4 wins
>All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 11th or better at Kansas (3 Finished 6th or better) – 229 of 267 laps led (86%)
>3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 8th or better at Kansas – Joe Gibbs Racing: No laps led at Kansas
>First 3 races winners this season eliminated from Playoffs – McDowell, Bell & Byron
>Ford winless last 8 races
>Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 10 races this season
>10 Winless streaks of 26 races or longer ended this season
>Hendrick Motorsports: 15 Wins this season (Leads all teams) – 7 Wins all last season (4 in ’19 & 3 in ’18)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 AJ Allmendinger, Kyle Busch & Austin Cindric
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 20 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 24 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 11 AJ Allmendinger & Austin Cindric
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.6 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 973 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 27 Austin Cindric
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 Austin Cindric & Daniel Hemric
Top 10 all 5 Playoff races this season: Justin Allgaier, Austin Cindric & Justin Haley
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 4.2 Austin Cindric
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 250 Austin Cindric
02-Brett Moffitt: 1 Top 10 finish last 6 races – Finished 6th at Kansas
1-Michael Annett: Best finish last 7 races: 7th – Kansas
7-Justin Allgaier: Finished 9th or better last 10 races – 6 Top 5 finishes
8-Sam Mayer: Best career finish: 8th – Kansas
9-Noah Gragson: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2019 & ‘20
9-Noah Gragson: Worst Playoff finisher at Kansas – Finished 35th
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 6th or better 3 of 5 Playoff races – Finished 30th & 35th other 2 Playoff races
11-Justin Haley: Finished 9th or better last 9 races – 5 Top 5 finishes
16-AJ Allmendinger: 5 Wins this season – 4 Wins in Overtime races
16-AJ Allmendinger: Finished 6th or better last 3 races – 2 Top 3 finishes
18-Daniel Hemric: 9 Stage 1 & 2 wins this season – Winless
18-Daniel Hemric: 4 Top 5 finishes last 5 races – Finished 15th at Kansas
19-Brandon Jones: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2020
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 11th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 10 finishes
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Playoff race top 10 finishes – 3 Playoff race finishes of 15th or worse
22-Austin Cindric: Best Playoff finisher at Kansas (First time best Playoff finisher this season) – Finished 2nd
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 8th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 5 finishes
39-Ryan Sieg: Best finish this season: 5th – Talladega April & Kansas
>13 Different winners in 31 races this season
>7 With multiple wins this season – Allmendinger 5, Busch 5, Cindric 5, Gibbs 4, Allgaier 2, Berry 2 & Gragson 2
>5 Different winners in 5 Playoff races this season –
AJ Allmendinger, Josh Berry, Brandon Brown, Ty Gibbs & John Hunter Nemechek
>Non-Playoff driver won 4 of 5 Playoff race this season –
Josh Berry (Las Vegas), Brandon Brown (Talladega), John Hunter Nemechek (Texas) & Ty Gibbs (Kansas)
>3 Different winners in 3 races on short tracks this season – Allmendinger, Berry & Gragson
>7 Different winners in 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Busch & Ty Gibbs 2 wins each
#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won 5 of 9 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Busch 2, Gibbs 2 & Nemechek 1
>Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go in 14 races this season
>12 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance lost 3