NASCAR Information Sunday, October 3, 2021
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Talladega
Bubba Wallace
Talladega – Started 19th, led only final 5 laps
Winner pit stops: Bubba Wallace (6 Stops) 27, 61, 68, 71, 76, 100
Longest green flag run: 27 Laps (30-56)
Speeding: None
Rear of field: Quin Houff (19th), Joey Gase (25th), James Davison (34th)
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott (18th)
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell (5th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (8th)
Best Penske: Brad Keselowski (2nd)
Most wins this season: 6 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 16 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 22 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 8.3 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led this season: 2003 Kyle Larson
Most races led this season: 27 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 3 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 3 Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin & Kevin Harvick
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 4.0 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 551 Denny Hamlin
| 2020 Wins | 2021 Wins | Winless Streak | Last Win | |
| Kevin Harvick | 9 | 0 | 38 | Bristol 9/20 |
2-Brad Keselowski: Best Playoff finisher at Talladega – Finished 2nd
24-William Byron: Raced into Round of 12 (Finished 3rd at Bristol +2) – 15th in Standings -18 into Bristol
48-Alex Bowman: Raced into Round of 12 (Finished 5th at Bristol +10) – 13th in Standings into Bristol
48-Alex Bowman: Worst Playoff finisher at Talladega – Finished 38th
16 Different winners in 31 races this season
4 Different winners in 5 Playoff races this season
4 Different winners in 4 superspeedway races this season –
Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell & Bubba Wallace
4 Different winners in 6 road course races this season – Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson 2 wins each
Hendrick Motorsports won 4 of 6 road course races this season
7 With multiple wins this season –
Kyle Larson 6, Martin Truex Jr. 4, Ryan Blaney 3, Alex Bowman 3, Kyle Busch 2, Chase Elliott 2 & Denny Hamlin 2
First career win for 3 this season –
Michael McDowell (Daytona 500), Christopher Bell (Daytona Road Course) & Bubba Wallace (Talladega Oct.)
10 Winless streaks of 26 races or longer ended this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 10 races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of 5 Playoff races this season
2 Postponed races this season (Bristol Dirt & Talladega Oct.)
3 Shortened races this season (COTA, New Hampshire & Talladega Oct.)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Busch & Austin Cindric
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger & Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 12 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes this season: 17 Austin Cindric
Most top 10 finishes this season: 21 Austin Cindric
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 10 AJ Allmendinger
Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 9.2 Austin Cindric
Most laps led this season: 766 Austin Cindric
Most races led this season: 24 Austin Cindric
16-AJ Allmendinger: Worst Playoff finisher at Talladega – Finished 39th
19-Brandon Jones: Best Playoff finisher at Talladega – Finished 2nd
12 Different winners in 28 races this season
7 With multiple wins this season – Busch 5, Cindric 5, Allmendinger 4, Gibbs 3, Allgaier 2, Berry 2 & Gragson 2
2 Different winners in 2 Playoff races this season – Josh Berry & Brandon Brown
4 Different winners in 6 road course races this season
Joe Gibbs Racing #54 won 4 of 6 road course races this season
4 Different winners in 4 superspeedway races this season – Brandon Brown, Jeb Burton, Austin Cindric & Justin Haley
First career win for 5 this season –
Ty Gibbs (Daytona Road Course), Myatt Snider (Homestead-Miami), Josh Berry (Martinsville April),
Jeb Burton (Talladega April) & Brandon Brown (Talladega Oct.)
First career win – 2017: 7; 2018: 4; 2019: 3; 2020: 3; 2021: 5
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go in 14 races this season (50%)
Chevrolet won last 7 races
2 Shortened races this season – Talladega April (Jeb Burton winner) & Talladega Oct. (Brandon Brown winner)