NASCAR Information Sunday, October 30, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
1-Ross Chastain
First Championship 4
Advanced to Championship 4 – Finished 2nd at Las Vegas, 2nd at Miami & 4th at Martinsville (2nd into Martinsville +19)
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 7 races this season – 1 Time in Playoff races
9-Chase Elliott
3rd Championship 4 – 2020 Champion
Advanced to Championship 4 – Finished 21st at Las Vegas, 14th at Miami & 10th at Martinsville (3rd into Martinsville +11)
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 8 races this season – 2 Times in Playoff races
20-Christopher Bell
First Championship 4
Advanced to Championship 4 – Finished 34th at Las Vegas, 11th at Miami & Martinsville winner (7th into Martinsville -33)
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 8 races this season – 3 Times in Playoff races
22-Joey Logano
5th Championship 4 – 2018 Champion
Advanced to Championship 4 – Las Vegas winner, 18th at Miami & 6th at Martinsville
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 12 races this season – 3 Times in Playoff races
Martinsville
Christopher Bell
Martinsville winner – Started 20th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 150 laps led, 7th -33 into race
Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell (5 Stops) 134, 265, 323, 396, 470
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin 1st & 1st, Chase Elliott 2nd & 2nd, Cole Custer 3rd & 4th, Kyle Larson 4th & 3rd
Best free pass finisher: William Byron 7th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22nd
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 9th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 3rd
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: 14 Ross Chastain
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 11 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 20 Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 16 Ryan Blaney
Best average finish this season: 12.0 Chase Elliott
Most laps led: 857 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
Playoffs
Most Playoff wins this season: 2 Christopher Bell
Most Playoff 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ross Chastain & Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff top 3 finishes this season: 3 Christopher Bell
Most Playoff top 5 finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell & Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff top 10 finishes this season: 8 Denny Hamlin
Best Playoff average finish this season: 6.4 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff laps led this season: 328 Kyle Larson
Most Playoff races led this season: 6 Denny Hamlin
19 Different winners in 35 races this season – 9 With multiple wins this season
8 Different winners in 9 Playoff races this season – Christopher Bell only driver with multiple Playoff race wins
Christopher Bell raced into Round of 8 – 11th (-45) before Charlotte Roval & Charlotte Roval winner
Christopher Bell raced into Championship 4 – 7th (-33) before Martinsville & Martinsville winner
Christopher Bell only repeat winner last 10 races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
Last 3 Joe Gibbs Racing wins all by Christopher Bell
Kyle Larson: Best non-Playoff finisher at Homestead-Miami (Winner) & Martinsville (2nd)
Chase Elliott: Worst Playoff finisher at Martinsville – Finished 10th
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
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 19 of 35 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 15 of 35 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 5 races this season
4 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner),
Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner) & Talladega Oct. (Chase Elliott winner)
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
25 of 35 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
3 Disqualified this season – Denny Hamlin (Pocono), Kyle Busch (Pocono) & Brad Keselowski (Martinsville)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
7-Justin Allgaier
5th Championship 4
Advanced to Championship 4 – Finished 3rd at Las Vegas, 10th at Miami & 5th at Martinsville (5th into Martinsville -5)
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 5 races this season – 0 Times in Playoff races
8-Josh Berry
First Championship 4
Advanced to Championship 4 – Las Vegas winner, 11th at Miami & 20th at Martinsville
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 6 races this season – 2 Times in Playoff races
9-Noah Gragson
2nd Championship 4
Advanced to Championship 4 – Finished 2nd at Las Vegas, Miami winner & 4th at Martinsville
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 12 races this season – 2 Times in Playoff races
54-Ty Gibbs
First Championship 4
Advanced to Championship 4 – Finished 4th at Las Vegas, 2nd at Miami & Martinsville winner (3rd into Martinsville +30)
Best finisher of Championship 4 in 9 races this season – 2 Times in Playoff races
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: 20 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: 975 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 27 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 15 JR Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff wins this season: 2 AJ Allmendinger & Noah Gragson
Most Playoff 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Ty Gibbs
Most Playoff top 3 finishes this season: 4 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most Playoff top 5 finishes this season: 5 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Only drivers to finish top 10 all 6 Playoff races this season: Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Best Playoff average finish this season: 3.2 Ty Gibbs
Most Playoff laps led this season: 324 Noah Gragson
Only driver to lead every Playoff race this season: Noah Gragson
11 Different winners in 32 races this season
4 Different winners in 6 Playoff races this season
Best non-Playoff finisher at Martinsville: Sheldon Creed – 2nd
Worst Playoff finisher at Homestead-Miami & Martinsville: Brandon Jones – 15th & 23rd
Jeremy Clements, Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst & Ryan Sieg eliminated Round of 12 in 2022
AJ Allmendinger, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones & Sam Mayer eliminated Round of 8 in 2022
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 15 of 32 races this season
8 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek), Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs),
Road America (Ty Gibbs passed Kyle Larson), Darlington Sept. (Noah Gragson passed Kyle Larson),
Talladega Oct. (AJ Allmendinger passed Sam Mayer) & Martinsville Oct. (Ty Gibbs passed Brandon Jones)
Ty Gibbs won 4 races by last lap pass this season – Atlanta March, Richmond, Road America & Martinsville Oct.
Noah Gragson: 16 Stage wins this season (Most) – 8 Wins this season (Most)
Ty Gibbs best Toyota finisher last 6 races
8 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Ty Gibbs won 3 Overtime races this season
JR Motorsports: 7 Wins last 11 races by 3 different drivers
AJ Allmendinger & Brandon Jones lead all with 5 poles each 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