NASCAR Information Sunday, October 6, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Brad Keselowski (1 Win)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 9 William Byron
Most top 5 finishes this season: 12 Kyle Larson
Most top 10 finishes this season: 19 Christopher Bell & Tyler Reddick
Most Stage wins this season: 12 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 1552 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 498 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 20 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most lead lap finishes this season: 28 Chase Elliott
Most poles this season: 6 Michael McDowell
18 Different winners in 31 races this season
Record for different winners in a season: 19 (1956, ’58, ’61, ’01 & ‘22)
9 Different winners in last 9 races –
Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick, Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe, Joey Logano,
Chris Buescher, Kyle Larson, Ross Chastain & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
9 Different teams won last 9 races –
Childress, 23XI, Wood Brothers, Stewart-Haas, Penske, RFK, Hendrick, Trackhouse & JTG Daugherty
10 Different teams won races this season
Kyle Larson only repeat winner last 12 races (2 Wins) – 10 Others 1-win each
4 Different winners in 4 road course races this season – Bowman, Buescher, Byron & Larson
William Byron best Playoff finisher last 2 races – Finished 2nd at Kansas & 3rd at Talladega
Ryan Blaney worst Playoff finisher 2 races this season – Finished 38th at Watkins Glen & 39th at Talladega
24 Leaders at Talladega – No laps led by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers (All 4 finished 13th or better)
All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished 25th or worse at Talladega
All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 32nd or worse at Talladega – 54 Laps led (28%)
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
Longest winless streaks broken this season –
110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 97 Harrison Burton at Daytona Aug., 93 Chase Briscoe at Darlington Sept.,
85 Austin Cindric at St. Louis, 80 Alex Bowman at Chicago, 68 Austin Dillon at Richmond Aug.,
65 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. at Talladega Oct., 57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb.,
49 Joey Logano at Nashville & 42 Chase Elliott at Texas
Ford winless first 12 races this season – 9 Wins last 19 races
13 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 7 times
Talladega 10/24
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Talladega 10/24 winner – Started 32nd, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & 20th in Stage 2, 19 laps led, avg. running pos.: 11.6
Winner pit stops: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – 6 Stops 14, 63, 99 (G), 123, 126, 171 (G)
Stage 1 winner: Chris Buescher 17th
Stage 2 winner: Austin Cindric 32nd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 3rd & 5th
Most points scored: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 49
Passed for final lead change: Austin Cindric 32nd
Winner final laps led: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12
Lead changes: 66
Leaders: 24 (Most this season)
Cautions: 4
Failed to finish: 9
Best free pass finisher: Daniel Suárez 26th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Justin Haley 7th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Christopher Bell 6th
Longest green flag run: 57 Laps (128-184)
Best Hendrick: William Byron 3rd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 6th
Best Stewart-Haas: Noah Gragson 25th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 32nd
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill & Shane van Gisbergen
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Sheldon Creed
Most top 3 finishes this season: 9 Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 15 Sheldon Creed
Most top 10 finishes this season: 19 Sheldon Creed & Cole Custer
Most laps led this season: 657 Cole Custer
Most races led this season: 17 Justin Allgaier
Most Stage wins this season: 14 Justin Allgaier
16 Different winners in 28 races this season
9 Different winners last 9 races –
Riley Herbst, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Truex, Christopher Bell, Austin Hill,
Connor Zilisch, Cole Custer, Aric Almirola & Sammy Smith
Cole Custer only repeat winner last 12 races (2 Wins) – 10 Others 1-win each
3 Different winners in 5 road course races this season
Best Playoff finisher at Talladega: Sammy Smith – Winner
Best non-Playoff finisher at Talladega: Ryan Sieg – 2nd
Worst Playoff finisher at Talladega: Sam Mayer – 38th
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 13 of 28 races this season
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season
13 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 6