NASCAR Information Sunday, October 9, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Charlotte Roval
Christopher Bell
Charlotte Roval winner – Started 8th, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, only final 2 laps led, 11th -45 into race
Winner pit stops: Christopher Bell (4 Stops) 22 (G), 47 (G), 70 (G), 105
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: None
Best free pass finisher: Corey LaJoie 12th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: J.J. Yeley 32nd
Best starting rear of field finisher: Chris Buescher 6th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 16th
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell Winner
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 2nd
Best Penske: Joey Logano 18th
Season
Most wins: 5 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 9 Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 12 Chase Elliott
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 10 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 19 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 15 Ryan Blaney
Most laps led: 803 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 544 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 23 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 10 Hendrick Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 4 Christopher Bell
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 5 Denny Hamlin
19 Different winners in 32 races this season – 9 With multiple wins this season
9 Different winners last 9 races – Harvick, Larson, A. Dillon, Jones, Wallace, Buescher, Reddick, Elliott & Bell
6 Different winners in 6 Playoff races this season
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
Ross Chastain: Worst Playoff finisher at Charlotte Roval – Finished 37th
Kevin Harvick: Best non-Playoff finisher at Charlotte Roval – Finished 2nd
8 Different winners last 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Larson, Bowman, Byron, Kurt Busch, Hamlin, Elliott, Wallace & Reddick
7 Different winners in 7 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 Sept.)
5 Different winners in 6 road course races this season –
Christopher Bell (Charlotte Roval), Ross Chastain (Austin), Kyle Larson (Watkins Glen),
Tyler Reddick (Road America & Indy Road Course), Daniel Suárez (Sonoma)
Ryan Blaney & Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins each this season (Winless) – Lead all drivers
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 13 races
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 17 of 32 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 13 of 32 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
23 of 32 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
William Byron best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 3 of 6 Playoff races this season
Team Penske: Winless last 17 races
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 7 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 13 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 17 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 10 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 26 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 17 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 738 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 24 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 13 JR Motorsports
11 Different winners in 29 races this season
5 Different winners in 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season
Noah Gragson won last 2 races on 1.5-mile tracks
2 Different winners in 3 Playoff races this season
2 Drivers won last 6 races – Noah Gragson 4 & AJ Allmendinger 2
Noah Gragson: 13 Stage wins this season (Most) – 7 Wins this season (Most)
Noah Gragson: 12 Career wins – 7 Wins this season
AJ Allmendinger: 5 Wins this season – Ties career-high (2021)
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher last 12 races
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
Best non-Playoff finisher at Charlotte Roval: James Davison – 4th
Worst Playoff finisher at Charlotte Roval: Riley Herbst – 32nd
Jeremy Clements, Daniel Hemric, Riley Herbst & Ryan Sieg eliminated Round of 12 in 2022
3 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course & Charlotte Roval
10 Races won by drivers starting front row this season
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 14 of 29 races this season
7 Races settled by last lap pass this season
7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40