NASCAR Information Sunday, September 1, 2019

2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Martin Truex Jr.
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• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Alex Bowman, Kyle Busch, Joey Logano & Martin Truex Jr.
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• Most top 3 finishes this season: 11 Kyle Busch
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• Most top 5 finishes this season: 13 Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin
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• Most top 10 finishes this season: 21 Kyle Busch
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• Best average finish this season: 7.0 Kyle Busch
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• Best average finish this season of winless drivers: 14.2 Ryan Newman
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• Most laps led this season: 1166 Kyle Busch
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• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 365 Ryan Blaney
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• Most races led this season: 20 Kyle Busch
• Most lead lap finishes this season: 23 Kyle Busch
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• Most poles this season: 4 William Byron & Kevin Harvick
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• Most front row starts this season: 9 William Byron
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• 11 Different winners in 25 races this season – 7 Won multiple races
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• Erik Jones season:
• First 15 races: 4 top 5s, 15.7 avg. finish, 45 laps led – Last 7 races: 5 top 5s, 7.6 avg. finish, 117 laps led
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• Kyle Larson: 9 2nd-place finishes since last win – 1460 Laps led since last win
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• Kyle Busch failed to win last 3 races after leading most laps – Kentucky, New Hampshire & Darlington
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• Brad Keselowski: Winless last 13 races – 3 Wins previous 11 races (2018 Indianapolis winner)
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• Clint Bowyer best finish last 6 races: 6th – Darlington
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• Denny Hamlin finished 29th at Darlington – Finished top 5 previous 6 races (2 Wins)
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• William Byron: 4 Career poles (All this season) – Winless from pole
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• 7 Drivers won poles this season, but are winless – Almirola, Blaney, Byron, A. Dillon, Johnson, Larson & Suarez
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• Kyle Busch leads all with 10 Stage wins this season
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• Kyle Larson: 4 Stage wins this season – Winless
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• Kyle Busch only driver to win consecutive races this season – ISM Raceway March & Auto Club
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• Denny Hamlin: 4 Wins this season – Winless last season
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• Martin Truex Jr.: Winless last 9 races – 4 Wins previous 8 races
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• Longest winless streaks ended this season:
• Alex Bowman (133 Races), Denny Hamlin (47 Races) & Erik Jones (42 Races)
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• 4 Won last season, but are winless this season: Aric Almirola, Ryan Blaney, Clint Bowyer & Austin Dillon
• 2 had wins before Playoffs – Clint Bowyer & Austin Dillon
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• 1 Toyota pole this season (Bristol Aug.) – 13 Toyota wins this season
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• Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Poles this season – 3 Wins
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• Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Wins this season – 3 Wins all of last season
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• 5 of last 6 Hendrick Motorsports wins by Chase Elliott
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• Kyle Busch led most laps 7 races this season – Failed to win 4
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• Kevin Harvick led most laps 4 races this season – Failed to win all 4 races
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• Joey Logano passed for final lead change 6 races this season
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• Erik Jones best Toyota finisher 3 times this season
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• Chevrolet: 5 Wins this season (4 Wins all of last season) – 4 Wins last 9 races
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• Ryan Preece best finishing Rookie of the Year contender 2 of last 3 races
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• Youngest winner: Justin Haley – 20
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• Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 43
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• 18 of 25 races this season won by drivers 33-years-old & older (72%)
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• Team Penske won 3 of first 6 races this season – 2 Wins last 19 races (Winless last 10 races)
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• Erik Jones best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 races this season
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• Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 5 of last 6 races
• 2019 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
• Most wins this season: 6 Christopher Bell & Cole Custer
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Christopher Bell & Tyler Reddick
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Christopher Bell
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 19 Tyler Reddick
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 21 Tyler Reddick
• Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 4.9 Tyler Reddick
• Most laps led this season: 1280 Christopher Bell
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 416 Justin Allgaier
• Most races led this season: 20 Christopher Bell
• Most poles this season: 5 Cole Custer
• Most front row starts this season: 10 Christopher Bell
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• 8 Different winners in 24 races this season
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• Christopher Bell: 20 Stage wins (Most all-time) – 13 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers)
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• Justin Allgaier: 4 Stage wins this season – Winless
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• Stage 1 winner failed to win last 8 races
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• Stage 2 winner failed to win last 6 races
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• Cole Custer never won back-to-back races
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• 17 of 24 races this season won by drivers starting from first 2 rows – Only 2 from pole
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• Only 2 races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season (Bristol Aug. & Road America)
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• Cole Custer: Only 1 top 5 finish last 6 races – Darlington winner
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• Tyler Reddick this season: Winless first 8 races, 3 wins next 5 races, 1 Win last 11 races
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• Last 5 Toyota wins all by Christopher Bell
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• Christopher Bell won races each month this season except March (Feb., April, May, June, July & Aug.)
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• 1 Race won by a Rookie of the Year contender this season – Chase Briscoe at Iowa July
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• Chase Briscoe best Rookie finisher 6 of last 8 races
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• Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 20
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• Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 33
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• 19 of 24 races this season won by drivers 20-24 years-old