NASCAR Information Sunday, September 11, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Kansas
Bubba Wallace
Kansas Sept. winner – Started 6th, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, 58 laps led
Winner pit stops: Bubba Wallace (8 Stops) 27, 68, 83, 84, 111, 139, 168, 215 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Bubba Wallace 5th & 4th, Christopher Bell 1st & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Chris Buescher 15th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Martin Truex Jr. 5th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Aric Almirola 21st
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 4th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 13th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 9th
This season
Most wins: 4 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 8 Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 8 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 17 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 13 Ryan Blaney & Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led: 719 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 528 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 20 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 9 Hendrick Motorsports
18 Different winners in 28 races this season – 8 With multiple wins this season
3 Different winners in 3 paved short track races this season –
Denny Hamlin (Richmond April), William Byron (Martinsville April) & Kevin Harvick (Richmond Aug.)
7 Different winners last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Larson, Bowman, Byron, Kurt Busch, Hamlin, Elliott & Wallace
6 Different winners in 6 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.)
Denny Hamlin: Best Playoff finisher first 2 Playoff races – Finished 2nd at Darlington & Kansas
Kevin Harvick: Worst Playoff finisher at Kansas – Finished 36th
First win of season for last 3 winners – Austin Dillon, Erik Jones & Bubba Wallace
5 Different teams won last 5 races – Stewart-Haas, Hendrick, Childress, Petty GMS & 23XI
Record for different winners in a season: 19 (1956, ’58, ’61 & ’01)
13 Different pole winners this season –
Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson lead all with 3 pole wins
6 Won first career pole this season –
Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Cole Custer & Bubba Wallace
Chase Elliott only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Atlanta July
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win last 9 races
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
4 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Tyler Reddick (Indy Road Course)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 15 of 28 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 11 of 28 races this season
Alex Bowman: 107 Laps led at Kansas Sept. – 29 Laps led previous 27 races this season
Bubba Wallace: 58 Laps led at Kansas Sept. – Career-high
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
Alex Bowman: Best Chevrolet finisher at Kansas Sept. (4th) – First time best Chevrolet finisher since Las Vegas March
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
19 of 28 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
Chase Briscoe best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher at Kansas Sept. – First time best SHR finisher since Atlanta March
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Ty Gibbs & Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier & Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 10 AJ Allmendinger & Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 14 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 22 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 15 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 626 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 21 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 11 JR Motorsports
Noah Gragson: Only repeat winner last 9 races (3 Wins) – 6 Others 1-win each
Last to win 3 straight races: Austin Cindric in 2020 – Kentucky July 9, Kentucky July 10 & Texas July
11 Different winners in 25 races this season
2 Different winners in 2 short track races this season – Ty Gibbs (Richmond) & Brandon Jones (Martinsville April)
Noah Gragson: 10 Career wins – 5 Wins this season
Noah Gragson: 13 Stage wins this season (Most) – 5 Wins this season (Tied for most)
JR Motorsports: 29 Stage wins this season
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
Ty Gibbs: 4 Stage 1 wins this season – Failed to win all 4 races
First career win for 1 this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.)
Noah Gragson only driver to win consecutive races this season – Darlington Sept. & Kansas
2 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course
8 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 12 of 25 races this season
Austin Hill passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 races
6 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)
Kyle Larson passed for win on final lap 2 races this season – Road America (Ty Gibbs) & Darlington Sept. (Noah Gragson)
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
12 of 25 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher last 8 races