NASCAR Information Sunday, September 13, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 8 Kevin Harvick
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes: 12 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes: 18 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 11 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 23 Kevin Harvick
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 8 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: 1190 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 287 Aric Almirola
Most races led: 20 Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano
Most laps complete: 7422 of 7424 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Brad Keselowski (6 Stops) 33, 84, 162, 239, 294, 342
Longest green flag run last race: 157 Laps (244-400)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Austin Dillon (2nd & 2nd), Joey Logano (3rd & 4th), Brad Keselowski (4th & 1st)
Speeding last race: 5 – Austin Dillon (4th), Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ty Dillon & Jimmie Johnson
Rear of field last race: 2 – Kyle Busch (6th), Christopher Bell
Best HMS last race: 5th Chase Elliott
Best JGR last race: 2nd Martin Truex Jr.
Best SHR last race: 7th Kevin Harvick
Best TPR last race: 1st Brad Keselowski
Most short track wins this season: 2 Brad Keselowski (2 Wins in 3 races)
Only driver to finish top 3 all 3 short track races this season: Brad Keselowski
Only driver to finish top 10 all 3 short track races this season: Brad Keselowski (Average finish: 1.7)
Most short track laps led this season: 312 Brad Keselowski
Only drivers to lead all 3 short track races this season: Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano
1-Kurt Busch: 11th in Standings (+7) – Eliminated Round of 16 last season
1-Kurt Busch: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – No top 5 finishes last 11 races
2-Brad Keselowski: 4 Wins last 22 races – Winless previous 30 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 7th or better last 7 short track races – 6 Straight top 5 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins last 3 short track races – 4 Straight short track top 3 finishes
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Top 5 finish last 7 races – Richmond winner
2-Brad Keselowski: 7 Stage 2 wins this season – Only 2 wins after winning Stage 2 (New Hampshire & Richmond)
2-Brad Keselowski: Best Ford finisher at Richmond (Winner) – First time best Ford finisher last 8 races
2-Brad Keselowski: Last 11 wins on 11 different tracks –
Talladega, Darlington, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Martinsville, Kansas, Charlotte, Bristol, New Hampshire & Richmond
2-Brad Keselowski: 3 Bristol wins – 4th career (27-Years-old), 5th career (28-Years-old) & 32nd career (36-Years-old)
3-Austin Dillon: 1 of 2 to finish top 5 each Playoff race this season (Logano) – Finished 2nd at Darlington & 4th at Richmond
3-Austin Dillon: 4 Top 5 finishes this season (Ties career high) – 2 Straight top 5 finishes (First back-to-back top 5 finishes)
3-Austin Dillon: 4 Top 5 finishes this season – No top 5 finishes last season
3-Austin Dillon: 135 Laps led this season (Career-high) – 55 Laps led at Richmond (Career-high)
3-Austin Dillon: Passed for final lead change at Richmond – Finished 4th
3-Austin Dillon: Best Chevrolet finisher 4 times last 11 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 8 Wins this season – 4 Wins last 8 races
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Straight races led – 302 Laps led
4-Kevin Harvick: 26 Wins after turning 40 – Tied for 3rd all-time with Dale Earnhardt
8-Tyler Reddick: Finished 11th at Richmond – Best non-Playoff finisher
9-Chase Elliott: 646 Laps led this season – Career-high
10-Aric Almirola: 10th in Standings (+7) – Eliminated Round of 16 last season
10-Aric Almirola: 5 Top 5 finishes & 287 laps led this season – Career-high
11-Denny Hamlin: Finished outside top 10 in 3 of last 4 races – Finished 6th or better previous 6 races (5 Top 2 finishes)
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 19th at Richmond – Finished 19th or worse 12 races this season
14-Clint Bowyer:
Raced into Round of 12 last 2 seasons –
2018 Before Charlotte Roval 13th (-4) After Charlotte Roval 9th (+7)
2019 Before Charlotte Roval 14th (-4) After Charlotte Roval 9th (+17)
14-Clint Bowyer: 3 Stage wins this season – No race wins
18-Kyle Busch: Eliminated 2014 Round of 12 – Advanced to Championship 4 from 2015-‘19
18-Kyle Busch: Defending NASCAR Cup Series champion – Winless in 28 races this season
18-Kyle Busch: 1 Win last 50 races – 2019 Miami
18-Kyle Busch best finish last 4 races: 6th – Richmond (Started rear of field)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Win this season – 6 Wins at this point last season (7 Wins all last season – Most)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Win this season (Martinsville) – 4 2nd-place finishes since only win this season
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Wins last 7 short track races – Richmond 4/19, Richmond 9/19, Martinsville 10/19 & Martinsville June
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 2nd in 3 of last 5 races – 4 Top 5 finishes
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished outside top 10 last 6 races – Longest streak this season
22-Joey Logano: 1 of 2 to finish top 5 each Playoff race this season (A. Dillon) – Finished 3rd at Darlington & 3rd at Richmond
22-Joey Logano: Winless in 24 races since season restart – 6 Top 5 finishes & 582 laps led since season restart
22-Joey Logano: Finished 3rd last 2 races – No top 5 finishes previous 4 races
24-William Byron: Finished 21st at Richmond – Worst Playoff finisher
24-William Byron: 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 races – Finished 21st at Richmond
41-Cole Custer: 1 Top 10 finish last 8 races – 4 Top 10 finishes previous 5 races
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 9th or better last 4 races – Only top 10 finish streak this season
88-Alex Bowman: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
88-Alex Bowman: 389 Laps led this season – Career-high
11 Different winners in 28 races this season
2 Different winners in 3 short track races this season – Brad Keselowski 2 & Martin Truex Jr. 1
Joe Gibbs Racing (7) & Team Penske (4) won last 11 short track races
Martin Truex Jr. (3) & Brad Keselowski (2) won last 5 short track races
Hendrick Motorsports: 13 Stage wins this season – 4 Wins
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
Chevrolet: 5 Wins this season – 4 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Toyota: 7 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 6
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22Y, 5M, 19D & William Byron – 22Y, 9M, 0D
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
19 Races this season won by drivers 36-years-old or older
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 6 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Ross Chastain & Austin Cindric
Most top 3 finishes this season: 12 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 16 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 12 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 22 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 10 Justin Allgaier & Austin Cindric
Most laps led: 770 Justin Allgaier & Austin Cindric
Most laps led by winless driver: 343 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 4039 of 4052 Chase Briscoe
Most short track wins this season: 2 Justin Allgaier (2 Wins in 3 races)
Only driver to finish top 10 all 3 short track races: Noah Gragson
Most short track laps led this season: 369 (46%) Justin Allgaier (Most laps led all 3 short track races this season)
2nd most short track laps led this season: 97 Ross Chastain (272 Less than Justin Allgaier)
Only driver to lead laps all 3 short track races this season: Justin Allgaier
1-Michael Annett: 6 Straight top 10 finishes – Average finish: 7.7
1-Michael Annett: Finished 15th or better last 15 races – 13 Top 10 finishes
7-Justin Allgaier: 14 Career wins – Back-to-back wins once (Richmond 9/11/20 & Richmond 9/12/20)
7-Justin Allgaier: 3 Wins last 6 races – Winless previous 19 races this season
7-Justin Allgaier: Only repeat winner last 6 races (3 Wins) – 3 Others 1 win each (Briscoe, Haley & Jones)
7-Justin Allgaier: 10 Stage wins this season – 3 Race wins
7-Justin Allgaier: 770 Laps led this season – Career-high
7-Justin Allgaier: 5 Races led most laps this season – 3 Wins
9-Noah Gragson: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 races – Finished 5th at Richmond Sept. 12
9-Noah Gragson: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Average finish: 6.7
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 6th or better last 6 races – 5 Top 5 finishes
10-Ross Chastain: 5 Straight races led – 165 Laps led
11-Justin Haley: Finished 13th or better last 6 races – 4 Top 10 finishes
18-Riley Herbst: 6 Top 10 finishes last 7 races – Finished 34th at Richmond Sept. 12
19-Brandon Jones: 8 Top 5 finishes this season – Career-high
20-Harrison Burton best finish last 8 races: 4th – Richmond Sept. 12
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Career wins – No career Stage wins
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 12th or better last 13 races – 12 Top 10 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 4 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
68-Brandon Brown best finish last 8 races: 11th – Richmond Sept. 12
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished outside top 10 last 3 races – Only streak finishing outside top 10 this season
98-Chase Briscoe: 5 Straight races led – 204 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
98-Chase Briscoe won 2 overtime races this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
9 Different winners in 25 races this season
JR Motorsports won all 3 short track races this season –
Justin Allgaier (Richmond 9/11 & 9/12) & Noah Gragson (Bristol June)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 12 of 25 races this season
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 20 of 25 races this season
4 Win streaks this season –
Chase Briscoe (Pocono & Indianapolis), Austin Cindric (2 Win streaks) & Justin Allgaier (Richmond 9/11 & 9/12)
2 Disqualified this season –
Kyle Busch (Texas July) – Finished 37th (Original finish: Winner)
Chad Finchum (Richmond Sept. 11) – Finished 37th (Original finish: 27th)