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2019 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
- Most wins this season: 5 Martin Truex Jr.
- Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Joey Logano
- Most top 3 finishes this season: 11 Kyle Busch
- Most top 5 finishes this season: 13 Kyle Busch & Denny Hamlin
- Most top 10 finishes this season: 21 Kyle Busch
- Best average finish this season: 8.6 Kyle Busch
- Best average finish this season of winless drivers: 13.8 Ryan Newman
- Most laps led this season: 1166 Kyle Busch
- Most laps led by non-winner this season: 385 Ryan Blaney
- Most races led this season: 20 Kyle Busch
- Most lead lap finishes this season: 23 Kyle Busch
- Most poles this season: 5 Kevin Harvick
- Most front row starts this season: 9 William Byron
- 11 Different winners in 27 races this season – 7 Won multiple races
- Martin Truex Jr.: Winless in 2018 Playoff races – Best finish: 2nd (Miami)
- Aric Almirola: Finished 13th or better last 8 Playoff races – 5 Top 10 finishes
- Alex Bowman: Best finish last 8 Playoff races: 6th – Las Vegas
- Kurt Busch: Failed to finish 1 race this season – Las Vegas Sept. (Crash)
- William Byron: Best Playoff race finish: 7th – 2019 Las Vegas
- Chase Elliott: 1 Top 5 finish last 5 Playoff races – Finished 4th at Las Vegas
- Denny Hamlin: Finished outside top 10 last 4 Playoff races
- Kevin Harvick: 5 Straight Playoff race top 10 finishes – 4 Straight top 5 finishes
- Erik Jones: Finished 17th or worse last 3 Playoff races – Average finish: 26.7
- Brad Keselowski: Finished 12th or better last 6 Playoff races – 3 Straight top 5 finishes
- Ryan Newman: 2 Playoff race wins – 140 Races since last win (2005 New Hampshire)
- 4 Different winners in 4 races on short tracks this season – Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
- Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of 4 short track races this season (Last 3 short track races)
- Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 13 short track races (6 Wins) – 7 Others 1 win each
- Kyle Busch: 6 Wins in last 13 short track races
- Joe Gibbs Racing (4) & Team Penske (2) won last 6 short track races
- Martin Truex Jr.: 24 Career wins – Never won consecutive races
- Martin Truex Jr. won first Playoff race 3 of last 4 years – 2016, ’17 & ‘19
- 4 Won first Playoff race & championship –
- Kurt Busch (2004), Tony Stewart (2011), Brad Keselowski (2012) & Martin Truex Jr. (2017)
- 3 Won first 2 Playoff races – Greg Biffle (2008), Tony Stewart (2011) & Matt Kenseth (2013)
- Martin Truex Jr.: 1 Win last 11 races – 4 Wins previous 8 races
- Martin Truex Jr.-Cole Pearn: 22 Cup wins together
- Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr. finished 1-2 eight times – Martin Truex Jr. 5 & Kevin Harvick 3
- Jimmie Johnson best non-Playoff finisher at Las Vegas – Finished 11th
- Kyle Busch leads all with 10 Stage wins this season
- Kyle Larson: 4 Stage wins this season – Winless
- Joey Logano Stage 1 winner 6 times this season including last 2 races – Only 1 win (Michigan June)
- Kyle Busch only driver to win consecutive races this season – ISM Raceway March & Auto Club
- Denny Hamlin: 4 Wins this season – Winless last season
- 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
- 3 Wins from pole last 6 races – Only 1 win from pole previous 21 races this season
- 1 Toyota pole this season (Bristol Aug.) – 14 Toyota wins this season
- Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Poles this season – 3 Wins
- Hendrick Motorsports: 3 Wins this season – 3 Wins all of last season
- 5 of last 6 Hendrick Motorsports wins by Chase Elliott
- Kyle Busch led most laps 7 races this season – Failed to win 4
- Kevin Harvick led most laps 5 races this season – Only 1 win (Indianapolis)
- Joey Logano passed for final lead change 6 races this season
- Ryan Blaney failed to win all 4 races after leading most laps – Texas 4/17, 2018 Daytona 500, Bristol 8/18 & Bristol 4/19
- William Byron: 4 Career poles (All this season) – Winless from pole
- 8 Drivers won poles this season, but are winless – Almirola, Blaney, Bowyer, Byron, A. Dillon, Johnson, Larson & Suarez
- Daniel Hemric best finishing Rookie of the Year contender 13 races this season
- Youngest winner: Justin Haley – 20
- Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 43
- 20 of 27 races this season won by drivers 33-years-old & older (74%)
- Team Penske won 3 of first 6 races this season – 2 Wins last 21 races (Winless last 12 races)
- All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers finished 11th or better at Las Vegas
- Martin Truex Jr. only Joe Gibbs Racing driver to finish top 10 at Las Vegas
- Kevin Harvick only Stewart-Haas Racing driver to finish top 10 at Las Vegas
- All 4 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers led Las Vegas – 80 Total laps led
- All 3 Team Penske drivers finished 9th or better at Las Vegas
2019 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
- Most wins this season: 6 Christopher Bell & Cole Custer
- Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Christopher Bell
- Most top 3 finishes this season: 15 Christopher Bell
- Most top 5 finishes this season: 20 Tyler Reddick
- Most top 10 finishes this season: 22 Tyler Reddick
- Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 5.7 Tyler Reddick
- Most laps led this season: 1449 Christopher Bell
- Most laps led by non-winner this season: 455 Justin Allgaier (4th most of all drivers)
- Most races led this season: 22 Christopher Bell
- Most poles this season: 6 Cole Custer
- Most front row starts this season: 11 Christopher Bell
- 8 Different winners in 26 races this season
- Christopher Bell only repeat winner last 13 short track races (5 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
- Christopher Bell: 22 Stage wins (Most all-time) – 15 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers)
- Justin Allgaier: 5 Stage wins this season – Winless
- Stage 1 winner failed to win last 10 races
- Stage 2 winner failed to win last 8 races
- Last 3 times Christopher Bell won Stage 1 & 2 he failed to win race – Kentucky July, Iowa July & Las Vegas Sept.
- Dash 4 Cash winners this season: Christopher Bell (Bristol & Dover), Cole Custer (Richmond) & Tyler Reddick (Talladega)
- Tyler Reddick never won back-to-back races
- Only drivers to win back-to-back races this season:
- Kyle Busch (Las Vegas March & ISM Raceway March) & Austin Cindric (Watkins Glen & Mid-Ohio)
- 19 of 26 races this season won by drivers starting from first 2 rows – Only 3 from pole
- Only 2 races won by drivers starting outside top 10 this season (Bristol Aug. & Road America)
- Christopher Bell: 10 Career poles including 4 this season – Only 1 win from pole (Richmond 9/18)
- Cole Custer: 12 Career poles including 6 this season – Only 1 win from pole (Pocono June)
- Tyler Reddick: 5 Career poles including 3 this season – Winless from pole
- Tyler Reddick this season: Winless first 8 races, 3 wins next 5 races, 2 Wins last 13 races
- Tyler Reddick: 2 Wins last 5 races – Winless previous 8 races
- Austin Cindric passed for final lead change 3 races this season including Richmond April
- Christopher Bell passed for final lead change 5 races this season
- Tyler Reddick passed for final lead change 4 races this season – All 4 with 8 or fewer laps to go
- Cole Custer passed for final lead change 4 races this season
- Tyler Reddick best Chevrolet finisher 4 of last 5 races
- Cole Custer best Ford finisher last 3 races
- Christopher Bell best Toyota finisher 15 races this season
- 1 Race won by a Rookie of the Year contender this season – Chase Briscoe at Iowa July
- Noah Gragson best Rookie finisher 4 of last 6 races
- Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 20
- Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 34
- 20 of 26 races this season won by drivers 20-24 years-old
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