NASCAR Information Sunday, September 22, 2024
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Bristol 9/24
Kyle Larson
Bristol 9/24 winner – Started 2nd, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 462 laps led, avg. running pos.: 1.1
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson – 3 Stops 130, 245, 333
Stage 1 & 2 winner: Kyle Larson
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 1st & 1st, Christopher Bell 3rd & 5th, Martin Truex Jr. 4th & 2nd
Most points scored: Kyle Larson 60
Passed for final lead change: Bubba Wallace 3rd
Winner final laps led: Kyle Larson 167
Lead changes: 8
Cautions: 5
Failed to finish: 2
Best free pass finisher: Zane Smith 16th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ty Gibbs 15th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Longest green flag run: 163 Laps (338-500)
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 1st
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 4th
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 7th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 6th
Kyle Larson career-high 462 laps led – Passed 9000 career laps led
462 Laps led most since Martin Truex Jr. led 464 at Martinsville 10/19
Fastest Bristol race: 101.277mph – Previous record: 101.074mph (Charlie Glotzbach 7/11/71)
Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Larson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 11 Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson & Tyler Reddick
Most top 10 finishes this season: 19 Tyler Reddick
Most Stage wins this season: 12 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season: 1551 Kyle Larson
Most laps led this season of winless drivers: 493 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led this season: 19 Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson
Most lead lap finishes this season: 27 Chase Elliott
16 Different winners in 29 races this season
3 Different winners in 3 Playoff races this season
Kyle Larson only repeat winner last 10 races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1-win each
7 Different winners in last 7 races –
Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick, Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe, Joey Logano, Chris Buescher & Kyle Larson
7 Different teams won last 7 races – Childress, 23XI, Wood Brothers, Stewart-Haas, Penske, RFK & Hendrick
3 Different winners in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Kyle Larson 2, Christopher Bell 1 & Chase Elliott 1
Most Playoff race laps led this season: Kyle Larson 462, Austin Cindric 92, Ross Chastain 64
Alex Bowman only driver to lead laps all 3 Playoff races this season
Kyle Larson: 12 Wins in Gen 7 car – Most all-time
Bubba Wallace best non-Playoff finisher at Bristol – Finished 3rd
Largest margin-of-victory this season: 7.088 Seconds – Kyle Larson over Chase Elliott Bristol Sept.
Closest NASCAR Cup Series finish: .001 Seconds Kyle Larson over Chris Buescher Kansas May
Last to win 2 straight races: Chris Buescher (Richmond 7/23 & 2023 Michigan)
1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)
Final lead change with 9 or fewer laps to go 17 races this season
Final lead change with 2 or less laps to go 5 of last 7 races – 3 Settled by last lap pass
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Atlanta Feb. (Daniel Suárez winner), Kansas May (Kyle Larson winner), Richmond Aug. (Austin Dillon winner)
Daytona Aug. (Harrison Burton winner), Watkins Glen (Chris Buescher winner)
Ford winless first 12 races this season – 9 Wins last 17 races (53%)
12 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 7 times
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 3 Austin Hill & Shane van Gisbergen
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Sheldon Creed
Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Sheldon Creed & Chandler Smith
Most top 5 finishes this season: 13 Sheldon Creed
Most top 10 finishes this season: 18 Cole Custer
Most laps led this season: 649 Justin Allgaier
Most races led this season: 16 Justin Allgaier
15 Different winners in 26 races this season
Cole Custer only repeat winner last 10 races (2 Wins) – 8 Others 1-win each
7 Different winners last 7 races –
Riley Herbst, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Truex, Christopher Bell, Austin Hill, Connor Zilisch & Cole Custer
Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 11 of 26 races this season
Sheldon Creed passed for final lead change 3 races this season – Twice in last 4 races
12 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 5
#20 Wins this season:
John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March & Nashville, Aric Almirola Martinsville April,
Ryan Truex Dover & Daytona Aug., Christopher Bell New Hampshire & Darlington Aug.
Justin Allgaier: 14 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
First career win for 3 this season –
Jesse Love (Talladega April), Shane van Gisbergen (Portland) & Connor Zilisch (Watkins Glen)
2 Won consecutive races this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb. & Atlanta Feb.) & Shane van Gisbergen (Portland & Sonoma)