NASCAR Information Sunday, September 25, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Texas
Tyler Reddick
Texas winner – Started 4th, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 16th in Stage 2, 70 laps led (most), first lead lap 227, 7th caution free pass
Winner pit stops: Tyler Reddick (7 Stops) 41, 99, 116 (G), 139, 198, 244, 271
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Daniel Suárez 4th & 5th, Ross Chastain 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Tyler Reddick Winner
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Brad Keselowski 8th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Justin Haley 3rd
Best Hendrick: William Byron 7th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 10th – Rest of Joe Gibbs Racing finished 31st or worse
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 5th – Rest of Stewart-Haas Racing finished 19th or worse
Best Penske: Joey Logano 2nd – Best finish in last 15 races
Season
Most wins: 4 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 9 Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 11 Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 9 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 18 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 14 Ryan Blaney
Most laps led: 763 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 543 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 22 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 9 Hendrick Motorsports
Playoffs
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race top 5 finishes this season: 3 Christopher Bell
Most Playoff race top 10 finishes this season: 4 William Byron & Denny Hamlin
Best Playoff race average finish this season: 5.8 Denny Hamlin
Most Playoff race laps led this season: 169 Chris Buescher
19 Different winners in 30 races this season – 8 With multiple wins this season
3 Different winners in 3 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Ross Chastain (Talladega April) & Austin Dillon (Daytona Aug.)
Car numbers 1, 2 & 3 won the 3 superspeedway races this season
7 Different winners last 7 races – Harvick, Larson, A. Dillon, Jones, Wallace, Buescher & Reddick
4 Winners in 4 Playoff races this season
8 Different winners last 8 races on 1.5-mile tracks –
Larson, Bowman, Byron, Kurt Busch, Hamlin, Elliott, Wallace & Reddick
7 Different winners in 7 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.) & Tyler Reddick (Texas Sept.)
Joey Logano: Best Playoff finisher at Texas – Finished 2nd
Christopher Bell: Worst Playoff finisher at Texas – Finished 34th
Chase Elliott only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Atlanta July
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win last 11 races
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
1 Won consecutive races this season – Kevin Harvick (Michigan & Richmond Aug.)
First career win for 5 this season –
Austin Cindric (Daytona 500), Chase Briscoe (Phoenix March), Ross Chastain (Austin),
Daniel Suárez (Sonoma) & Tyler Reddick (Road America)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 15 of 30 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 11 of 30 races this season
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .036 Seconds – Austin Cindric over Bubba Wallace (Daytona 500)
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 7 Noah Gragson
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson & Austin Hill
Most top 3 finishes this season: 12 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes this season: 16 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 9 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 24 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 17 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 736 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 23 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 13 JR Motorsports
11 Different winners in 27 races this season
3 Different winners in 3 superspeedway races this season –
Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.), Noah Gragson (Talladega April) & Jeremy Clements (Daytona Aug.)
Noah Gragson: 7 Wins this season (Most) – 4 Straight wins
Noah Gragson: Only repeat winner last 11 races (5 Wins) – 6 Others 1-win each
2 Won 4 consecutive NXS races:
Sam Ard – South Boston 9/83, Martinsville 9/83, Orange County 10/83 & Charlotte 10/83
Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/22, Kansas 9/22, Bristol 9/22 & Texas 9/22
4 Won in 5 straight starts – Mark Martin (1993), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2002-’04), Ryan Newman (2005) & Kyle Busch (2021)
Noah Gragson: 12 Career wins – 7 Wins this season
Noah Gragson: 13 Stage wins this season (Most) – 7 Wins this season (Most)
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
Best non-Playoff finisher at Texas: Sheldon Creed – 7th
Worst Playoff finisher at Texas: Jeremy Clements – 36th
2 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course
9 Races won by drivers starting front row this season
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 12 of 27 races this season
6 Races settled by last lap pass this season
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher last 10 races