NASCAR Information Sunday, September 27, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 9 Kevin Harvick (Career-high)
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Denny Hamlin
Most top 3 finishes: 13 Denny Hamlin
Most top 5 finishes: 19 Kevin Harvick
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 12 Kyle Busch
Most top 10 finishes: 25 Kevin Harvick
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 9 Denny Hamlin
Most laps led: 1416 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led by winless driver: 414 Kyle Busch
Most races led: 21 Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano
Most laps complete: 8190 of 8192 Kevin Harvick
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Kurt Busch (6 Stops) 27, 83, 118, 163, 192, 237
Longest green flag run last race: 75 Laps (87-161)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Denny Hamlin (1st & 2nd), Chase Elliott (4th & 1st)
Speeding last race: 3 – Jimmie Johnson (11th), Christopher Bell, William Byron
Rear of field last race: None – Only time this season
Best HMS last race: Alex Bowman 5th
Best JGR last race: Denny Hamlin 3rd
Best SHR last race: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best TPR last race: Ryan Blaney 7th
Most Playoff wins this season: 2 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff top 10 finishes this season: 4 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick (All 4 races)
Best Playoff average finish this season: 4.8 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff laps led this season: 299 Kevin Harvick
Most Playoff races led this season: 4 Chase Elliott & Denny Hamlin (All 4 races)
1-Kurt Busch: Las Vegas winner last week – Finished outside top 15 in Stage 1 & 2 (Avg. running pos.: 13th)
1-Kurt Busch: Las Vegas winner – Only led 29 of final 34 laps
1-Kurt Busch: 1 Top 5 finish last 13 races – Las Vegas winner
2-Brad Keselowski: 1 Top 5 finish last 9 races – Richmond winner
2-Brad Keselowski: 7 Stage 2 wins this season – Only 2 wins after winning Stage 2 (New Hampshire & Richmond)
3-Austin Dillon: Finished 32nd at Las Vegas – Worst Playoff finisher
3-Austin Dillon worst finish last 16 races: 32nd – Las Vegas
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Wins in 4 Playoff races this season – Darlington & Bristol
4-Kevin Harvick: Only repeat winner last 10 races (5 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
4-Kevin Harvick: Best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher all 4 Playoff races this season
4-Kevin Harvick: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Wins last 4 races
9-Chase Elliott worst finish last 5 races: 22nd – Las Vegas
9-Chase Elliott: 4 Straight races led – 212 Laps led
10-Aric Almirola: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races – Finished 17th at Las Vegas
11-Denny Hamlin: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 3rd at Las Vegas (Stage 1 winner & race-high 121 laps led)
11-Denny Hamlin: 5 Straight races led – 195 Laps led
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 7th at Las Vegas – Only Team Penske top 10 finisher
12-Ryan Blaney: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Finished 7th at Las Vegas
14-Clint Bowyer: Finished 12th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 10 finishes
14-Clint Bowyer: 3 Stage wins this season – No race wins
17-Chris Buescher: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Never finished top 10 in 3 straight races (Finished 6th at Talladega June)
17-Chris Buescher: 18 Laps led this season – 10 Laps led at Las Vegas Sept.
18-Kyle Busch: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – Longest streak this season
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better last 4 races – Average finish: 5th (Best 4-race average this season)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 4th or better 11 races since only win this season (Martinsville June)
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 206 Career races – Best finish: 2nd (Bristol 8/19, Las Vegas Feb. & Las Vegas Sept.)
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 2nd at Las Vegas – Best non-Playoff finisher & passed for final lead change
21-Matt DiBenedetto: 1 Top 10 finish last 8 races – Finished 2nd at Las Vegas
48-Jimmie Johnson: 1 Top 15 finish last 5 races – Finished 11th at Las Vegas
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 5th at Las Vegas – Only Hendrick Motorsports top 10 finisher
88-Alex Bowman best finish last 5 races: 5th – Las Vegas
88-Alex Bowman: 11 Top 10 finishes this season – Career-high: 12 (2019)
88-Alex Bowman: 394 Laps led this season – Career-high
12 Different winners in 30 races this season
3 Different winners in 3 Daytona-Talladega races this season (3 Different teams & manufacturers) –
Ryan Blaney Penske Ford (Talladega June), William Byron Hendrick Chevrolet (Daytona Aug.) & Denny Hamlin Gibbs Toyota (Daytona 500)
3 Different winners in 4 Playoff races this season – Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
All 3 superspeedway races ended in Overtime this season
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Talladega June & Kentucky
2 Won first career race this season – Cole Custer (Kentucky) & William Byron (Daytona Aug.)
Longest winless streaks ended this season: William Byron 97 races, Austin Dillon 88, Kurt Busch 46
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
Stage 1 winner failed to win last 5 races
Chevrolet: 6 Wins this season – 5 Different drivers (Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, William Byron, Austin Dillon & Chase Elliott)
Ford won 3 of first 4 Playoff races this season
Toyota: 7 Wins this season – Denny Hamlin won 6
Hendrick Motorsports: 90 Las Vegas laps led – 1 Top 10 finisher (Alex Bowman 5th)
Hendrick Motorsports: 15 Stage wins this season – 4 Wins
All 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished 8th or better at Las Vegas – 127 Laps led (Denny Hamlin led 121 laps)
Stewart-Haas Racing no Las Vegas laps led – Best finisher: Kevin Harvick 10th
Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 22Y, 5M, 19D & William Byron – 22Y, 9M, 0D
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
21 Races this season won by drivers 36-years-old or older
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 8 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 13 Chase Briscoe & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 17 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 13 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 23 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 12 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led: 896 Justin Allgaier
Most laps led by winless driver: 475 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 4539 of 4552 Chase Briscoe
7-Justin Allgaier: 12 Stage wins this season (Leads all drivers) – 3 Race wins
7-Justin Allgaier: 4 Straight top 5 finishes – 2 Wins
8-Daniel Hemric best finish last 12 races: 3rd – Las Vegas
8-Daniel Hemric: 9 Top 10 finishes this season – 8 Finishes of 24th or worse
9-Noah Gragson best finish last 19 races: 2nd – Las Vegas
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 8th or better last 5 races – 2 Top 5 finishes
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Straight top 10 finishes – Career-long streak: 7 Straight
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 16th at Las Vegas – Finished 6th or better previous 7 races
10-Ross Chastain: 7 Straight races led – 297 Laps led
20-Harrison Burton: Best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 3 races
20-Harrison Burton: Best Rookie finisher last 3 races
20-Harrison Burton: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Average finish: 5.7
20-Harrison Burton: 2 Career wins – No career Stage wins
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Top 5 finishes
22-Austin Cindric: Won back-to-back races twice this season – Kentucky, Kentucky, Texas & Road America, Daytona Road
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 5 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
39-Ryan Sieg: 10 Career top 5 finishes – 5 Top 5 finishes this season
39-Ryan Sieg: 5 Top 5 finishes this season – Career-high
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Straight wins – Finished outside top 10 previous 3 races
98-Chase Briscoe: Las Vegas winner – Started 1st, Stage 1 & 2 winner, career-high 164 laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: Won back-to-back races twice this season – Pocono, Indianapolis & Bristol Aug., Las Vegas Sept.
98-Chase Briscoe: 7 Straight races led – 379 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Overtime wins this season – Miami June 14 & Pocono
98-Chase Briscoe: 8 Wins this season – 5 with Richard Boswell & 3 with Greg Zipadelli
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Miami June 14 & Darlington May
9 Different winners in 27 races this season
2 Different winners in 3 superspeedway races this season – Justin Haley 2 & Noah Gragson 1
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (California) & Justin Haley (Talladega June)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 12 of 27 races this season
5 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July & Daytona Aug.
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 22 of 27 races this season
2 Won Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Kyle Busch (Charlotte) & Chase Briscoe (Las Vegas Sept.)
Dash 4 Cash winners this season: Noah Gragson (Atlanta), AJ Allmendinger (Homestead-Miami) & Ross Chastain (Talladega & Pocono)
5 Win streaks this season –
Chase Briscoe (2 Wins streaks), Austin Cindric (2 Win streaks) & Justin Allgaier (Richmond 9/11 & 9/12)
7 Overtime races this season