NASCAR Information Sunday, September 29, 2024

NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON

Kansas 9/24

Ross Chastain

Kansas 9/24 winner – Started 20th, finished 12th in Stage 1 & 2, 52 laps led, avg. running pos.: 8.5

Winner pit stops: Ross Chastain – 7 Stops 21, 83, 101, 145, 159, 211 (G), 238

Stage 1 winner: William Byron 2nd

Stage 2 winner: Alex Bowman 6th

Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 1st & 4th, Ryan Blaney 3rd & 3rd

Most points scored: William Byron 52

Passed for final lead change: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd

Winner final laps led: Ross Chastain 21

Lead changes: 30

Cautions: 10

Failed to finish: 2

Best free pass finisher: Daniel Suárez 13th

Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ty Dillon 21st

Best starting rear of field finisher: Chase Elliott 9th

Longest green flag run: 65 Laps (172-236)

Best Hendrick: William Byron 2nd

Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. 3rd

Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 16th

Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 4th

Most wins this season: 5 Kyle Larson

Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski & Tyler Reddick

Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 William Byron & 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: 498 Martin Truex Jr.

Most races led this season: 20 Denny Hamlin

Most lead lap finishes this season: 28 Chase Elliott

17 Different winners in 30 races this season

4 Different winners in 4 Playoff races this season

Kyle Larson only repeat winner last 11 races (2 Wins) – 9 Others 1-win each

8 Different winners in last 8 races –

Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick, Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe,

Joey Logano, Chris Buescher, Kyle Larson & Ross Chastain

8 Different teams won last 8 races –

Childress, 23XI, Wood Brothers, Stewart-Haas, Penske, RFK, Hendrick & Trackhouse

Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change 6 races this season including Kansas Sept.

Martin Truex Jr. best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher 3 races this season – Talladega April, Kansas May & Kansas Sept.

Martin Truex Jr. best Toyota finisher 2 races this season – Kansas May & Kansas Sept.

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 8 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)

William Byron best Playoff finisher at Kansas – Finished 2nd

Ross Chastain best non-Playoff finisher at Kansas – Winner

Austin Cindric worst Playoff finisher at Kansas – Finished 34th

Ross Chastain best Chevrolet finisher 2 races this season – Phoenix March & Kansas Sept.

Ford winless first 12 races this season – 9 Wins last 18 races

1 Race won from pole this season – William Byron (Austin)

12 Races ended in Overtime this season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 7 times

Longest winless streaks broken this season –

110 Brad Keselowski at Darlington May, 97 Harrison Burton at Daytona Aug., 93 Chase Briscoe at Darlington Sept.,

85 Austin Cindric at St. Louis, 80 Alex Bowman at Chicago, 68 Austin Dillon at Richmond Aug.,

57 Daniel Suárez at Atlanta Feb., 49 Joey Logano at Nashville & 42 Chase Elliott at Texas

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: 9 Chandler Smith

Most top 5 finishes this season: 14 Sheldon Creed

Most top 10 finishes this season: 19 Cole Custer

Most laps led this season: 657 Cole Custer

Most races led this season: 16 Justin Allgaier & Cole Custer

15 Different winners in 27 races this season

Cole Custer only repeat winner last 11 races (2 Wins) – 9 Others 1-win each

8 Different winners last 8 races –

Riley Herbst, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Truex, Christopher Bell, Austin Hill, Connor Zilisch, Cole Custer & Aric Almirola

#20 Wins this season:

John Hunter Nemechek Las Vegas March & Nashville, Aric Almirola Martinsville April & Kansas,

Ryan Truex Dover & Daytona Aug., Christopher Bell New Hampshire & Darlington Aug.

Final lead change with 4 or fewer laps to go 12 of 27 races this season

Justin Allgaier: 14 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers