NASCAR Information Sunday, September 30, 2018

2018 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Jimmie Johnson: 13th in Playoff Standings after Charlotte Roval (0) – 9th on final lap (+7)
• Kyle Larson: 11th in Playoff Standings after Charlotte Roval (0) – 13th on final lap (-1)
• Seeded 10th into Round of 12
• Ryan Blaney: 8th in Playoff standings on final lap at Charlotte Roval (+9)
• Seeded 8th into Round of 12
• Clint Bowyer: 13th in Playoff Standings before Charlotte Roval (-4) – 9th after Charlotte Roval (+7)
• Seeded 5th into Round of 12
• Austin Dillon: 10th in Playoff Standings before Charlotte Roval (+10) – 14th after Charlotte Roval (-26)
• Most wins this season: 7 Kyle Busch (Career high: 8 2008) & Kevin Harvick (Career high)
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 6 Kyle Larson (Winless)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 15 Kyle Busch
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 20 Kevin Harvick
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 24 Kevin Harvick
• Best average finish this season: 8.2 Kyle Busch
• Best average finish of winless drivers this season: 12.7 Kyle Larson
• Most laps led this season: 1274 Kevin Harvick
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 737 Kyle Larson (4th most behind Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch & Martin Truex Jr.)
• Most races led this season: 20 Kevin Harvick
• Most poles this season: 4 Kurt Busch & Martin Truex Jr.
• 11 Different winners in 29 races this season
• 3 Different winners in 3 Playoff races this season
• Martin Truex Jr.: Winless last 10 races – Longest winless streak this season
• Kyle Larson: 4 Stage wins this season – Winless
• Ryan Blaney ended 50-race winless streak at Charlotte Roval last week
• Kyle Larson failed to win last 5 races after leading most laps – 4 Times this season including Charlotte Roval
• Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 2 of 3 Playoff races this season – Finished 3rd at Las Vegas & Richmond
• 3 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change last 2 (Daytona July & Charlotte Roval)
• No Toyota finished top 10 on Charlotte Roval – First time no Toyota in top 10 since 2015 Auto Club
• Team Penske won 4 of last 5 races
• Alex Bowman best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 7 races this season including Charlotte Roval
• Denny Hamlin best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher on Charlotte Roval (Finished 12th) – First time best JGR finisher last 17 races
• Clint Bowyer best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher on Charlotte Roval (Finished 3rd) – First time best SHR finisher last 14 races
• Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher on Charlotte Roval (Winner) – First time best Penske finisher last 7 races
• Worst Playoff finisher last race: Austin Dillon – Finished 39th
• Best non-Playoff finisher last race: Jamie McMurray – Finished 2nd
• Kevin Harvick leads all with 12 Stage wins this season – Drove for the Cycle three times
• Martin Truex Jr. 19 Stage wins last season (Most) – 10 Stage wins this season (Drove for the Cycle twice)
• 8 Races won Driving for the Cycle – Martin Truex Jr. 4, Kevin Harvick 3 & Kyle Busch 1
• 3 Won Driving for the Cycle after starting on pole – Martin Truex Jr. (2018 Auto Club & 2018 Kentucky) & Kyle Busch (Charlotte 5/18)
• 5 Won Stage 1 & 2 this season, but didn’t win race –
• Brad Keselowski (Bristol April), Joey Logano (Richmond April), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Daytona July), Kyle Larson (Darlington) & Martin Truex Jr. (Richmond Sept.)
• 2 Won first career race this season – Erik Jones (Daytona July) & Chase Elliott (Watkins Glen)
• 5 Winners from pole this season:
• Martin Truex Jr. Auto Club, Kyle Busch Bristol April, Kevin Harvick Kansas May, Kyle Busch Charlotte May & Martin Truex Jr. Kentucky
• Brad Keselowski: 2 of 3 wins this season from 13th starting position
• Martin Truex Jr.: 14 of 19 wins starting from first 2 rows
• 2 Winners started rear of field this season – Austin Dillon (Daytona 500) & Kyle Busch (Richmond Sept.)
• Clint Bowyer ended career-longest 190-race winless streak at Martinsville March
• Kurt Busch ended career-longest Stewart-Haas Racing 58-race winless streak at Bristol Aug.
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 6 times this season – Twice by Kevin Harvick
• Chevrolet: Only 1 win in last 28 races – Watkins Glen (Chase Elliott)
• Ford: 15 Wins this season (10 by Stewart-Haas Racing & 5 by Team Penske) – 10 Wins all of last season
• Toyota: 1 Win last 8 races – Kyle Busch at Richmond
• 5 Overtime races this season – Daytona 500, Richmond April, Daytona July, Pocono July & Las Vegas Sept.
• Youngest winners: Erik Jones 22Y, 1M, 7D & Chase Elliott 22Y, 8M, 8D
• Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 42
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .125 Seconds – Daytona July (Erik Jones over Martin Truex Jr.)
• Martin Truex Jr. won 2 races with largest margin-of-victory this season (Both in California) – Sonoma & Auto Club
• Kyle Busch finished 2nd in 4 races this season – All to Stewart-Haas Racing drivers (3 To Kevin Harvick)
• Stewart-Haas Racing won 10 of 29 races this season (Season high) – 3 Wins all of last season
• Only 2 top 5 finishes for Richard Childress Racing this season – Daytona 500 & Michigan Aug.
• Only 2 top 5 finishes for Roush Fenway Racing this season – Bristol April & Talladega April
• No Hendrick Motorsports driver finished top 10 in 6 races this season

2018 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 5 Justin Allgaier & Christopher Bell
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Justin Allgaier
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Justin Allgaier
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 16 Christopher Bell
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 22 Cole Custer & Elliott Sadler
• Most laps led this season: 612 Justin Allgaier
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 246 Daniel Hemric
• Most races led this season: 17 Christopher Bell
• Most poles this season: 5 Cole Custer
• Christopher Bell: Only Playoff driver to finish top 5 in both Playoff races
• 4 Playoff drivers finished top 10 in both Playoff races – Christopher Bell, Daniel Hemric, Tyler Reddick & Matt Tifft
• 2 Playoff drivers didn’t finish top 10 in first 2 Playoff races – Justin Allgaier & Ryan Truex
• Justin Allgaier: 23.5 Playoff race average this season – Worst of Playoff drivers
• 14 Different winners in 28 races this season
• Best Playoff finisher last race: Austin Cindric – Finished 3rd
• Worst Playoff finisher last race: Brandon Jones – Finished 22nd
• Daniel Hemric: No career wins – 6 Stage wins this season
• Daniel Hemric won Stages in 4 of last 6 races – Winless
• 3 Won first career race this season –
• Spencer Gallagher (Talladega), Ross Chastain (Las Vegas Sept.) & Chase Briscoe (Charlotte Roval)
• First-time winners 2 of last 3 races – Ross Chastain Las Vegas & Chase Briscoe Charlotte Roval
• Justin Allgaier: 10 Career wins – 5 Wins this season (Only 2nd multiple-win season – 2 Wins last year)
• Justin Allgaier: 7 Wins last 2 seasons – 3 Wins previous 6 full-time seasons
• 6 Races won by Rookie of the Year contenders this season – 5 by Christopher Bell
• Justin Allgaier Dash 4 Cash winner at Dover May
• #42 best Chevrolet finisher last 3 races
• #18 best Toyota finisher 11 races this season
• Ford: 8 Wins this season – #22 Team Penske Ford won 6
• Toyota: 1 Win last 9 races – Richmond
• 5 Different teams won last 5 races – Penske, JR Motorsports, Ganassi, Gibbs & Stewart-Haas
• Tyler Reddick only JR Motorsports finisher in top 10 on Charlotte Roval – Finished 9th
• Matt Tifft best Richard Childress Racing finisher on Charlotte Roval – Finished 6th
• Stages 1, 2 & race won 6 times this season –
• Kevin Harvick (Atlanta), Joey Logano (Auto Club), Justin Allgaier (Iowa June),
• Kyle Larson (Daytona July), Kyle Larson (Bristol Aug.) & Ross Chastain (Las Vegas Sept.)
• 2 Winners started rear of field this season & won – Kyle Larson Chicagoland & Christopher Bell Kentucky
• 1 Race settled by last lap pass this season (Talladega) – Spencer Gallagher passed Tyler Reddick
• 6 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb., Talladega, Charlotte May, Daytona July, Iowa July & Bristol Aug.
• *Daytona 2/17/18 – 5 Overtimes
• Youngest winner: Tyler Reddick – 22
• Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 42
• Daytona 2/17/18 – Closest margin-of-victory ever .0004 (Tyler Reddick over Elliott Sadler)
• Daytona July – 2nd closest margin-of-victory this season .005 (Kyle Larson over Elliott Sadler)
• Elliott Sadler 2nd in 2 closest finishes this season – Daytona Feb. & Daytona July