NASCAR Information Sunday, September 4, 2022
NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Darlington
Erik Jones
Darlington Sept. winner – Started 15th, finished 8th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, only final 23 laps led
Winner pit stops: Erik Jones (11 Stops) 37, 74 (G), 117, 154 (G), 181, 193, 220, 233, 280, 320 (G), 342
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: William Byron 1st & 5th, Kyle Busch 3rd & 1st, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 2nd
Best free pass finisher: Tyler Reddick 3rd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Daniel Suárez 18th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Daniel Suárez 18th
Best Hendrick: William Byron 8th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 2nd
Best Stewart-Haas: Aric Almirola 11th
Best Penske: Joey Logano 4th
This season
Most wins: 4 Chase Elliott
Most 2nd-place finishes: 4 Tyler Reddick
Most top 3 finishes: 8 Tyler Reddick
Most top 5 finishes: 10 Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott & Kyle Larson
Most top 5 finishes without a win: 8 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 17 Chase Elliott
Most top 10 finishes without a win: 12 Ryan Blaney & Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led: 719 Chase Elliott
Most laps led without a win: 504 Martin Truex Jr.
Most races led: 19 Ryan Blaney
Most wins by a team: 9 Hendrick Motorsports
17 Different winners in 27 races this season – 8 With multiple wins this season
Record for different winners in a season: 19 (1956, ’58, ’61 & ’01)
6 Different winners last 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Larson, Bowman, Byron, Kurt Busch, Hamlin & Elliott
Hendrick Motorsports won 5 of last 7 races on 1.5-mile tracks
13 Different pole winners this season –
Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin & Kyle Larson lead all with 3 pole wins
6 Won first career pole this season –
Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe, Chris Buescher, Austin Cindric, Cole Custer & Bubba Wallace
Chase Elliott only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Atlanta July
Kyle Busch: Stage 2 winner last 2 races – Finished 10th at Daytona & 30th at Darlington
Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Stage wins this season (Winless) – Leads all drivers
Denny Hamlin: Best Playoff finisher at Darlington – Finished 2nd
Chase Elliott: Worst Playoff finisher at Darlington – Finished 36th
4 Races won from first starting position this season –
Joey Logano (Darlington May), Denny Hamlin (Charlotte), Chase Elliott (Atlanta July) & Tyler Reddick (Indy Road Course)
Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 15 of 27 races this season
Final lead change with 5 or fewer laps to go 11 of 27 races this season
Erik Jones: 122 Laps led this season – 45 Laps led last 2 races
William Byron best Hendrick Motorsports finisher in 1 of last 19 races – Finished 8th at Darlington Sept.
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Bristol Dirt (Kyle Busch winner), Talladega April (Ross Chastain winner) & Charlotte (Denny Hamlin winner)
Denny Hamlin: Best Toyota finisher at Darlington (2nd) – First time best Toyota finisher since Charlotte May
7 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won 4 times
Youngest winner: Austin Cindric – 23
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 46
18 of 27 races this season won by drivers 30-years-old or younger
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS THIS SEASON
Most wins this season: 5 Ty Gibbs
Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson
Most top 3 finishes this season: 10 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 5 finishes this season: 13 Noah Gragson
Most top 5 finishes without a win this season: 8 Sam Mayer
Most top 10 finishes this season: 21 AJ Allmendinger
Most top 10 finishes without a win this season: 15 Riley Herbst
Most laps led this season: 606 Noah Gragson
Most races led this season: 20 Ty Gibbs
Most wins by a team: 10 JR Motorsports
3 Different leaders last 3 laps at Darlington – Sheldon Creed, Kyle Larson & Noah Gragson
11 Different winners in 24 races this season
5 Different winners last 5 races –Allmendinger, Gibbs, Larson, Clements & Gragson
Ty Gibbs won 2 of 5 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season – Las Vegas March & Atlanta March
#54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won 7 of last 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Ty Gibbs 4, Kyle Busch 2 & John Hunter Nemechek 1
Noah Gragson: 12 Stage wins this season (Most) – 4 Wins this season
JR Motorsports: 28 Stage wins this season
Justin Allgaier only driver to win Stage 1, 2 & race this season – Nashville
First career win for 1 this season – Austin Hill (Daytona Feb.)
Last to win consecutive races: Noah Gragson – Darlington 9/21 & Richmond 9/21
2 Races won from pole this season – Ty Gibbs at Richmond & AJ Allmendinger at Indy Road Course
8 Races won by drivers starting front row this season
3 Races won by drivers starting rear of field this season –
Ty Gibbs (Las Vegas March), Justin Allgaier (Darlington May) & AJ Allmendinger (Portland)
Final lead change with 6 or fewer laps to go 12 of 24 races this season
6 Races settled by last lap pass this season –
Daytona Feb. (Austin Hill passed AJ Allmendinger), Atlanta March (Ty Gibbs passed Ryan Sieg),
Richmond (Ty Gibbs passed John Hunter Nemechek), Martinsville April (Brandon Jones passed Ty Gibbs),
Road America (Ty Gibbs passed Kyle Larson) & Darlington Sept. (Noah Gragson passed Kyle Larson)
Kyle Larson passed for win on final lap 2 races this season – Road America (Ty Gibbs) & Darlington Sept. (Noah Gragson)
6 Overtime races this season – Leader at scheduled distance won only once
Youngest winner: Ty Gibbs – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 40
11 of 24 races won by drivers 25-years-old or younger this season
AJ Allmendinger best Kaulig Racing finisher last 7 races