NASCAR Information Tuesday, June 23, 2020
2020 NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 3 Denny Hamlin
Most 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes: 6 Ryan Blaney
Most top 10 finishes: 10 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 544 Kevin Harvick (544 Laps led first 22 races last season)
Winner pit stops & lap last race: Ryan Blaney (6 Stops) 27, 61, 97, 122, 143, 145
Longest green flag run last race: 40 Laps (147-186)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 last race: Kyle Busch (5th & 3rd)
Speeding last race: Ryan Preece (15th), Ryan Newman (24th), Matt DiBenedetto (26th)
Rear of field last race: William Byron (11th), Brendan Gaughan, Daniel Suarez, B.J. McLeod, Garrett Smithley, Joey Gase
Best HMS last race: 7th Alex Bowman
Best JGR last race: 4th Denny Hamlin
Best SHR last race: 3rd Aric Almirola
Best TPR last race: 1st Ryan Blaney
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 19th at Talladega – Finished top 10 previous 7 races
3-Austin Dillon: Failed to finish 2 of last 3 races
4-Kevin Harvick passed for final lead change 2 races this season including Talladega
4-Kevin Harvick passed for win on final lap at Talladega twice (10/10 & June)
9-Chase Elliott: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 38th at Talladega – Finished 8th or better previous 3 races
9-Chase Elliott: 7 Straight races led – 236 Laps led
10-Aric Almirola: 2 Straight top 5 finishes – First career back-to-back top 5 finishes
10-Aric Almirola: 2 Straight Top 5 finishes – No top 5 finishes previous 13 races
10-Aric Almirola best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 3 races this season including last 2
12-Ryan Blaney: 4 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak
12-Ryan Blaney: Talladega winner – Only Team Penske driver in top 15
12-Ryan Blaney best Ford finisher last 3 races
12-Ryan Blaney winner of closest finish this season (Talladega June) & finished 2nd in 2nd-closest finish this season (Daytona 500)
12-Ryan Blaney best Team Penske finisher last 4 races
12-Ryan Blaney: 6 Straight races led – 231 Laps led
17-Chris Buescher best finish last 12 races: 6th – Talladega
20-Eric Jones: Finished 5th at Talladega – Finished 20th or worse previous 3 races
22-Joey Logano: Finished 17th at Talladega – Led 11 times (most) for 33 laps
22-Joey Logano: 8 Straight races led – 393 Laps led
38-John Hunter Nemechek best career finish: 8th – Talladega June
38-John Hunter Nemechek best Rookie finisher at Talladega June – Finished 8th
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. best finish last 104 races: 2nd – Talladega June
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 3 Top 5 finishes this season – 1 Top 5 finish all of last season
47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr.: 1 Top 10 finish last 5 races – Finished 2nd at Talladega
88-Alex Bowman: Finished 7th at Talladega – Only Hendrick Motorsports top 10 finisher
88-Alex Bowman: 4 Top 10 finishes this season – 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 races
8 Different winners in 13 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 races – Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex Jr., Denny Hamlin & Ryan Blaney
Closest margin-of-victory this season: .007 Seconds – Ryan Blaney over Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega June)
Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Chris Buescher – Pocono 8/16
Chevrolet winless last 5 races
Team Penske driver passed for final lead change 7 races this season
All 4 Hendrick Motorsports drivers led Talladega – 27 Laps led
Hendrick Motorsports: 11 Stage wins this season – 2 Wins
Stewart-Haas Racing: Only 2 laps led at Talladega (Kevin Harvick)
Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 24
Oldest winner: Kevin Harvick – 44
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 3 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 2 Harrison Burton & Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes: 7 Harrison Burton & Noah Gragson
Most top 10 finishes: 10 Harrison Burton
Top 20 finish every race: Chase Briscoe
Most races led: 10 Noah Gragson
Most laps led: 336 Noah Gragson
Most laps complete: 1940 of 1943 Noah Gragson
4-Jesse Little best Rookie finisher at Talladega – Finished 13th
7-Justin Allgaier: 4 Stage wins this season – No race wins
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 11th or better last 8 races – 5 Straight top 10 finishes
9-Noah Gragson: 5 Stage wins this season – Leads all drivers
9-Noah Gragson: 8 Straight races led – 319 Laps led
10-Ross Chastain: Finished 9th or better last 4 races – 2 Straight top 3 finishes
11-Justin Haley: Finished 13th or better last 4 races – 3 Top 10 finishes
19-Brandon Jones: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races – Finished 16th at Talladega
19-Brandon Jones best Toyota finisher 3 of last 5 races
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 32nd at Talladega – Finished top 10 previous 12 races (Streak started at Texas 11/19)
22-Austin Cindric: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – 2 Top 5 finishes last 3 races
22-Austin Cindric: 4 Straight races led – 160 Laps led
98-Chase Briscoe: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 races – Finished 18th at Talladega
98-Chase Briscoe: Winner of 2 closest finishes this season – Homestead-Miami June 14 & Darlington May
7 Different winners in 11 races this season
6 Different winners last 6 races – Kyle Busch, Noah Gragson, AJ Allmendinger, Harrison Burton, Chase Briscoe & Justin Haley
Stage 2 winner went on to win only 1 race this season – Kyle Busch (Charlotte)
Dash 4 Cash winners this season: Noah Gragson (Atlanta), AJ Allmendinger (Homestead-Miami) & Ross Chastain (Talladega)
First career win for 3 this season – Noah Gragson (Daytona Feb.), Harrison Burton (Auto Club) & Justin Haley (Talladega)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 6 of 11 races this season including last 3
3 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Darlington May, Charlotte & Talladega
No Toyota finished top 15 at Talladega – First time no Toyota in top 15 since Dover 10/19
Toyota finished top 5 every previous race this season
3 Overtime races this season – Charlotte, Bristol June & Homestead-Miami June 14
Youngest winner: Harrison Burton – 19
Oldest winner: AJ Allmendinger – 38
25-Years-old & younger won 9 of 11 races this season