NASCAR NXS Information Sunday, October 25, 2020
2020 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 9 Chase Briscoe
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ross Chastain (Winless)
Most top 3 finishes this season: 14 Chase Briscoe
Most top 5 finishes: 18 Austin Cindric
Most top 5 finishes by winless driver: 14 Ross Chastain
Most top 10 finishes: 25 Ross Chastain
Most Stage 1 & 2 wins this season: 12 Justin Allgaier & Chase Briscoe
Most laps led: 991 Chase Briscoe (9 From 1000)
Most laps led by winless driver: 512 Ross Chastain
Most laps complete: 5104 of 5133 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race wins this season: 2 Chase Briscoe
Most Playoff race 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Noah Gragson (Winless)
Most Playoff race top 3 finishes this season: 4 Noah Gragson
Best Playoff race average finish this season of drivers competing all 5 races: 9.0 Noah Gragson
Most Playoff laps led this season: 453 of 781 (58%) Chase Briscoe (Noah Gragson 2nd-most with 74 laps led)
Most Playoff races led this season: 5 Chase Briscoe (Every race)
1-Michael Annett: 3 Straight top 10 finishes – Average finish: 7.7
6-Ryan Vargas: 1 Top 10 finish in 10 races – Finished 8th at Texas Oct.
7-Justin Allgaier: 2 Top 10 finishes in 5 Playoff races this season – 3 Finishes of 23rd or worse
7-Justin Allgaier: 12 Stage wins this season (Tied for most with Chase Briscoe) – 3 Race wins
7-Justin Allgaier: Only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 at Texas – Finished 2nd each Stage
9-Noah Gragson: Best Playoff finisher 2 of 5 Playoff races this season – 7th in standings 24 points behind 4th-place Haley
9-Noah Gragson: 4 Top 3 finishes in 5 Playoff races this season – 7th in standings 24 points behind 4th-place Haley
9-Noah Gragson: Finished 8th or better 8 of last 9 races – 4 Top 3 finishes in 5 Playoff races (7th in standings -24)
9-Noah Gragson: 4 2nd-place finishes this season – 3 2nd-place finishes in 5 Playoff races
9-Noah Gragson: Passed for final lead change 4 races this season – Twice by Harrison Burton (1 with 2 to go & 1 on final lap)
9-Noah Gragson: Best JR Motorsports finisher 4 of 5 Playoff races this season
9-Noah Gragson: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2019
10-Ross Chastain: Finished outside top 10 last 2 races – First back-to-back finishes outside top 10 this season
11-Justin Haley: 4 Top 10 finishes in 5 Playoff races this season – Finished 35th at Charlotte Roval
11-Justin Haley: 3 Career wins – Took lead for final time all 3 with 2 or fewer laps to go
18-Riley Herbst: Failed to finish 8 races this season – Failed to finish 3 of last 4 races
19-Brandon Jones: Finished 25th at Texas – Finished 11th or better previous 4 Playoff races this season (3 Top 10 finishes)
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Win last 22 races – Texas Oct.
20-Harrison Burton: Texas Oct. winner – Ended 21-race winless streak
20-Harrison Burton: 1 Top 10 finish last 4 races – Texas winner
22-Austin Cindric best finish last 5 races: 4th – Texas
22-Austin Cindric: 18 Top 5 finishes this season – Only 1 Playoff race top 5 finish (Finished 4th at Texas)
22-Austin Cindric: Eliminated Round of 8 in 2018 & ‘19
22-Austin Cindric: Passed for final lead change 5 races this season – Twice on final lap (Charlotte & Kansas July)
39-Ryan Sieg: 3 Playoff race top 5 finishes this season – Finished 21st at Charlotte Roval & 31st at Texas
39-Ryan Sieg: Failed to finish 4 races this season – All 1.5-mile tracks
44-Tommy Joe Martins: 1 Top 10 finish in 87 races – Finished 10th at Texas Oct.
68-Brandon Brown best career finish: 5th – Texas Oct.
92-Josh Williams: 6 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 races
98-Chase Briscoe: 9 Wins this season – Leads all drivers (Last to win 10 races in a season: Kyle Busch 2016)
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Playoff race wins this season – Leads all drivers (Most Playoff wins in a season: 3 Christopher Bell 2018)
98-Chase Briscoe: 2 Playoff race wins this season – 3 Playoff race finishes of 18th or worse this season
98-Chase Briscoe: Swept Stage 1 & 2 in 3 of 5 Playoff races this season
98-Chase Briscoe: Most laps led 4 of 5 Playoff races this season – 2 Wins (Las Vegas & Kansas)
9 Different winners in 31 races this season
4 Different winners in 5 Playoff races this season – AJ Allmendinger, Chase Briscoe, Harrison Burton & Justin Haley
2 Non-Playoff drivers won Playoff races this season – AJ Allmendinger (Charlotte Roval) & Harrison Burton (Texas)
Final lead change with 2 or fewer laps to go in 15 of 31 races this season (48%)
6 Races settled by last lap pass this season (19%) –
Darlington May, Charlotte, Talladega June, Kansas July, Daytona Aug. & Texas Oct. (3 on 1.5-mile tracks)
JR Motorsports won 3 of 4 short track races this season –
Justin Allgaier (Richmond 9/11 & 9/12) & Noah Gragson (Bristol June)
25-Years-old & younger won 25 of 31 races this season