NCS Talladega Sunday, April 16, 2023
Talladega Superspeedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Talladega 4/22
Ross Chastain
Talladega 4/22 winner – Started 19th, lap 35 pit road speeding penalty, first caution free pass, avg. running pos.: 17th, only final lap led
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Kyle Larson 2nd & 3rd, William Byron 4th & 1st, Martin Truex Jr. 5th & 4th
Best free pass finisher: Ross Chastain 1st
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 4th
Best Gibbs: Kyle Busch 3rd
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 11th
Talladega 10/22
Chase Elliott
Talladega 10/22 winner – Started 16th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 10 laps led, passed Blaney on final lap
Winner pit stops: Chase Elliott (5 Stops) 26, 62, 101 (G), 123, 162 (G)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Chase Elliott 3rd & 1st
Best free pass finisher: Christopher Bell 17th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Austin Cindric 9th
Best starting rear of field finisher: Bubba Wallace 16th
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 1st – Only Hendrick driver in top 10
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 5th – Only Gibbs driver in top 15
Best Stewart-Haas: Chase Briscoe 10th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 2nd
Most Talladega wins: 10 Dale Earnhardt
Ross Chastain: Only driver to finish top 5 both Talladega races last season – Winner (April) & 4th (Oct.)
4 Finished top 10 both Talladega races last season: Ross Chastain, Chase Elliott, Erik Jones & Michael McDowell
Chase Elliott: Talladega 10/22 winner – 5th & final win last season
Erik Jones: 6 Talladega top 10 finishes – 3 Straight Talladega top 10 finishes
11 Different winners in last 11 Superspeedway races –
Ryan Blaney, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Austin Cindric, Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott,
Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Bubba Wallace
6 Different teams won last 6 Superspeedway races –
23XI, Penske, Trackhouse, Childress, Hendrick, JTG Daugherty
51 Different winners in 107 NASCAR Cup Series Talladega races
6 Different winners last 6 Talladega races – Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Ross Chastain & Chase Elliott
Ryan Blaney: Only repeat winner last 7 Talladega races (2 Wins) – 5 Others 1 win each
25 Drivers won 1 Talladega race
First win of season for 7 of last 9 Talladega winners –
Joey Logano (4/18), Aric Almirola (10/18), Chase Elliott (4/19), Ryan Blaney (10/19),
Ryan Blaney (6/20), Brad Keselowski (4/21) & Bubba Wallace (10/21)
Drivers won first race of season at Talladega 49 times
Last to win consecutive Talladega races: Ryan Blaney (10/19 & 6/20)
11 Talladega win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races (Chase Elliott won last Talladega race)
Last back-to-back spring wins – Jeff Gordon 2004 & ’05 (Ross Chastain won last spring race)
12 Won first career race at Talladega – Only win for 6 drivers
2 Rookie of the Year candidates won Talladega – Ron Bouchard 8/81 & Davey Allison 5/87
First win of season for 17 of last 21 Superspeedway winners
31 Talladega races settled by last lap pass
Fewest laps led by Talladega winner: 1 (5 Times)
Jeff Gordon 10/07, Brad Keselowski 4/09, Aric Almirola 10/18, Brad Keselowski 4/21 & Ross Chastain 4/22
Brad Keselowski: 6 Talladega wins – 4 Wins by last lap pass (Most all-time)
Brad Keselowski 4-0 in Talladega races settled by last lap pass – Most wins of all drivers
Kevin Harvick passed for final lead change at Talladega 4 times – All with 3 or fewer laps to go
Ryan Blaney: 2 Talladega wins by .007 seconds over 2nd-place
Only 1 driver won Stage 1 & Talladega race – Brad Keselowski 10/17
4 Won Talladega in first try – Donnie Allison, Richard Brickhouse, Pete Hamilton & Brad Keselowski
Michael Waltrip won Talladega for first time in 36th try – Most of all drivers
8 Talladega crashes involved 20 or more
Most consecutive laps led from start at Talladega: 50 – Ricky Rudd (7/26/92)
Most consecutive laps led to end of Talladega: 71 – Davey Allison (5/3/92)
Most laps led by Talladega non-winner: 142 – Matt Kenseth (5/5/13)
Most consecutive Talladega laps led: 82 – Pete Hamilton (8/23/70)
Christopher Bell swept Talladega poles last season
15 of 107 Talladega races won from first starting position
Driver starting first failed to finish 26 of 107 Talladega races
Drivers starting first failed to finish more Talladega races than they won
6 Won pole in first try at Talladega
6 Won first career pole at Talladega
Worst official starting position to win Talladega: 36th – Jeff Gordon 4/00
3 Won Talladega from 34th starting position
Brad Keselowski won 2 Talladega races after starting rear of field (4/09 & 10/14)
*4/03 Dale Earnhardt Jr. won after taking green from 43rd starting position after starting from the rear of field
*4/09 Brad Keselowski won after starting from the rear of the field
*10/14 Brad Keselowski won after starting from the rear of the field
Most laps led by Talladega winner: 153 – Pete Hamilton 8/70
Most laps led by Talladega spring race winner: 139 – Jeff Gordon 5/05
Hendrick Motorsports leads all teams with 14 Talladega wins – 7 Drivers
Teams finished 1-2 in 13 Talladega races – Henrick Motorsports 5 times
Richard Childress Racing: 12 Talladega wins
Team Penske: 10 Talladega wins
Joe Gibbs Racing: 5 Talladega wins
Stewart-Haas Racing: 1 Talladega win
Trackhouse Racing: 1 Talladega win
Team Penske won 8 of last 15 Talladega races – 9 Wins last 17 Talladega races
Toyota won only 5 Talladega races – 2 Wins last 5 Talladega races
Ford won 10 of last 15 Talladega races
Chevrolet 2 straight Talladega wins – Winless previous 5 Talladega races
4 Talladega races ran shorter than 500 miles
1 Multi-day Talladega race (10/13-14/19) – First 57 laps run 10/13
5 Postponed Talladega races
17 Talladega Overtime finishes
Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 9 of last 12 Talladega Overtime races
Longest Talladega race: 200 Laps (4/10 & 10/20)
Richard Childress Racing: 100th win – Talladega 10/23/11 (Clint Bowyer)
Brothers finished 1-2 in 2 Talladega races – 5/71 Donnie & Bobby Allison and 10/97 Terry & Bobby Labonte
5/4/80: Top 6 finishers Oldsmobile
8/2/81: Top 7 finishers Buick
10/15/00: Top 6 finishers Chevrolet