Trey Ryan
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If you’re looking for a stat guy, you’re looking for me.
Joined September 2021
2023 NASCAR Cup Series breakdown. Here’s 39 categories I chose to represent the season and the driver(s) who topped each of them.
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Daniel Suarez wins in Atlanta by 0.003 seconds over Ryan Blaney and 0.007 seconds over Kyle Busch. This was the closest finish in the NASCAR Cup Series since Talladega in the Spring of 2011. This is the 3rd closest finish in NASCAR Cup Series history
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Kyle Larson’s DNF at Homestead was the 49th of his career. He has now surpassed Kevin Harvick for career DNFs, despite having started 495 FEWER races than Harvick.
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The Wood Brothers have won their 100th NASCAR Cup Series race. It’s taken them 71 years, 47 driver and 1,748 entries.
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Kyle Larson has won his 26th NASCAR Cup Series race. This ties him with Dale Earnhardt Jr for 32nd on the all-time wins list
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Hendrick Motorsports 300 victories by driver. 1. Jeff Gordon - 93.2. Jimmie Johnson - 83.3. Chase Elliott - 18.4. Kyle Larson - 16.5. Terry Labonte - 12.6. William Byron - 10.7. Darrell Waltrip - 9.8. Tim Richmond - 9.9. Dale Earnhardt Jr - 9.10. Alex Bowman - 7.11. Geoff Bodine
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Justin Haley has earned Rick Ware Racing their first ever top 10 finish in a non-superspeedway race (9th)
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Frankie Muniz is the only driver to finish on the lead lap in all 5 ARCA Menards races of the 2023 season so far.
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Life-changing announcement ⬇️. Trey Ryan 🤝 Racing Insights
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The 2024 Daytona 500 saw just 5 cautions. This was the fewest in the Daytona 500 since 2004.
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Jimmie Johnson and Kevin Harvick are the only two drivers in NASCAR history with more wins than DNFs
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Ryan Newman’s qualifying run at Darlington was the closest (speed-wise) a non-SHR prepared Rick Ware Racing car has ever gotten to pole. Newmans lap time was 101.4% that of Martin Truex Jr’s. (29.028 vs 29.440)
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At 71 years old, Norm Benning is now the oldest driver to record a lead lap finish in NASCARs top 3 series.
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The Bristol Night race saw just 8 lead changes. This is 46 FEWER lead changes than the Spring race. This is tied for the biggest race-to-race decline in lead changes at a track ever recorded in the HISTORY of the NASCAR Cup Series.
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No one could replace Earnhardt, but the replacement driver could have EASILY been one who found no success and faded away after a year or two and start and cycle of drivers in that car. But instead, Kevin Harvick put together one of the greatest careers in the history of NASCAR
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AJ Allmendinger has now finished all 11 Daytona 500s he’s competed in without a single DNF. This surpasses Rick Mast (10) for the most Daytona 500 starts without a DNF all-time.
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The last time the NASCAR Cup Series raced at Talladega without Kevin Harvick, Dale Earnhardt won his 76th and final race, more than 23 years ago.
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Night 1 in Mooresville. New year.New house.New state.New (dream) job
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Shane Van Gisbergen is the first driver to win 3 NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2024. This is the LATEST into a season a driver has won 3 races since 1991, more than 30 years ago.
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An unbelievable save by Denny Hamlin and a DW moment. Eventful 7 seconds.
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The 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs sees just 3 teams with all their drivers with a shot at the Championship. RFK Racing.23XI Racing.JTG-Daughtery Racing
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Interesting stat:. Jeff Gordon and Kevin Harvick’s 1st and last win came exactly 7,826 days apart. Jeff Gordon:.1st Win - May 29, 1994.Final Win - November 1, 2015.Days Between: 7,826. Kevin Harvick:.1st Win - March 11, 2001.Final Win - August 14, 2022.Days Between: 7,826
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AJ Allmendinger’s finishes at the Roval. Cup:.2018: 7th.2021: 38th (engine).2022: 4th.2023: 1st. Xfinity:.2019: 1st.2020: 1st.2021: 1st.2022: 1st
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Justin Haley has finished top 10 in 2 of the last 3 races (Darlington & Gateway). This is the first time in Rick Ware Racing HISTORY that a car has scored top 10s in 2 of 3 races.
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Last place finishes in 2024. 1. Ryan Blaney - 2.2. 24 Different Drivers - 1
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Chase Elliott is the first driver in 33 years to start a NASCAR Cup Series season with 18 straight top 20 finishes (Ricky Rudd - 1991). He’s only the 4th driver to do it in the entirety of the Modern Era (1972 - Present)
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Riley Herbst is now just the 4th driver in NASCAR History to earn a top 10 in his 1st career Cup, Xfinity and Truck series starts. He is the ONLY driver in NASCARs 74+ years of existence to get a top 10 in his first Cup, Xfinity, Truck, ARCA, ARCA East and ARCA West start.
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I think its crazy that less than 9 years ago Martin Truex Jr had 2 career wins in 346 starts. In the 324 races since then, he’s won 32 times, 2nd only to Kyle Busch (34 wins)
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Winners of the last 20 NASCAR races:. Kyle Larson.Daniel Suarez.William Byron.Ross Chastain.Ryan Blaney.Christopher Bell.Kyle Larson.AJ Allmendinger.Ryan Blaney.William Byron.Denny Hamlin.Tyler Reddick.Kyle Larson.Chris Buescher.William Byron.Michael McDowell.Chris Buescher.Chris.
Winners of the last 20 F1 races:. Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Carlos Sainz 🐎.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max Verstappen.Max
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Most poles in the Modern Era. 1. Jeff Gordon - 81.2. Darrell Waltrip - 59.3. David Pearson - 58.4. Mark Martin - 56.5. Bill Elliott - 55.6. Ryan Newman - 51.7. Cale Yarborough - 51.8. Denny Hamlin - 38.9. Geoff Bodine - 37.10. Jimmie Johnson - 36
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Chase Briscoe has broken a 93 race winless streak. He is now the 8th driver to break a 40+ race winless streak in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. This is the most drivers to EVER break a winless streak that long in a NASCAR Cup Series season
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Bubba Wallace is the only driver to start the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season with 2 top 10s (and they were both top 5s).
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Dale Earnhardt Jr won 26 NASCAR Cup Series races. This is the most wins all-time by a driver who never won back-to-back races.
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Kyle Larson has won his 29th NASCAR Cup Series race, this surpasses Carl Edwards and moves Larson to 30th on the all-time wins list
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Norm has beaten his own record as the oldest driver to EVER score a lead lap finish in NASCARs top 3 series (72 years old).
At 71 years old, Norm Benning is now the oldest driver to record a lead lap finish in NASCARs top 3 series.
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Noah Gragson’s 6th place finish in Las Vegas is the best finish for the 10 car on a 1.5 mile track since Las Vegas in the Spring of 2022, 2 years ago.
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Random stat:. Turner Scott Motorsports (former NASCAR team) won 8 NASCAR Xfinity Series races. Their winning driver led ONLY the last lap for their first FOUR wins and in 5 of their first 6.
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Cody Ware has finished 4th at Daytona. Not only is this the best finish by a Rick Ware Racing prepared car EVER, but it is also their first ever top 5 finish.
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Watkins Glen marked race 100 in the NextGen Era. Here’s a breakdown of some of the top drivers:
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Was the lead more than 1.0 second at any point in this race?. Might be an unpopular opinion but imo this is one of the best intermediate tracks. Should embrace its place on the schedule.
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Overlooked stat from today:. Erik Jones finished 5th at Talladega, earning Legacy Motor Club their first top 5 finish since switching to Toyota
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Daniel Suarez’s finishes at Atlanta since the reconfiguration. 4th.6th.29th.2nd.1st.2nd
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I’ll never get over the fact that Ricky Rudd and Mark Martin were genuinely competitive for over 30 years in the Modern Era of NASCAR. Just insane.
March 1, 2013: Mark Martin won the 56th and final pole of his Cup career. It came 31 years, 7 months, and 19 days after his first pole, the longest timespan in NASCAR history.
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Average finish of each team in 2023 (all entries, not just full time cars).
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Carson Hocevar drives the 42 car to its best intermediate track finish of the 2023 season (17th).
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Marcos Ambrose, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Busch battle it out on an oiled down race track with worn tires and 850+ horsepower
A thread of the craziest racing clips ever caught on camera 🧵. Ken Block's insane rally car control
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@KyleLarsonRacin Sorry Kyle, didn’t know you’d see this :(. Here’s a good stat:. You’ve led 75% or more of a Cup race in 1.40% of your starts. This is the 4th best of any driver in the Modern Era. Cale Yarborough - 4.37%.Dale Earnhardt - 1.92%.Bobby Allison - 1.68%.Kyle Larson - 1.40%.
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Today will be the first time since March 3, 2013 that Kevin Harvick will not be in the top 10 at Phoenix, 11 years ago. 11 years ago:.- Ty Gibbs was 11 years old.- Jimmie Johnson had 5 Championships.- Martin Truex Jr had 1 career win
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The 10 winningest NASCAR drivers in the Modern Era (1972-Present). This combines the top 3 series
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Stat of the day:. It’s rained at the last 8 Cup races I’ve been to…
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The most recent Daytona 500 to end under green within the scheduled distance (no overtime) was 2017.
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The last time someone other than Kyle Larson started 1st at Sonoma was Carl Edwards in 2016.
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Announcing my retirement, I can’t compete.
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Jimmie Johnson scored his first lead lap finish with the NextGen car (5th start)
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A Richard Childress racing car led more than 100 laps in a Cup race for the first time since October 6, 2013 at Kansas with Kevin Harvick. It’s been more than 3,500 days.
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RFK Racing puts a driver in the Round of 8 for the first time in 9 year (Carl Edwards, 2014)
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All-time win % for Hendrick Motorsports. In total, 19 drivers have won in the NASCAR Cup Series for Hendrick since 1984.
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Chris Buescher won from the 24th starting position at Watkins Glen. This was the worst starting position by a Watkins Glen winner in NASCAR HISTORY (77 Top 3 Series races)
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A neat stat I stumbled on:. No driver has finished last more than once in 2024. 24 races, 24 different drivers to finish last. This is the first time since the end of 2007/start of 2008 that the Cup Series has gone 24 races without a repeat last-place finisher.
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BJ McLeod sits 18th in points in the NASCAR Xfinity Series. This is the highest in points BJ has ever been in NASCAR 4 races into the season.
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VERY useless information:. I was 9 years old for Joey Logano’s barrel roll at Dover and 20 years old for Chase’s mistake turned victory at the Roval, despite them occurring just 10 years and 2 days apart (Sept. 27, 2009 & Sept. 29, 2019)
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Kyle Busch Motorsports and GMS Racing have won 55% of ALL Truck Series races since the start the 2016 season, with 99 combined wins since 2016 (55 for KBM, 44 for GMS). They will both be shutting down their Truck Series programs at the end of the 2023 season.
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The engagement baiting has been over the top lately. Anyways, here’s this super rare footage of Jeff Gordon qualifying at Charlotte in 2013
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Cup Series stats last 99 races:. Wins.1. Kyle Larson - 16.2. William Byron - 8.3. Chase Elliott/Martin Truex Jr - 7. Top 5s.1. Kyle Larson - 44.2. Denny Hamlin - 38.3. Chase Elliott - 34. Top 10s.1. Kyle Larson - 58.2. Harvick/Hamlin/Ky Busch - 53. Laps led.1. Kyle Larson -.
A career's worth of accomplishments . in less than three years. 😅 . @KyleLarsonRacin | @TeamHendrick
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Only 6 drivers in the history of NASCAR have finished every race of a season more than once. Kevin Harvick (2003,2007, 2008, 2020).Greg Biffle (2012, 2013, 2015).Juan Pablo Montoya (2009, 2011).Dale Earnhardt (1997, 2000).Clint Bowyer (2007, 2008).Joey Logano (2015, 2019)
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Gotta take the stat guy hat off for a second. That race was genuinely one of the most entertaining races you could have in any form of motorsports. Constant battles, strategy and a finish well remember forever.
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Kyle Busch has done it. An all-time record has been set. From his maiden victory in the Cup Series to his 61st. Fontana to Fontana. Kyle Busch has now won in 19 CONSECUTIVE seasons. Breaking a tie he held with the King Richard Petty.
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In his 826th and final career start, Kevin Harvick will start 3rd, his best qualifying effort since Phoenix in the Spring of 2020.
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Corey LaJoie points scored after 5 races. 2023: 113 Points.2022: 87.2021: 46.2020: 74.2019: 54.2018: 28.2017: 25
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At Texas in the Fall of 2015, Brad Keselowski led 312/334 laps, 93.4%, and finished 2nd. No driver has dominated a race more and failed to win in this Century. Only twice in the last 55 years has a driver led more of a race and failed to win.
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Chase Elliott leaves Iowa at the Points Leader. This is the first time Chase has led the points since the Playoffs in 2022
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Michael McDowell wins his first career Pole in the NASCAR Cup Series in his 467th career start. Surpassing JD McDuffie’s 45 year old record (403 starts) for most career starts before winning a Pole.
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Denny Hamlin completed just 2 laps at Sonoma. This is the fewest laps Denny has EVER completed in a NASCAR race (846 career starts)
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Kyle Busch now has as many wins in 10 races with Richard Childress Racing as he did in his final 61 races at Joe Gibbs Racing.
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Nick Sanchez led 98.25% of the laps at Texas (168/172). This is the most dominate performance in the Truck Series since Timothy Peters led all 204 laps at Bristol in August 2012, more than a decade ago. This is a lap led % that even Kyle Busch has never achieved in Trucks
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This is the shortest NASCAR Cup Series race since Watkins Glen in 1992, won by Kyle Petty (124.95 miles). This is the 2nd shortest race in the ENTIRETY of the Modern Era (1972-Present), 1,727 races.
Total distance of that race: 127.6 miles. Would love to know where that ranks among the shortest NASCAR Cup Series races ever.
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Fastest run in NHRA Top Fuel HISTORY. Brittany Force - 341.59 mph
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Winningest Cup Series driver by decade. 2020s: Kyle Larson - 21.2010s: Kyle Busch - 40.2000s: Jimmie Johnson - 47.1990s: Jeff Gordon - 49.1980s: Darrell Waltrip - 57.1970s: Richard Petty - 89.1960s: Richard Petty - 101.1950s: Herb Thomas - 48
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Tyler Reddick advances to the Championship 4 with a win at Homestead. Reddick becomes just the 2nd driver to win from Pole since June of 2023, 53 races ago.
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Just a random stat to go with this:. This was the only time the Wood Brothers EVER won a race while leading just 1 lap.
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Best average finish over the last 5 NASCAR Cup Series races
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Austin Green’s NASCAR Xfinity Series finishing record (5 career starts). COTA - 7th.Portland - 15th.Sonoma - 4th.Chicago - 10th.Watkins Glen - 11th
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Best Post-Season average finish all-time.NASCAR Cup Series (2004-2023)
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Ryan Preece has earned back-to-back top 10s (Watkins Glen & Bristol). This is the first time the 41 car has had back-to-back top 10s in more than 4 YEARS (Summer 2020)
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Monaco Grand Prix:.71 Races.39 Different Winners.From 18 Different Countries . Indianapolis 500:.106 Races.74 Different Winners.From 13 Different Countries. Coca-Cola 600:.63 Races.37 Different Winners.From 1 Country
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Noah Gragson had an average running position of 10.4 at Phoenix this was the best average running position he has EVER had in a NASCAR Cup Series race.
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Average finish last 6 races. 1. Kyle Busch - 4.7.2. William Byron - 7.3.3. AJ Allmendinger - 10.7.4. Chris Buescher - 11.2.5. Joey Logano - 11.8.6. Martin Truex Jr - 12.0.7. Michael McDowell - 13.8.8. Justin Haley - 14.2.9. Kyle Larson - 14.5.10. Christopher Bell - 15.3
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Overlooked team right now?. Erik Jones and the 43 team have finished top 11 in 5 of the last 7 races. Jones currently has a 12.6 average finish over these last 7 races, 5th best of ANYONE in the Cup Series.
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This almost doesn’t sound real but the last time the 34 car led this many laps in a Cup Series race was literally the first NASCAR Cup Series race EVER. Race number 1 all the way back in 1949.
Michael McDowell is now the winningest driver of the 34 car in Cup Series history. Today was also the most laps the 34 has EVER led in a Cup Series race. Michael McDowell - 2 wins.Wendell Scott - 1 win.Jim Roper - 1 win.David Ragan - 1 win.Chris Buescher - 1 win
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Brad Keselowski has scored 4 top 2 finishes in the last 6 races. This is the first time Brad has finished top 2 in 4 of 6 races since the Summer of 2018
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William Byron is the first repeat winner 2024, he has been the first repeat winner in the last 3 CONSECUTIVE seasons. He is the first driver since Jeff Gordon in 1997-1999 to be the first repeat winner in 3 straight seasons.
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