Stat Sheet: A Championship 4 Without the Best 4
A Cup Series champion will be crowned this Sunday, but some of the season’s best drivers won’t be in the running for it.
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Stat Sheet: The Polesitter Curse Has Been Vanquished
For the first time in forever, the driver who started first finished first.
Stat Sheet: The Most Improbable Championship 4 Appearance Ever
Even-year Joey Logano wins every time.
Stat Sheet: The Unprecedented Nature of Alex Bowman’s DQ
Stephen Stumpf examines how NASCAR disqualifications have impacted drivers.
Stat Sheet: Front Row … Michael?
After 466 Cup races without a pole, McDowell leads all drivers this season with six poles in his last 30 starts.
Stat Sheet: A Kyle Busch Record You’ll Never See Broken?
Busch’s record of 19 straight seasons with at least one Cup victory looks set to be etched in the NASCAR record books for decades to come.
Stat Sheet: Kyle Larson’s Beatdown Was More Dominant Than It Looked
Leading 462 of the 500 laps somehow doesn’t encapsulate just how good Larson was at Bristol.
Stat Sheet: Average Finish Has Plummeted Among Elite Drivers
Tyler Reddick and Chase Elliott are the only Cup drivers to have an average finish better than 14th through 28 races this season.
Stat Sheet: Overtimes Here, Overtimes There, Overtimes Everywhere
Sunday’s overtime finish at Atlanta was the 11th of the season, tying the all-time record set in 2017.
Stat Sheet: It’s Quite Hard to Dominate the Southern 500 From Start to Finish
Kyle Larson’s late backslide is not a surprise when looking at the history of the Southern 500.