Busch, Kyle

Acceleration

NASCAR Crashes and G-Forces

2024-02-19 dr. diandra 1

While NASCAR keeps crash details confidential to protect drivers’ privacy, some drivers share the numbers from their crashes. But a single number doesn’t tell you everything about crash in the same way that finishing position doesn’t tell you the story of a driver’s entire race. […]

Busch, Kyle

Graph of the Day: Kyle Busch’s Career Finish Spectrum

2023-01-09 dr. diandra 8

Today’s graph of the day shows every one of Kyle Busch’s finishes in a single graphic. […]

Busch, Kurt

NASCAR 2018: The Year in Charts and Graphs

2018-12-21 dr. diandra 6

This is the time of the year when everyone takes one final look back at the last year before turning to think about the new one. So, in this last blog of the year, I thought I’d summarize the season in charts and graphs. […]

Busch, Kyle

NASCAR’s Final Four’s Performance on 1.5-Mile Tracks

2018-11-16 dr. diandra 0

A lot of sites have overall statistics about the championship contenders for the season, or their performance at Homestead. Given that the final race is at a 1.5-mile track, it’s worth looking at how the […]

Busch, Kurt

Winning vs. Consistency: The Delicate Balance of the NASCAR Playoffs

2018-10-26 dr. diandra 5

The NASCAR playoffs determine the season’s champion. Is the champion the guy who wins the most races? Or the guy who runs up front the most?

There’s no scientific way to answer this question, but there is data. NASCAR has modified their playoffs to try to create a suitable balance between winning and consistency. Have they succeeded?

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Busch, Kyle

Let’s All Stop Wringing Our Hands About Having Only Seven Distinct NASCAR Race Winners

2018-07-20 dr. diandra 3

Much has been made of the fact that NASCAR has only had seven distinct winners this year — and that three drivers (Harvick, Kyle Busch and Truex, Jr.) have won 14 out of 19 races […]

Building Cars

Safety vs. Speed: 2017 Changes to the Chassis

2017-02-17 dr. diandra 4

The Evolution of the Stock Car ADDITION: If you are more comfortable with Portuguese, check out this translation by Artur Weber and Adelina Domingos – and thanks to them for being interested enough in my […]

Asphalt

Are SAFER Barriers Everywhere the Solution?

2015-02-25 dr. diandra 2

TL;DR:  No. As the extent of Kyle Busch’s injury Saturday evening at Daytona became evident, Twitter erupted in angry calls for SAFER barriers to be put up on every wall at every track. An interesting division […]

Busch, Kyle

Can You Predict a Driver’s Success from their Rookie Year Stats?

2013-11-22 dr. diandra 4

Now that the season is over, it’s time to look through the statistics from the year.  One big story this year was Danica Patrick’s rookie season in Sprint Cup.  She didn’t set the world on […]

Busch, Kyle

Do Drivers Slow Down When They Get Older?

2013-08-30 dr. diandra 10

NOTE: I’ve revisited this topic in a more-recent blog that has additional data. I’d encourage you to look there, as well There are a lot of things people say in NASCAR that have been said […]