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A pie chart showing what days NASCAR races were scheduled on in 2023
2023

2023 Stats Overview: Days Raced

2023-11-27 dr. diandra 0

The first entry in the 2023 Stats Overview is Days Raced, which surveys the days races started. Note that races delayed a day by weather aren’t included here. Also, I only include points races in this survey. […]

A table showing the average finishing positions of elite drivers in the races after their last wins
Drivers

Elite Drivers After Their Last Wins

2023-01-21 dr. diandra 5

@KudzuCarl read my article for NBC Sports about how many races elite drivers ran after their last win. He suggested using finishing position as a metric, which is a great idea. […]

2022

More-Experienced Drivers Fared Worse with the Next Gen Car: Season Rankings

2022-12-15 dr. diandra 2

From the start of the 2022 season, veteran NASCAR Cup Series drivers fared worse with the Next Gen car much more than their less-experienced counterparts. Some drivers, like Denny Hamlin, seemed to come to grips with the car in the later portions of the season. Others didn’t. […]

Statistics

What Does the Number of Drivers Earning Top Tens in the First Three Races Really Mean?

2022-03-11 dr. diandra 0

Twenty-five different drivers earned top tens in the first three races of the year. But what does that stat really mean? […]

2021 penalties incurred by crew shown as a pie chart separating out the different types of penalties
Penalties

2021 Penalties

2021-12-02 dr. diandra 2

2021 penalties were down, but let’s take a deep dive into how and why, including how the change in schedule impacted penalties. […]

A scatter plot showing the number of cautions in 2018 as a function of number of races
Statistics

Early-Season Predictions: Don’t Believe Anything You Read — Yet

2021-03-03 dr. diandra 0

Don’t believe early-season predictions. There is nothing in a 36-race season that can be predicted on the basis of three races. […]

Racing

Best Drivers by Track Type 2000-2020

2021-01-27 dr. diandra 0

Today’s analysis is the last in the track-type series. Today, we’ll look at the best drivers who drove at least 50 races in their careers and at least one race in the time period 2000-2020. […]

Racing

The Best Average Finishing Position by Track Type

2021-01-25 dr. diandra 0

We’ve looked in detail at the average finishing positions for the five track types (superspeedway, short tracks, road courses, intermediate tracks and the 2-mile non-superspeedway tracks, which I’ve creatively called ‘other’. Now, let’s put all […]

Statistics

NASCAR by the Numbers 2020: Penalties

2020-11-25 dr. diandra 5

Penalties can make or break a driver’s race — or season — so here’s a look at all the penalties assessed in 2020, who got them and when. We’ll investigate all three types of penalties: […]

Racing

Laps Led and Lead Changes: All Laps are Not Created Equal

2020-10-09 dr. diandra 4

NASCAR provides lots of statistics, but beware: the numbers can be deceiving. That’s especially true for laps led and lead changes Laps Led The box score for each race always includes statistics like how many […]

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