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2023 Spring Phoenix Practice Report

2023-03-11 dr. diandra 10

The 2023 spring Phoenix practice report features a new short-track package, some speedy veterans, and four confiscated louvers. […]

Daytona 500

Graph of the Day for 02-18-2023: Daytona 500 Polesitters’ Fates

2023-02-18 dr. diandra 1

This one is near and dear because so many people strive to get the Daytona 500 pole despite the pole giving no advantage in the race itself. I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a disadvantage, but putting a lot of energy into anything except winning the race seems a waste to me. […]

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. […]

2022

2022 Cautions by Race and Type

2022-11-24 dr. diandra 0

Some races have more cautions than others. Find out how many cautions — and of what type — happened the in 2022 NASCAR Cup Series schedule […]

2022

2022 Penalties by Team and Race

2022-11-16 dr. diandra 0

Detailed information about penalties by team and by race for the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series
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2022

The 2022 Championship 4: By The Numbers

2022-11-05 dr. diandra 0

I wrote a more detailed analysis of the Championship 4 for NBC Sports. I covered Joey Logano and Chase Elliott in one post, and then Ross Chastain and Christopher Bell in the other. (Link to […]

a whisker plot showing the distribution of green-flag speeds for playoff drivers during the playoffs.
The Chase/The Playoffs

2022 Playoff Drivers and Green-Flag Speed

2022-10-29 dr. diandra 1

In my NBC Sports piece this Sunday, I use average green-flag speed ranking. But there’s quite a bit to be learned by digging down past just the average […]

An example of a caution table
Accidents

Counting Accidents

2022-09-09 dr. diandra 1

Counting accidents using only NASCAR’s caution statistics misses a lot of incidents that affect drivers’ finishes. […]

Accidents

Most Wreck-Prone NASCAR Drivers: A Rebuttal

2022-05-20 dr. diandra 4

A recent article confuses DNF and accident stats and unfairly tags some drivers as ‘crashy’ when the real numbers don’t bear that out. […]

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