Schedules

The 2024 NASCAR Schedule

The 2023 NASCAR schedule shows a continued pull-back in the overall number of road courses, no dirt tracks and the return of the Chicago Street Race. But the tracks in the playoffs have undergone their own changes. Here’s how the 2024 NASCAR schedule is similar to and different from the 2023 schedule. […]

Phoenix International Raceway
Daytona 500

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

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
2022

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

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
2022
a whisker plot showing the distribution of green-flag speeds for playoff drivers during the playoffs.
The Chase/The Playoffs
An example of a caution table
Accidents