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Joe Gibbs Racing

Pit Stop Two-Steps

2022-04-08 Diandra 0

Joe Gibbs Racing’s new pit-stop choreography made its debut at Richmond. How big of an advantage does it provide? […]

Age

Young Drivers Take Over NASCAR: The Outtakes

2022-03-25 Diandra 0

A few graphs I made for my NBC Sports article on young drivers and then opted not to use. Age Distribution of the Field 1980-present This is one of those graphs I found really useful […]

Daytona 500

How Often do Daytona 500 Pole Winners Win the Race?

2022-02-17 Diandra 4

Teams put a lot of effort into winning the Daytona 500 pole. But does that have any impact on winning the race? […]

2021 laps: fastest laps as a percentage of total laps by driver in a pie chart
2021

2021 Laps: Finished, Led and Fastest

2021-12-16 Diandra 0

In 2021, laps were run, finished, led and fastest. You may be surprised which drivers lead these categories: They’re not all Kyle Larson. […]

Stage Racing

2021: Stage Wins and Points

2021-12-14 Diandra 1

Kyle Larson dominated the 2021 stage wins and points the same way he dominated wins. Let’s see exactly how stages played out in 2021. […]

DNFs

2021 DNFs: NASCAR by the Numbers

2021-12-10 Diandra 8

There were 181 DNFs in 2021, down slightly from 2020. Let’s dive into who and where the DNFs happened — and why. […]

A pie chart showing the reasons for which cars were sent to the back for all races in 2021
Penalties

2021 To The Back: NASCAR by the Numbers

2021-12-08 Diandra 0

Our 2021 to-the-back roundup honors those teams that managed to incur penalties before the green flag. Let’s look at who got their knuckles slapped by NASCAR this year. […]

Accidents

2021 Accidents: NASCAR by the Numbers

2021-12-06 Diandra 20

2021 accidents were down relative to the last few years, but a couple familiar names remain atop the list of ‘most crashed’ drivers. […]

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

2021 Penalties

2021-12-02 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. […]

Car Parts

Car Failures and DNFs

2021-10-29 Diandra 2

Car failures that knock a car out of a race have gone down over time. But not, perhaps, the way you might expect […]

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