The 2024 top finishes by driver report emphasizes drivers who came close to winning, but didn’t. Let’s look at how many times drivers finished in the top 3, top 5 or top 10. […]
The 2024 stage points by manufacturer report shows what a good year Toyota had despite the machinations of the playoff format making it seem much less successful. […]
The 2024 top finishes by teams report identifies the strongest teams by wins, but also by how well the team finished when they didn’t win. Some teams that didn’t manage wins still had some pretty strong finishes. […]
The 2024 stage points report summarizes who was the best at racking up stage points to insulate themselves from bad luck in the playoffs, and to keep moving on in the playoffs. But only one of the to four stage-point scorers made it to the Championship 4. […]
The 2024 points-per-race report compares drivers on a more level playing field. NASCAR’s shift to a playoff system complicates comparing driver performance. In some years, a playoff driver couldn’t finish lower than 16th — even when he deserved to. […]
The 2024 average finishes data show that a number of drivers finished much further back in the standings than their records might indicate. […]
The NASCAR championship format doesn’t necessarily reward the driver who wins the most races in a season. It’s far more important WHEN a driver wins, as Joey Logano showed this year. […]
The total NASCAR schedule, including overtimes and shortened races, added up to 126,449.9 miles and 9,744 laps. But no driver actually ran every mile or every lap. […]
Building Speed’s 2024 By The Numbers feature continues with Part II: Where and When. The end of a season is not just a time to look back at the last year, but also to look for trends over the years. This report shows a lot of changes. […]
Building Speed’s 2024 By The Numbers feature starts with a look at the Laps and Miles run in 2024. The big story in that department this year was the weather. Despite Mother Nature dissing stock cars, we managed to get in a surprising portion of the scheduled racing. […]
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