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Most Accident-Prone Current NASCAR Drivers

2022-05-20 Diandra 0

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

2022 Spring Kansas Race Report

2022-05-16 Diandra 0

The 2022 Spring Kansas Race Report features the most penalties, the largest margin of victory and brings the average winner age over 30 yrs. […]

2022 Spring Talladega Race Report

2022-04-25 Diandra 0

The 2022 Spring Talladega race report brings you our second second-time winner, crashes and a little bit of confusion. […]

2022 Bristol Dirt Race Report

2022-04-18 Diandra 0

The 2022 Bristol Dirt Race Report features few leaders, few lead changes, two engine failures, a whole lot of laps run under caution — and two great examples of how adults handle disappointment from two young drivers. […]

2022 Spring Martinsville Race Report

2022-04-10 Diandra 0

The 2022 Spring Martinsville Race Report covers our first repeat winner, the continuing trend that the polesitter doesn’t win here, and the cautions that weren’t. […]

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? […]

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 […]

2022 Spring Atlanta Race Report

2022-03-21 Diandra 2

The 2022 Spring Atlanta Race Report covers a new kind of racing at a new kind of track. Fans had their opinions about the race, but let’s see what the numbers say. […]