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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 1

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 […]

2022

2022 Texas Graph of the Race

2022-09-26 dr. diandra 0

Dr. Diandra presents the 2022 Texas Graph of the Race: The one graph that sums up the most salient feature of this particular race. […]

Kansas

My Kansas Predictions Revisited

2022-09-12 dr. diandra 0

Over on NBC Sports, I made Kansas predictions using only 2022 data. So here’s a table comparing my algorithm’s prediction in the leftmost columns and drivers’ actual finish positions in the right. I colored my […]

An example of a caution table
Accidents

Counting Accidents

2022-09-09 dr. diandra 3

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

Data for the Seven Habits of Successful Championship Contenders

2022-08-31 dr. diandra 0

My article at NBC Sports makes a number of claims, and I don’t like to put assertions out there without the proof behind them. Average Driver Finishes vs. Rank This is the graph supporting the […]

2022 Watkins Glen Race Report
Rain Tires

2022 Watkins Glen Race Report

2022-08-22 dr. diandra 0

The slightly damp 2022 Watkins Glen Race Report has strategy, wet-weather racing, and a late-race pass for the lead. […]

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