Last week at Phoenix we saw….. a race, a race that Toyota dominated. This week we go to Bristol, but this Spring it’s not on dirt the way it has been the past few seasons. Hallelujah! Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Bristol Motor Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Bristol.
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Bristol.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.
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| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 500 | 142 | – | 4th | 130.8 |
| 2 | 36 | Kyle Larson | 500 | 20 | 8th | 3rd | 109.2 |
| 3 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 500 | 187 | 1st | 1st | 134.6 |
| 4 | 20 | Chris Buescher | 500 | 1 | – | 7th | 104.1 |
| 5 | 8 | Ty Gibbs | 500 | 102 | 10th | 2nd | 119.8 |
| 6 | 4 | Michael McDowell | 500 | 0 | – | 6th | 108.3 |
| 7 | 7 | Chase Elliott | 500 | 0 | – | 10th | 90.4 |
| 8 | 6 | Brad Keselowski | 500 | 0 | 7th | – | 88.1 |
| 9 | 3 | William Byron | 500 | 0 | 4th | 8th | 99.1 |
| 10 | 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 500 | 0 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 11 | 16 | Carson Hocevar | 499 | 0 | – | 5th | 84.0 |
| 12 | 17 | Ryan Preece | 499 | 0 | – | 9th | 80.8 |
| 13 | 13 | Alex Bowman | 499 | 0 | – | – | 84.7 |
| 14 | 9 | Bubba Wallace | 499 | 0 | 3rd | – | 82.5 |
| 15 | 12 | Tyler Reddick | 499 | 0 | 5th | – | 75.2 |
| 16 | 30 | Todd Gilliland | 499 | 0 | – | – | 60.4 |
| 17 | 18 | Austin Dillon | 499 | 0 | – | – | 58.2 |
| 18 | 26 | Aric Almirola | 498 | 0 | – | – | 63.7 |
| 19 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 498 | 0 | 9th | – | 72.2 |
| 20 | 15 | Kyle Busch | 498 | 0 | – | – | 64.7 |
| 21 | 24 | Daniel Suarez | 498 | 0 | – | – | 45.2 |
| 22 | 11 | Ryan Blaney | 498 | 0 | – | – | 65.0 |
| 23 | 23 | Ross Chastain | 498 | 0 | 6th | – | 58.6 |
| 24 | 31 | Erik Jones | 497 | 0 | – | – | 59.1 |
| 25 | 10 | Corey LaJoie | 497 | 48 | 2nd | – | 71.0 |
| 26 | 35 | J.J. Yeley | 495 | 0 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 27 | 14 | Chase Briscoe | 495 | 0 | – | – | 46.7 |
| 28 | 32 | Harrison Burton | 495 | 0 | – | – | 37.7 |
| 29 | 21 | Kevin Harvick | 495 | 0 | – | – | 40.6 |
| 30 | 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | 491 | 0 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 31 | 34 | B.J. McLeod | 490 | 0 | – | – | 26.0 |
| 32 | 29 | Austin Cindric | 488 | 0 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 33 | 33 | Ty Dillon | 263 | 0 | – | – | 35.0 |
| 34 | 28 | Joey Logano | 262 | 0 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 35 | 19 | Justin Haley | 261 | 0 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 36 | 27 | Ryan Newman | 260 | 0 | – | – | 30.6 |
– Last Fall at Bristol 3 of the Top 5 drivers were in Toyota’s, but after that the next best Toyota was just 14th.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Carson Hocevar | 11.00 | 11th | 11th | 1 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 11.92 | 2nd | 29th | 13 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 12.07 | 1st | 41st | 15 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.11 | 1st | 36th | 38 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 13.85 | 1st | 39th | 34 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 13.94 | 1st | 43rd | 33 |
| 7 | Erik Jones | 14.27 | 2nd | 26th | 11 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 14.60 | 3rd | 29th | 5 |
| 9 | William Byron | 15.44 | 3rd | 38th | 9 |
| 10 | Ryan Preece | 15.50 | 9th | 25th | 6 |
| 11 | Joey Logano | 16.11 | 1st | 40th | 27 |
| 12 | Brad Keselowski | 16.32 | 1st | 35th | 25 |
| 13 | John Hunter Nemechek | 16.50 | 13th | 20th | 2 |
| 14 | Daniel Suarez | 16.73 | 8th | 26th | 11 |
| 15 | Todd Gilliland | 17.00 | 16th | 18th | 15 |
| 16 | Austin Dillon | 17.71 | 4th | 39th | 23 |
| 17 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 17.84 | 2nd | 40th | 3 |
| 18 | Chase Briscoe | 18.00 | 13th | 27th | 8 |
| 19 | Tyler Reddick | 18.40 | 4th | 36th | 1 |
| 20 | Chris Buescher | 19.29 | 1st | 39th | 14 |
| 21 | Ryan Blaney | 19.71 | 4th | 40th | 20 |
| 22 | Bubba Wallace | 19.89 | 10th | 38th | 12 |
| 23 | Ty Gibbs | 20.00 | 5th | 35th | 16 |
| 24 | Martin Truex Jr. | 20.73 | 2nd | 38th | 22 |
| 25 | Alex Bowman | 20.77 | 5th | 37th | 17 |
| 26 | Daniel Hemric | 21.00 | 12th | 30th | 4 |
| 27 | Harrison Burton | 22.00 | 16th | 28th | 2 |
| 28 | Ross Chastain | 23.29 | 6th | 39th | 9 |
| 29 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24.13 | 7th | 40th | 23 |
| 30 | David Ragan | 24.81 | 10th | 41st | 26 |
| 31 | Austin Cindric | 26.00 | 20th | 32nd | 2 |
| 32 | Corey LaJoie | 27.27 | 15th | 34th | 11 |
| 33 | Justin Haley | 27.67 | 12th | 36th | 3 |
| 34 | Michael McDowell | 27.88 | 6th | 43rd | 24 |
| 35 | J.J. Yeley | 28.95 | 13th | 40th | 20 |
| 36 | B.J. McLeod | 30.67 | 24th | 37th | 6 |
| 37 | Anthony Alfredo | 35.00 | 35th | 35th | 1 |
– The 9 top drivers in the list above (aside from Carson Hocevar) have all drove for either Hendrick Motorsports or Joe Gibbs Racing, showing just how good their cars are here.
| Best Active Bristol Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Bristol Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 103.83 | 15 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 79.60 | 13 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 100.31 | 34 | 2 | Christopher Bell | 78.84 | 5 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 100.12 | 5 | 3 | Kyle Larson | 75.49 | 15 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 97.91 | 13 | 4 | Carson Hocevar | 74.40 | 1 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 93.71 | 33 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 69.37 | 32 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 92.59 | 32 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 66.92 | 33 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 90.60 | 25 | 7 | Brad Keselowski | 65.53 | 25 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 88.74 | 27 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 65.38 | 34 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 87.26 | 14 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 62.47 | 14 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 86.35 | 11 | 10 | Erik Jones | 61.53 | 11 |
– Christopher Bell and Kyle Larson are the only active drivers to run over 75% of the race laps in the Top 15 and have and Avg. Driver Rating over 100.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 15.24 | 34 | 1 | Carson Hocevar | 99.80 | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher Bell | 13.24 | 5 | T2 | Ryan Preece | 99.70 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 11.58 | 15 | T2 | John Hunter Nemechek | 99.70 | 2 |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 10.20 | 2 | 4 | Daniel Suarez | 99.65 | 11 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 8.09 | 25 | T5 | Chase Briscoe | 99.53 | 3 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 7.04 | 14 | T5 | Erik Jones | 99.53 | 11 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 6.75 | 13 | 7 | Chase Elliott | 99.51 | 13 |
| 8 | Denny Hamlin | 6.27 | 33 | 8 | Todd Gilliland | 99.50 | 2 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 5.67 | 27 | T9 | Christopher Bell | 99.20 | 5 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 5.33 | 11 | T9 | Harrison Burton | 99.20 | 2 |
– Christopher Bell has the 2nd best active Laps Led% and is tied for 9th in active Laps Completed% in the tables above, bottom line is he’s good at running laps here and leading them.
| Most Active Bristol Starts | Most Active Bristol Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 38 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 34 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 2 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 33 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 33 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 27 | T3 | Erik Jones | 1 |
| 6 | David Ragan | 26 | T3 | Jimmie Johnson | 1 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 25 | T3 | Joey Logano | 1 |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 24 | |||
| 9 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| 10 | J.J Yeley | 20 | |||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 23.53 | T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 2 | 5.26 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | 12.00 | T6 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 7.14 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 9.09 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 6.67 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 2 | 7.41 |
– Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski may have the most wins among active drivers at Bristol but none of their wins have come with the team they currently drive for. In addition the last of their 7 wins was Keselowski’s Summer 2020 win.
| Most Active Bristol Top 3’s | Best Active Bristol Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 12 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 35.29 | 12 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 26.67 | 4 |
| 3 | Denny Hamliln | 8 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 24.24 | 8 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 24.00 | 6 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 23.68 | 9 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 3 | 6 | William Byron | 22.22 | 2 |
| T7 | William Byron | 2 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 20.00 | 1 |
| T7 | Erik Jones | 2 | 8 | Erik Jones | 18.18 | 2 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 15.38 | 2 |
| T7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 2 | 10 | Joey Logano | 11.11 | 3 |
| T7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | ||||
– Unless someone making their 1st or 2nd start this weekend gets a Top 3 Kyle Busch will remain the active Top 3% leader even without a Top 3 finish.
| Most Active Bristol Top 5’s | Best Active Bristol Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 14 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 1 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 13 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 41.18 | 14 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 10 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 40.00 | 2 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 4 | Erik Jones | 36.36 | 4 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 6 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 34.21 | 13 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 6 | Kyle Larson | 33.33 | 5 |
| T7 | Erik Jones | 4 | 7 | Chase Elliott | 30.77 | 4 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 30.30 | 10 |
| T7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 4 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 24.00 | 6 |
| 10 | Chris Buescher | 3 | T10 | Joey Logano | 22.22 | 6 |
| T10 | William Byron | 22.22 | 2 | |||
| Most Active Bristol Top 10’s | Best Active Bristol Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 22 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 66.67 | 10 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 19 | 2 | Christopher Bell | 60.00 | 3 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 17 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 57.89 | 22 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 10 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 55.88 | 19 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 10 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 53.85 | 7 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 9 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 51.52 | 17 |
| T7 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 7 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 1 |
| T7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 7 | T8 | Erik Jones | 45.45 | 5 |
| T9 | Erik Jones | 5 | T8 | William Byron | 44.44 | 4 |
| T9 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | T10 | Joey Logano | 37.04 | 10 |
– Looking at the lists above it’s pretty clear to see who will be good this weekend as 6 drivers this weekend have a 50.00 Top 10% or better, with 4 of them having 7+ Top 10’s as well.
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 30.00 | T5 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 9.09 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 16.67 | T7 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 4.55 |
| T1 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | 13.64 | T7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 4.55 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 13.64 | T7 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 4.55 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 2 | 9.09 |
| Most Active Bristol Stage T10’s | Best Active Bristol Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 15 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 83.33 | 15 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 15 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 70.00 | 7 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 14 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 68.18 | 15 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 13 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 63.64 | 14 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 11 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 62.50 | 10 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 11 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 59.09 | 13 |
| T7 | Jimmie Johnson | 10 | T6 | Erik Jones | 50.00 | 11 |
| T7 | Denny Hamlin | 10 | T8 | Joey Logano | 50.00 | 11 |
| T8 | William Byron | 9 | T8 | William Byron | 50.00 | 9 |
| T8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 9 | 10 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 2 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 9 | 10 | Carson Hocevar | 50.00 | 1 |
| Most Active Bristol Starts without Win | Most Active Bristol Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 33 | T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 33 |
| 2 | David Ragan | 26 | T1 | David Ragan | 26 |
| 3 | Michael McDowell | 24 | 3 | Brad Keselowski | 25 |
| 4 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23 | 4 | Michael McDowell | 24 |
| 5 | J.J Yeley | 20 | 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23 |
| 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19 | 6 | J.J. Yeley | 20 |
| 7 | Austin Dillon | 17 | 7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 19 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 14 | 8 | Austin Dillon | 17 |
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 13 | 9 | Chris Buescher | 14 |
| T9 | Chase Elliott | 13 | 10 | Ryan Blaney | 14 |
– Martin Truex Jr. has had a lot of success in NASCAR, but he just can’t seem to get a victory here at Bristol in qualifying or in races.
| Most Active Bristol Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Bristol Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | David Ragan | 26 | 1 | David Ragan | 26 |
| 2 | Michael McDowell | 24 | 2 | Michael McDowell | 24 |
| 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23 | 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23 |
| 4 | J.J. Yeley | 20 | 4 | J.J Yeley | 20 |
| 5 | Austin Dillon | 17 | T5 | Corey LaJoie | 11 |
| T5 | Daniel Suarez | 11 | |||
– There are 3 drivers between J.J. Yeley and Corey Lajoie in the “without Top 3” list here at Bristol, but all 3 of those drivers have managed a Top 5 finish here.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | J.J. Yeley | 20 |
| 2 | Corey LaJoie | 11 |
| 3 | B.J. McLeod | 6 |
| T4 | Chase Briscoe | 3 |
| T4 | Justin Haley | 3 |
– There are 20 active drivers who have made 10+ starts here at Bristol and only J.J. Yeley and Corey LaJoie have yet to get a Top 10 here.
| Most Active Bristol Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Bristol Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 22 | 1 | J.J. Yeley | 16 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 22 | T2 | B.J. McLeod | 12 |
| T1 | Corey LaJoie | 22 | T2 | David Ragan | 12 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 22 | 4 | Justin Haley | 6 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 22 | T5 | Austin Cindric | 4 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 22 | T5 | Harrison Burton | 4 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22 | T5 | John Hunter Nemechek | 4 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 18 | T5 | Todd Gilliland | 4 |
| T8 | Bubba Wallace | 18 | 9 | Anthony Alfredo | 2 |
| T8 | William Byron | 18 | T10 | 7 drivers tied | 0 |
– There has been almost as many active drivers to compete in a stage at Bristol and not get a Stage T10 (9) as active drivers to not even compete in a stage here at Bristol (7).
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Kyle Larson | 3 | Top 5’s | Christopher Bell | 3 | Stage Wins |
| Chris Buescher | 2 | Top 5’s | Christopher Bell | 6 | Stage T10’s |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | Top 5’s | Kyle Larson | 6 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 3 | Top 10’s | William Byron | 6 | Stage T10’s |
| William Byron | 3 | Top 10’s | Ty Gibbs | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chase Elliott | 2 | Top 10’s |
Next Gen Stats
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-29 | 37.40 | Christopher Bell | 3rd | 6 | 2023-29 | 20.40 | Ty Gibbs | 5th |
| 2 | 2022-29 | 33.80 | Chris Buescher | 1st | 7 | 2023-29 | 9.60 | Corey LaJoie | 25th |
| 3 | 2022-29 | 28.60 | Christopher Bell | 4th | 8 | 2022-29 | 7.20 | Aric Almirola | 28th |
| 4 | 2023-29 | 28.40 | Denny Hamlin | 1st | 9 | 2022-29 | 6.80 | Kyle Larson | 5th |
| 5 | 2022-29 | 21.80 | Brad Keselowski | 13th | 10 | 2023-29 | 4.00 | Kyle Larson | 2nd |
– Christopher Bell has been great at leading laps and running well at Bristol in the Next Gen as he holds 2 of the top 3 spots in the table above and below, but it’s only led to 3rd and 4th place finishes.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-29 | Christopher Bell | 134.6 | 3rd | 6 | 2022-29 | Kyle Larson | 117.4 | 5th |
| 2 | 2022-29 | Chris Buescher | 133.3 | 1st | 7 | 2023-29 | Kyle Larson | 109.2 | 2nd |
| 3 | 2022-29 | Chris Buescher | 131.0 | 4th | 8 | 2023-29 | Michael McDowell | 108.3 | 6th |
| 4 | 2023-29 | Denny Hamlin | 130.8 | 1st | 9 | 2022-29 | Brad Keselowski | 107.6 | 13th |
| 5 | 2023-29 | Ty Gibbs | 119.8 | 5th | 10 | 2022-29 | Kevin Harvick | 104.6 | 10th |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2023-29 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 3rd | 6 | 2022-29 | Kevin Harvick | 97.00 | 10th |
| T1 | 2023-29 | William Byron | 100 | 9th | 7 | 2023-29 | Alex Bowman | 96.60 | 13th |
| T3 | 2022-29 | Kyle Larson | 99.00 | 5th | T8 | 2022-29 | Christopher Bell | 95.20 | 4th |
| T3 | 2023-29 | Ty Gibbs | 99.00 | 5th | T8 | 2022-29 | Chase Briscoe | 95.20 | 14th |
| T3 | 2023-29 | Michael McDowell | 99.00 | 6th | 10 | 2022-29 | Chris Buescher | 89.80 | 1st |
– In the 2 Next Gen races at Bristol no driver has ran 90% of the laps in the Top 15 and won the race or finished 2nd, so running less than 450 laps in the Top 15 is key this weekend.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-36) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-36) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 20th | 2.50 | 1 | 22nd | 33.00 |
| 2 | 8th | 4.50 | 2 | 28th | 32.50 |
| 3 | 16th | 7.00 | 3 | 21st | 31.50 |
| T4 | 2nd | 7.50 | T4 | 33rd | 28.50 |
| T4 | 4th | 7.50 | T4 | 34th | 28.50 |
| 6 | 7th | 8.50 | 6 | 14th | 28.00 |
| 7 | 13th | 10.00 | 7 | 27th | 26.00 |
| 8 | 12th | 10.50 | T8 | 26th | 25.50 |
| 9 | 5th | 12.00 | T8 | 29th | 25.50 |
| T10 | 23rd | 12.50 | 10 | 35th | 24.00 |
| T10 | 36th | 12.50 | |||
– It’s only been 2 races so these numbers are very unreliable, but so far starting 20th isn’t bad in the Next Gen car at Bristol, but starting 22nd is almost a guaranteed bad finish.
| Best Next Gen Bristol Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Bristol Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 132.80 | 2 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 97.60 | 2 |
| 2 | Chris Buescher | 118.70 | 2 | 2 | William Byron | 92.40 | 2 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 114.75 | 2 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 88.60 | 2 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 113.30 | 2 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 88.50 | 2 |
| 5 | William Byron | 99.20 | 2 | 5 | Ryan Preece | 87.20 | 1 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 97.85 | 2 | 6 | Chris Buescher | 86.00 | 2 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 93.35 | 2 | 7 | Michael McDowell | 83.30 | 2 |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 91.50 | 2 | 8 | Cole Custer | 80.40 | 1 |
| 9 | Carson Hocevar | 84.00 | 1 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 77.40 | 2 |
| 10 | Cole Custer | 83.70 | 1 | 10 | Carson Hocevar | 74.40 | 1 |
| Best Next Gen Bristol Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Bristol Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Chris Buescher | 2.50 | 2 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 33.00 | 2 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 3.50 | 2 | 2 | Chris Buescher | 17.00 | 2 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 3.50 | 2 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 14.20 | 2 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 4.50 | 2 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 10.90 | 2 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 5.00 | 2 | 5 | Ty Gibbs | 10.20 | 2 |
| 6 | William Byron | 6.00 | 2 | 6 | Kyle Larson | 5.40 | 2 |
| 7 | Cole Custer | 8.00 | 1 | 7 | Corey LaJoie | 4.80 | 2 |
| 8 | Michael McDowell | 8.50 | 2 | 8 | Aric Almirola | 3.60 | 2 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 10.50 | 2 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 0.90 | 2 |
| 10 | Carson Hocevar | 11.00 | 1 | T10 | 30 drivers tied | 0.00 | – |
– If this race is like the previous 2 Next Gen races at Bristol expect few different leaders, but look for Christopher Bell and Chris Buescher to be the ones you’ll have to contend with for the win.
| Next Gen Bristol Win List | Next Gen Bristol Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Aric Almirola | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 |
– Through 2 Next Gen races at Bristol no driver has had a win in both, won the Pole in both, or had a Top 3 finish in both.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 50.00 |
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 50.00 |
| Most Next Gen Bristol Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Bristol Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 100 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 100 |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 100 | T1 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 100 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 100 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 100 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 100 |
| T4 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 100 |
| T4 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | William Byron | 2 | 100 |
| T4 | William Byron | 1 | 50.00 | T7 | Cole Custer | 1 | 100 |
| T8 | 32 drivers tied | 0 | 0.00 | T7 | 7 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 50.00 |
– Chris Buescher, Christopher Bell, and Kyle Larson are looking to keep their finishing every Next Gen race at Bristol in the Top 5 streak alive this weekend.
| Most Next Gen Bristol Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Bristol Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 75.00 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 4 | 100 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 100 | ||||
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | William Byron | 4 | 100 |
| T4 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T3 | 37 drivers tied | 0 | 0.00 | T4 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 50.00 |
| T4 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
– Brad Keselowski won the first ever stage at Bristol in the Next Gen car, but since then it’s been the Christopher Bell show as he’s won all 3 stages since then.
