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Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: COTA

The Spring Bristol race was finally not on dirt and boy what a show it put on last week with drivers really having to watch how hard they pushed in order to save tire. Next up is the first Road Course race of the season where we hopefully see better manners at the end than we did last year. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Circuit of the Americas 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: COTA.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.
 
Last COTA Race (03/26/23)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 2 Tyler Reddick 75 41 1st 141.8
2 9 Kyle Busch 75 0 7th 101.1
3 6 Alex Bowman 75 0 4th 108.4
4 12 Ross Chastain 75 0 5th 107.1
5 1 William Byron 75 28 1st 128.8
6 3 Austin Cindric 75 2 2nd 96.1
7 18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 75 0 6th 76.2
8 32 Chris Buescher 75 1 5th 84.0
9 17 Ty Gibbs 75 0 76.5
10 36 Todd Gilliland 75 0 68.4
11 27 Corey LaJoie 75 0 53.3
12 20 Michael McDowell 75 0 3rd 92.2
13 29 Kevin Harvick 75 0 4th 88.0
14 13 Kyle Larson 75 0 7th 81.8
15 19 Chase Briscoe 75 0 9th 71.5
16 21 Denny Hamlin 75 0 63.5
17 25 Martin Truex Jr. 75 0 77.4
18 24 Jenson Button 75 0 48.7
19 23 Justin Haley 75 0 50.8
20 10 Noah Gragson 75 0 10th 65.0
21 38 Ryan Blaney 75 0 44.7
22 16 Harrison Burton 75 0 45.8
23 8 Erik Jones 75 0 8th 71.8
24 4 Jordan Taylor 75 0 8th 66.4
25 37 Cody Ware 75 0 36.8
26 33 Josh Bilicki 75 0 43.0
27 5 Daniel Suarez 75 1 6th 101.6
28 15 Joey Logano 75 1 65.5
29 22 Kimi Raikkonen 75 0 48.3
30 39 Aric Almirola 74 0 36.2
31 14 Christopher Bell 73 1 9th 71.5
32 26 Ryan Preece 68 0 10th 53.7
33 28 Austin Dillon 62 0 2nd 80.1
34 7 A.J. Allmendinger 60 0 3rd 91.5
35 30 Brad Keselowski 56 0 45.4
36 35 Conor Daly 16 0 27.7
37 11 Bubba Wallace 10 0 40.7
38 31 Jimmie Johnson 0 0 27.0
39 34 Ty Dillon 0 0 26.7

The biggest thing from last year to me is that even with a 27th place finish Daniel Suarez still had a 101.6 Driver Rating, showing just how good he was in the race.

Active COTA Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Chase Elliott 2.50 1st 4th 2
2 Ross Chastain 3.00 1st 4th 3
3 Alex Bowman 4.33 2nd 8th 3
4 Tyler Reddick 5.00 1st 9th 3
5 Ty Gibbs 9.00 9th 9th 1
6 William Byron 9.33 5th 12th 3
7 Michael McDowell 10.67 7th 13th 3
8 Austin Cindric 13.00 6th 25th 3
9 Todd Gilliland 13.00 10th 16th 2
10 Kyle Busch 13.33 2nd 28th 3
11 Chris Buescher 14.00 8th 21st 3
12 Ryan Blaney 14.67 6th 21st 3
13 Kyle Larson 15.00 2nd 29th 3
14 Denny Hamlin 16.00 14th 18th 3
15 Erik Jones 16.00 9th 23rd 3
16 Chase Briscoe 17.00 6th 30th 3
17 Anthony Alfredo 18.00 18th 18th 1
18 Austin Dillon 18.33 10th 33rd 3
19 Harrison Burton 19.50 17th 22nd 2
20 Martin Truex Jr. 19.67 7th 35th 3
21 Noah Gragson 20.00 20th 20th 1
22 Joey Logano 20.67 3rd 31st 3
23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22.00 7th 37th 3
24 Corey LaJoie 22.33 11th 36th 3
25 Brad Keselowski 22.67 14th 35th 3
26 Ryan Preece 23.50 15th 32nd 2
27 A.J. Allmendinger 24.00 5th 34th 3
28 Christopher Bell 24.00 3rd 38th 3
29 Justin Haley 24.67 15th 40th 3
30 Kaz Grala 25.00 25th 25th 1
31 Daniel Suarez 28.00 24th 33rd 3
32 Bubba Wallace 38.00 37th 39th 3
33 Jimmie Johnson 38.00 38th 38th 1

The two biggest takeaways above are that the 3 winners in COTA races have a worst combined finish of 9th in the 3 races, and Bubba Wallace has ran all 3 races with a best finish of 37th.

Best Active COTA
Avg. Driver Rating
Best Active COTA
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Ross Chastain 119.6 3 1 Ross Chastain 88.89 3
2 Tyler Reddick 111.17 3 2 Tyler Reddick 83.33 3
3 Chase Elliott 109.35 2 3 Chase Elliott 81.30 2
4 Alex Bowman 102.63 3 4 Kyle Busch 79.80 3
5 William Byron 98.27 3 5 Alex Bowman 78.28 3
6 Austin Cindric 96.10 3 T6 A.J. Allmendinger 71.21 3
7 Kyle Busch 95.33 3 T6 Austin Cindric 71.21 3
8 A.J. Allmendinger 93.13 3 8 William Byron 68.18 3
9 Kyle Larson 92.27 3 T9 Chase Briscoe 61.62 3
10 Joey Logano 86.80 3 T9 Joey Logano 61.62 3
Tyler Reddick and Ross Chastain have been the best of active drivers at COTA as they are top 2 on both lists above, Laps Led% below, and are one of 15 to finish all 3 races on the lead lap. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Tyler Reddick 21.72 3 T1 32 drivers tied:

15 with 3 starts
4 with 2 starts
13 with 1 start

100 1-3
2 Ross Chastain 17.68 3
3 William Byron 14.14 3
4 Austin Cindric 8.59 3
5 Joey Logano 8.59 3
6 Daniel Suarez 8.08 3
7 Kyle Busch 6.06 3
8 Chase Elliott 4.07 2
9 Kyle Larson 2.02 3
10 Ryan Preece 1.55 2
Most Active COTA Starts Most Active COTA Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
T1 24 drivers tied 3 T1 Ryan Blaney 1
T1 Tyler Reddick 1
T1 William Byron 1

No driver has one multiple Poles or multiple races at COTA in the Cup Series. Tyler Reddick is the only driver who could be the first of both this weekend.

Active COTA Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win%
T1 Chase Elliott 1 5.00
T1 Ross Chastain 1 33.33
T1 Tyler Reddick 1 33.33
Most Active COTA Top 3’s Best Active COTA Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
T1 Alex Bowman 2 1 Alex Bowman 66.67 2
T2 Chase Elliott 1 2 Chase Elliott 50.00 1
T2 Christopher Bell 1 3 Christopher Bell 33.33 1
T2 Joey Logano 1 4 Joey Logano 33.33 1
T2 Kyle Busch 1 5 Kyle Busch 33.33 1
T2 Kyle Larson 1 6 Kyle Larson 33.33 1
T2 Ross Chastain 1 7 Ross Chastain 33.33 1
T2 Tyler Reddick 1 8 Tyler Reddick 33.33 1
Alex Bowman is the only driver to score multiple Top 3 finishes in the Cup Series at COTA. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Most Active COTA Top 5’s Best Active COTA Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
1 Ross Chastain 3 T1 Ross Chastain 100 3
T2 Chase Elliott 2 T1 Chase Elliott 100 2
T2 Alex Bowman 2 T3 Alex Bowman 66.67 2
T2 Tyler Reddick 2 T3 Tyler Reddick 66.67 2
T5 A.J. Allmendinger 1 T5 A.J. Allmendinger 33.33 1
T5 Christopher Bell 1 T5 Christopher Bell 33.33 1
T5 Joey Logano 1 T5 Joey Logano 33.33 1
T5 Kyle Busch 1 T5 Kyle Busch 33.33 1
T5 Kyle Larson 1 T5 Kyle Larson 33.33 1
T5 William Byron 1 T5 William Byron 33.33 1

Ross Chastain and Chase Elliott are the only drivers to finish every race they’ve competed in here at COTA in the Top 5.

Most Active COTA Top 10’s Best Active COTA Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
T1 Alex Bowman 3 T1 Alex Bowman 100 3
T1 Ross Chastain 3 T1 Ross Chastain 100 3
T1 Tyler Reddick 3 T1 Tyler Reddick 100 3
T4 Chase Elliott 2 T1 Chase Elliott 100 2
T4 Austin Cindric 2 T1 Ty Gibbs 100 1
T4 Kyle Busch 2 T6 Austin Cindric 66.67 2
T7 15
drivers
tied
1 T6 Kyle Busch 66.67 2
T8 Todd Gilliland 50.00 1
T8 13 drivers tied 33.33 1

Toyota and Chevy drivers are the only drivers that have a 100 Top 10% here at COTA.

Active COTA Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
T1 Daniel Suarez 1 16.67 T1 Kyle Busch 1 16.67
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 16.67 T1 Tyler Reddick 1 16.67
T1 Joey Logano 1 16.67 T1 William Byron 1 16.67

These 6 drivers above are all looking to be the first driver to win multiple stages at COTA in the Cup Series.

Most Active COTA Stage T10’s Best Active COTA Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Austin Cindric 5 1 Austin Cindric 83.33 5
T2 Chase Briscoe 4 T2 Chase Briscoe 66.67 4
T2 Kyle Busch 4 T2 Kyle Busch 66.67 4
T2 Kyle Larson 4 T2 Kyle Larson 66.67 4
T5 Alex Bowman 3 T5 Alex Bowman 50.00 3
T5 Joey Logano 3 T5 Joey Logano 50.00 3
T5 Ross Chastain 3 T5 Ross Chastain 50.00 3
T8 10
drivers
tied
2 T5 Chase Elliott 50.00 2
T5 Harrison Burton 50.00 2
T5 Ryan Preece 50.00 2
T5 Noah Gragson 50.00 1
The only stage that Austin Cindric did not finish in the Top 10 here at COTA was Stage 2 in 2023. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
Most Active COTA Starts without Win Most Active COTA Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 22 drivers tied 3 T1 21 drivers tied 3

Going into this weekend their are plenty of drivers who can pick up their first COTA win, Pole, Top 3 and Top 5 in their 4th COTA start.

Most Active COTA Starts without Top 3 Most Active COTA Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 17 drivers tied 3 1 15 drivers tied 3
Most Active COTA Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
T1 Brad Keselowski 3
T1 Bubba Wallace 3
T1 Corey LaJoie 3
T1 Daniel Suarez 3
T1 Denny Hamlin 3
T1 Justin Haley 3

While there are plenty of drivers who can pick up a Top 5 in their 4th start this weekend, only 6 drivers can pick up their 1st Top 10 at COTA in their 4th start.

Most Active COTA Stages without Stage Win Most Active COTA Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 18

drivers

tied

6 T1 Brad Keselowski 6
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 6
3 Todd Gilliland 4
T4 Anthony Alfredo 2
T4 Jimmie Johnson 2
T4 Kaz Grala 2
T4 Ty Gibbs 2
T8 11 drivers tied 0
Brad Keselowski and Martin Truex Jr. are the only active drivers not with a Stage T10 at COTA, but it’s worse for Keselowski as he’s the only one without a race Top 10 or Stage T10. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images
Active COTA Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Alex Bowman 2 Top 3’s Alex Bowman 3 Top 10’s
Ross Chastain 3 Top 5’s Tyler Reddick 3 Top 10’s
Tyler Reddick 2 Top 5’s Austin Cindric 2 Top 10’s

4 of the 6 active streaks here at COTA are held by just 2 drivers, Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick.

Next Gen Stats

Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2023-06 54.67 Tyler Reddick 1st 6 2022-06 4.35 Denny Hamlin 18th
2 2022-06 44.93 Ross Chastain 1st T7 2022-06 2.90 Tyler Reddick 5th
3 2023-06 37.33 William Byron 5th T7 2022-06 2.90 Chase Briscoe 30th
4 2022-06 21.74 Daniel Suarez 24th T7 2022-06 2.90 Joey Logano 31st
5 2022-06 15.94 Austin Cindric 8th T7 2022-06 2.90 A.J. Allmendinger 33rd

The two drivers that have won here in the Next Gen have the top 2 spots above and below, so if a driver dominates the race this weekend they probably will win.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
Driv.
Rate
Fin. Rank Race Driver
Driv.
Rate
Fin.
1 2023-06 Tyler Reddick 141.8 1st 6 2022-06 Alex Bowman 112.3 2nd
2 2022-06 Ross Chastain 141.7 1st 7 2023-06 Alex Bowman 108.4 3rd
3 2023-06 William Byron 128.8 5th 8 2022-06 Ryan Blaney 107.9 6th
4 2022-06 Austin Cindric 117.6 8th 9 2023-06 Ross Chastain 107.1 4th
5 2022-06 Tyler Reddick 115.5 5th 10 2023-06 Daniel Suarez 101.6 27th
Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
Rank Race Driver
Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
Top 15% Fin.
T1 2022-06 Ross Chastain 100 1st 7 2023-06 Ross Chastain 85.33 4th
T1 2023-06 William Byron 100 5th 8 2022-06 Ryan Blaney 84.06 6th
3 2022-06 Tyler Reddick 97.10 5th 9 2022-06 Kyle Busch 82.61 28th
4 2023-06 Tyler Reddick 93.33 1st T10 2022-06 Alex Bowman 79.71 2nd
5 2023-06 Alex Bowman 89.33 3rd T10 2022-06 Chase Elliott 79.71 4th
6 2023-06 Daniel Suarez 86.67 27th

It’s only been 2 Next Gen races at COTA, but if a driver runs over 54 laps in the Top 15 he’s good a good chance at a Top 5. However, each race one driver to run over 79% of laps in the Top 15 has finished out of the Top 25, so beware.

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-39)
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-39)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 12th 4.0 1 28th 35.0
2 1st 5.5 T2 11th 34.5
3 17th 8.0 T2 39th 34.5
4 9th 8.5 T4 31st 31.5
5 18th 9.0 T4 35th 31.5
6 16th 11.5 T6 14th 30.5
7 27th 12.0 T6 34th 30.5
8 2nd 12.5 8 23rd 28.5
9 21st 13.0 T9 15th 28.0
10 10th 14.0 T9 38th 28.0

If you want a good finish make sure to start 27th or better as all 10 in the Best category are 27th or better, while 6 of the 10 in the Worse category are 28th or worse.

Best Next Gen COTA
Avg. Driver Rating
Best Next Gen COTA
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Tyler Reddick 128.65 2 1 Tyler Reddick 95.14 2
2 Ross Chastain 124.40 2 2 Ross Chastain 92.36 2
3 Alex Bowman 110.35 2 3 Alex Bowman 84.72 2
4 Austin Cindric 106.85 2 4 Chase Elliott 79.71 1
5 William Byron 106.15 2 5 Kyle Busch 78.47 2
6 Chase Elliott 97.70 1 6 William Byron 75.69 2
7 A.J. Allmendinger 93.35 2 7 Cole Custer 75.36 1
8 Daniel Suarez 90.70 2 8 A.J. Allmendinger 75.00 2
9 Cole Custer 85.70 1 9 Austin Cindric 72.22 2
10 Kyle Busch 85.65 2 10 Martin Truex Jr. 64.58 2

You don’t have to look far to see who the best Next Gen drivers have been at COTA as the top 3 in the table above and Avg. Finish below are the exact same drivers, however Alex Bowman hasn’t even led a lap here in the Next Gen.

Best Next Gen COTA Avg. Finish Best Next Gen COTA Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
T1 Alex Bowman 2.50 2 1 Tyler Reddick 29.86 2
T1 Ross Chastain 2.50 2 2 Ross Chastain 21.53 2
3 Tyler Reddick 3.00 2 3 William Byron 19.44 2
4 Chase Elliott 4.00 1 4 Daniel Suarez 11.11 2
5 Austin Cindric 7.00 2 5 Austin Cindric 9.03 2
6 William Byron 8.50 2 T6 Denny Hamlin 2.08 2
7 Ty Gibbs 9.00 1 T6 Joey Logano 2.08 2
T8 Kevin Harvick 12.00 2 T8 A.J. Allmendinger 1.39 2
T8 Martin Truex Jr. 12.00 2 T8 Chase Briscoe 1.39 2
10 Michael McDowell 12.50 2 T10 Chris Buescher 0.69 2
T10 Christopher Bell 0.69 2
T10 Ryan Blaney 0.69 2
Next Gen COTA Win List Next Gen COTA Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Ross Chastain 1 50.00 T1 Ryan Blaney 1
T1 Tyler Reddick 1 50.00 T1 William Byron 1

Through 2 Next Gen races at COTA no driver has had a win in both, or won the Pole in both.

Next Gen COTA Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
1 Alex Bowman 2 100
T2 Christopher Bell 1 50.00
T2 Kyle Busch 1 50.00
T2 Ross Chastain 1 50.00
T2 Tyler Reddick 1 50.00

Alex Bowman is the only driver that has had a Top 3 in both Next Gen races here.

Most Next Gen COTA Top 5’s Most Next Gen COTA Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
T1 Alex Bowman 2 100 T1 Alex Bowman 2 100
T1 Ross Chastain 2 100 T1 Austin Cindric 2 100
T1 Tyler Reddick 2 100 T1 Ross Chastain 2 100
T4 Chase Elliott 1 100 T1 Tyler Reddick 2 100
T4 Christopher Bell 1 50.00 T5 Chase Elliott 1 100
T4 Kyle Busch 1 50.00 T5 Ty Gibbs 1 100
T4 William Byron 1 50.00 T7 10 drivers tied with same % 1 50.00

There are 6 drivers this weekend looking to keep the 100% in the Top 10% column here at COTA.

Most Next Gen COTA Stage Wins Most Next Gen COTA Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
T1 Daniel Suarez 1 25.00 1 Austin Cindric 3 75.00
T2 Alex Bowman 2 50.00
T1 Denny Hamlin 1 25.00 T2 Austin Dillon 2 50.00
T2 Chase Briscoe 2 50.00
T2 Daniel Suarez 2 50.00
T1 Tyler Reddick 1 25.00 T2 Harrison Burton 2 50.00
T2 Joey Logano 2 50.00
T2 Kyle Busch 2 50.00
T1 William Byron 1 25.00 T2 Kyle Larson 2 50.00
T2 Ross Chastain 2 50.00
T2 Ryan Blaney 2 50.00

Austin Cindric is the only driver to get 3 Stage T10’s in the 4 stages competed in here at COTA.

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