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 from all of the NASCAR Cup races here at Circuit of The Amercias ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find all-time stats, if you are looking for only active drivers stats or Next Gen stats check out my next article Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: COTA.
In this post you will only find all-time stats, if you are looking for only active drivers stats or Next Gen stats check out my next article Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: COTA.
Active Drivers will be highlighted like so
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.
First Winner: Chase Elliott 05/23/2021
Most Recent Winner: Tyler Reddick 03/26/2023
| Rank | Race | Start Pos. | Driver |
| 1 | 2022-06 | 16 | Ross Chastain |
| 2 | 2021-14 | 8 | Chase Elliott |
| 3 | 2023-06 | 2 | Tyler Reddick |
– 2 of the 3 drivers that have won at COTA have started in the Top 10, showing qualifying can be important here.
| Rank | Race | Start Pos. | Driver |
| 1 | 2021-14 | 9 | Tyler Reddick |
| 2 | 2022-06 | 6 | Ryan Blaney |
| 3 | 2023-06 | 5 | William Byron |
– To the point made above, no Pole winner has finished out of the Top 10. So, if you want a good finish it’s good to win the Pole.
| Race | Driver |
| – | – |
– No driver has won the Pole and Race, so while winning the Pole can lead to a good finish, it hasn’t meant a win just yet.
| Race | Driver | Race Finish |
| – | – | – |
| Drivers to win both Stages and Race | Drivers to win Pole, both Stages & Race | ||
| Race | Driver | Race | Driver |
| – | – | – | – |
– No driver has swept both stages at COTA, in fact only 1 of the 3 winners here has even won a stage in the race they won (Tyler Reddick, Stage 2, 2023).
| Best Laps Led% by Winner | Worst Laps Led% by Winner | ||||||
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver |
| 1 | 2023-06 | 54.67 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 2021-14 | 9.26 | Chase Elliott |
| 2 | 2022-06 | 44.93 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 2022-06 | 44.93 | Ross Chastain |
| 3 | 2021-14 | 9.26 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 2023-06 | 54.67 | Tyler Reddick |
– Don’t be surprised if someone dominates and wins this weekend as each year this race has been run the winner has led a larger percent of the race.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-06 | 54.67 | Tyler Reddick | 1st | 7 | 2022-06 | 15.94 | Austin Cindric | 8th |
| 2 | 2022-06 | 44.93 | Ross Chastain | 1st | 8 | 2021-14 | 9.26 | Chase Elliott | 1st |
| 3 | 2023-06 | 37.33 | William Byron | 5th | T9 | 2021-14 | 7.41 | Kyle Larson | 2nd |
| 4 | 2021-14 | 25.93 | Joey Logano | 3rd | T9 | 2021-14 | 7.41 | Ross Chastain | 4th |
| 5 | 2021-14 | 22.22 | Kyle Busch | 10th | T9 | 2021-14 | 7.41 | Austin Cindric | 25th |
| 6 | 2022-06 | 21.74 | Daniel Suarez | 24th |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driver Rating |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driver Rating |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-06 | Tyler Reddick | 141.8 | 1st | 6 | 2021-14 | Chase Elliott | 121.0 | 1st |
| 2 | 2022-06 | Ross Chastain | 141.7 | 1st | 7 | 2022-06 | Austin Cindric | 117.6 | 8th |
| 3 | 2023-06 | William Byron | 128.8 | 5th | 8 | 2022-06 | Tyler Reddick | 115.5 | 5th |
| 4 | 2021-14 | Joey Logano | 124.6 | 3rd | 9 | 2021-14 | Kyle Busch | 114.7 | 10th |
| 5 | 2021-14 | Kyle Larson | 122.8 | 2nd | 10 | 2022-06 | Alex Bowman | 112.3 | 2nd |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2022-06 | Ross Chastain | 100 | 1st | T5 | 2021-14 | Joey Logano | 90.74 | 3rd |
| T1 | 2023-06 | William Byron | 100 | 5th | 7 | 2023-06 | Alex Bowman | 89.33 | 3rd |
| 3 | 2022-06 | Tyler Reddick | 97.1 | 5th | 8 | 2023-06 | Daniel Suarez | 86.67 | 27th |
| 4 | 2023-06 | Tyler Reddick | 93.33 | 1st | 9 | 2023-06 | Ross Chastain | 85.33 | 4th |
| T5 | 2021-14 | Kyle Larson | 90.74 | 2nd | 10 | 2022-06 | Ryan Blaney | 84.06 | 6th |
– Only once in 3 races has someone that ran 84+% of the laps in the Top 15 not finished in the Top 6. So running 58+ laps in the Top 15 this weekend will probably lead to a very good finish.
| Most Lead Lap cars at finish of race | Fewest Lead Lap cars at finish of race | ||||
| Rank | Race | # of cars | Rank | Race | # of cars |
| 1 | 2022-06 | 32 | 1 | 2023-06 | 29 |
| 2 | 2021-14 | 31 | 2 | 2021-14 | 31 |
| 3 | 2023-06 | 29 | 3 | 2022-06 | 32 |
– Most of the cars will finish on the lead lap this week since the least amount of cars on the lead lap at the end of a race here has been just 29.
| Best Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40) |
Worst Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 12th | 5.33 | 1 | 11th | 35.33 |
| 2 | 1st | 6.67 | 2 | 40th | 34.00 |
| 3 | 2nd | 9.00 | 3 | 39th | 33.33 |
| 4 | 27th | 10.00 | 4 | 14th | 32.33 |
| 5 | 9th | 11.33 | 5 | 35th | 31.67 |
| 6 | 16th | 11.67 | 6 | 31st | 31.00 |
| 7 | 6th | 12.33 | 7 | 15th | 29.67 |
| 8 | 4th | 13.00 | 8 | 34th | 28.33 |
| 9 | 5th | 13.33 | T9 | 30th | 28.00 |
| T10 | 7th | 14.00 | T9 | 38th | 28.00 |
| T10 | 8th | 14.00 | |||
– Starting on Row 6 has one of two fates as starting outside Row 6 (12th) has lead to great results, while inside Row 6 (11th) has some pretty awful results.
| Best Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Avg. Top 15% |
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| 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 |
| Best Avg. Fin. All-time |
Best Laps Led% All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Chase Elliott | 2.50 | 2 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 21.72 | 3 |
| 2 | Ross Chastain | 3.00 | 3 | 2 | Ross Chastain | 17.68 | 3 |
| 3 | Alex Bowman | 4.33 | 3 | 3 | William Byron | 14.14 | 3 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 5.00 | 3 | 4 | Austin Cindric | 8.59 | 3 |
| 5 | Ty Gibbs | 9.00 | 1 | 5 | Joey Logano | 8.59 | 3 |
| 6 | William Byron | 9.33 | 3 | 6 | Daniel Suarez | 8.08 | 3 |
| 7 | Michael McDowell | 10.67 | 3 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 6.06 | 3 |
| T8 | Austin Cindric | 13.00 | 3 | 8 | Chase Elliott | 4.07 | 2 |
| T8 | Todd Gilliland | 13.00 | 2 | 9 | Kyle Larson | 2.02 | 3 |
| 10 | Kyle Busch | 13.33 | 3 | 10 | Ryan Preece | 1.55 | 2 |
| Most COTA Starts All-time | Best Laps Completed% |
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| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Lap Comp% | Starts |
| T1 | 29 drivers tied
Drivers with 3 who aren’t starting this week: |
3 | T1 | 32 drivers tied:
15 with 3 starts |
100 | 1-3 |
– There hasn’t been a lot of turn around in the Cup Series since the first race at COTA as there will be 24 drivers who have raced in all 4 COTA races after the race this weekend.
| Most COTA Wins All-time | Best Win% All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Wins | Rank | Driver | Win% | Wins |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 50.00 | 1 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 1 | T2 | Ross Chastain | 33.33 | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 33.33 | 1 |
– Tyler Reddick is the only driver in the 3 Cup races at COTA to win a race and a Pole.
| Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T1 | William Byron | 1 |
| Most COTA Top 3’s All-time | Best Top 3% All-time | |||||
| 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 has been sneaky good here at COTA as he is the only driver with more than 1 Top 3 finish.
| Most COTA Top 5’s All-time | Best Top 5% All-time |
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| 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 |
| Most COTA Top 10’s All-time | Best Top 10% All-time | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top10% | Top10’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 | |||
– There are 5 drivers this weekend that are hoping to keep their perfect Top 10% at COTA alive.
| Most COTA Stage Wins All-time | Best Stage Win% All-time | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage W’s |
Rank | Driver | Stage W% | Stage W’s |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | T1 | Daniel Suarez | 16.67 | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 16.67 | 1 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 1 | T1 | Joey Logano | 16.67 | 1 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 16.67 | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 16.67 | 1 |
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | T1 | William Byron | 16.67 | 1 |
– No driver has won multiple stages at COTA, all 6 of these drivers above hope to be the first to do so in Stage 1 this weekend.
| Most COTA Stage T10’s All-time | Best Stage T10% All-time |
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| 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 | Jordan Taylor | 50.00 | 1 | |||
| T5 | Matt DiBenedetto | 50.00 | 1 | |||
| T5 | Noah Gragson | 50.00 | 1 | |||
– Austin Cindric may have only been a Cup regular for 4 stages here at COTA, but he’s the Cup leader in Stage T10’s with 5 of his 6 stages resulting in a Top 10.
| Most COTA Starts without Win |
Longest COTA Win Streak All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Streak | Year |
| T1 | 27 drivers tied | 3 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 2021 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 2022 | |||
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 2023 | |||
– No driver has a Win or Pole streak here over 1 in a row, this weekend Tyler Reddick and William Byron hope to put a stop to that.
| Most COTA Starts without Pole |
Longest COTA Pole Streak All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Streak | Year |
| T1 | 26 drivers tied | 3 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 2021 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 2022 | |||
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 2023 | |||
| Most COTA Starts without Top 3 |
Longest COTA Top 3 Streak All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Streak | Year |
| T1 | 22
drivers tied |
3 | 1 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 2022-23 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 2021 | |||
| T2 | Joey Logano | 1 | 2021 | |||
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 2021 | |||
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 2022 | |||
| T2 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 2022 | |||
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 2023 | |||
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 2023 | |||
| Most COTA Starts without Top 5 |
Longest COTA Top 5 Streak All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Streak | Year |
| T1 | 20
drivers tied |
3 | T1 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 2021-23 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 2021-22 | |||
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 2022-23 | |||
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 2022-23 | |||
| T5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 | 2021 | |||
| T5 | Joey Logano | 1 | 2021 | |||
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 2021 | |||
| T5 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 2022 | |||
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 2023 | |||
| T5 | William Byron | 1 | 2023 | |||
– Ross Chastain is the only driver to score a Top 5 in every COTA Cup race thru 3 races here and hopes to keep that streak alive this weekend.
| Most COTA Starts without Top 10 |
Longest COTA Top 10 Streak All-time |
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| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Streak | Year |
| T1 | Aric Almirola | 3 | T1 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 2021-23 |
| T1 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | T1 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 2021-23 |
| T1 | Bubba Wallace | 3 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 2021-23 |
| T1 | Cody Ware | 3 | T4 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 2021-22 |
| T1 | Corey LaJoie | 3 | T4 | Austin Cindric | 2 | 2022-23 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 3 | T6 | 17 drivers tied | 1 | 2021-23 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | ||||
| T1 | Josh Bilicki | 3 | ||||
| T1 | Justin Haley | 3 | ||||
| T1 | Kevin Harvick | 3 | ||||
| T1 | Ty Dillon | 3 | ||||
| Most COTA Stages without Stage Win |
Longest COTA Stage Win Streak |
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| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Streak | Race |
| T1 | 23
drivers tied |
6 | T1 | Joey Logano | 1 | 2021.14 s1 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 2021.14 s2 | |||
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 2022.06 s1 | |||
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 2022.06 s2 | |||
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 2023.06 s1 | |||
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 2023.06 s2 | |||
– If Tyler Reddick can win Stage 1 this weekend he will become the first driver to win back-back stages at COTA (Stage 3 counts towards race results, not stage results).
| Most COTA Stages without Stage T10 |
Longest COTA Stage T10 Streak |
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| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Streak | Race |
| T1 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 1 | Austin Cindric | 5 | 2021.14 s1- 2023.06 s1 |
| T1 | Code Ware | 6 | T2 | Chase Briscoe | 3 | 2021.14 s1- 2022.06 s1 |
| T1 | Josh Bilicki | 6 | T2 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 2021.14 s1- 2022.06 s1 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 2021.14 s1 & s2 |
| T1 | Ty Dillon | 6 | T4 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 2021.14 s2- 2022.06 s1 |
| T6 | Cole Custer | 4 | T4 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 2021.14 s2- 2022.06 s1 |
| T6 | Todd Gilliland | 4 | T4 | Harrison Burton | 2 | 2022.06 s1 & s2 |
| T8 | 16 drivers tied |
2 | T4 | Joey Logano | 2 | 2022.06 s1 & s2 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 2022.06 s1 & s2 | |||
| T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 2022.06 s2- 2023.06 s1 | |||
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 2022.06 s2- 2023.06 s1 | |||
– Of the 29 drivers to compete in all 6 stages at COTA, only 5 drivers have not recorded a Stage T10.
