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Active/Next Gen Cup Track Stats: Gateway

Mother nature hated racing last week as the Kyle Larson 1100 mile double turned into the 500 mile single and the Coca-Cola 600 turned into the Coca-Cola 374 thanks to rain. This week we head to a track that is still pretty new to the Cup Series, World Wild Technology Raceway (Gateway). Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at World Wide Technology Raceway 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: Gateway.

Active means any driver who started a race in the 2024 Cup Series season.
 
Last Gateway Race (06/04/23)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 1 Kyle Busch 243 121 1st 2nd 139.7
2 3 Denny Hamlin 243 0 3rd 3rd 115.9
3 6 Joey Logano 243 0 5th 7th 100.7
4 22 Kyle Larson 243 5 10th 77.7
5 5 Martin Truex Jr. 243 0 4th 93.1
6 2 Ryan Blaney 243 83 2nd 1st 121.5
7 13 Daniel Suarez 243 0 10th 5th 96.7
8 7 William Byron 243 30 7th 4th 108.9
9 21 Michael McDowell 243 0 65.8
10 4 Kevin Harvick 243 0 6th 8th 90.4
11 17 Christopher Bell 243 0 71.1
12 27 Chris Buescher 243 0 62.3
13 10 Austin Cindric 243 0 9th 64.3
14 11 A.J. Allmendinger 243 0 70.8
15 28 Todd Gilliland 243 0 47.7
16 23 Justin Haley 243 0 57.3
17 29 Ryan Preece 243 0 51.8
18 31 Erik Jones 243 0 64.2
19 24 Aric Almirola 243 0 60.7
20 15 Ty Gibbs 243 0 66.3
21 30 Corey LaJoie 243 0 47.0
22 8 Ross Chastain 243 0 8th 9th 79.7
23 14 Harrison Burton 243 0 52.2
24 36 J.J. Yeley 243 0 48.0
25 33 Ty Dillon 243 0 40.2
26 18 Alex Bowman 243 0 73.3
27 34 B.J. McLeod 243 0 33.8
28 19 Brad Keselowski 243 0 36.5
29 35 Gray Gaulding 242 0 28.8
30 20 Bubba Wallace 236 0 68.0
31 16 Austin Dillon 223 0 70.5
32 12 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 219 0 6th 82.7
33 32 Noah Gragson 197 0 52.2
34 25 Chase Briscoe 193 0 46.0
35 9 Tyler Reddick 174 4 76.0
36 26 Carson Hocevar 91 0 35.7
At Gateway last year Tyler Reddick was the only Toyota to lead any laps and he only led 4 of the 243 laps, finishing 35th. Photo by Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images
Active Gateway Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Kyle Busch 1.50 1st 2nd 2
2 Joey Logano 2.00 1st 3rd 2
3 Ryan Blaney 5.00 4th 6th 2
4 Martin Truex Jr. 5.50 5th 6th 2
5 Kyle Larson 8.00 4th 12th 2
6 Christopher Bell 10.00 9th 11th 2
T7 A.J. Allmendinger 12.00 10th 14th 2
T7 Austin Cindric 12.00 11th 13th 2
T7 Chris Buescher 12.00 12th 12th 1
10 Erik Jones 12.50 7th 18th 2
T11 Michael McDowell 13.50 9th 18th 2
T11 William Byron 13.50 8th 19th 2
T13 Daniel Suarez 15.00 7th 23rd 2
T13 Justin Haley 15.00 14th 16th 2
T13 Ross Chastain 15.00 8th 22nd 2
T16 Ryan Preece 17.00 17th 17th 1
T16 Zane Smith 17.00 17th 17th 1
18 Denny Hamlin 18.00 2nd 34th 2
19 Todd Gilliland 18.50 15th 22nd 2
20 Alex Bowman 19.50 13th 26th 2
21 Ty GIbbs 20.00 20th 20th 1
22 Chase Elliott 21.00 21st 21st 1
23 Austin Dillon 23.00 15th 31st 2
T24 Brad Keselowski 24.00 20th 28th 2
T24 Harrison Burton 24.00 23rd 25th 2
T24 J.J. Yeley 24.00 24th 24th 1
27 Tyler Reddick 25.50 16th 35th 2
28 Ty Dillon 26.00 25th 27th 2
29 Bubba Wallace 28.00 26th 30th 2
T30 B.J. McLeod 28.50 27th 30th 2
T30 Corey LaJoie 28.50 21st 36th 2
32 Chase Briscoe 29.00 24th 34th 2
33 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 32.00 32nd 32nd 2
34 Noah Gragson 33.00 33rd 33rd 1
35 Cody Ware 35.00 35th 35th 1
36 Carson Hocevar 36.00 36th 36th 1

There has only been 2 Cup races here at Gateway, but already 13 of the 36 drivers above have a Top 10 here.

Best Active Gateway
Avg. Driver Rating
Best Active Gateway
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Kyle Busch 137.55 2 1 Kyle Busch 100 2
2 Ryan Blaney 119.85 2 2 Joey Logano 95.49 2
3 Joey Logano 109.40 2 3 Ryan Blaney 93.65 2
4 Martin Truex Jr. 99.90 2 4 Martin Truex Jr. 85.25 2
5 Denny Hamlin 94.20 2 5 Austin Cindric 69.67 2
6 Ross Chastain 84.70 2 6 Christopher Bell 68.44 2
T7 William Byron 83.95 2 7 Daniel Suarez 66.80 2
T7 Christopher Bell 83.95 2 8 Ross Chastain 64.96 2
9 Austin Cindric 83.20 2 9 Kyle Larson 63.11 2
10 Daniel Suarez 81.15 2 10 Denny Hamlin 62.91 2

The only difference in drivers in the tables above (other than order) is that Kyle Larson is in the Top 15% table and Austin Cindric is in the Driver Rating table.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Kyle Busch 38.32 2 T1 20 drivers tied with same amount of starts

(6 more drivers tied but only have 1 start)

100 2
2 Ryan Blaney 19.47 2
3 Martin Truex Jr. 8.61 2
4 Michael McDowell 6.97 2
5 William Byron 6.15 2
6 Chase Briscoe 5.53 2
7 Austin Cindric 5.33 2
8 Joey Logano 4.51 2
9 Kyle Larson 1.02 2
T10 Erik Jones 0.82 2
T10 Tyler Reddick 0.82 2
All 3 of the current drivers for Team Penske have led a lap at Gateway, this is the only organization to have all of their current drivers lead a lap here. Photo by Jeff Curry — Getty Images
Most Active Gateway Starts Most Active Gateway Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
T1 27 drivers tied 2 T1 Chase Briscoe 2
T1 Kyle Busch 2

In all likelihood there will only be 24 drivers tied in the Most Active Gateway Starts table above after this weekend.

Active Gateway Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
T1 Joey Logano 1 50.00 T1 Kyle Busch 1 50.00
Kyle Busch and Joey Logano are not only the only drivers with wins here at Gateway, but they are also the only drivers with 2 Top 3’s and 2 Top 5’s as well. Photo by David Allio — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Most Active Gateway Top 3’s Best Active Gateway Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
T1 Joey Logano 2 T1 Joey Logano 100 2
T1 Kyle Busch 2 T1 Kyle Busch 100 2
3 Denny Hamlin 1 3 Denny Hamlin 50.00 1
Most Active Gateway Top 5’s Best Active Gateway Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
T1 Joey Logano 2 T1 Joey Logano 100 2
T1 Kyle Busch 2 T1 Kyle Busch 100 2
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 T3 Denny Hamlin 50.00 1
T3 Kyle Larson 1 T3 Kyle Larson 50.00 1
T3 Martin Truex Jr. 1 T3 Martin Truex Jr. 50.00 1
T3 Ryan Blaney 1 T3 Ryan Blaney 50.00 1
Most Active Gateway Top 10’s Best Active Gateway Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
T1 Joey Logano 2 T1 Joey Logano 100 2
T1 Kyle Busch 2 T1 Kyle Busch 100 2
T1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 T1 Martin Truex Jr. 100 2
T1 Ryan Blaney 2 T1 Ryan Blaney 100 2
T5 A.J. Allmendinger 1 T5 A.J. Allmendinger 50.00 1
T5 Christopher Bell 1 T5 Christopher Bell 50.00 1
T5 Daniel Suarez 1 T5 Daniel Suarez 50.00 1
T5 Denny Hamlin 1 T5 Denny Hamlin 50.00 1
T5 Erik Jones 1 T5 Erik Jones 50.00 1
T5 Kyle Larson 1 T5 Kyle Larson 50.00 1
T5 Michael McDowell 1 T5 Michael McDowell 50.00 1
T5 Ross Chastain 1 T5 Ross Chastain 50.00 1
T5 William Byron 1 T5 William Byron 50.00 1

There may be a new winner in 2024 after Gateway as the only 4 drivers that have finished both Gateway Cup races in the Top 10 have combined for 0 wins this year.

Active Gateway Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
T1 Austin Cindric 1 25.00 T1 Ryan Blaney 1 25.00
T1 Kyle Busch 1 25.00

Look out for Team Penske to win something this weekend as their drivers have won 1 of the 2 races and 2 of the 3 stages run at Gateway.

Most Active Gateway Stage T10’s Best Active Gateway Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
T1 Kyle Busch 4 T1 Kyle Busch 100 4
T1 Ryan Blaney 4 T1 Ryan Blaney 100 4
T3 Daniel Suarez 3 T3 Daniel Suarez 75.00 3
T3 Denny Hamlin 3 T3 Denny Hamlin 75.00 3
T3 Joey Logano 3 T3 Joey Logano 75.00 3
T3 Ross Chastain 3 T3 Ross Chastain 75.00 3
T7 Austin Cindric 2 T7 Austin Cindric 50.00 2
T7 Christopher Bell 2 T7 Christopher Bell 50.00 2
T7 Kyle Larson 2 T7 Kyle Larson 50.00 2
T7 Martin Truex Jr. 2 T7 Martin Truex Jr. 50.00 2
T7 William Byron 2 T7 William Byron 50.00 2

Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney are the only drivers in the 2 Cup races at Gateway to finish the 4 Stage in the Top 10 and both races in the Top 10.

Most Active Gateway Starts without Win Most Active Gateway Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
T1 25 drivers tied 2 T1 25 drivers tied 2

As expected there are plenty of drivers that have ran both races at Gateway and are still looking for their first Win, Pole, Top 3, or Top 5.

Most Active Gateway Starts without Top 3 Most Active Gateway Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
T1 24 drivers tied 2 T1 21 drivers tied 2
Most Active Gateway Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
T1 14 drivers tied 2

Of the 14 drivers that have made 2 starts at Gateway without a Top 10 finish Alex Bowman, Austin Dillon, B.J. McLeod, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Chase Briscoe, Corey LaJoie, Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, Todd Gilliland, and Ty Dillon have also not recorded a Stage T10.

Most Active Gateway Stages without Stage Win Most Active Gateway Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 24

drivers

tied

2 T1 A.J. Allmendinger 2
T1 Alex Bowman 2
T1 Austin Dillon 2
T1 B.J. McLeod 2
T1 Brad Keselowski 2
T1 Bubba Wallace 2
T1 Chase Briscoe 2
T1 Corey LaJoie 2
T1 Harrison Burton 2
T1 Justin Haley 2
T1 Michael McDowell 2
T1 Todd Gilliland 2
T1 Ty Dillon 2
Active Gateway Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Joey Logano 2 Top 3’s Daniel Suarez 3 Stage T10’s
Kyle Busch 2 Top 3’s Denny Hamlin 2 Stage T10’s
Martin Truex Jr. 2 Top 10’s Joey Logano 2 Stage T10’s
Ryan Blaney 2 Top 10’s Kevin Harvick 2 Stage T10’s
Kyle Busch 4 Stage T10’s Ross Chastain 2 Stage T10’s
Ryan Blaney 4 Stage T10’s William Byron 2 Stage T10’s
Kyle Busch has plenty of great streaks that he is looking to continue at Gateway this weekend. Photo by Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images

 

Next Gen Stats

Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2023-15 49.79 Kyle Busch 1st 7 2022-15 11.02 Chase Briscoe 24th
2 2023-15 34.16 Ryan Blaney 6th 8 2022-15 10.61 Austin Cindric 11th
3 2022-15 26.94 Kyle Busch 2nd 9 2022-15 8.98 Joey Logano 1st
4 2022-15 17.14 Martin Truex Jr. 6th T10 2022-15 4.90 Kurt Busch 3rd
5 2022-15 13.88 Michael McDowell 18th T10 2022-15 4.90 Ryan Blaney 4th
6 2023-15 12.35 William Byron 8th

If you want a good finish this weekend then it’s a good idea to lead laps as 8 of the 11 drivers in the table above finished in the Top 10 after leading a decent amount of laps.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
Driv.
Rate
Fin. Rank Race Driver
Driv.
Rate
Fin.
1 2023-15 Kyle Busch 139.7 1st 6 2023-15 Denny Hamlin 115.9 2nd
2 2022-15 Kyle Busch 135.4 2nd 7 2022-15 Aric Almirola 112.2 5th
3 2023-15 Ryan Blaney 121.5 6th 8 2023-15 William Byron 108.9 8th
4 2022-15 Ryan Blaney 118.2 4th 9 2022-15 Martin Truex Jr. 106.7 6th
5 2022-15 Joey Logano 118.1 1st 10 2022-15 Austin Cindric 102.1 11th

Heading to Gateway might just be what Kyle Busch needs to get his season going better as he has the two best Driver Ratings in the Next Gen car here.

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 2022-15 Kyle Busch 100 2nd 6 2022-15 Christopher Bell 98.37 9th
T1 2022-15 Aric Almirola 100 5th T7 2023-15 Joey Logano 98.35 3rd
T1 2023-15 Kyle Busch 100 1st T7 2023-15 Daniel Suarez 98.35 7th
T1 2023-15 Denny Hamlin 100 2nd T7 2023-15 Kevin Harvick 98.35 10th
5 2023-15 Ryan Blaney 98.77 6th 10 2023-15 William Byron 95.88 8th

Every driver that has ran near 96% of his laps in the Top 15 in a Next Gen race at Gateway has finished Top 10. So, if you want a Top 10 then run 230 laps or more in the Top 15 this weekend.

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-36)
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-36)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
T1 5th 4.50 1 19th 32.00
T1 7th 4.50 T2 20th 31.50
3 3rd 5.50 T2 26th 31.50
4 13th 6.50 4 9th 30.00
5 21st 8.00 5 34th 28.50
T6 2nd 8.50 6 36th 27.50
T6 11th 8.50 T7 31st 26.50
8 10th 10.50 T7 33rd 26.50
9 1st 12.50 T9 14th 26.00
T10 4th 13.00 T9 16th 26.00
T10 22nd 13.00 T9 18th 26.00

The 5 best starting positions in the table above are all odd numbers and 4 of the worst 6 starting positions are even numbers, so starting in an odd position this weekend is better than even.

Best Next Gen Gateway
Avg. Driver Rating
Best Next Gen Gateway
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Kyle Busch 137.55 2 1 Kyle Busch 100 2
2 Ryan Blaney 119.85 2 2 Joey Logano 95.49 2
3 Joey Logano 109.40 2 3 Ryan Blaney 93.65 2
4 Martin Truex Jr. 99.90 2 4 Martin Truex Jr. 85.25 2
5 Kurt Busch 94.70 1 5 Kurt Busch 83.67 1
6 Denny Hamlin 94.20 2 6 Kevin Harvick 81.15 2
7 Aric Almirola 86.45 2 7 Austin Cindric 69.67 2
8 Ross Chastain 84.70 2 8 Christopher Bell 68.44 2
T9 William Byron 83.95 2 9 Daniel Suarez 66.80 2
T9 Christopher Bell 83.95 2 10 Ross Chastain 64.96 2

Kyle Busch has not only ran 488 of 488 laps at Gateway in the Top 15, he’s also led 187 of the laps as well and he’s never finished worse than 2nd here.

Best Next Gen Gateway Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Gateway Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Kyle Busch 137.55 2 1 Kyle Busch 100 2
2 Ryan Blaney 119.85 2 2 Joey Logano 95.49 2
3 Joey Logano 109.40 2 3 Ryan Blaney 93.65 2
4 Martin Truex Jr. 99.90 2 4 Martin Truex Jr. 85.25 2
5 Kurt Busch 94.70 1 5 Kurt Busch 83.67 1
6 Denny Hamlin 94.20 2 6 Kevin Harvick 81.15 2
7 Aric Almirola 86.45 2 7 Austin Cindric 69.67 2
8 Ross Chastain 84.70 2 8 Christopher Bell 68.44 2
T9 William Byron 83.95 2 9 Daniel Suarez 66.80 2
T9 Christopher Bell 83.95 2 10 Ross Chastain 64.96 2
Next Gen Gateway Win List Next Gen Gateway Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Joey Logano 1 50.00 T1 Chase Briscoe 1
T1 Kyle Busch 1 50.00 T1 Kyle Busch 1
There has only been 2 races in the Next Gen at Gateway, but Kyle Busch is already on both the Win and Pole list in the tables above. Photo by Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images
Next Gen Gateway Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
T1 Joey Logano 2 100
T1 Kyle Busch 2 100
T3 Kurt Busch 1 100
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 50.00

Joey Logano and Kyle Busch have figured out Gateway as they are the only drivers with a Top 3 finish and a Top 5 finish in both races here.

Most Next Gen Gateway Top 5’s Most Next Gen Gateway Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
T1 Joey Logano 2 100 T1 Joey Logano 2 100
T1 Kyle Busch 2 100 T1 Kyle Busch 2 100
T3 Kurt Busch 1 100 T1 Martin Truex Jr. 2 100
T3 Aric Almirola 1 50.00 T1 Ryan Blaney 2 100
T3 Denny Hamlin 1 50.00 T5 Kurt Busch 1 100
T3 Kyle Larson 1 50.00 T5 11 drivers tied with same % 1 50.00
T3 Martin Truex Jr. 1 50.00
T3 Ryan Blaney 1 50.00
Most Next Gen Gateway Stage Wins Most Next Gen Gateway Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
T1 Kurt Busch 1 50.00 T1 Kyle Busch 4 100
T1 Ryan Blaney 4 100
T3 Daniel Suarez 3 75.00
T1 Austin Cindric 1 25.00 T3 Denny Hamlin 3 75.00
T3 Joey Logano 3 75.00
T3 Ross Chastain 3 75.00
T1 Kyle Busch 1 25.00 T7 Aric Almirola 2 50.00
T7 Austin Cindric 2 50.00
T7 Christopher Bell 2 50.00
T1 Ryan Blaney 1 25.00 T7 Kevin Harvick 2 50.00
T7 Kyle Larson 2 50.00
T7 Martin Truex Jr. 2 50.00
T7 William Byron 2 50.00

There is no clear advantage for any manufacturer at Gateway as all 3 have won a stage and all 3 have a current driver that is T3rd or better in Stage T10’s.

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