Last week in the All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro we got to see some surprisingly good racing for the most part, and the yellow flag literally get thrown en route to Christopher Bell’s 1st career All-Star Race win. Now, we head to a race Bell won last year, albeit because of rain, the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Charlotte 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: Charlotte.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | S3 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 249 | 90 | 4th | 1st | 1st | 139.0 |
| 2 | 30 | Brad Keselowski | 249 | 1 | 8th | 5th | 2nd | 100.9 |
| 3 | 2 | William Byron | 249 | 49 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 123.2 |
| 4 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 249 | 0 | 29th | 10th | 4th | 83.9 |
| 5 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 249 | 0 | 25th | 4th | 5th | 106.1 |
| 6 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 249 | 74 | 2nd | 13th | 6th | 115.6 |
| 7 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 249 | 2 | 11th | 7th | 7th | 91.9 |
| 8 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 249 | 10 | 13th | 9th | 8th | 97.1 |
| 9 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 249 | 0 | 3rd | 6th | 9th | 105.6 |
| 10 | 13 | Josh Berry | 249 | 7 | 9th | 8th | 10th | 87.4 |
| 11 | 12 | Bubba Wallace | 249 | 0 | 6th | 3rd | 11th | 102.5 |
| 12 | 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 249 | 8 | 5th | 12th | 12th | 96.9 |
| 13 | 10 | Justin Allgaier | 249 | 0 | 26th | 23rd | 13th | 57.6 |
| 14 | 28 | Joey Lognao | 249 | 0 | 18th | 19th | 14th | 64.7 |
| 15 | 15 | Kyle Busch | 249 | 0 | 32nd | 15th | 15th | 72.9 |
| 16 | 9 | Michael McDowell | 249 | 6 | 10th | 16th | 16th | 81.7 |
| 17 | 35 | Todd Gilliland | 249 | 0 | 30th | 24th | 17th | 55.3 |
| 18 | 24 | Daniel Hemric | 249 | 0 | 20th | 17th | 18th | 76.4 |
| 19 | 34 | Erik Jones | 249 | 0 | 22nd | 18th | 19th | 66.3 |
| 20 | 17 | Austin Cindric | 249 | 0 | 16th | 26th | 20th | 65.7 |
| 21 | 20 | Carson Hocevar | 249 | 0 | 21st | 30th | 21st | 56.8 |
| 22 | 22 | Justin Haley | 249 | 0 | 14th | 20th | 22nd | 60.2 |
| 23 | 39 | Chris Buescher | 249 | 0 | 15th | 11th | 23rd | 76.3 |
| 24 | 14 | Daniel Suarez | 249 | 0 | 12th | 14th | 24th | 74.1 |
| 25 | 18 | Chase Briscoe | 249 | 0 | 19th | 21st | 25th | 66.5 |
| 26 | 31 | Ryan Preece | 249 | 0 | 34th | 33rd | 26th | 50.5 |
| 27 | 27 | Austin Dillon | 249 | 0 | 23rd | 28th | 27th | 44.8 |
| 28 | 36 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 249 | 2 | 31st | 27th | 28th | 44.9 |
| 29 | 29 | Jimmie Johnson | 249 | 0 | 27th | 31st | 29th | 43.3 |
| 30 | 26 | John H. Nemechek | 249 | 0 | 24th | 22nd | 30th | 52.0 |
| 31 | 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 249 | 0 | 33rd | 25th | 31st | 45.6 |
| 32 | 32 | Harrison Burton | 249 | 0 | 28th | 35th | 32nd | 48.0 |
| 33 | 25 | Zane Smith | 249 | 0 | 35th | 29th | 33rd | 37.0 |
| 34 | 33 | Kaz Grala | 249 | 0 | 36th | 32nd | 34th | 30.8 |
| 35 | 21 | Corey LaJoie | 249 | 0 | 38th | 34th | 35th | 31.2 |
| 36 | 38 | Ty Dillon | 247 | 0 | 39th | 36th | 36th | 28.3 |
| 37 | 37 | B.J. McLeod | 241 | 0 | 40th | 37th | 37th | 25.2 |
| 38 | 19 | Noah Gragson | 170 | 0 | 17th | 38th | 38th | 69.1 |
| 39 | 16 | Ryan Blaney | 143 | 0 | 7th | 39th | 39th | 80.0 |
| 40 | 40 | J.J. Yeley | 114 | 0 | 37th | 40th | 40th | 27.5 |
– With last year’s race only going halfway through Stage 3 it’s no surprise to see that all but one driver who finished Top 10 in Stage 2 finished Top 10 in the race as well.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 7.67 | 4th | 14th | 6 |
| 2 | Josh Berry | 10.00 | 10th | 10th | 1 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 12.42 | 1st | 42nd | 33 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 13.12 | 1st | 36th | 26 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 13.67 | 1st | 34th | 33 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 13.78 | 1st | 39th | 36 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 13.92 | 1st | 39th | 25 |
| 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.95 | 1st | 40th | 39 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | 14.00 | 1st | 24th | 6 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 14.85 | 1st | 38th | 13 |
| 11 | William Byron | 15.13 | 2nd | 39th | 8 |
| 12 | Ty Gibbs | 16.00 | 6th | 26th | 2 |
| 13 | Austin Dillon | 16.69 | 1st | 34th | 16 |
| 14 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 16.80 | 4th | 37th | 20 |
| 15 | Kyle Larson | 17.71 | 1st | 37th | 14 |
| T16 | Chase Briscoe | 18.00 | 4th | 25th | 4 |
| T16 | Cole Custer | 18.00 | 12th | 21st | 4 |
| 18 | Chris Buescher | 18.58 | 6th | 37th | 12 |
| 19 | Daniel Suarez | 19.30 | 6th | 28th | 10 |
| 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.67 | 13th | 30th | 3 |
| 21 | Ryan Blaney | 19.71 | 1st | 42nd | 14 |
| 22 | Erik Jones | 20.10 | 7th | 40th | 10 |
| 23 | Alex Bowman | 20.15 | 5th | 39th | 13 |
| 24 | Carson Hocevar | 21.00 | 21st | 21st | 1 |
| 25 | Zane Smith | 21.50 | 10th | 33rd | 2 |
| 26 | Bubba Wallace | 21.63 | 4th | 38th | 8 |
| 27 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21.82 | 5th | 43rd | 22 |
| 28 | Todd Gilliland | 22.00 | 16th | 33rd | 3 |
| 29 | Justin Haley | 23.00 | 15th | 28th | 4 |
| 30 | Ross Chastain | 23.29 | 8th | 37th | 7 |
| 31 | Casey Mears | 24.22 | 1st | 42nd | 27 |
| 32 | Anthony Alfredo | 25.00 | 25th | 25th | 1 |
| 33 | Ty Dillon | 25.44 | 13th | 36th | 9 |
| 34 | Corey LaJoie | 25.55 | 12th | 35th | 11 |
| 35 | Ryan Preece | 25.57 | 13th | 37th | 7 |
| 36 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 28.00 | 28th | 28th | 1 |
| 37 | Austin Cindric | 28.33 | 20th | 34th | 3 |
| 38 | Cody Ware | 28.67 | 18th | 38th | 3 |
| 39 | Michael McDowell | 28.68 | 8th | 42nd | 25 |
| 40 | Justin Allgaier | 29.60 | 13th | 43rd | 5 |
| 41 | B.J. McLeod | 30.78 | 19th | 37th | 9 |
| 42 | J.J. Yeley | 31.24 | 2nd | 43rd | 21 |
| 43 | Noah Gragson | 32.67 | 24th | 38th | 3 |
| 44 | Josh Bilicki | 35.67 | 35th | 36th | 3 |
– Just because you are overall bad at Charlotte doesn’t mean that you can’t have a good run as there are 8 drivers in the above table with a Top 10 finish here and an Avg. Finish over 20.0.
| Best Active Charlotte Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Charlotte Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 104.87 | 34 | 1 | Josh Berry | 92.37 | 1 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 103.59 | 32 | 2 | Ty Gibbs | 87.83 | 2 |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 98.22 | 6 | 3 | Tyler Reddick | 85.88 | 6 |
| 4 | William Byron | 96.05 | 8 | 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 81.87 | 32 |
| 5 | Denny Hamlin | 95.20 | 33 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 78.19 | 34 |
| 6 | Ty Gibbs | 94.85 | 2 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 74.50 | 33 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 94.81 | 13 | 7 | William Byron | 73.74 | 8 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 91.74 | 33 | 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 68.95 | 33 |
| 9 | Kyle Larson | 91.27 | 14 | 9 | Chase Elliott | 63.95 | 13 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 90.23 | 6 | 10 | Kyle Larson | 61.62 | 14 |
Tyler Reddick has been great at Charlotte in his Cup career as he’s top 3 in both tables above and is one of 6 active drivers to run every lap in his races here, but he’s not been so great at leading laps as he’s not even top 15 in Active Laps Led%. Image credit: Andy Coffee — PPN
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.98 | 39 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 6 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 11.45 | 36 | T1 | John Hunter Nemechek | 100 | 3 |
| 3 | Ty Gibbs | 11.40 | 2 | T1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 2 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8.95 | 33 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 100 | 1 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 7.55 | 14 | T1 | Josh Berry | 100 | 1 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 7.16 | 13 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| 7 | William Byron | 7.03 | 8 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 99.86 | 6 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 6.80 | 6 | 8 | Chase Briscoe | 99.79 | 4 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 6.11 | 7 | 9 | Ty Gibbs | 99.69 | 2 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 4.87 | 13 | 10 | Anthony Alfredo | 98.25 | 1 |
| Most Active Charlotte Starts | Most Active Charlotte Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 39 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 36 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 3 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 33 | T2 | Kyle Busch | 3 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 33 | T4 | Ty Gibbs | 1 |
| 5 | Casey Mears | 27 | T4 | William Byron | 1 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 26 | T4 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| T7 | Brad Keselowski | 25 | T4 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| T7 | Michael McDowell | 25 | |||
| 9 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 | T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 |
| 10 | J.J. Yeley | 21 | |||
Welcome Casey Mears to the Charlotte active drivers article as with his lone start this year he is now in the “Most Starts” table above and with this 2007 Coca-Cola 600 win he’s in the Win table below as well. Photo by Rusty Jarrett — Getty Images for NASCAR
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 8 | 20.51 | T4 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 7.14 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 9.09 | T4 | Austin Dillon | 1 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 8.00 | T4 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.85 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 16.67 | T4 | Casey Mears | 1 | 3.70 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 7.69 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 3.03 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 7.14 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 2.78 |
| Most Active Charlotte Top 3’s | Best Active Charlotte Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 14 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 35.90 | 14 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 11 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 30.77 | 4 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 3 | Kyle Busch | 30.56 | 11 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 4 | William Byron | 25.00 | 2 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 5 | Ryan Blaney | 21.43 | 3 |
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 21.21 | 7 |
| T6 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 16.67 | 1 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 3 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 15.15 | 5 |
| T9 | William Byron | 2 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 12.00 | 3 |
| T10 | 5 drivers tied | 1 | 10 | Joey Logano | 11.54 | 3 |
– Hendrick Motorsports has been really good at Charlotte as 3 drivers that have primarily driven for them are in the top 4 of the Top 3% table above, and the other one drove for them for a few years too.
| Most Active Charlotte Top 5’s | Best Active Charlotte Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 16 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 44.44 | 16 |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 16 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 41.03 | 16 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 12 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 38.46 | 5 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 8 | 4 | William Byron | 37.50 | 3 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 36.36 | 12 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 6 | T6 | Christopher Bell | 33.33 | 2 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 5 | T6 | Tyler Reddick | 33.33 | 2 |
| T8 | William Byron | 3 | T8 | Chase Briscoe | 25.00 | 1 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | ||||
| T10 | Christopher Bell | 2 | T8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 24.24 | 8 |
| T10 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | ||||
| T10 | Kyle Larson | 2 | T8 | Brad Keselowski | 24.00 | 6 |
| T10 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 2 | ||||
– With a Top 5 finish this weekend it is possible that Kyle Busch becomes the active leader in Top 5’s and Top 10’s here at Charlotte.
| Most Active Charlotte Top 10’s | Best Active Charlotte Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 22 | 1 | Josh Berry | 100 | 1 |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 22 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 83.33 | 5 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 21 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 63.64 | 21 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 14 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 61.11 | 22 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 11 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 56.41 | 22 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 11 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 53.85 | 7 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 7 | T7 | William Byron | 50.00 | 4 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 6 | T7 | Christopher Bell | 50.00 | 3 |
| T9 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | T7 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 1 |
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 5 | ||||
| T9 | Austin Dillon | 5 | T7 | Zane Smith | 50.00 | 1 |
| T9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 14.29 | T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 4.76 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 15.00 | T9 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 3.57 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 13.04 | T9 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 3.57 |
| T4 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 11.76 | T9 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 3.57 |
| T4 | William Byron | 2 | 8.70 | T9 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 3.57 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 7.14 | T9 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 3.57 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 2 | 7.14 | T9 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 3.57 |
Hendrick Motorsports is the only team to have all of their drivers racing for them this weekend in both the table above and both tables below, so don’t be surprised if they do well in stages this weekend. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images
| Most Active Charlotte Stage T10’s | Best Active Charlotte Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 18 | 1 | Josh Berry | 100 | 3 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 18 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 70.59 | 12 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 16 | 3 | Kyle Larson | 70.00 | 14 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | 4 | Ty Gibbs | 66.67 | 4 |
| T5 | Alex Bowman | 15 | 5 | Alex Bowman | 65.22 | 15 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 15 | T6 | Kyle Busch | 64.29 | 18 |
| T7 | Kyle Larson | 14 | T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 64.29 | 18 |
| T7 | William Byron | 14 | 8 | William Byron | 60.87 | 14 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 12 | T9 | Chase Elliott | 57.14 | 16 |
| T10 | Austin Dillon | 11 | T9 | Denny Hamlin | 57.14 | 16 |
| T10 | Joey Logano | 11 | ||||
| Most Active Charlotte Starts without Win | Most Active Charlotte Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 25 | 1 | Casey Mears | 27 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 | 2 | Joey Logano | 26 |
| 3 | J.J.Yeley | 21 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 25 |
| 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 | 4 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 |
| 5 | Alex Bowman | 13 | 5 | J.J.Yeley | 21 |
| 6 | Chris Buescher | 12 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 |
| 7 | Corey LaJoie | 11 | 7 | Austin Dillon | 16 |
| T8 | Daniel Suarez | 10 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 14 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 10 | T9 | Alex Bowman | 13 |
| T10 | B.J. McLeod | 9 | T9 | Chase Elliott | 13 |
| T10 | Ty Dillon | 9 | |||
– Of the 11 drivers in the “Without Win” table above 8 of them are racing this weekend looking to take their name off of this list.
| Most Active Charlotte Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Charlotte Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 25 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 25 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 | 2 | Chris Buescher | 12 |
| 3 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 | 3 | Corey LaJoie | 11 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 13 | T4 | Daniel Suarez | 10 |
| 5 | Chris Buescher | 12 | T4 | Erik Jones | 10 |
– Of the 16 active drivers with 13+ Cup starts here at Charlotte only Michael McDowell has yet to score a Top 5 finish here.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Corey LaJoie | 11 |
| T2 | B.J. McLeod | 9 |
| T2 | Ty Dillon | 9 |
| 4 | Ryan Preece | 7 |
| 5 | Justin Allgaier | 5 |
– Of the 5 drivers in the table above only Ty Dillon and Ryan Preece are racing this weekend and thus have a chance to take their name off the list.
| Most Active Charlotte Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Charlotte Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 28 | 1 | Corey LaJoie | 28 |
| T1 | Corey LaJoie | 28 | T2 | B.J. McLeod | 25 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 28 | T2 | Ty Dillon | 25 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 28 | 4 | Ryan Preece | 20 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 28 | 5 | J.J. Yeley | 17 |
| T6 | B.J. McLeod | 25 | 6 | Justin Haley | 12 |
| T6 | Ty Dillon | 25 | 7 | A.J. Allmendinger | 11 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 23 | T8 | Austin Cindric | 9 |
| 9 | Jimmie Johnson | 22 | T8 | Cody Ware | 9 |
| 10 | Ryan Preece | 20 | T8 | Noah Gragson | 9 |
| T8 | Todd Gilliland | 9 | |||
For as much success as Jimmie Johnson has had at Charlotte he has yet to get a Stage Win in 22 stages here. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| William Byron | 2 | Top 3’s | Christopher Bell | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 2 | Top 5’s | Josh Berry | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 4 | Top 10’s | Chase Elliott | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | Stage Wins | Denny Hamlin | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| William Byron | 6 | Stage T10’s | Ross Chastain | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 4 | Stage T10’s | Tyler Reddick | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Brad Keselowski | 3 | Stage T10’s |
– Tyler Reddick and William Byron are on some impressive streaks at Charlotte as they make up 5 of the 13 streaks in the table above.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-14 | 40.75 | Ryan Blaney | 1st | 7 | 2024-14 | 19.68 | William Byron | 3rd |
| 2 | 2022-14 | 37.05 | Ross Chastain | 15th | 8 | 2022-14 | 12.35 | Kyle Larson | 9th |
| 3 | 2024-14 | 36.14 | Christopher Bell | 1st | 9 | 2023-14 | 12.00 | Christopher Bell | 24th |
| 4 | 2024-14 | 29.72 | Ty Gibbs | 6th | T10 | 2022-14 | 8.72 | Kyle Busch | 2nd |
| 5 | 2023-14 | 22.75 | William Byron | 2nd | T10 | 2022-14 | 8.72 | Daniel Suarez | 25th |
| 6 | 2022-14 | 20.82 | Chase Elliott | 33rd |
– Leading over 8% of laps in a Next Gen car at Charlotte can be rewarding as 5 of the 11 drivers have finished Top 3, but also 4 of the 11 have finished 15th or worse.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-14 | Ryan Blaney | 144.9 | 1st | 6 | 2023-14 | Tyler Reddick | 117.0 | 5th |
| 2 | 2024-14 | Christopher Bell | 139.0 | 1st | 7 | 2024-14 | Ty Gibbs | 115.6 | 6th |
| 3 | 2024-14 | William Byron | 123.2 | 3rd | 8 | 2022-14 | Denny Hamlin | 114.9 | 1st |
| 4 | 2023-14 | William Byron | 121.8 | 2nd | 9 | 2022-14 | Tyler Reddick | 113.6 | 6th |
| 5 | 2022-14 | Ross Chastain | 121.3 | 15th | 10 | 2023-14 | Martin Truex Jr. | 107.5 | 3rd |
Ross Chastain (leader on right side of picture) ran a very good race here in 2022 as he is the only driver to finish out of the Top 6 in the table above. Photo by Jeffrey Vest — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2024-14 | William Byron | 99.20 | 3rd | 6 | 2023-14 | Tyler Reddick | 97.00 | 5th |
| T2 | 2023-14 | Ryan Blaney | 99.00 | 1st | 7 | 2024-14 | Alex Bowman | 96.39 | 9th |
| T2 | 2023-14 | William Byron | 99.00 | 2nd | 8 | 2022-14 | Denny Hamlin | 96.37 | 1st |
| 4 | 2024-14 | Ty Gibbs | 98.80 | 6th | 9 | 2023-14 | Martin Truex Jr. | 95.25 | 3rd |
| 5 | 2024-14 | Christopher Bell | 98.39 | 1st | 10 | 2024-14 | Bubba Wallace | 95.18 | 11th |
– In the 3 Next Gen Charlotte races no driver has ran every lap of a race in the Top 15.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-40) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 1st | 3.00 | 1 | 40th | 40.00 |
| 2 | 8th | 3.67 | 2 | 37th | 36.33 |
| 3 | 15th | 8.00 | 3 | 38th | 36.00 |
| 4 | 3rd | 8.33 | 4 | 36th | 33.00 |
| 5 | 10th | 9.33 | 5 | 32nd | 31.67 |
| 6 | 18th | 10.33 | 6 | 19th | 30.00 |
| 7 | 7th | 13.33 | 7 | 21st | 29.00 |
| 8 | 11th | 14.00 | 8 | 35th | 26.67 |
| T9 | 2nd | 15.00 | 9 | 6th | 25.67 |
| T9 | 5th | 15.00 | T10 | 16th | 25.33 |
| T10 | 23rd | 25.33 | |||
– Based on the table above you want to start 1st or 8th this weekend, but starting out of the Top 20 is a bit dicey.
| Best Next Gen Charlotte Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Charlotte Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 107.57 | 3 | 1 | Josh Berry | 92.37 | 1 |
| 2 | William Byron | 105.40 | 3 | 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 89.17 | 3 |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 104.83 | 3 | 3 | Ty Gibbs | 87.83 | 2 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 98.00 | 3 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 77.97 | 3 |
| 5 | Ryan Blaney | 96.23 | 3 | 5 | William Byron | 76.93 | 3 |
| 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 95.00 | 3 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 76.37 | 3 |
| 7 | Ty Gibbs | 94.85 | 2 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 71.28 | 3 |
| 8 | Ross Chastain | 92.07 | 3 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 70.60 | 2 |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 91.87 | 3 | 9 | Ross Chastain | 70.06 | 3 |
| 10 | Josh Berry | 87.40 | 1 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 69.77 | 3 |
– Look for Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron to be strong this weekend as they are the only drivers in both tables above and both tables below.
| Best Next Gen Charlotte Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Charlotte Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 5.00 | 3 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 15.54 | 3 |
| 2 | Kevin Harvick | 7.00 | 2 | 2 | Ross Chastain | 15.35 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 7.67 | 3 | 3 | William Byron | 13.28 | 3 |
| 4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 9.00 | 3 | 4 | Christopher Bell | 12.99 | 3 |
| T5 | Christopher Bell | 10.00 | 3 | 5 | Ty Gibbs | 11.40 | 2 |
| T5 | Josh Berry | 10.00 | 1 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 8.85 | 3 |
| 7 | Alex Bowman | 10.33 | 3 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 6.40 | 2 |
| 8 | William Byron | 12.33 | 3 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 4.43 | 3 |
| 9 | Justin Allgaier | 13.00 | 1 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 3.48 | 3 |
| 10 | Denny Hamlin | 13.67 | 3 | 10 | Daniel Suarez | 3.39 | 3 |
| Next Gen Charlotte Win List | Next Gen Charlotte Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Denny Hamliln | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Ty Gibbs | 1 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 | |||
– There has only been 3 races in the Next Gen at Charlotte, but Denny Hamlin is already on both the Win and Pole list in the tables above.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | William Byron | 2 | 66.67 |
| T2 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 33.33 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 33.33 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 33.33 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 33.33 |
| T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 |
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 |
– William Byron has been really good here in the Next Gen as he’s the only driver to have multiple Top 3 finishes in the 3 races run here.
| Most Next Gen Charlotte Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Charlotte Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 66.67 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 100 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 | T2 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 66.67 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 66.67 | T2 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 66.67 |
| T1 | William Byron | 2 | 66.67 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 | T2 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 33.33 | T2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 33.33 | T2 | William Byron | 2 | 66.67 |
| T5 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | Josh Berry | 1 | 100 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 |
| T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 50.00 |
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Zane Smith | 1 | 50.00 | ||||
Out of the 29 drivers to start all 3 Next Gen Charlotte races only Tyler Reddick has finished all 3 in the Top 10. Photo by David Jensen — Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Charlotte Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Charlotte Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 22.22 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 7 | 77.78 |
| T1 | William Byron | 2 | 22.22 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 7 | 77.78 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 11.11 | T3 | Ross Chastain | 6 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 11.11 | T3 | William Byron | 6 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 11.11 | T5 | Alex Bowman | 5 | 55.56 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 5 | 55.56 | ||||
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 11.11 | T5 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 55.56 |
| T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 55.56 | ||||
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 11.11 | T5 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 55.56 |
| T10 | Ty Gibbs | 4 | 66.67 | ||||
– In addition to Ty Gibbs having 4 Next Gen Stage T10’s Bubba Wallace and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. also have 4 Next Gen Stage T10’s, but with a worse Stage T10%.