Two weeks ago we saw a good race that also was a fuel mileage race towards the end that saw Denny Hamlin win. Then we headed to Mexico where Hamlin did not race, but we saw a road racing domination by SVG winning by over 15 seconds. Now we head to a track that is a mix of the two as it is a Big Track (Michigan), but has strategy like a Road Course (Mexico) as we head to Pocono. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Pocono 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: Pocono.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 160 | 44 | 29th | 27th | 132.4 |
| 2 | 4 | Denny Hamlin | 160 | 31 | 2nd | 1st | 131.4 |
| 3 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 160 | 0 | 6th | 7th | 96.5 |
| 4 | 2 | William Byron | 160 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 102.0 |
| 5 | 10 | Joey Logano | 160 | 3 | 7th | 9th | 97.0 |
| 6 | 7 | Tyler Reddick | 160 | 0 | 3rd | 10th | 92.5 |
| 7 | 14 | Brad Keselowski | 160 | 20 | 8th | 3rd | 115.1 |
| 8 | 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 160 | 14 | 1st | 30th | 108.7 |
| 9 | 11 | Chase Elliott | 160 | 0 | 5th | 2nd | 106.1 |
| 10 | 29 | Bubba Wallace | 160 | 0 | 36th | 18th | 66.8 |
| 11 | 18 | Chris Buescher | 160 | 19 | 11th | 24th | 101.6 |
| 12 | 13 | Christopher Bell | 160 | 0 | 9th | 8th | 86.0 |
| 13 | 12 | Kyle Larson | 160 | 0 | 32nd | 6th | 83.2 |
| 14 | 23 | Erik Jones | 160 | 0 | 10th | 5th | 81.0 |
| 15 | 28 | Chase Briscoe | 160 | 0 | 14th | 12th | 75.5 |
| 16 | 16 | Daniel Suarez | 160 | 0 | 15th | 16th | 67.7 |
| 17 | 15 | Carson Hocevar | 160 | 0 | 13th | 26th | 64.3 |
| 18 | 20 | Austin Cindric | 160 | 0 | 35th | 31st | 62.3 |
| 19 | 30 | Corey LaJoie | 160 | 0 | 16th | 11th | 66.3 |
| 20 | 5 | Josh Berry | 160 | 8 | 33rd | 25th | 68.7 |
| 21 | 26 | A.J. Allmendinger | 160 | 0 | 23rd | 14th | 53.0 |
| 22 | 34 | Justin Haley | 160 | 0 | 27th | 23rd | 46.0 |
| 23 | 17 | Austin Dillon | 160 | 0 | 25th | 21st | 44.8 |
| 24 | 21 | Michael McDowell | 158 | 0 | 12th | 20th | 57.2 |
| 25 | 27 | Daniel Hemric | 153 | 0 | 22nd | 34th | 35.7 |
| 26 | 35 | Cody Ware | 134 | 0 | 26th | 28th | 33.2 |
| 27 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 132 | 21 | 30th | 29th | 79.5 |
| 28 | 32 | John Hunter Nemechek | 126 | 0 | 18th | 19th | 42.2 |
| 29 | 9 | Zane Smith | 126 | 0 | 34th | 33rd | 63.2 |
| 30 | 36 | Ryan Preece | 121 | 0 | 21st | 13th | 47.2 |
| 31 | 22 | Harrison Burton | 121 | 0 | 19th | 17th | 43.2 |
| 32 | 24 | Kyle Busch | 120 | 0 | 20th | 32nd | 34.8 |
| 33 | 31 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 120 | 0 | 17th | 15th | 51.2 |
| 34 | 33 | Todd Gilliland | 115 | 0 | 24th | 22nd | 33.2 |
| 35 | 37 | J.J. Yeley | 112 | 0 | 28th | 35th | 25.2 |
| 36 | 19 | Ross Chastain | 53 | 0 | 31st | 36th | 40.5 |
| 37 | 25 | Noah Gragson | 13 | 0 | 37th | 37th | 24.5 |
– Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin had two very different strategies that led to their 1-2 finish last year as Blaney had an Avg. Stage Finish of 28.0 and Hamlin had an Avg. Stage Finish of 1.5.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | William Byron | 9.36 | 3rd | 18th | 11 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 10.78 | 1st | 38th | 27 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 11.26 | 1st | 43rd | 35 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 11.65 | 2nd | 33rd | 17 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 12.74 | 1st | 42nd | 38 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 13.40 | 1st | 33rd | 15 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 13.47 | 1st | 38th | 15 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | 13.54 | 2nd | 38th | 13 |
| 9 | Tyler Reddick | 13.57 | 2nd | 35th | 7 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 13.97 | 1st | 38th | 35 |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs | 16.00 | 5th | 27th | 3 |
| 12 | Christopher Bell | 16.29 | 4th | 39th | 7 |
| 13 | Kyle Busch | 16.32 | 1st | 43rd | 37 |
| 14 | Daniel Suarez | 16.69 | 2nd | 36th | 13 |
| 15 | Carson Hocevar | 17.00 | 17th | 17th | 1 |
| 16 | Alex Bowman | 17.33 | 1st | 31st | 15 |
| 17 | Joey Logano | 17.48 | 1st | 40th | 29 |
| 18 | Austin Dillon | 19.11 | 10th | 37th | 19 |
| 19 | Bubba Wallace | 19.17 | 5th | 38th | 12 |
| T20 | Chris Buescher | 20.00 | 1st | 37th | 15 |
| T20 | Josh Berry | 20.00 | 20th | 20th | 1 |
| 22 | Chase Briscoe | 20.80 | 15th | 29th | 5 |
| 23 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22.29 | 7th | 42nd | 21 |
| 24 | Justin Allgaier | 22.40 | 16th | 27th | 5 |
| 25 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22.54 | 7th | 39th | 24 |
| 26 | Ty Dillon | 23.00 | 17th | 29th | 12 |
| 27 | Cole Custer | 23.29 | 16th | 38th | 7 |
| 28 | Casey Mears | 23.39 | 4th | 43rd | 28 |
| 29 | John Hunter Nemechek | 23.67 | 19th | 28th | 3 |
| 30 | Austin Cindric | 24.00 | 18th | 31st | 3 |
| 31 | Ryan Preece | 24.63 | 8th | 37th | 8 |
| 32 | Todd Gilliland | 24.67 | 15th | 34th | 3 |
| 33 | Justin Haley | 25.75 | 21st | 33rd | 4 |
| 34 | Michael McDowell | 25.82 | 6th | 43rd | 22 |
| 35 | Ryan Truex | 26.00 | 20th | 32nd | 2 |
| 36 | Corey LaJoie | 26.83 | 19th | 39th | 12 |
| 37 | Noah Gragson | 27.67 | 22nd | 37th | 3 |
| 38 | Ross Chastain | 28.56 | 13th | 36th | 9 |
| 39 | Cody Ware | 28.80 | 25th | 39th | 5 |
| 40 | Zane Smith | 29.00 | 29th | 29th | 1 |
| 41 | Anthony Alfredo | 30.00 | 26th | 34th | 2 |
| 42 | J.J. Yeley | 31.79 | 11th | 43rd | 24 |
| 43 | B.J. McLeod | 33.75 | 29th | 40th | 8 |
| 44 | Josh Bilicki | 34.00 | 32nd | 35th | 6 |
– William Byron leads all active drivers in Avg. Finish here at Pocono, but among the top 10 drivers in the table above he is also the only one to not have a Top 2 finish here.
| Best Active Pocono Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Pocono Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 108.73 | 35 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 81.73 | 35 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 96.95 | 32 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 76.61 | 17 |
| 3 | William Byron | 96.69 | 11 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 74.40 | 15 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 95.81 | 17 | 4 | William Byron | 71.27 | 11 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 95.62 | 37 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 69.89 | 32 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 94.39 | 27 | 6 | Kyle Busch | 68.22 | 37 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 93.95 | 15 | 7 | Erik Jones | 66.23 | 13 |
| 8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 89.76 | 35 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 63.73 | 7 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 89.63 | 15 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 62.67 | 27 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 89.31 | 13 | 10 | Ryan Blaney | 62.49 | 15 |

Denny Hamlin is definitely the best active driver at Pocono as he is the best in both tables above and in the Laps Led% table below. Photo by Stephen A. Arce — Icon SMI — Icon Sport Media via Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 14.76 | 35 | T1 | William Byron | 100 | 11 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 11.19 | 38 | T1 | Chase Briscoe | 100 | 5 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 9.41 | 37 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 100 | 1 |
| 4 | William Byron | 7.80 | 11 | T1 | Josh Berry | 100 | 1 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 6.97 | 29 | 5 | Justin Allgaier | 99.74 | 5 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 5.95 | 17 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 99.61 | 15 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 5.73 | 27 | 7 | Ty Dillon | 99.52 | 12 |
| 8 | Ty Gibbs | 5.21 | 3 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 99.51 | 17 |
| 9 | Josh Berry | 5.00 | 1 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | 99.12 | 7 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 4.66 | 35 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 98.98 | 27 |
| Most Active Pocono Starts | Most Active Pocono Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 38 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 37 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 4 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 35 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 35 | T4 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 29 | T4 | William Byron | 2 |
| 6 | Casey Mears | 28 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 27 | T6 | Casey Mears | 1 |
| T8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 | T6 | Daniel Suarez | 1 |
| T8 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | |||
| 10 | Michael McDowell | 22 | T6 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| T6 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | |||
– This weekend Kyle Busch will tie Jimmie Johnson for the most Pocono starts among active drivers.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 20.00 | T6 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 6.67 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 10.81 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 6.67 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 7.89 | T6 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 6.67 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 13.33 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.70 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 5.71 | T6 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.45 |
– An interesting note about the Win table above, the top 3 drivers in points coming into this weekend (Byron, Larson, Bell) have yet to find victory lane here at Pocono.
| Most Active Pocono Top 3’s | Best Active Pocono Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 31.43 | 11 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 9 | 2 | Erik Jones | 30.77 | 4 |
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 3 | Tyler Reddick | 28.57 | 2 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 25.93 | 7 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 6 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 24.32 | 9 |
| 6 | Erik Jones | 4 | T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 20.00 | 7 |
| 7 | Alex Bowman | 3 | T6 | Alex Bowman | 20.00 | 3 |
| T8 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 15.79 | 6 |
| T8 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | 9 | Daniel Suarez | 15.38 | 2 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | ||||
| T8 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 10 | Ryan Blaney | 13.33 | 2 |
| T8 | Joey Logano | 2 | ||||
– If Chris Buescher, William Byron, or Chase Elliott can get a Top 3 finish this weekend they would get their 2nd Pocono Top 3 and join the T8 club in the Top 3’s table above
| Most Active Pocono Top 5’s | Best Active Pocono Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 45.71 | 16 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 11 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 40.74 | 11 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 11 | 3 | Erik Jones | 38.46 | 5 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 11 | 4 | Ty Gibbs | 33.33 | 1 |
| 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 29.73 | 11 |
| T6 | Erik Jones | 5 | 6 | Kyle Larson | 29.41 | 5 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 28.95 | 11 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 5 | T8 | Christopher Bell | 28.57 | 2 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 4 | T8 | Tyler Reddick | 28.57 | 2 |
| T10 | William Byron | 3 | ||||
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 10 | William Byron | 27.27 | 3 |
| T10 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | ||||
– If Pocono keeps just one race date a year then it will be at least 2029 before any active driver ties Denny Hamlin for most active Pocono Top 5’s.
| Most Active Pocono Top 10’s | Best Active Pocono Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 23 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 66.67 | 10 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 20 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 65.71 | 23 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 18 | 3 | Erik Jones | 61.54 | 8 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 16 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 59.26 | 16 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 16 | 5 | Tyler Reddick | 57.14 | 4 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 11 | 6 | William Byron | 54.55 | 6 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 52.94 | 9 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 9 | 8 | Jimmie Johnson | 52.63 | 20 |
| 9 | Erik Jones | 8 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 48.65 | 18 |
| 10 | Ryan Blaney | 7 | 10 | Ryan Blaney | 46.67 | 7 |
– Denny Hamlin has been amazing at Pocono as he ranks 1st in every table above from Poles down to Top 10% table, except Top 10% where is a measly 2nd.
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 22.73 | T5 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 5.56 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 15.38 | T5 | William Byron | 1 | 4.55 |
| 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 11.54 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.85 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 2 | 7.69 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 3.85 |
| T5 | Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 6.25 | T5 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 3.85 |

Look out for Kyle Larson to do well in stages this weekend as he has the best Stage Win% and Stage T10% among active drivers. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Most Active Pocono Stage T10’s | Best Active Pocono Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 19 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 77.27 | 17 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 18 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 73.08 | 19 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 17 | 3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 69.23 | 18 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 14 | T4 | Chase Elliott | 53.85 | 14 |
| T4 | Denny Hamlin | 14 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 53.85 | 14 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 14 | T4 | Ryan Blaney | 53.85 | 14 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 13 | T7 | Kyle Busch | 50.00 | 13 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 12 | T7 | William Byron | 50.00 | 11 |
| 9 | William Byron | 11 | 9 | Joey Logano | 46.15 | 12 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 10 | 10 | Alex Bowman | 45.45 | 10 |
| Most Active Pocono Starts without Win | Most Active Pocono Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 28 | T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 |
| T2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 | T1 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| T2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 22 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 22 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 19 |
| 6 | Austin Dillon | 19 | T6 | Alex Bowman | 15 |
| 7 | Kyle Larson | 17 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 15 |
| T8 | Daniel Suarez | 13 | T6 | Chris Buescher | 15 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 13 | 9 | Erik Jones | 13 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 12 | T10 | Bubba Wallace | 12 |
| T10 | Corey LaJoie | 12 | T10 | Corey LaJoie | 12 |
| T10 | Ty Dillon | 12 | T10 | Ty Dillon | 12 |

Thanks to this flat tire in the first 2021 Pocono race Kyle Larson has remained on the “Most starts without a Win” list above. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Most Active Pocono Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Pocono Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 28 | T1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 |
| T2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 | T1 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| T2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 22 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 22 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 19 |
– Casey Mears is the only active driver with 13+ starts here at Pocono to score a Top 5 finish here but not record a Top 3 finish.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| T2 | Corey LaJoie | 12 |
| T2 | Ty Dillon | 12 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | 9 |
| 5 | B.J. McLeod | 8 |

J.J. Yeley has had no luck here at Pocono as he is the only driver in every “without” table above. Photo by David Hahn — Corbis — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Active Pocono Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Pocono Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 26 | T1 | B.J. McLeod | 16 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 26 | T1 | J.J. Yeley | 16 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 26 | T1 | Ryan Preece | 16 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 26 | 4 | Josh Bilicki | 12 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 26 | T5 | Chase Briscoe | 10 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 26 | T5 | Cody Ware | 10 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 26 | T7 | Austin Cindric | 6 |
| T8 | Bubba Wallace | 24 | T7 | John H. Nemechek | 6 |
| T8 | Corey LaJoie | 24 | T7 | Noah Gragson | 6 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 22 | T7 | Todd Gilliland | 6 |
– With B.J. McLeod and J.J. Yeley not competing this weekend then Ryan Preece would have the most stage starts here without a Stage T10 among active drivers if he can’t get one this weekend.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Denny Hamlin | 2 | Top 2’s | William Byron | 3 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 4 | Top 10’s | Brad Keselowski | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chase Elliott | 3 | Top 10’s | Chase Elliott | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | Top 10’s | Christopher Bell | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 4 | Stage T10’s | Erik Jones | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 4 | Stage T10’s | Joey Logano | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 3 | Stage T10’s |
– Denny Hamlin and Tyler Reddick have been on quite the streaks here of late as in the last 2 Pocono races neither of them have finished out of the Top 10 in any of the 6 stages.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-21 | 39.38 | Kyle Busch | 36th | T6 | 2022-21 | 13.13 | Denny Hamlin | 35th |
| 2 | 2023-21 | 37.50 | William Byron | 14th | T6 | 2023-21 | 13.13 | Joey Logano | 35th |
| 3 | 2024-21 | 27.50 | Ryan Blaney | 1st | T6 | 2024-21 | 13.13 | Ty Gibbs | 27th |
| 4 | 2024-21 | 19.38 | Denny Hamlin | 2nd | T9 | 2023-21 | 12.50 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3rd |
| 5 | 2023-21 | 15.00 | Kyle Larson | 20th | T9 | 2024-21 | 12.50 | Brad Keselowski | 7th |
– Leading a lot of laps at Pocono in the Next Gen car has not paid off as 6 of the 10 drivers above didn’t even finish in the Top 10, but last year the drivers with the best Laps Led% finished Top 2.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-21 | Kyle Busch | 139.3 | 36th | 6 | 2023-21 | Martin Truex Jr. | 123.2 | 3rd |
| 2 | 2024-21 | Ryan Blaney | 132.4 | 1st | 7 | 2023-21 | Denny Hamlin | 118.7 | 1st |
| 3 | 2024-21 | Denny Hamlin | 131.4 | 2nd | 8 | 2024-21 | Brad Keselowski | 115.1 | 7th |
| 4 | 2022-21 | Denny Hamlin | 129.0 | 35th | 9 | 2023-21 | Ty Gibbs | 110.7 | 5th |
| 5 | 2023-21 | William Byron | 124.1 | 14th | 10 | 2023-21 | Tyler Reddick | 109.6 | 2nd |

The table above is a little misleading as Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin finished 1st and 2nd in 2022, but got disqualified after the race to finish 35th and 36th. Photo by Rich Graessle — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-21 | Kyle Busch | 98.75 | 36th | T5 | 2024-21 | Joey Logano | 93.13 | 5th |
| 2 | 2023-21 | Martin Truex Jr. | 96.88 | 3rd | T7 | 2023-21 | Tyler Reddick | 91.25 | 2nd |
| 3 | 2024-21 | Brad Keselowski | 96.25 | 7th | T7 | 2024-21 | Christopher Bell | 91.25 | 12th |
| 4 | 2024-21 | Denny Hamlin | 95.00 | 2nd | 9 | 2024-21 | Chase Elliott | 90.00 | 9th |
| T5 | 2023-21 | Denny Hamlin | 93.13 | 1st | 10 | 2022-21 | Denny Hamlin | 89.38 | 35th |
– Watch out for Denny Hamlin to be in the Top 15 a lot this weekend as he is the only driver in the table above more than once, and he’s actually in it 3 times.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 8th | 3.00 | 1 | 37th | 35.00 |
| 2 | 4th | 3.67 | 2 | 31st | 30.67 |
| 3 | 7th | 5.33 | 3 | 33rd | 30.00 |
| 4 | 11th | 6.00 | 4 | 19th | 29.00 |
| 5 | 3rd | 9.67 | 5 | 1st | 25.33 |
| 6 | 10th | 10.67 | 6 | 20th | 24.33 |
| 7 | 16th | 11.67 | 7 | 30th | 24.00 |
| 8 | 18th | 13.67 | T8 | 6th | 23.67 |
| T9 | 2nd | 14.33 | T8 | 36th | 23.67 |
| T9 | 13th | 14.33 | 10 | 17th | 23.33 |
| T9 | 26th | 14.33 | |||
–Â In the 3 Next Gen races at Pocono starting position hasn’t matter too much as starting 1st and 6th have been bad, but 16th, 18th, and 26th haven’t been that bad.
| Best Next Gen Pocono Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Pocono Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 126.37 | 3 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 92.50 | 3 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 107.00 | 3 | 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 89.38 | 3 |
| 3 | William Byron | 102.93 | 3 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 82.08 | 3 |
| 4 | Tyler Reddick | 99.23 | 3 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 81.67 | 3 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 99.13 | 3 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 77.29 | 3 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 95.57 | 3 | 6 | William Byron | 76.46 | 3 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 92.87 | 3 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 76.04 | 3 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 92.60 | 3 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 70.83 | 3 |
| 9 | Erik Jones | 84.87 | 3 | 9 | Erik Jones | 67.29 | 3 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 83.40 | 3 | 10 | Alex Bowman | 65.63 | 3 |

Lets give Erik Jones a little love as his Pocono Next Gen races have him 9th in both tables above and 7th in the Avg. Finish table below. Photo by Rich Graessle — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Best Next Gen Pocono Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Pocono Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 3.33 | 3 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 13.13 | 3 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6.00 | 3 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 12.71 | 3 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 6.67 | 3 | 3 | William Byron | 12.50 | 3 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 7.33 | 3 | 4 | Ryan Blaney | 11.04 | 3 |
| 5 | Bubba Wallace | 9.67 | 3 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 8.75 | 3 |
| 6 | William Byron | 10.00 | 3 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7.50 | 3 |
| 7 | Erik Jones | 10.67 | 3 | 7 | Ty Gibbs | 5.21 | 3 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 12.33 | 3 | T8 | Joey Logano | 5.00 | 3 |
| 9 | Aric Almirola | 12.50 | 2 | T8 | Josh Berry | 5.00 | 1 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 12.67 | 3 | ||||
| T10 | Denny Hamlin | 12.67 | 3 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 4.17 | 3 |
| T10 | Kyle Larson | 12.67 | 3 | ||||
| Next Gen Pocono Win List | Next Gen Pocono Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | Ty Gibbs | 1 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 | T1 | William Byron | 1 |
– No driver has yet to win multiple races or Poles in the Next Gen car, but Denny Hamlin has won one of each.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 |
– In the 3 Next Gen Pocono races only one Ford has a Top 3 finish, but that finish was Ryan Blaney’s victory last year.
| Most Next Gen Pocono Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Pocono Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 100 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 66.67 | T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 100 |
| T3 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 100 |
| T3 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 33.33 | T4 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 33.33 | T4 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 33.33 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 33.33 | T4 | Erik Jones | 2 | 66.67 |
| T3 | Joey Logano | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | 12 drivers tied w/ same % | 1 | 33.33 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 | ||||
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 33.33 | ||||
| T3 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 33.33 | ||||
| T3 | William Byron | 1 | 33.33 | ||||
– Chase Elliott and Tyler Reddick are the only drivers racing this weekend to finish all 3 Pocono Next Gen races in the Top 10, and they hope to continue that this weekend.
| Most Next Gen Pocono Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Pocono Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 33.33 | T1 | Erik Jones | 5 | 83.33 |
| T1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 83.33 | ||||
| T1 | William Byron | 5 | 83.33 | ||||
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 16.67 | T4 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 66.67 |
| T4 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 66.67 | ||||
| T2 | Joey Logano | 1 | 16.67 | T4 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 66.67 |
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 66.67 | ||||
| T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 16.67 | T8 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 50.00 | ||||
| T2 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 16.67 | T8 | Joey Logano | 3 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | 50.00 | ||||
– Kyle Larson is the only driver to have multiple Stage Wins at Pocono in the Next Gen car.