At Martinsville last week it was Playoff driver domination as 6 of them finished in the Top 8, but only one could win as William Byron had the walk-off to clinch his spot in the Championship 4. Now, we head to the season finale where we will crown the 2025 season Champion, Phoenix. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Phoenix 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: Phoenix.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2025 Cup Series season.
 
Last Phoenix Race (03/09/25)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 11 Christopher Bell 312 105 4th 1st 139.1
2 10 Denny Hamlin 312 3 8th 6th 110.3
3 17 Kyle Larson 312 0 10th 9th 101.9
4 4 Josh Berry 312 0 6th 10th 101.7
5 13 Chris Buescher 312 0 12th 12th 86.2
6 1 William Byron 312 83 1st 3rd 121.1
7 32 Alex Bowman 312 0 17th 16th 79.3
8 15 Kyle Busch 312 0 11th 13th 90.0
9 26 Zane Smith 312 0 20th 18th 71.8
10 6 Chase Elliott 312 0 9th 15th 81.7
11 24 Ross Chastain 312 0 14th 11th 83.5
12 21 Austin Dillon 312 0 23rd 19th 65.7
13 2 Joey Logano 312 81 29th 2nd 100.0
14 36 John Hunter Nemechek 312 0 31st 21st 59.7
15 28 Ryan Preece 312 34 3rd 14th 96.5
16 25 Ty Dillon 312 0 35th 25th 55.6
17 27 Todd Gilliland 312 0 22nd 24th 55.8
18 5 Erik Jones 312 0 13th 20th 70.0
19 14 Austin Cindric 312 6 15th 7th 79.4
20 9 Tyler Reddick 312 0 2nd 5th 98.8
21 22 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 311 0 27th 26th 44.7
22 16 A.J. Allmendinger 311 0 25th 23rd 48.7
23 31 Daniel Suarez 308 0 28th 8th 65.8
24 35 Cody Ware 306 0 36th 27th 36.3
25 34 Ty Gibbs 304 0 34th 22nd 47.0
26 33 Noah Gragson 303 0 18th 29th 51.2
27 7 Michael McDowell 290 0 26th 30th 43.8
28 12 Ryan Blaney 289 0 5th 4th 90.2
29 19 Bubba Wallace 265 0 24th 17th 59.0
30 37 Katherine Legge 210 0 37th 28th 30.8
31 29 Shane Van Gisbergen 100 0 33rd 31st 29.3
32 23 Cole Custer 99 0 32nd 32nd 29.5
33 20 Brad Keselowski 99 0 16th 33rd 47.5
34 8 Justin Haley 98 0 21st 34th 48.5
35 30 Chase Briscoe 98 0 19th 35th 40.5
36 3 Carson Hocevar 98 0 7th 36th 69.7
37 18 Riley Herbst 98 0 30th 37th 28.7

– This may be a great Championship 4 race as 3 of the 4 drivers in the Championship 4 finished the Spring Phoenix race in the Top 6 with Driver Rating’s over 100. Then in the table below you see they also have 3 of the 4 best Avg. Finishes here among active drivers.

Active Phoenix Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Denny Hamlin 10.60 1st 35th 40
2 Jimmie Johnson 10.67 1st 39th 36
3 Kyle Larson 10.68 1st 40th 22
4 William Byron 10.80 1st 24th 15
5 Ryan Blaney 11.37 2nd 37th 19
6 Kyle Busch 11.40 1st 38th 40
7 Chase Elliott 12.22 1st 39th 18
T8 Christopher Bell 13.09 1st 36th 11
T8 Joey Logano 13.09 1st 37th 33
10 Brad Keselowski 14.25 2nd 42nd 32
11 Martin Truex Jr. 15.16 1st 43rd 38
12 Josh Berry 16.00 4th 26th 4
13 Ross Chastain 16.29 1st 28th 14
14 Tyler Reddick 17.00 3rd 33rd 11
15 Daniel Suarez 18.41 7th 36th 17
16 Chase Briscoe 18.44 1st 35th 9
17 Chris Buescher 18.53 2nd 37th 19
18 A.J. Allmendinger 18.58 6th 35th 24
19 Erik Jones 18.67 4th 31st 18
20 Bubba Wallace 19.60 7th 39th 15
21 Noah Gragson 19.75 12th 29th 4
22 Austin Dillon 20.26 8th 39th 23
23 Ty Dillon 20.27 11th 30th 15
24 Cole Custer 20.71 9th 32nd 7
25 Alex Bowman 21.20 6th 41st 20
T26 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 22.00 4th 41st 25
T26 Carson Hocevar 22.00 15th 36th 4
28 Austin Cindric 23.29 11th 36th 7
29 Ty Gibbs 23.40 3rd 40th 5
30 Todd Gilliland 23.43 17th 32nd 7
31 John Hunter Nemechek 24.50 14th 30th 6
32 Ryan Preece 24.67 12th 37th 12
33 Casey Mears 25.64 11th 42nd 25
34 Justin Haley 26.22 17th 34th 9
35 Justin Allgaier 26.60 17th 37th 5
36 Zane Smith 27.00 9th 39th 4
37 Michael McDowell 28.34 8th 43th 29
38 J.J. Yeley 28.80 14th 39th 20
T39 Brennan Poole 30.00 29th 31st 2
T39 Derek Kraus 30.00 25th 35th 2
T39 Katherine Legge 30.00 30th 30th 1
42 Cody Ware 30.38 24th 36th 8
43 David Starr 30.50 28th 33rd 2
44 Shane Van Gisbergen 31.00 31st 31st 1
45 Corey LaJoie 31.13 18th 38th 15
46 B.J. McLeod 31.67 27th 36th 6
47 Joey Gase 33.13 29th 42nd 8
48 Josh Bilicki 33.33 30th 35th 3
49 Ryan Truex 35.00 35th 35th 1
50 Anthony Alfredo 35.50 34th 37th 2
T51 Timmy Hill 36.00 29th 43rd 10
T51 Chad Finchum 36.00 36th 36th 1
53 Riley Herbst 37.00 37th 37th 1
Best Active Phoenix
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Active Phoenix
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Jimmie Johnson 102.83 33 1 Ryan Blaney 85.15 19
2 Chase Elliott 101.96 18 2 William Byron 81.79 15
3 Ryan Blaney 99.69 19 3 Chase Elliott 79.72 18
4 Kyle Busch 98.89 40 4 Kyle Busch 79.10 40
5 Denny Hamlin 98.82 40 5 Kyle Larson 77.35 22
6 Kyle Larson 97.82 22 6 Jimmie Johnson 76.66 33
7 William Byron 96.97 15 7 Denny Hamlin 76.52 40
8 Joey Logano 94.89 33 8 Joey Logano 70.79 33
9 Christopher Bell 94.58 11 9 Martin Truex Jr. 69.98 38
10 Martin Truex Jr. 90.71 38 10 Tyler Reddick 67.92 11

– Chase Elliott may have been eliminated from the Playoffs last week but watch out for him to be a potential spoiler this weekend as he ranks Top 3 in both tables above and the Laps Led% table below.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Joey Logano 10.64 33 1 William Byron 99.94 15
2 Chase Elliott 9.81 18 2 A.J. Allmendinger 99.79 24
3 Kyle Busch 9.53 40 3 Josh Berry 99.76 4
4 Jimmie Johnson 8.88 36 4 Ty Dillon 99.70 15
5 Christopher Bell 8.66 11 5 Ross Chastain 99.68 14
6 Denny Hamlin 7.52 40 6 Erik Jones 99.57 18
7 Ryan Blaney 7.44 19 7 Todd Gilliland 99.54 7
8 William Byron 6.14 15 8 John Hunter Nemechek 99.52 6
9 Kyle Larson 5.81 22 9 Denny Hamlin 99.50 40
10 Chase Briscoe 4.05 9 10 Noah Gragson 99.20 4
Most Active Phoenix Starts Most Active Phoenix Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
T1 Denny Hamlin 40 1 Kyle Busch 4
T1 Kyle Busch 40 T2 Ryan Blaney 3
3 Martin Truex Jr. 38 T2 Jimmie Johnson 3
4 Jimmie Johnson 36 T2 Martin Truex Jr. 3
5 Joey Logano 33 T2 Denny Hamlin 3
6 Brad Keselowski 32 T6 William Byron 2
7 Michael McDowell 29 T6 Kyle Larson 2
T8 Casey Mears 25 T6 Joey Logano 2
T8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 25 T9 Chase Elliott 1
T9 Alex Bowman 1
10 A.J. Allmendinger 24 T9 A.J. Allmendinger 1
T9 Brad Keselowski 1

Ryan Blaney has been bad fast at Phoenix in his career as he has 3 Poles here but isn’t even on the top 10 most active starts table above. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images

Active Phoenix Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
T1 Joey Logano 4 12.12 T6 Ross Chastain 1 7.14
T1 Jimmie Johnson 4 11.11 T6 William Byron 1 6.67
3 Kyle Busch 3 7.50 T6 Chase Elliott 1 5.56
T4 Christopher Bell 2 18.18 T6 Kyle Larson 1 4.55
T4 Denny Hamlin 2 5.00 T6 Martin Truex Jr. 1 2.63
T6 Chase Briscoe 1 11.11

– With a win this weekend Christopher Bell or Denny Hamlin would become just the 4th active driver to record 3+ Phoenix Cup wins.

Most Active Phoenix Top 3’s Best Active Phoenix Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
1 Denny Hamlin 12 1 Ryan Blaney 31.58 6
T2 Jimmie Johnson 10 2 Denny Hamlin 30.00 12
T2 Kyle Busch 10 3 Jimmie Johnson 27.78 10
4 Joey Logano 8 4 Kyle Larson 27.27 6
T5 Ryan Blaney 6 5 Kyle Busch 25.00 10
T5 Kyle Larson 6 6 Joey Logano 24.24 8
7 Martin Truex Jr. 4 7 Ross Chastain 21.43 3
T8 Ross Chastain 3 8 Ty Gibbs 20.00 1
T8 Chase Elliott 3 T9 Christopher Bell 18.18 2
T8 Brad Keselowski 3 T9 Tyler Reddick 18.18 2

– Ryan Blaney has been great at Phoenix in his career as he has the best Top 3%, Top 5%, and Top 10% among active drivers; but he has found a way to win… yet.

Most Active Phoenix Top 5’s Best Active Phoenix Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
1 Denny Hamlin 17 1 Ryan Blaney 47.37 9
2 Jimmie Johnson 16 2 Kyle Larson 45.45 10
3 Kyle Busch 12 3 Jimmie Johnson 44.44 16
4 Kyle Larson 10 4 Denny Hamlin 42.50 17
T5 Ryan Blaney 9 5 Kyle Busch 30.00 12
T5 Brad Keselowski 9 6 Brad Keselowski 28.13 9
T5 Joey Logano 9 7 Chase Elliott 27.78 5
8 Martin Truex Jr. 6 T8 Joey Logano 27.27 9
9 Chase Elliott 5
T10 Christopher Bell 3 T8 Christopher Bell 27.27 3
T10 Ross Chastain 3
T10 William Byron 3 10 Josh Berry 25.00 1
T10 Chris Buescher 3

With this runner-up finish in the Spring Phoenix race Denny Hamlin broke his tie with Jimmie Johnson and now has the most Top 5 finishes at Phoenix among active drivers. Photo by Kevin Abele — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Most Active Phoenix Top 10’s Best Active Phoenix Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
1 Kyle Busch 27 1 Ryan Blaney 68.42 13
2 Denny Hamlin 23 2 Kyle Busch 67.50 27
3 Jimmie Johnson 22 T3 Kyle Larson 63.64 14
4 Joey Logano 17 T3 Christopher Bell 63.64 7
5 Martin Truex Jr. 16 5 Jimmie Johnson 61.11 22
T6 Kyle Larson 14 6 William Byron 60.00 9
T6 Brad Keselowski 14 7 Denny Hamlin 57.50 23
8 Ryan Blaney 13 8 Chase Elliott 55.56 10
9 Chase Elliott 10 9 Joey Logano 51.52 17
10 William Byron 9 10 Josh Berry 50.00 2

– Depending on how this weekend plays out it could be Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, or Ryan Blaney that is on top of the Top 10% table above after the race.

Active Phoenix Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
1 Joey Logano 6 17.65 T6 Chase Elliott 2 6.25
2 Ryan Blaney 5 14.71 T6 Brad Keselowski 2 5.88
3 William Byron 4 13.33 T6 Denny Hamlin 2 5.88
T4 Kyle Larson 3 9.38 T10 Tyler Reddick 1 4.55
T4 Kyle Busch 3 8.82 T10 Martin Truex Jr. 1 3.13
T6 Christopher Bell 2 9.09 T10 Chris Buescher 1 2.94

Joey Logano has been great in stages at Phoenix, at winning them anyway, as he has the most Stage Wins among active drivers, but he is just tied for 6th best in the Stage T10 table and is just 8th in the Stage T10% table. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images

Most Active Phoenix Stage T10’s Best Active Phoenix Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
T1 Chase Elliott 26 1 Chase Elliott 81.25 26
T1 Ryan Blaney 26 2 Kyle Larson 78.13 25
3 Kyle Larson 25 3 Ryan Blaney 76.47 26
T4 William Byron 22 4 William Byron 73.33 22
T4 Denny Hamlin 22 5 Denny Hamlin 64.71 22
T6 Martin Truex Jr. 20 6 Tyler Reddick 63.64 14
T6 Joey Logano 20 7 Martin Truex Jr. 62.50 20
8 Kyle Busch 19 8 Joey Logano 58.82 20
9 Brad Keselowski 18 9 Kyle Busch 55.88 19
10 Tyler Reddick 14 10 Brad Keselowski 52.94 18
Most Active Phoenix Starts without Win Most Active Phoenix Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Brad Keselowski 32 1 Michael McDowell 29
2 Michael McDowell 29 T2 Casey Mears 25
T3 Casey Mears 25 T2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 25
T3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 25 4 Austin Dillon 23
5 A.J. Allmendinger 24 5 J.J. Yeley 20
6 Austin Dillon 23 6 Chris Buescher 19
T7 Alex Bowman 20 7 Erik Jones 18
T7 J.J. Yeley 20 8 Daniel Suarez 17
T9 Chris Buescher 19 T9 Bubba Wallace 15
T9 Ryan Blaney 19 T9 Corey LaJoie 15
T9 Ty Dillon 15

– According to the tables above it is easier to get a Pole at Phoenix than a race Win as the 10th most starts without a Win is 19 and the 10th most starts without a Pole is 15.

Most Active Phoenix Starts without Top 3 Most Active Phoenix Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 29 1 Michael McDowell 29
T2 Casey Mears 25 2 Casey Mears 25
T2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 25 3 A.J. Allmendinger 24
4 A.J. Allmendinger 24 4 Austin Dillon 23
5 Austin Dillon 23 T5 Alex Bowman 20
T5 J.J. Yeley 20

– Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is the only driver on the “without Top 3” list above that is not on the “without Top 5” list as well.

Most Active Phoenix Starts
without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
1 Casey Mears 25
2 J.J. Yeley 20
3 Corey LaJoie 15
4 Ty Dillon 15
5 Ryan Preece 12

Casey Mears may be racing at Phoenix this weekend, but it may not go great as he is the only driver on every “without” list above. Photo by Tyler Barrick — Getty Images for NASCAR

Most Active Phoenix Stages without Stage Win Most Active Phoenix Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 Austin Dillon 34 1 Corey LaJoie 30
T1 Daniel Suarez 34 T2 A.J. Allmendinger 18
T1 Erik Jones 34 T2 Justin Haley 18
T1 Michael McDowell 34 4 Cody Ware 16
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 34 T5 Timmy Hill 14
T6 Alex Bowman 30 T5 Todd Gilliland 14
T6 Bubba Wallace 30 T7 B.J. McLeod 12
T6 Corey LaJoie 30 T7 J.J. Yeley 12
9 Ross Chastain 28 T7 John Hunter Nemechek 12
10 Ty Dillon 26 10 Joey Gase 10

– With their finishes in Stage 1/2 in the Spring Phoenix race Daniel Suarez and Ryan Preece were able to take their names off the “without Stage T10” table above.

Active Phoenix Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Christopher Bell 3 Top 5’s Ryan Blaney 13 Stage T10’s
Kyle Larson 2 Top 5’s Denny Hamlin 6 Stage T10’s
Chris Buescher 4 Top 10’s Tyler Reddick 6 Stage T10’s
Chase Elliott 2 Top 10’s Christopher Bell 5 Stage T10’s
William Byron 2 Top 10’s Kyle Larson 4 Stage T10’s
William Byron 19 Stage T10’s Josh Berry 2 Stage T10’s
– William Byron is looking to continue a historic Stage T10 streak here at Phoenix as his 19 straight Stage T10’s are the longest in Phoenix history.

 

Next Gen Stats
Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2023-04 63.41 Kyle Larson 4th 6 2022-36 34.94 Ryan Blaney 2nd
2 2022-36 59.94 Joey Logano 1st 7 2024-36 34.29 Joey Logano 1st
3 2023-36 50.32 Ross Chastain 1st 8 2025-04 33.65 Christopher Bell 1st
T4 2022-04 45.83 Ryan Blaney 4th 9 2022-04 32.37 Chase Briscoe 1st
T4 2024-36 45.83 Christopher Bell 5th 10 2023-36 30.45 William Byron 4th

– Leading a lot of laps is a good indication of a good finish this weekend as every driver that’s led 30%+ of the laps (94 laps) in a Next Gen race here has finished Top 5.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin.
1 2023-36 Ross Chastain 144.2 1st 6 2024-36 Christopher Bell 132.7 5th
2 2022-36 Joey Logano 143.8 1st 7 2023-04 William Byron 131.4 1st
3 2025-04 Christopher Bell 139.1 1st 8 2022-04 Ryan Blaney 131.2 4th
4 2023-04 Kyle Larson 139.0 4th 9 2022-04 Chase Briscoe 128.7 1st
5 2024-36 Joey Logano 136.6 1st 10 2022-36 Ryan Blaney 128.3 2nd

– Looking at the table above Joey Logano, Christopher Bell, and Ryan Blaney are the favorites this weekend as they hold 6 of the 10 best Next Gen Driver Ratings at Phoenix.

Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
(most recent times a driver ran every lapin the Top 15 in a race)
Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin.
T1 2023-36 Ross Chastain 100 1st T1 2024-36 Tyler Reddick 100 6th
T1 2023-36 Chris Buescher 100 5th T1 2024-36 Chase Elliott 100 8th
T1 2023-36 Martin Truex Jr. 100 6th T1 2025-04 Christopher Bell 100 1st
T1 2023-36 Kevin Harvick 100 7th T1 2025-04 Denny Hamlin 100 2nd
T1 2024-36 William Byron 100 3rd T1 2025-04 Kyle Larson 100 3rd
T1 2024-36 Kyle Larson 100 4th

– Running every lap at Phoenix in the Top 15 is sort of easy in the Next Gen car as 19 drivers have done it, including 3 in the Spring race this year.

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-40)		 Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-40)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 1st 6.71 1 40th 38.00
2 17th 8.43 2 38th 36.00
3 2nd 8.71 3 37th 32.50
4 15th 9.14 4 35th 30.29
5 8th 11.29 5 33rd 28.71
6 16th 11.57 6 30th 28.57
7 9th 12.43 7 36th 28.29
8 10th 13.00 8 34th 27.43
9 11th 13.43 9 20th 26.71
10 4th 13.57 10 31st 26.57

– Looking at the table above it’s clear that a bad starting spot leads to bad finishes at Phoenix, however starting good doesn’t really mean great finishes.

Best Next Gen Phoenix
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Next Gen Phoenix
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 William Byron 112.09 7 1 Kevin Harvick 98.72 4
2 Kevin Harvick 111.95 4 2 Ryan Blaney 96.85 7
3 Ryan Blaney 111.81 7 3 William Byron 94.02 7
4 Christopher Bell 103.99 7 4 Kyle Larson 88.72 7
5 Kyle Larson 101.61 7 5 Denny Hamlin 85.06 7
6 Joey Logano 95.70 7 6 Tyler Reddick 83.05 7
7 Tyler Reddick 95.36 7 7 Ross Chastain 77.48 7
8 Ross Chastain 95.27 7 8 Christopher Bell 76.98 7
9 Denny Hamlin 94.77 7 9 Martin Truex Jr. 71.23 6
10 Martin Truex Jr. 89.93 6 10 Chase Elliott 67.52 6

– Kevin Harvick, Ryan Blaney, and William Byron have been among the best drivers at Phoenix in the Next Gen as they make up the top 3 spots in both tables above.

Best Next Gen Phoenix Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Phoenix Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Kurt Busch 5.00 1 1 Joey Logano 17.31 7
2 Kevin Harvick 5.75 4 2 Christopher Bell 13.61 7
3 Ryan Blaney 6.43 7 3 William Byron 12.47 7
4 William Byron 8.00 7 4 Ryan Blaney 12.15 7
5 Ross Chastain 9.43 7 5 Kyle Larson 9.87 7
6 Chris Buescher 9.57 7 6 Ross Chastain 7.22 7
7 Kyle Larson 10.14 7 7 Chase Briscoe 5.21 7
8 Denny Hamlin 10.86 7 8 Kevin Harvick 4.71 4
9 Christopher Bell 12.14 7 9 Denny Hamlin 3.88 7
10 Joey Logano 12.29 7 10 Ty Gibbs 3.64 5

– Don’t be surprised if the Championship 4 lead a lot of laps this weekend as they are all in the Laps Led% table above.

Next Gen Phoenix Win List Next Gen Phoenix Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Christopher Bell 2 28.57 1 William Byron 2
T1 Joey Logano 2 28.57 T2 Denny Hamlin 1
T3 Chase Briscoe 1 14.29 T2 Joey Logano 1
T3 Ross Chastain 1 14.29 T2 Kyle Larson 1
T3 William Byron 1 14.29 T2 Martin Truex Jr. 1
T2 Ryan Blaney 1

In the Spring Phoenix race William Byron became the first driver to win multiple Poles at Phoenix in the Next Gen car. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images

Next Gen Phoenix Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
1 Ryan Blaney 4 57.14
2 Ross Chastain 3 42.86
T3 Christopher Bell 2 28.57
T3 Joey Logano 2 28.57
T3 Kyle Larson 2 28.57
T3 Tyler Reddick 2 28.57
T3 William Byron 2 28.57
T8 Ty Gibbs 1 20.00
T8 Chase Briscoe 1 14.29
T8 Chris Buescher 1 14.29
T8 Denny Hamlin 1 14.29

– Don’t be surprised if Ryan Blaney finishes near the front this weekend as he is the only driver to finish over half their Phoenix Next Gen races in the Top 3.

Most Next Gen Phoenix Top 5’s Most Next Gen Phoenix Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
1 Ryan Blaney 6 85.71 1 Ryan Blaney 6 85.71
2 Kyle Larson 4 57.14 T2 Chris Buescher 5 71.43
T3 Chris Buescher 3 42.86 T2 Christopher Bell 5 71.43
T3 Christopher Bell 3 42.86 T2 Kyle Larson 5 71.43
T3 Ross Chastain 3 42.86 T2 William Byron 5 71.43
T3 William Byron 3 42.86 T6 Kevin Harvick 4 100
T7 Kevin Harvick 2 50.00 T6 Chase Briscoe 4 57.14
T7 Chase Briscoe 2 28.57 T6 Kyle Busch 4 57.14
T7 Joey Logano 2 28.57 T6 Ross Chastain 4 57.14
T7 Tyler Reddick 2 28.57 T6 Tyler Reddick 4 57.14

– Due to a blown engine in the Spring Phoenix race Ryan Blaney finished outside the Top 5 (and Top 10) for the first time in a Next Gen Phoenix race.

Most Next Gen Phoenix Stage Wins Most Next Gen Phoenix Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
1 William Byron 4 28.57 1 William Byron 14 100
2 Ryan Blaney 3 21.43 2 Ryan Blaney 13 92.86
T3 Christopher Bell 2 14.29 T3 Kyle Larson 12 85.71
T3 Joey Logano 2 14.29 T3 Tyler Reddick 12 85.71
T5 Chris Buescher 1 7.14 5 Christopher Bell 10 71.43
T6 Kevin Harvick 8 100
T5 Kyle Larson 1 7.14 T6 Chase Elliott 8 66.67
T6 Martin Truex Jr. 8 66.67
T5 Tyler Reddick 1 7.14 T6 Deny Hamlin 8 57.14
10 Joey Logano 7 50.00

Look for William Byron to be near the front for at least the first 2 stages this weekend as he has the most Next Gen Stage Wins here and is the only driver to finish all 14 stages in the Top 10 here. Photo by Kevin Abele — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images