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: COTA.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 19 | Christopher Bell | 95 | 8 | 14th | 9th | 114.3 |
| 2 | 15 | William Byron | 95 | 1 | 9th | 7th | 119.9 |
| 3 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 95 | 9 | 6th | 13th | 113.9 |
| 4 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 95 | 0 | 5th | 15th | 75.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 95 | 42 | 4th | 4th | 132.4 |
| 6 | 6 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 95 | 23 | 3rd | 5th | 120.6 |
| 7 | 24 | Chris Buescher | 95 | 0 | 18th | 18th | 89.6 |
| 8 | 17 | Noah Gragson | 95 | 0 | 33rd | 31st | 62.2 |
| 9 | 21 | Alex Bowman | 95 | 0 | 12th | 19th | 85.1 |
| 10 | 10 | Todd Gilliland | 95 | 0 | 29th | 16th | 65.3 |
| 11 | 16 | Michael McDowell | 95 | 3 | 26th | 3rd | 71.3 |
| 12 | 9 | Ross Chastain | 95 | 0 | 17th | 22nd | 90.1 |
| 13 | 4 | Carson Hocevar | 95 | 0 | 13th | 20th | 83.6 |
| 14 | 18 | Chase Briscoe | 95 | 0 | 11th | 11th | 92.6 |
| 15 | 26 | Brad Keselowski | 95 | 0 | 19th | 24th | 69.7 |
| 16 | 29 | Justin Haley | 95 | 0 | 28th | 25th | 69.6 |
| 17 | 31 | Riley Herbst | 95 | 0 | 22nd | 17th | 59.5 |
| 18 | 22 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 95 | 0 | 16th | 21st | 46.0 |
| 19 | 25 | Ryan Blaney | 95 | 0 | 25th | 2nd | 74.7 |
| 20 | 2 | Bubba Wallace | 95 | 4 | 1st | 8th | 67.1 |
| 21 | 11 | Denny Hamlin | 95 | 0 | 23rd | 12th | 59.5 |
| 22 | 33 | John Hunter Nemechek | 95 | 0 | 27rh | 32nd | 45.7 |
| 23 | 30 | Cole Custer | 95 | 0 | 30th | 14th | 46.6 |
| 24 | 23 | Joey Logano | 95 | 0 | 2nd | 30th | 62.0 |
| 25 | 36 | Austin Cindric | 95 | 0 | 24th | 33rd | 42.3 |
| 26 | 35 | Josh Berry | 95 | 0 | 32nd | 34th | 35.2 |
| 27 | 32 | Erik Jones | 95 | 0 | 35th | 36th | 36.8 |
| 28 | 34 | Ty Dillon | 95 | 0 | 37th | 29th | 31.0 |
| 29 | 20 | Zane Smith | 95 | 0 | 34th | 35th | 37.6 |
| 30 | 12 | A.J. Allmendinger | 95 | 2 | 10th | 6th | 83.6 |
| 31 | 37 | Cody Ware | 95 | 0 | 36th | 27th | 28.3 |
| 32 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 95 | 0 | 7th | 37th | 61.3 |
| 33 | 28 | Ryan Preece | 95 | 3 | 20th | 1st | 65.1 |
| 34 | 13 | Ty Gibbs | 95 | 0 | 15th | 28th | 51.0 |
| 35 | 27 | Austin Dillon | 80 | 0 | 21st | 26th | 47.6 |
| 36 | 5 | Daniel Suarez | 50 | 0 | 8th | 10th | 82.3 |
| 37 | 14 | Connor Zilisch | 49 | 0 | 31st | 23rd | 55.7 |
Last year Chase Elliott became the first driver to get a Driver Rating under 90 at a COTA Cup race and end up with a Top 5 finish. Photo by David Buono — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 4.60 | 1st | 9th | 5 |
| 2 | Alex Bowman | 5.20 | 2nd | 9th | 5 |
| 3 | Ross Chastain | 5.60 | 1st | 12th | 5 |
| 4 | William Byron | 6.20 | 1st | 12th | 5 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 6.25 | 1st | 16th | 4 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 10.80 | 2nd | 28th | 5 |
| 7 | Chris Buescher | 11.40 | 7th | 21st | 5 |
| 8 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 13.00 | 6th | 20th | 2 |
| T9 | Christopher Bell | 15.00 | 1st | 38th | 5 |
| T9 | Ryan Blaney | 15.00 | 6th | 21st | 5 |
| 11 | Ty Gibbs | 15.33 | 3rd | 34th | 3 |
| 12 | Todd Gilliland | 15.50 | 10th | 26th | 4 |
| 13 | Chase Briscoe | 15.60 | 6th | 30th | 5 |
| 14 | Michael McDowell | 16.20 | 7th | 38th | 5 |
| 15 | Austin Cindric | 16.40 | 6th | 25th | 5 |
| 16 | Denny Hamlin | 16.60 | 14th | 21st | 5 |
| 17 | Riley Herbst | 17.00 | 17th | 17th | 1 |
| 18 | Carson Hocevar | 17.50 | 13th | 22nd | 2 |
| 19 | Kyle Larson | 18.80 | 2nd | 32nd | 5 |
| 20 | Joey Logano | 19.40 | 3rd | 31st | 5 |
| 21 | Noah Gragson | 20.67 | 8th | 34th | 3 |
| 22 | Erik Jones | 21.40 | 9th | 32nd | 5 |
| 23 | John Hunter Nemechek | 21.50 | 21st | 22nd | 2 |
| 24 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21.60 | 5th | 34th | 5 |
| 25 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22.40 | 7th | 37th | 5 |
| 26 | Austin Dillon | 23.00 | 10th | 35th | 5 |
| 27 | Brad Keselowski | 23.20 | 14th | 35th | 5 |
| 28 | Zane Smith | 24.00 | 19th | 29th | 2 |
| 29 | Ryan Preece | 25.75 | 15th | 33rd | 4 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 27.00 | 20th | 39th | 4 |
| 31 | Cole Custer | 27.33 | 23rd | 36th | 3 |
| 32 | Cody Ware | 28.75 | 25th | 32nd | 4 |
| 33 | Bubba Wallace | 29.80 | 15th | 39th | 5 |
| 34 | Daniel Suarez | 30.20 | 24th | 36th | 5 |
| 35 | Josh Berry | 30.50 | 26th | 35th | 2 |
| 36 | Connor Zilisch | 37.00 | 37th | 37th | 1 |
| 37 | Jimmie Johnson | 38.00 | 38th | 38th | 1 |
– Poor Daniel Suarez is the only active driver to start every COTA Cup race and not finish in the Top 20 here.
| Best Active COTA Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active COTA Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | William Byron | 112.30 | 5 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 90.03 | 5 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 112.12 | 5 | 2 | Ross Chastain | 86.70 | 5 |
| 3 | Ross Chastain | 111.90 | 5 | 3 | Kyle Busch | 85.87 | 5 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 102.72 | 5 | 4 | William Byron | 82.55 | 5 |
| 5 | Alex Bowman | 99.72 | 5 | 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 80.89 | 5 |
| 6 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 97.90 | 2 | 6 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 78.53 | 2 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 95.35 | 4 | 7 | Alex Bowman | 76.73 | 5 |
| 8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 93.10 | 5 | 8 | Christopher Bell | 71.19 | 5 |
| 9 | Christopher Bell | 89.64 | 5 | 9 | Chase Briscoe | 64.82 | 5 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 82.60 | 3 | 10 | Ty Gibbs | 57.56 | 3 |
Tyler Reddick has been great at COTA as he ranks top 2 in both tables above, is 3rd in Laps Led% below, and is one of 13 drivers to complete every lap ran here in a Cup car. Photo by David Buono — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | William Byron | 19.67 | 4 | T1 | 21 drivers tied:
13 with 5 starts |
100 | 1-5 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 14.96 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 14.68 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 14.11 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 12.47 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 4.99 | 4 | ||||
| T7 | Austin Cindric | 4.71 | 4 | ||||
| T7 | Joey Logano | 4.71 | 4 | ||||
| 9 | Daniel Suarez | 4.43 | 3 | ||||
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 1.75 | 4 | ||||
| Most Active COTA Starts | Most Active COTA Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | 21 drivers tied | 5 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 |
| T1 | William Byron | 2 | |||
| 3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | |||
– Ryan Blaney will look to win the Pole this weekend and join Tyler Reddick and William Byron as 2 time Pole winners at COTA.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 25.00 |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 20.00 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 20.00 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 20.00 |
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 20.00 |
– No driver has multiple wins here at COTA, but all 5 drivers in the list above are looking to be the first to do so this weekend.
| Most Active COTA Top 3’s | Best Active COTA Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 1 | Christopher Bell | 60.00 | 3 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 2 | T2 | Alex Bowman | 40.00 | 2 |
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 40.00 | 2 |
| T2 | William Byron | 2 | T2 | William Byron | 40.00 | 2 |
| T5 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 5 | Ty Gibbs | 33.33 | 1 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 6 | Chase Elliott | 25.00 | 1 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 1 | T7 | Joey Logano | 20.00 | 1 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 1 | T7 | Kyle Busch | 20.00 | 1 |
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 | T7 | Kyle Larson | 20.00 | 1 |
| T5 | Ross Chastain | 1 | T7 | Ross Chastain | 20.00 | 1 |
– Look for Christopher Bell to be near the front this weekend as he is the only active driver to finish more than half of his COTA starts inside the Top 3.
| Most Active COTA Top 5’s | Best Active COTA Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 80.00 | 4 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 2 | Chase Elliott | 75.00 | 3 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 3 | T3 | Alex Bowman | 60.00 | 3 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 3 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 60.00 | 3 |
| T2 | Ross Chastain | 3 | T3 | Ross Chastain | 60.00 | 3 |
| T2 | William Byron | 3 | T3 | William Byron | 60.00 | 3 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 40.00 | 2 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 8 | Ty Gibbs | 33.33 | 1 |
| T8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1 | T9 | A.J. Allmendinger | 20.00 | 1 |
| T8 | Joey Logano | 1 | T9 | Joey Logano | 20.00 | 1 |
| T8 | Kyle Larson | 1 | T9 | Kyle Larson | 20.00 | 1 |
– Don’t look for Ford to be near the front this weekend as Joey Logano is the only Ford driver to get a Top 5 here at COTA.
| Most Active COTA Top 10’s | Best Active COTA Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| T1 | Alex Bowman | 5 | T1 | Alex Bowman | 100 | 5 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 5 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 4 | T3 | Kyle Busch | 80.00 | 4 |
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 4 | T3 | Ross Chastain | 80.00 | 4 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 75.00 | 3 |
| T5 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 6 | Ty Gibbs | 66.67 | 2 |
| T5 | Christopher Bell | 3 | T7 | Chris Buescher | 60.00 | 3 |
| T5 | William Byron | 3 | T7 | Christopher Bell | 60.00 | 3 |
| T9 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | T7 | William Byron | 60.00 | 3 |
| T9 | Todd Gilliland | 2 | T10 | Todd Gilliland | 50.00 | 2 |
| T9 | A.J. Allmendinger | 2 | T10 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 50.00 | 1 |
| T9 | Austin Cindric | 2 | ||||
Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick are looking to keep their perfect Top 10% here at COTA alive this weekend. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 20.00 | T2 | Joey Logano | 1 | 10.00 |
| T2 | Ryan Preece | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 10.00 |
| T2 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 10.00 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 10.00 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 10.00 | T2 | William Byron | 1 | 10.00 |
| T2 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 10.00 |
– Denny Hamlin is the only driver to score multiple Stage Wins at COTA in the Cup Series.
| Most Active COTA Stage T10’s | Best Active COTA Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| T1 | Austin Cindric | 6 | T1 | Austin Cindric | 60.00 | 6 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 6 | T1 | Kyle Busch | 60.00 | 6 |
| T3 | Daniel Suarez | 5 | T3 | Daniel Suarez | 50.00 | 5 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 5 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 50.00 | 5 |
| T3 | William Byron | 5 | T3 | William Byron | 50.00 | 5 |
| T6 | Ryan Preece | 4 | T3 | Ryan Preece | 50.00 | 4 |
| T6 | A.J. Allmendinger | 4 | T3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 50.00 | 2 |
| T6 | Chase Briscoe | 4 | T8 | 7 drivers tied | 40.00 | 4 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 4 | ||||
| T6 | Michael McDowell | 4 | ||||
| T6 | Ross Chastain | 4 | ||||
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | ||||
| T6 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | ||||
– Austin Cindric and Kyle Busch are the only active drivers to have a Stage T10% over 50%.
| Most Active COTA Starts without Win | Most Active COTA Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | 17 drivers tied | 5 | T1 | 18 drivers tied | 5 |
– Going into this weekend their are plenty of drivers who can pick up their first COTA win, Pole, Top 3, and Top 5 in their 6th COTA start.
| Most Active COTA Starts without Top 3 | Most Active COTA Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | 13 drivers tied | 5 | T1 | 12 drivers tied | 5 |
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| T1 | Brad Keselowski | 5 |
| T1 | Bubba Wallace | 5 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 5 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 |
| T5 | Cody Ware | 4 |
| T5 | Ryan Preece | 4 |
| T5 | Ty Dillon | 4 |
– Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, Daniel Suarez, and Denny Hamlin are the only active drivers to start every COTA Cup race and not get a Top 10 finish.
| Most Active COTA Stages without Stage Win | Most Active COTA Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | 13
drivers tied |
10 | T1 | Cody Ware | 8 |
| T1 | Ty Dillon | 8 | |||
| 3 | Cole Custer | 6 | |||
| T4 | Carson Hocevar | 4 | |||
| T4 | Zane Smith | 4 | |||
| T6 | Connor Zilisch | 2 | |||
| T6 | Jimmie Johnson | 2 | |||
| T6 | Riley Herbst | 2 | |||
– There are only 9 drivers competing in the race this weekend that have not scored a Stage T10 here at COTA (Jesse Love has made 0 starts here in Cup).
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Christopher Bell | 2 | Top 2’s | Kyle Busch | 3 | Top 10’s |
| William Byron | 2 | Top 2’s | William Byron | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 4 | Top 5’s | A.J. Allmendinger | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| William Byron | 3 | Top 5’s | Bubba Wallace | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Alex Bowman | 5 | Top 10’s | Daniel Suarez | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 5 | Top 10’s | Kyle Busch | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chris Buescher | 3 | Top 10’s | Shane Van Gisbergen | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2024-06 | 61.76 | William Byron | 1st | 6 | 2025-03 | 24.21 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 6th |
| 2 | 2023-06 | 54.67 | Tyler Reddick | 1st | 7 | 2022-06 | 21.74 | Daniel Suarez | 24th |
| 3 | 2022-06 | 44.93 | Ross Chastain | 1st | 8 | 2022-06 | 15.94 | Austin Cindric | 8th |
| 4 | 2025-03 | 44.21 | Kyle Busch | 5th | 9 | 2024-06 | 14.71 | Ross Chastain | 7th |
| 5 | 2023-06 | 37.33 | William Byron | 5th | 10 | 2024-06 | 13.24 | Christopher Bell | 2nd |
– Leading over 10% of the laps in a Next Gen car here has proven to be beneficial as 9 of the 10 drivers to do so have finished in the Top 10 of that race.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2024-06 | William Byron | 146.8 | 1st | 6 | 2025-03 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 120.6 | 6th |
| 2 | 2023-06 | Tyler Reddick | 141.8 | 1st | 7 | 2024-06 | Ty Gibbs | 120.3 | 3rd |
| 3 | 2022-06 | Ross Chastain | 141.7 | 1st | T8 | 2024-06 | Christopher Bell | 119.9 | 2nd |
| 4 | 2025-03 | Kyle Busch | 132.4 | 5th | T8 | 2025-03 | William Byron | 119.9 | 2nd |
| 5 | 2023-06 | William Byron | 128.8 | 5th | 10 | 2022-06 | Austin Cindric | 117.6 | 8th |
William Byron has been great at COTA in the Next Gen car as he’s in the Driver Rating table above 3 times, and he’s ran 100% of the laps in the Top 15 of a Next Gen race 3 times as well (table below). Photo by David Buono — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2022-06 | Ross Chastain | 100 | 1st | T1 | 2025-03 | William Byron | 100 | 2nd |
| T1 | 2023-06 | William Byron | 100 | 5th | T1 | 2025-03 | Kyle Busch | 100 | 5th |
| T1 | 2024-06 | William Byron | 100 | 1st | T1 | 2025-03 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 6th |
| T1 | 2024-06 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 3rd | 9 | 2024-06 | Ross Chastain | 98.53 | 7th |
| T1 | 2024-06 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 5th | 10 | 2025-03 | Christopher Bell | 97.89 | 1st |
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-39) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-39) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 1st | 3.75 | 1 | 39th | 34.33 |
| 2 | 17th | 7.00 | 2 | 37th | 29.50 |
| 3 | 3rd | 9.50 | 3 | 38th | 29.33 |
| 4 | 16th | 10.75 | 4 | 13th | 29.00 |
| 5 | 4th | 11.00 | T5 | 28th | 28.75 |
| 6 | 9th | 11.25 | T5 | 31st | 28.75 |
| 7 | 6th | 11.75 | T7 | 11th | 27.00 |
| 8 | 2nd | 12.00 | T7 | 23rd | 27.00 |
| 9 | 10th | 13.25 | T7 | 34th | 27.00 |
| 10 | 18th | 13.50 | 10 | 33rd | 26.25 |
– The key to a good finish at COTA in the Next Gen, for the most part, is starting Top 20 as all 10 of the best Avg. Finishes are 20th or better starting positions, and only 2 in the worst Avg. Finishes are 20th or better.
| Best Next Gen COTA Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen COTA Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 121.10 | 4 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 96.74 | 4 |
| 2 | William Byron | 119.75 | 4 | 2 | William Byron | 88.60 | 4 |
| 3 | Ross Chastain | 112.38 | 4 | 3 | Ross Chastain | 87.95 | 4 |
| 4 | Alex Bowman | 102.85 | 4 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 86.32 | 4 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 99.73 | 4 | 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 84.36 | 4 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 99.05 | 4 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 79.48 | 4 |
| 7 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 97.90 | 2 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 79.48 | 4 |
| 8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 93.20 | 4 | 8 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 78.53 | 2 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 86.80 | 3 | 9 | Chase Briscoe | 62.21 | 4 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 84.30 | 3 | 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 60.38 | 3 |
You don’t have to look far to see who the best Next Gen drivers have been at COTA as the top 3 in the tables above are the exact same drivers in this photo. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Best Next Gen COTA Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen COTA Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 3.50 | 4 | 1 | William Byron | 23.13 | 4 |
| 2 | Alex Bowman | 4.50 | 4 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 17.26 | 4 |
| 3 | William Byron | 5.00 | 4 | 3 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 14.11 | 2 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | 6.00 | 4 | 4 | Kyle Busch | 13.68 | 4 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 8.00 | 3 | 5 | Ross Chastain | 13.36 | 4 |
| 6 | Christopher Bell | 9.25 | 4 | 6 | Christopher Bell | 5.86 | 4 |
| T7 | Chris Buescher | 11.00 | 4 | 7 | Daniel Suarez | 5.21 | 4 |
| T7 | Kyle Busch | 11.00 | 4 | 8 | Austin Cindric | 4.23 | 4 |
| 9 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11.33 | 3 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 1.95 | 4 |
| 10 | Kevin Harvick | 12.00 | 2 | T10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 1.30 | 4 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 1.30 | 4 | ||||
– Strange fact, Alex Bowman has the 2nd best Avg. Finish in a Next Gen car at COTA, but he’s yet to lead a lap here in the 4 Next Gen races.
| Next Gen COTA Win List | Next Gen COTA Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 25.00 | 1 | William Byron | 2 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 25.00 | T2 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 25.00 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 25.00 | |||
– Tyler Reddick and William Byron have been fast here at COTA in the Next Gen car as they are the only drivers to win a race and Pole here with this car.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 2 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 50.00 |
| T2 | William Byron | 2 | 50.00 |
| T5 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 33.33 |
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 25.00 |
| T5 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 25.00 |
Christopher Bell has only finished out of the Top 3 once in the 4 Next Gen races here at COTA. Photo by David Buono — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Next Gen COTA Top 5’s | Most Next Gen COTA Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 100 | T1 | Alex Bowman | 4 | 100 |
| T2 | Alex Bowman | 3 | 75.00 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 100 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 75.00 | T3 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | William Byron | 3 | 75.00 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 75.00 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 66.67 | T3 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 75.00 |
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 3 | 75.00 | ||||
| T5 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 50.00 | T3 | William Byron | 3 | 75.00 |
| T8 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 66.67 | ||||
| T5 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 50.00 | T8 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 66.67 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 66.67 | ||||
| 8 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 33.33 | T8 | Austin Cindric | 2 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Todd Gilliland | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
– Tyler Reddick has not finished out of the Top 10 in the 5 total Cup races at COTA, but more impressively he’s never finished out of the Top 5 in the 4 Next Gen Cup races here.
| Most Next Gen COTA Stage Wins | Most Next Gen COTA Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 25.00 | T1 | Daniel Suarez | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Ryan Preece | 1 | 16.67 | T1 | William Byron | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 12.50 | T3 | Austin Cindric | 4 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 12.50 | T3 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 12.50 | T3 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 12.50 | T6 | Ryan Preece | 3 | 50.00 |
| T2 | William Byron | 1 | 12.50 | T6 | 9 drivers tied with same % | 3 | 37.50 |
– Ford has struggled to finish well here at COTA, but they’ve done well in stages as half of the drivers mentioned in the Stage T10 table above are Ford drivers.