Last week at Las Vegas we got to see Toyota domination with a sprinkle of Hendrick up at the front as well as Denny Hamlin took home his first victory of the season. Now we go to our second Intermediate track of the year where we’ll see if anyone can best Toyota, Darlington. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Darlington 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: Darlington.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 2 | Chase Briscoe | 367 | 309 | 1st | 1st | 150.0 |
| 2 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 367 | 3 | 2nd | 2nd | 120.2 |
| 3 | 19 | Erik Jones | 367 | 0 | 13th | 3rd | 109.5 |
| 4 | 30 | John Hunter Nemechek | 367 | 15 | 9th | 8th | 107.0 |
| 5 | 22 | A.J. Allmendinger | 367 | 0 | 17th | 5th | 98.7 |
| 6 | 8 | Bubba Wallace | 367 | 10 | 5th | 7th | 111.3 |
| 7 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 367 | 12 | 3rd | 15th | 100.7 |
| 8 | 23 | Kyle Busch | 367 | 0 | 15th | 12th | 86.4 |
| 9 | 26 | Carson Hocevar | 367 | 0 | 18th | 17th | 82.8 |
| 10 | 15 | Chris Buescher | 367 | 0 | 21st | 11th | 78.7 |
| 11 | 6 | Ross Chastain | 367 | 3 | 4th | 6th | 107.5 |
| 12 | 10 | Austin Cindric | 367 | 0 | 8th | 18th | 87.9 |
| 13 | 24 | Zane Smith | 367 | 0 | 31st | 24th | 64.0 |
| 14 | 34 | Noah Gragson | 367 | 0 | 22nd | 14th | 65.4 |
| 15 | 32 | Brad Keselowski | 367 | 0 | 33rd | 23rd | 58.9 |
| 16 | 27 | Ryan Preece | 367 | 0 | 23rd | 9th | 75.7 |
| 17 | 21 | Chase Elliott | 367 | 8 | 19th | 21st | 66.4 |
| 18 | 12 | Ryan Blaney | 367 | 0 | 10th | 31st | 71.2 |
| 19 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 367 | 2 | 6th | 4th | 90.3 |
| 20 | 14 | Joey Logano | 367 | 0 | 16th | 13th | 64.8 |
| 21 | 11 | William Byron | 367 | 0 | 11th | 10th | 76.2 |
| 22 | 16 | Ty Gibbs | 367 | 0 | 12th | 19th | 71.8 |
| 23 | 9 | Austin Dillon | 367 | 0 | 14th | 26th | 60.3 |
| 24 | 18 | Cole Custer | 366 | 0 | 20th | 22nd | 52.4 |
| 25 | 17 | Daniel Suarez | 366 | 0 | 29th | 30th | 41.2 |
| 26 | 28 | Todd Gilliland | 366 | 0 | 26th | 28th | 45.8 |
| 27 | 13 | Justin Haley | 366 | 0 | 24th | 20th | 55.5 |
| 28 | 33 | Riley Herbst | 366 | 0 | 27th | 25th | 43.0 |
| 29 | 7 | Christopher Bell | 365 | 2 | 7th | 27th | 72.6 |
| 30 | 35 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 365 | 0 | 28th | 32nd | 37.9 |
| 31 | 29 | Alex Bowman | 365 | 0 | 34th | 33rd | 38.6 |
| 32 | 20 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 365 | 3 | 25th | 29th | 45.4 |
| 33 | 25 | Michael McDowell | 365 | 0 | 32nd | 16th | 51.1 |
| 34 | 31 | Ty Dillon | 365 | 0 | 35th | 34th | 35.1 |
| 35 | 38 | Timmy Hill | 354 | 0 | 37th | 36th | 25.8 |
| 36 | 37 | Derek Kraus | 282 | 0 | 36th | 35th | 27.0 |
| 37 | 36 | Cody Ware | 249 | 0 | 30th | 37th | 28.2 |
| 38 | 3 | Josh Berry | 239 | 0 | 38th | 38th | 27.4 |
Last Fall at Darlington Chase Briscoe and Tyler Reddick finished 1-2 in all 3 stages, the first time this happened in a Cup race since the Spring Las Vegas race in 2024 where it was Kyle Larson and Reddick that finished 1-2 in all 3. Photo by Jared C. Tilton — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 7.89 | 1st | 29th | 27 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 11.54 | 2nd | 32nd | 13 |
| 3 | Brad Keselowski | 12.13 | 1st | 34th | 24 |
| 4 | Erik Jones | 12.81 | 1st | 32nd | 16 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 12.94 | 1st | 37th | 16 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 13.11 | 1st | 37th | 28 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 13.25 | 1st | 39th | 24 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 13.58 | 1st | 35th | 24 |
| 9 | Chase Briscoe | 14.40 | 1st | 28th | 10 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 15.00 | 2nd | 22nd | 7 |
| 11 | Christopher Bell | 15.31 | 3rd | 34th | 13 |
| 12 | William Byron | 15.40 | 1st | 35th | 15 |
| 13 | Chris Buescher | 15.59 | 3rd | 32nd | 17 |
| 14 | Chase Elliott | 15.89 | 3rd | 41st | 18 |
| 15 | Austin Dillon | 16.00 | 2nd | 35th | 19 |
| 16 | Ross Chastain | 17.00 | 3rd | 30th | 13 |
| 17 | Austin Cindric | 17.50 | 11th | 31st | 8 |
| 18 | Bubba Wallace | 17.67 | 5th | 38th | 15 |
| 19 | Ryan Blaney | 18.72 | 5th | 37th | 18 |
| 20 | Todd Gilliland | 19.00 | 11th | 28th | 8 |
| 21 | Alex Bowman | 20.50 | 2nd | 35th | 16 |
| T22 | Ryan Preece | 20.75 | 12th | 39th | 12 |
| T22 | Zane Smith | 20.75 | 12th | 35th | 4 |
| 24 | Noah Gragson | 21.00 | 14th | 32nd | 5 |
| 25 | Ty Dillon | 21.58 | 12th | 34th | 12 |
| 26 | Cole Custer | 22.00 | 11th | 36th | 9 |
| 27 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 23.05 | 8th | 40th | 20 |
| 28 | Daniel Suarez | 23.06 | 10th | 38th | 16 |
| 29 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23.07 | 5th | 37th | 15 |
| 30 | Carson Hocevar | 23.40 | 9th | 33rd | 5 |
| 31 | John Hunter Nemechek | 24.29 | 4th | 36th | 7 |
| 32 | Anthony Alfredo | 25.00 | 24th | 26th | 2 |
| 33 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 26.00 | 20th | 32nd | 3 |
| 34 | Michael McDowell | 26.43 | 6th | 43rd | 21 |
| 35 | Josh Berry | 27.60 | 3rd | 38th | 5 |
| 36 | Justin Allgaier | 28.00 | 23rd | 33rd | 2 |
| 37 | Casey Mears | 28.87 | 15th | 39th | 15 |
| T38 | Austin Hill | 31.00 | 31st | 31st | 1 |
| T38 | Riley Herbst | 31.00 | 28th | 34th | 2 |
| 40 | J.J. Yeley | 31.06 | 18th | 41st | 18 |
| 41 | Cody Ware | 31.29 | 19th | 37th | 7 |
| 42 | B.J. McLeod | 33.40 | 27th | 39th | 10 |
– Denny Hamlin is far and away the best active driver here at Darlington as he has the best Avg. Finish here in the table above by almost 4 positions.
| Best Active Darlington Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Darlington Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 107.06 | 27 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 88.19 | 27 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 101.73 | 16 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 83.33 | 13 |
| 3 | Tyler Reddick | 98.67 | 13 | 3 | William Byron | 79.34 | 15 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 96.93 | 28 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 78.17 | 16 |
| 5 | William Byron | 96.43 | 15 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 76.76 | 28 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 95.03 | 18 | 6 | Joey Logano | 73.61 | 24 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 91.57 | 24 | 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 66.96 | 18 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 90.93 | 24 | 8 | Erik Jones | 65.23 | 16 |
| 9 | Erik Jones | 86.44 | 16 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 64.41 | 24 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 82.15 | 18 | 10 | Chase Elliott | 63.24 | 18 |
If you’re looking for a long shot pick this weekend look no further than Erik Jones as he is in both tables above. Photo by Jeff Robinson — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 19.04 | 16 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 99.96 | 7 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 10.96 | 27 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 99.88 | 13 |
| 3 | Chase Briscoe | 10.22 | 10 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 99.86 | 27 |
| 4 | Kyle Busch | 9.27 | 28 | 4 | Chase Briscoe | 99.82 | 10 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 7.71 | 13 | T5 | Austin Cindric | 99.77 | 8 |
| 6 | William Byron | 6.74 | 15 | T5 | Todd Gilliland | 99.77 | 8 |
| 7 | Jimmie Johnson | 6.73 | 24 | 7 | Chris Buescher | 99.75 | 17 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 5.25 | 24 | 8 | Austin Hill | 99.66 | 1 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 3.56 | 24 | 9 | Ty Dillon | 99.57 | 12 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 3.11 | 13 | 10 | Riley Herbst | 99.55 | 2 |
– Chase Briscoe led so many laps in the Fall Darlington race last year that he went from outside the top 10 in the Laps Led% table above to ranking 3rd!
| Most Active Darlington Starts | Most Active Darlington Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 28 | T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 27 | T1 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 24 | T1 | William Byron | 2 |
| T3 | Jimmie Johnson | 24 | T4 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| T3 | Joey Logano | 24 | |||
| 6 | Michael McDowell | 21 | T4 | Bubba Wallace | 1 |
| 7 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 | |||
| 8 | Austin Dillon | 19 | T4 | Christopher Bell | 1 |
| T9 | Chase Elliott | 18 | |||
| T9 | J.J. Yeley | 18 | T4 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T9 | Ryan Blaney | 18 | |||
– This weekend Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano will become just the 4th active drivers to start 25+ Cup races at Darlington.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 18.52 | T6 | William Byron | 1 | 6.67 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 12.50 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 6.25 |
| T3 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 20.00 | T6 | Joey Logano | 1 | 4.17 |
| T3 | Erik Jones | 2 | 12.50 | T6 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 3.57 |
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 8.33 |
– No matter who wins this weekend Denny Hamlin will leave this weekend 1st in the table above, but there are 3 drivers looking to tie Jimmie Johnson for 2nd best.
| Most Active Darlington Top 3’s | Best Active Darlington Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 10 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 37.50 | 6 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 7 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 37.04 | 10 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 3 | Tyler Reddick | 30.77 | 4 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 6 | 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 29.17 | 7 |
| T5 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 21.43 | 6 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 4 | T6 | Chase Briscoe | 20.00 | 2 |
| T7 | Erik Jones | 3 | T6 | Josh Berry | 20.00 | 1 |
| T7 | Joey Logano | 3 | 8 | Erik Jones | 18.75 | 3 |
| T9 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 16.67 | 4 |
| T9 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 10 | Christopher Bell | 15.38 | 2 |
| T9 | William Byron | 2 | ||||
– Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, and Tyler Reddick are definitely ones to watch for this weekend as they are top 3 in the Top 3% table above and the Top 5% table below.
| Most Active Darlington Top 5’s | Best Active Darlington Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 14 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 51.85 | 14 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 43.75 | 7 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 3 | Tyler Reddick | 38.46 | 5 |
| T3 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 37.50 | 9 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 7 | T4 | Erik Jones | 37.50 | 6 |
| T6 | Erik Jones | 6 | 6 | William Byron | 33.33 | 5 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 6 | 7 | Chase Briscoe | 30.00 | 3 |
| T8 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 8 | Brad Keselowski | 29.17 | 7 |
| T8 | William Byron | 5 | T9 | Kyle Busch | 25.00 | 7 |
| 10 | Chase Elliott | 4 | T9 | Joey Logano | 25.00 | 6 |
| Most Active Darlington Top 10’s | Best Active Darlington Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 20 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 74.07 | 20 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 17 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 60.71 | 17 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 13 | T3 | Erik Jones | 56.25 | 9 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 12 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 56.25 | 9 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 11 | 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 54.17 | 13 |
| T6 | Erik Jones | 9 | 6 | Tyler Reddick | 53.85 | 7 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 9 | 7 | Brad Keselowski | 50.00 | 12 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 8 | 8 | William Byron | 46.67 | 7 |
| T9 | Tyler Reddick | 7 | 9 | Joey Logano | 45.83 | 11 |
| T9 | William Byron | 7 | 10 | Chase Elliott | 44.44 | 8 |
| T9 | Chris Buescher | 7 | ||||
Denny Hamlin is without a doubt the best active driver at Darlington as he ranks top 2 in every table from Wins and Wins% down to Top 10’s and Top 10%. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 23.08 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 2 | 6.25 |
| 2 | William Byron | 4 | 13.33 | T7 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 3.85 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 9.38 | T7 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.13 |
| T4 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 10.00 | T7 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.13 |
| T4 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 7.69 |
– Don’t be surprised if Ford doesn’t do great in Stage 1 and Stage 2 this weekend as only two active Ford drivers have a Stage Win here, and only three active Ford drivers are in the Stage T10 tables below.
| Most Active Darlington Stage T10’s | Best Active Darlington Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 25 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 78.13 | 25 |
| 2 | William Byron | 20 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 73.08 | 19 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 19 | 3 | William Byron | 66.67 | 20 |
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 17 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 65.38 | 17 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 17 | 5 | Joey Logano | 53.13 | 17 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 16 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 50.00 | 16 |
| 7 | Kyle Busch | 15 | T6 | Christopher Bell | 50.00 | 13 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 14 | 8 | Kyle Busch | 46.88 | 15 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 14 | T9 | Erik Jones | 43.75 | 14 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 13 | T9 | Ryan Blaney | 43.75 | 14 |
| Most Active Darlington Starts without Win | Most Active Darlington Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 21 | 1 | Kyle Busch | 28 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 | 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 24 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 19 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 21 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 18 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 |
| T4 | J.J. Yeley | 18 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 19 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 18 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 18 |
| 7 | Chris Buescher | 17 | T6 | J.J. Yeley | 18 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 16 | T6 | Ryan Blaney | 18 |
| T8 | Daniel Suarez | 16 | 9 | Chris Buescher | 17 |
| T10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 15 | T10 | Alex Bowman | 16 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 15 | T10 | Daniel Suarez | 16 |
| T10 | Casey Mears | 15 | T10 | Erik Jones | 16 |
| T10 | Kyle Larson | 16 | |||
– Michael McDowell and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. have not had much success here at Darlington as they are the leaders in most starts without a Win, Top 3, or Top 5 among active drivers.
| Most Active Darlington Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Darlington Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 21 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 21 |
| 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 | 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20 |
| T3 | J.J. Yeley | 18 | 3 | J.J. Yeley | 18 |
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 18 | 4 | Daniel Suarez | 16 |
| 5 | Daniel Suarez | 16 | 5 | Casey Mears | 15 |
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | J.J. Yeley | 18 |
| 2 | Casey Mears | 15 |
| T3 | Ryan Preece | 12 |
| T3 | Ty Dillon | 12 |
| 5 | B.J. McLeod | 10 |
With his 5th place finish here at Darlington last Fall A.J. Allmendinger was able to remove his name from the “without Top 10” table above. Photo by Jeffrey Vest — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Active Darlington Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Darlington Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 32 | T1 | B.J. McLeod | 20 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 32 | T1 | J.J. Yeley | 20 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 32 | 3 | Cole Custer | 18 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 32 | 4 | Cody Ware | 14 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 32 | T5 | Carson Hocevar | 10 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 32 | T5 | Noah Gragson | 10 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 32 | 7 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 6 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 32 | T8 | Anthony Alfredo | 4 |
| 9 | Bubba Wallace | 30 | T8 | Riley Herbst | 4 |
| 10 | Alex Bowman | 28 | 10 | Austin Hill | 2 |
– Incredibly, there is no overlap in drivers in the “without stage” tables above as every active driver who has ran more than 20 stages here has a Stage T10.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Tyler Reddick | 2 | Top 5’s | Tyler Reddick | 10 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 4 | Top 10’s | Bubba Wallace | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chris Buescher | 3 | Top 10’s | Chase Briscoe | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Busch | 3 | Top 10’s | John Hunter Nemechek | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Tyler Reddick | 3 | Top 10’s | Kyle Larson | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chase Briscoe | 2 | Stage Wins | Ross Chastain | 2 | |
– Tyler Reddick is the only driver that has an active Top 10 finish streak and Stage T10 streak in the table above, and he’s also the only one with a Stage T10 streak that started before the 2025 Fall race.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-27 | 84.20 | Chase Briscoe | 1st | 6 | 2023-27 | 48.23 | Denny Hamlin | 25th |
| 2 | 2025-08 | 81.82 | William Byron | 2nd | 7 | 2022-27 | 42.23 | Kyle Busch | 30th |
| 3 | 2024-26 | 71.66 | Kyle Larson | 4th | 8 | 2022-13 | 36.52 | Joey Logano | 1st |
| 4 | 2024-13 | 59.39 | Tyler Reddick | 32nd | 9 | 2023-13 | 31.53 | Ross Chastain | 29th |
| 5 | 2023-13 | 49.15 | Martin Truex Jr. | 31st | 10 | 2023-27 | 24.52 | Tyler Reddick | 2nd |
Chase Briscoe’s Fall Darlington race last year was so impressive that he put himself atop the Laps Led% table above and cemented himself atop the Driver Rating table below. Photo by Jeffrey Vest — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-7 | Chase Briscoe | 150.0 | 1st | 6 | 2024-13 | Brad Keselowski | 127.5 | 1st |
| 2 | 2025-08 | William Byron | 142.7 | 2nd | 7 | 2024-26 | Chase Briscoe | 127.4 | 1st |
| 3 | 2024-26 | Kyle Larson | 140.5 | 4th | 8 | 2023-13 | William Byron | 126.2 | 1st |
| 4 | 2022-12 | Joey Logano | 138.5 | 1st | 9 | 2023-27 | Tyler Reddick | 125.4 | 2nd |
| 5 | 2023-27 | Kyle Larson | 127.9 | 1st | 10 | 2024-13 | Ty Gibbs | 121.3 | 2nd |
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| T1 | 2022-27 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 5th | T6 | 2022-27 | William Byron | 99.73 | 8th |
| T1 | 2023-13 | Brad Keselowski | 100 | 4th | T8 | 2023-27 | Tyler Reddick | 99.46 | 2nd |
| T1 | 2023-13 | Brad Keselowski | 100 | 1st | T8 | 2024-26 | Chase Briscoe | 99.46 | 1st |
| T1 | 2024-26 | Christopher Bell | 100 | 3rd | T10 | 2022-27 | Erik Jones | 99.18 | 1st |
| T1 | 2025-08 | William Byron | 100 | 2nd | T10 | 2023-27 | Chris Buescher | 99.18 | 3rd |
| T6 | 2022-27 | Denny Hamlin | 99.73 | 2nd | T10 | 2024-26 | Kyle Larson | 99.18 | 4th |
– Last Fall at Darlington no driver ran more than 99% of the laps inside the Top 15 for the first time here since the 2024 Spring race.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 4th | 9.13 | 1 | 38th | 36.50 |
| 2 | 10th | 12.25 | 2 | 37th | 34.00 |
| 3 | 3rd | 12.38 | 3 | 36th | 26.88 |
| 4 | 16th | 12.88 | 4 | 35th | 25.63 |
| 5 | 8th | 13.38 | 5 | 32nd | 25.13 |
| 6 | 12th | 14.00 | 6 | 33rd | 24.50 |
| 7 | 1st | 14.50 | 7 | 29th | 23.38 |
| 8 | 11th | 14.63 | 8 | 24th | 23.00 |
| 9 | 14th | 14.88 | 9 | 5th | 22.50 |
| 10 | 22nd | 15.13 | 10 | 31st | 22.25 |
– The tables above show that starting Top 16 is quite good for getting a good finish, but for whatever reason you don’t want to start in 5th as a driver starting there in the Next Gen has never finish Top 5 at Darlington.
| Best Next Gen Darlington Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Darlington Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 109.33 | 8 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 93.80 | 8 |
| 2 | William Byron | 107.73 | 8 | 2 | William Byron | 89.87 | 8 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 102.74 | 8 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 82.88 | 8 |
| 4 | Ross Chastain | 92.88 | 8 | 4 | Bubba Wallace | 81.59 | 8 |
| 5 | Bubba Wallace | 91.46 | 8 | 5 | Christopher Bell | 74.34 | 8 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 91.01 | 8 | 6 | Joey Logano | 71.35 | 8 |
| 7 | Christopher Bell | 89.69 | 8 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 66.82 | 8 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 88.94 | 8 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 66.70 | 8 |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 87.66 | 8 | 9 | Kevin Harvick | 65.96 | 4 |
| 10 | Kevin Harvick | 85.08 | 4 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 62.89 | 8 |
– Watch out for Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick, and William Byron to be good this weekend as they all rank top 3 in both tables above and in the Avg. Finish table below.
| Best Next Gen Darlington Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Darlington Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 9.63 | 8 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 14.89 | 8 |
| 2 | Denny Hamlin | 9.88 | 8 | 2 | Chase Briscoe | 12.77 | 8 |
| 3 | William Byron | 10.63 | 8 | 3 | William Byron | 12.40 | 8 |
| 4 | Christopher Bell | 12.00 | 8 | 4 | Tyler Reddick | 12.09 | 8 |
| 5 | Joey Logano | 12.13 | 8 | 5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 11.15 | 6 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 12.25 | 8 | 6 | Denny Hamlin | 10.51 | 8 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 12.50 | 8 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 6.58 | 8 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 13.38 | 8 | 8 | Joey Logano | 6.46 | 8 |
| T9 | Aric Almirola | 14.25 | 4 | 9 | Ross Chastain | 4.76 | 8 |
| T9 | Brad Keselowski | 14.25 | 8 | 10 | Bubba Wallace | 2.27 | 8 |
| T9 | Chase Briscoe | 14.25 | 8 | ||||
| Next Gen Darlington Win List | Next Gen Darlington Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 25.00 | 1 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Bubba Wallace | 1 |
| T2 | Erik Jones | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 |
| T2 | Joey Logano | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 1 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 |
| T2 | William Byron | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | William Byron | 1 |
– In last years Southern 500 Chase Briscoe became the first driver to win multiple Darlington races in the Next Gen car.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 25.00 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 25.00 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 25.00 |
| T2 | Erik Jones | 2 | 25.00 |
| T2 | William Byron | 2 | 25.00 |
| T7 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 25.00 |
| T7 | Josh Berry | 1 | 20.00 |
| T7 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | 14.29 |
| T7 | 7 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 12.50 |
Tyler Reddick is the only driver to figure out how to finish great at Darlington in the Next Gen as he has the most Top 3’s, Top 5’s, and Top 10’s; but he’s yet to win. Photo by Jeffrey Vest — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Darlington Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Darlington Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 62.50 | 1 | Tyler Reddick | 6 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Chase Briscoe | 3 | 37.50 | T2 | Bubba Wallace | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 3 | 37.50 | T2 | Chris Buescher | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 37.50 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | William Byron | 3 | 37.50 | T2 | William Byron | 5 | 62.50 |
| T6 | Kevin Harvick | 2 | 50.00 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 4 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 25.00 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 25.00 | T6 | Christopher Bell | 4 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Erik Jones | 2 | 25.00 | T6 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 2 | 25.00 | T10 | 7 drivers tied with same % | 3 | 42.86 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 25.00 | ||||
| T6 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 25.00 | ||||
| Most Next Gen Darlington Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Darlington Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 18.75 | 1 | William Byron | 14 | 87.50 |
| T1 | William Byron | 3 | 18.75 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 13 | 81.25 |
| T3 | Chase Briscoe | 2 | 12.50 | 3 | Christopher Bell | 11 | 68.75 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 12.50 | T4 | Bubba Wallace | 10 | 62.50 |
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 12.50 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 10 | 62.50 |
| T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 8.33 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 9 | 56.25 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 1 | 6.25 | T6 | Ryan Blaney | 9 | 56.25 |
| T6 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 6.25 | T8 | Brad Keselowski | 8 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 6.25 | T8 | Ross Chastain | 8 | 50.00 |
| 10 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7 | 58.33 | ||||
– Expect Hendrick Motorsports to be near the front in Stage 1 and 2 this weekend as their drivers are atop both Stage tables above.