Last week at COTA we got to see Tyler Reddick win yet again in 2026. Now we head to a track where if he wins again people will be scratching their heads and calling conspiracy, 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 2026 Cup Series season.
Last Phoenix Race (11/02/25)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 5 Ryan Blaney 319 20 2nd 2nd 126.0
2 19 Brad Keselowski 319 6 19th 18th 85.6
3 3 Kyle Larson 319 0 5th 4th 112.1
4 10 Joey Logano 319 0 8th 8th 108.4
5 11 Kyle Busch 319 0 20th 26th 77.1
6 1 Denny Hamlin 319 208 3rd 1st 140.2
7 7 Josh Berry 319 0 12th 12th 100.8
8 37 Michael McDowell 319 0 32nd 27th 62.0
9 21 Ryan Preece 319 0 23rd 28th 65.0
10 17 Chase Elliott 319 30 18th 10th 88.4
11 20 Christopher Bell 319 0 11th 5th 97.9
12 9 Chris Buescher 319 0 9th 14th 81.6
13 13 Ross Chastain 319 0 16th 6th 93.1
14 29 Justin Haley 319 0 33rd 29th 54.6
15 8 Alex Bowman 319 0 7th 11th 87.1
16 15 Erik Jones 319 0 27th 15th 63.7
17 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 319 0 22nd 17th 64.5
18 12 Chase Briscoe 319 3 10th 7th 86.6
19 14 Daniel Suarez 319 0 13th 23rd 59.3
20 26 Austin Dillon 319 0 26th 34th 52.2
21 25 Ty Gibbs 319 0 25th 21st 58.0
22 30 Todd Gilliland 319 0 21st 22nd 66.7
23 32 Riley Herbst 319 0 31st 24th 46.2
24 31 Shane Van Gisbergen 319 0 30th 31st 40.6
25 27 Cole Custer 319 0 28th 25th 45.3
26 24 Tyler Reddick 319 0 14th 19th 71.0
27 18 Noah Gragson 319 0 15th 13th 67.1
28 6 Carson Hocevar 319 0 6th 9th 74.3
29 22 Zane Smith 319 0 17th 16th 62.7
30 33 Cody Ware 319 0 36th 33rd 35.4
31 28 John Hunter Nemechek 319 0 29th 32nd 41.6
32 35 J.J. Yeley 317 0 37th 30th 28.8
33 2 William Byron 317 52 1st 3rd 100.9
34 4 Austin Cindric 301 0 4th 20th 70.2
35 34 Ty Dillon 296 0 35th 35th 29.7
36 36 Casey Mears 284 0 36th 36th 24.8
37 23 Bubba Wallace 165 0 38th 38th 38.3
38 38 A.J. Allmendinger 146 0 34th 37th 28.4

In the final year of the elimination Playoff format Kyle Larson became the first champion to not lead a single lap in the Championship race, and also the worst finishing champion in the Championship race as well. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images

Active Phoenix Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Kyle Larson 10.35 1st 40th 23
2 Denny Hamlin 10.49 1st 35th 41
3 Jimmie Johnson 10.67 1st 39th 36
4 Ryan Blaney 10.85 1st 37th 20
5 Kyle Busch 11.24 1st 38th 41
6 Chase Elliott 12.11 1st 39th 19
7 William Byron 12.19 1st 33rd 16
8 Joey Logano 12.82 1st 37th 34
9 Christopher Bell 12.92 1st 36th 12
10 Brad Keselowski 13.88 2nd 42nd 33
11 Josh Berry 14.20 4th 26th 5
12 Ross Chastain 16.07 1st 28th 15
13 Tyler Reddick 17.75 3rd 33rd 12
14 Chris Buescher 1820 2nd 37th 20
15 Chase Briscoe 18.40 1st 35th 10
16 Daniel Suarez 18.44 7th 36th 18
17 Erik Jones 18.53 4th 31st 19
18 A.J. Allmendinger 19.36 6th 38th 25
19 Austin Dillon 20.25 8th 39th 24
20 Bubba Wallace 20.69 7th 39th 16
21 Alex Bowman 20.90 6th 41st 21
22 Ty Dillon 21.19 11th 35th 16
23 Noah Gragson 21.20 12th 29th 5
24 Cole Custer 21.25 9th 32nd 8
25 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 21.81 4th 41st 26
26 Ty Gibbs 23.00 3rd 40th 6
27 Carson Hocevar 23.20 15th 36th 5
28 Todd Gilliland 23.25 17th 32nd 8
29 Ryan Preece 23.46 9th 37th 13
30 Austin Cindric 24.63 11th 36th 8
31 John Hunter Nemechek 25.43 14th 31st 7
32 Casey Mears 26.04 11th 42nd 26
33 Justin Allgaier 26.60 17th 37th 5
34 Zane Smith 27.40 9th 39th 5
35 Shane Van Gisbergen 27.50 24th 31st 2
36 Michael McDowell 27.67 8th 43rd 30
37 J.J. Yeley 28.95 14th 39th 21
38 Riley Herbst 30.00 23rd 37th 2
39 Cody Ware 30.33 24th 36th 9
40 B.J. McLeod 31.67 27th 36th 6

– Winning a Cup race at Phoenix is hardly ever a fluke as the drivers with the 9 best Avg. Finishes in the table above have won here, and every active driver to have won here ranks 15th or better in the Avg. Finish table above.

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 85.90 20
2 Chase Elliott 101.24 19 2 William Byron 82.75 16
3 Ryan Blaney 101.01 20 3 Chase Elliott 79.11 19
4 Denny Hamlin 99.83 41 4 Kyle Busch 77.58 41
5 Kyle Larson 98.44 23 5 Kyle Larson 77.57 23
6 Kyle Busch 98.36 41 6 Denny Hamlin 77.10 41
7 William Byron 97.21 16 7 Jimmie Johnson 76.66 33
8 Joey Logano 95.29 34 8 Joey Logano 71.67 34
9 Christopher Bell 94.86 12 9 Christopher Bell 69.12 12
10 Brad Keselowski 89.67 33 10 Tyler Reddick 67.29 12

– If you want to see who will run well this weekend, most likely, then look at the tables above as there are 8 drivers racing this weekend that are on both tables.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Joey Logano 10.32 34 1 William Byron 99.90 16
2 Chase Elliott 9.79 19 2 Josh Berry 99.81 5
3 Kyle Busch 9.29 41 3 Ross Chastain 99.70 15
4 Denny Hamlin 8.96 41 4 Todd Gilliland 99.60 8
5 Jimmie Johnson 8.88 36 5 John Hunter Nemechek 99.59 7
6 Christopher Bell 7.93 12 6 Erik Jones 99.59 19
7 Ryan Blaney 7.38 20 7 Denny Hamlin 99.51 41
8 William Byron 6.79 16 8 Noah Gragson 99.36 5
9 Kyle Larson 5.55 23 9 Ty Dillon 99.26 16
10 Chase Briscoe 3.74 10 10 Justin Allgaier 98.84 5

– Despite wrecking near the end of last Fall’s Phoenix race William Byron still has the best active Laps Completed% here.

Most Active Phoenix Starts Most Active Phoenix Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
T1 Denny Hamlin 41 T1 Denny Hamlin 4
T1 Kyle Busch 41 T1 Kyle Busch 4
3 Jimmie Johnson 36 T3 Ryan Blaney 3
4 Joey Logano 34 T3 Jimmie Johnson 3
5 Brad Keselowski 33 T5 William Byron 2
6 Michael McDowell 30 T5 Kyle Larson 2
T7 Casey Mears 26 T5 Joey Logano 2
T7 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26 T8 Chase Elliott 1
9 A.J. Allmendinger 25 T8 Alex Bowman 1
10 Austin Dillon 24 T8 A.J. Allmendinger 1
T8 Brad Keselowski 1

With his Pole in last Fall’s Phoenix race Denny Hamlin is now tied with Kyle Busch for most Phoenix Poles among active drivers. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images

Active Phoenix Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
T1 Joey Logano 4 11.76 T6 Ross Chastain 1 6.67
T1 Jimmie Johnson 4 11.11 T6 William Byron 1 6.25
3 Kyle Busch 3 7.32 T6 Chase Elliott 1 5.26
T4 Christopher Bell 2 16.67 T6 Ryan Blaney 1 5.00
T4 Denny Hamlin 2 4.88 T6 Kyle Larson 1 4.35
T6 Chase Briscoe 1 10.00

– 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 35.00 7
T2 Jimmie Johnson 10 2 Kyle Larson 30.43 7
T2 Kyle Busch 10 3 Denny Hamlin 29.27 12
4 Joey Logano 8 4 Jimmie Johnson 27.78 10
T5 Ryan Blaney 7 5 Kyle Busch 24.39 10
T5 Kyle Larson 7 6 Joey Logano 23.53 8
7 Brad Keselowski 4 7 Ross Chastain 20.00 3
T8 Ross Chastain 3 T8 Christopher Bell 16.67 2
T8 Chase Elliott 3 T8 Tyler Reddick 16.67 2
T10 Christopher Bell 2
T10 Tyler Reddick 2 T8 Ty Gibbs 16.67 1
T10 William Byron 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. In addition he’s the only active driver to have finished half of his Phoenix races in the Top 5.

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 50.00 10
2 Jimmie Johnson 16 2 Kyle Larson 47.83 11
3 Kyle Busch 13 3 Jimmie Johnson 44.44 16
4 Kyle Larson 11 4 Denny Hamlin 41.46 17
T5 Ryan Blaney 10 5 Kyle Busch 31.71 13
T5 Brad Keselowski 10 6 Brad Keselowski 30.30 10
T5 Joey Logano 10 7 Joey Logano 29.41 10
8 Chase Elliott 5 8 Chase Elliott 26.32 5
T9 Christopher Bell 3 9 Christopher Bell 25.00 3
T9 Ross Chastain 3 T10 Ross Chastain 20.00 3
T9 William Byron 3 T10 Chase Briscoe 20.00 2
T9 Chris Buescher 3 T10 Josh Berry 20.00 1
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 28 1 Ryan Blaney 70.00 14
2 Denny Hamlin 24 2 Kyle Busch 68.29 28
3 Jimmie Johnson 22 3 Kyle Larson 65.22 15
4 Joey Logano 18 4 Jimmie Johnson 61.11 22
T5 Kyle Larson 15 5 Josh Berry 60.00 3
T5 Brad Keselowski 15 6 Denny Hamlin 58.54 24
7 Ryan Blaney 14 7 Christopher Bell 58.33 7
8 Chase Elliott 11 8 Chase Elliott 57.89 11
9 William Byron 9 9 William Byron 56.25 9
10 Christopher Bell 7 10 Joey Logano 52.94 18

– If you’re trying to see who might finish well this weekend look at the Top 10% table above as those are the only active drivers to finish half (or more) of their starts here in the Top 10.

Active Phoenix Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
1 Joey Logano 6 16.67 T7 Christopher Bell 2 8.33
T2 William Byron 5 15.63 T7 Chase Elliott 2 5.88
T2 Ryan Blaney 5 13.89 T7 Brad Keselowski 2 5.56
T4 Kyle Larson 3 8.82 T10 Tyler Reddick 1 4.17
T4 Denny Hamlin 3 8.33 T10 Chris Buescher 1 2.78
T4 Kyle Busch 3 8.33

Joey Logano has been great in stages at Phoenix, well winning them anyway, as he has the most Stage Wins among active drivers. However, he is only 6th best in the Stage T10 and Stage T10% tables below. 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
1 Ryan Blaney 28 T1 Chase Elliott 79.41 27
T2 Chase Elliott 27 T1 Kyle Larson 79.41 27
T2 Kyle Larson 27 3 Ryan Blaney 77.78 28
T4 William Byron 24 4 William Byron 75.00 24
T4 Denny Hamlin 24 5 Denny Hamlin 66.67 24
6 Joey Logano 22 6 Joey Logano 61.11 22
7 Kyle Busch 19 7 Tyler Reddick 58.33 14
8 Brad Keselowski 18 8 Kyle Busch 52.78 19
9 Tyler Reddick 14 T9 Brad Keselowski 50.00 18
10 Christopher Bell 12 T9 Christopher Bell 50.00 12
Most Active Phoenix Starts without Win Most Active Phoenix Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Brad Keselowski 33 1 Michael McDowell 30
2 Michael McDowell 20 T2 Casey Mears 26
T3 Casey Mears 26 T2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26
T3 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26 4 Austin Dillon 24
5 A.J. Allmendinger 25 5 J.J. Yeley 21
6 Austin Dillon 24 6 Chris Buescher 20
T7 Alex Bowman 21 7 Erik Jones 19
T7 J.J. Yeley 21 8 Daniel Suarez 18
9 Chris Buescher 20 T9 Bubba Wallace 16
10 Erik Jones 19 T9 Ty Dillon 16

– According to the tables above it is easier to get a Pole at Phoenix than a Win as the 10th most starts without a Win is 19 and the 10th most starts without a Pole is 16.

Most Active Phoenix Starts without Top 3 Most Active Phoenix Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 30 1 Michael McDowell 30
T2 Casey Mears 26 2 Casey Mears 26
T2 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 26 3 A.J. Allmendinger 25
4 A.J. Allmendinger 25 4 Austin Dillon 24
5 Austin Dillon 24 T5 Alex Bowman 21
T5 J.J. Yeley 21

– 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 26
2 J.J. Yeley 21
3 Ty Dillon 16
4 Cody Ware 9
T5 Austin Cindric 8
T5 Todd Gilliland 8

Casey Mears is not racing this weekend and that may not be a bad thing for him 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 36 1 A.J. Allmendinger 20
T1 Daniel Suarez 36 2 Cody Ware 18
T1 Erik Jones 36 3 Todd Gilliland 16
T1 Michael McDowell 36 T4 J.J. Yeley 14
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 36 T4 John Hunter Nemechek 14
T6 Alex Bowman 32 6 B.J. McLeod 12
T6 Bubba Wallace 32 7 Zane Smith 10
8 Ross Chastain 30 T8 Riley Herbst 4
9 Ty Dillon 28 T8 Shane Van Gisbergen 4
10 Ryan Preece 24 10 Casey Mears 2

– Out of the 23 drivers to have 20+ stages under their belt at Phoenix, only A.J. Allmendinger has yet to score a Stage T10 here.

Active Phoenix Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Kyle Larson 2 Top 3’s Ryan Blaney 15 Stage T10’s
Kyle Larson 3 Top 5’s Denny Hamlin 8 Stage T10’s
Chase Elliott 3 Top 10’s Kyle Larson 6 Stage T10’s
Denny Hamlin 2 Top 10’s Joey Logano 3 Stage T10’s
Josh Berry 2 Top 10’s Carson Hocevar 2 Stage T10’s
Kyle Busch 2 Top 10’s Chase Briscoe 2 Stage T10’s
William Byron 21 Stage T10’s
– William Byron is looking to continue a historic Stage T10 streak here at Phoenix as his 21 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 2025-36 65.20 Denny Hamlin 6th T5 2024-36 45.83 Christopher Bell 5th
2 2023-04 63.41 Kyle Larson 4th 7 2022-36 34.94 Ryan Blaney 2nd
3 2022-36 59.94 Joey Logano 1st 8 2024-36 34.29 Joey Logano 1st
4 2023-36 50.32 Ross Chastain 1st 9 2025-04 33.65 Christopher Bell 1st
T5 2022-04 45.83 Ryan Blaney 4th 10 2022-04 32.37 Chase Briscoe 1st

– Leading a lot of laps usually leads to a good finish in the Next Gen at Phoenix as every driver to lead over 30% of a race has finished Top 6, but don’t lead too much as no driver leading over 60% of a race has won.

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 Joey Logano 136.6 1st
2 2022-36 Joey Logano 143.8 1st 7 2024-36 Christopher Bell 132.7 5th
3 2025-36 Denny Hamlin 140.2 6th 8 2023-04 William Byron 131.4 1st
4 2025-04 Christopher Bell 139.1 1st 9 2022-04 Ryan Blaney 131.2 4th
5 2023-04 Kyle Larson 139.0 4th 10 2022-04 Chase Briscoe 128.7 1st

– Looking at the table above Joey Logano and Christopher Bell could be the favorites this weekend as they are the only drivers mentioned twice in the table above.

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 2024-36 William Byron 100 3rd T1 2025-04 Denny Hamlin 100 2nd
T1 2024-36 Kyle Larson 100 4th T1 2025-04 Kyle Larson 100 3rd
T1 2024-36 Tyler Reddick 100 6th T1 2025-36 Ryan Blaney 100 1st
T1 2024-36 Chase Elliott 100 8th T1 2025-36 Joey Logano 100 4th
T1 2025-04 Christopher Bell 100 1st T1 2025-36 Denny Hamlin 100 6th

– Running every lap at Phoenix in the Top 15 is sort of easy in the Next Gen car as 22 drivers have done it in the 8 Next Gen races here, that’s an average of around 3 cars per race.

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 6.63 1 40th 38.00
2 17th 8.63 2 38th 37.00
3 15th 10.00 3 35th 30.50
T4 2nd 11.75 4 36th 29.25
T4 8th 11.75 5 33rd 28.88
6 10th 11.88 6 34th 28.38
7 16th 12.25 7 30th 27.75
T8 9th 12.38 8 31st 26.25
T8 11th 12.38 T9 20th 24.75
10 5th 12.63 T9 32nd 24.75

– 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, unless you start 1st.

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 Ryan Blaney 113.59 8 1 Kevin Harvick 98.72 4
2 Kevin Harvick 111.95 4 2 Ryan Blaney 97.25 8
3 William Byron 110.69 8 3 William Byron 94.38 8
4 Christopher Bell 103.23 8 4 Kyle Larson 87.88 8
5 Kyle Larson 102.93 8 5 Denny Hamlin 86.96 8
6 Denny Hamlin 100.45 8 6 Tyler Reddick 80.18 8
7 Joey Logano 97.29 8 7 Christopher Bell 79.67 8
8 Ross Chastain 95.00 8 8 Ross Chastain 79.55 8
9 Tyler Reddick 92.31 8 9 Martin Truex Jr. 71.23 6
10 Martin Truex Jr. 89.93 6 10 Joey Logano 68.70 8

– 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 15.11 8
T2 Kevin Harvick 5.75 4 2 William Byron 12.96 8
T2 Ryan Blaney 5.75 8 3 Christopher Bell 11.88 8
4 Kyle Larson 9.25 8 4 Denny Hamlin 11.68 8
T5 Chris Buescher 9.88 8 5 Ryan Blaney 11.40 8
T5 Ross Chastain 9.88 8 6 Kyle Larson 8.61 8
7 Denny Hamlin 10.25 8 7 Ross Chastain 6.30 8
8 William Byron 11.13 8 8 Kevin Harvick 4.71 4
9 Joey Logano 11.25 8 9 Chase Briscoe 4.67 8
10 Christopher Bell 12.00 8 10 Chase Elliott 3.97 7

If you’re a betting man then a Ryan Blaney good finish this weekend is a good bet as he has the best Next Gen Avg. Finish here of any driver in the race this weekend, by 3.5 positions. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images

Next Gen Phoenix Win List Next Gen Phoenix Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Christopher Bell 2 25.00 T1 Denny Hamlin 2
T1 Joey Logano 2 25.00 T1 William Byron 2
T3 Chase Briscoe 1 12.50 T3 Joey Logano 1
T3 Ross Chastain 1 12.50 T3 Kyle Larson 1
T3 Ryan Blaney 1 12.50 T3 Martin Truex Jr. 1
T3 William Byron 1 12.50 T3 Ryan Blaney 1

– Before 2025 no driver had won multiple Next Gen Poles at Phoenix, but then William Byron and Denny Hamlin won their 2nd. So, don’t be surprised if we have another repeat Pole winner this weekend.

Next Gen Phoenix Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
1 Ryan Blaney 5 62.50
T2 Kyle Larson 3 37.50
T2 Ross Chastain 3 37.50
T4 Christopher Bell 2 25.00
T4 Joey Logano 2 25.00
T4 Tyler Reddick 2 25.00
T4 William Byron 2 25.00
T8 Ty Gibbs 1 16.67
T8 Brad Keselowski 1 12.50
T8 Chase Briscoe 1 12.50
T8 Chris Buescher 1 12.50
T8 Denny Hamlin 1 12.50

– It would be shocking if Ryan Blaney doesn’t finish 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 7 87.50 1 Ryan Blaney 7 87.50
2 Kyle Larson 5 62.50 2 Kyle Larson 6 75.00
T3 Chris Buescher 3 37.50 T3 Chris Buescher 5 62.50
T3 Christopher Bell 3 37.50 T3 Christopher Bell 5 62.50
T3 Joey Logano 3 37.50 T3 Kyle Busch 5 62.50
T3 Ross Chastain 3 37.50 T3 William Byron 5 62.50
T3 William Byron 3 37.50 T7 Kevin Harvick 4 100
T8 Kevin Harvick 2 50.00 T7 Chase Briscoe 4 50.00
T8 Brad Keselowski 2 25.00 T7 Denny Hamlin 4 50.00
T8 Chase Briscoe 2 25.00 T7 Joey Logano 4 50.00
T8 Tyler Reddick 2 25.00 T7 Ross Chastain 4 50.00
T7 Tyler Reddick 4 50.00

– Kevin Harvick was so good at Phoenix that he hasn’t raced here in 2 full years and he’s still in the Next Gen Phoenix Top 10 list above.

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 5 31.25 1 William Byron 16 100
2 Ryan Blaney 3 18.75 2 Ryan Blaney 15 93.75
T3 Christopher Bell 2 12.50 3 Kyle Larson 14 87.50
T3 Joey Logano 2 12.50 4 Tyler Reddick 12 75.00
T5 Chris Buescher 1 6.25 5 Christopher Bell 11 68.75
T5 Denny Hamlin 1 6.25 6 Deny Hamlin 10 62.50
T7 Chase Elliott 9 64.29
T5 Kyle Larson 1 6.25 T7 Joey Logano 9 56.25
T9 Kevin Harvick 8 100
T5 Tyler Reddick 1 6.25 T9 Martin Truex Jr. 8 66.67
T9 Chase Briscoe 8 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 16 stages in the Top 10 here. Photo by Kevin Abele — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images