By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Homestead, Florida for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Homestead is a 1.5-mile oval-shaped speedway, known for its progressive banking in the corners which leads to multiple racing grooves. The track opened in 1995, though NASCAR didn’t make their way there until four years later in 1999. Tony Stewart won the inaugural NASCAR race there.
Tomorrow’s race will be 267 laps long (for a total of 400.5 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 80 – 165 – 267. Pit road speed is 45 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 55 mph. The fuel window is between 64-69 laps.
This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 1,141 laps, for 1,848.46 miles so far this season. Only 5 drivers have completed all of them – Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Denny Hamlin, Tyler Reddick and John Hunter Nemechek.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Homestead:
Christopher Bell | 8.80 over 5 races (1 win) |
Tyler Reddick | 9.00 over 5 races (1 win) |
Carson Hocevar | 9.00 over 1 race |
Chase Elliott | 9.78 over 9 races |
Denny Hamlin | 10.50 over 20 races (3 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Homestead:
Cody Ware | 33.00 over 2 races |
Zane Smith | 30.00 over 1 race |
Justin Haley | 27.75 over 4 races |
Ty Dillon | 25.75 over 8 races |
Michael McDowell | 25.67 over 15 races |
Homestead is an Intermediate Track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:
Denny Hamlin | 12.02 over 336 races (27 wins) |
Kyle Larson | 12.21 over 174 races (16 wins) |
Kyle Busch | 12.43 over 352 races (29 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 12.47 over 155 races (6 wins) |
Joey Logano | 12.51 over 282 races (18 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:
Shane Van Gisbergen | 22.60 over 6 races |
Ryan Preece | 22.57 over 88 races |
Ty Dillon | 22.41 over 122 races |
Riley Herbst | 21.60 over 4 races |
Josh Berry | 21.35 over 23 races (1 win) |
Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle and Denny Hamlin are all tied for the winningest driver at Homestead – they each have three wins. Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are tied for second-most, as they each have 2.
Notable drivers who have not won at Homestead:
Brad Keselowski | (has won at 17 other tracks) |
Chase Elliott | (has won at 15 other tracks) |
Ryan Blaney | (has won at 9 other tracks) |
Alex Bowman | (has won at 8 other tracks) |
Chris Buescher | (has won at 6 other tracks) |
No current driver has scored their first ever Cup Series win at Homestead.
Based on average finish, Austin Dillon lists Homestead as his BEST track. No current drivers list it as their WORST track.
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2024
Tyler Reddick | +662 pts |
Chris Buescher | +529 pts |
William Byron | +502 pts |
Bubba Wallace | +395 pts |
Christopher Bell | +345 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024
Ty Gibbs | -568 pts |
Brad Keselowski | -412 pts |
Denny Hamlin | -306 pts |
Joey Logano | -217 pts |
Todd Gilliland | -199 pts |
Here is the current battle for Rookie of the Year:
Riley Herbst | 79 |
SVG | 72 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Toyota | 180 |
Chevrolet | 179 |
Ford | 166 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Joe Gibbs | 178 |
Hendrick | 176 |
Trackhouse | 145 |
RFK | 142 |
Penske | 136 |
23XI | 132 |
Spire | 122 |
Legacy Motor Club | 114 |
RCR | 110 |
Front Row | 97 |
Hyak | 105 |
Kaulig | 105 |
Wood Bros | 97 |
Haas Factory | 47 |
Rick Ware | 34 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
William Byron | 49 |
Ryan Blaney | 48 |
Bubba Wallace | 45 |
Joey Logano | 44 |
Tyler Reddick | 35 |
Austin Cindric | 34 |
Kyle Larson | 33 |
Chase Elliott | 30 |
Christopher Bell | 26 |
Alex Bowman | 26 |
Milestone Watch
Chase Elliott | Looking for his 20th Career Win |
Kyle Larson | Looking for his 30th Career Win |
Justin Haley | This will be his 150th Career Start |
Chase Briscoe | This will be his 150th Career Start |
Christopher Bell | Looking for his 50th Career Top 5 |
Josh Berry | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
Noah Gragson | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
John Hunter Nemechek | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
Daniel Suarez | Looking for his 70th Career Top 10 |
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Justin Haley | 146 races |
Cole Custer | 99 races |
Bubba Wallace | 84 races |
Erik Jones | 84 races |
Kyle Busch | 62 races |
Michael McDowell | 53 races |
Daniel Suarez | 39 races |
Chase Elliott | 32 races |
Denny Hamlin | 30 races |
Brad Keselowski | 28 races |
The race begins Sunday, March 23rd at 3:00 pm EST (12:00 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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