The latest edition of the all-encompassing Motor Racing Statistics “By The Numbers” blog, which looks at numbers throughout many forms of motorsports. This blog runs on Tuesdays through the year.
By The Numbers
1 – Erik Jones led a single lap – the last one – en route to his first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory Saturday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
3 – Kyle Larson earned his series-leading third victory in the NASCAR Xfinity Series competition, leading 40 laps en route to the win in the Coca-Cola Firecracker 250 at Daytona International Speedway.
3 – Sheldon Creed scored his third ARCA Racing Series victory in the last five races, leading 85 laps of Saturday’s 150-lap Fans With Benefits 150 at Iowa Speedway.
5 – Steve Torrence defeated Antron Brown in the Top Fuel final elimination round of Sunday’s New England Nationals at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire, his fifth NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel win of the season. Torrence’s 3.909-second pass at 320.74 bested longtime friend Brown’s 3.948-second pass at 315.12 mph.
6 – James Hinchcliffe earned his sixth career Verizon IndyCar Series victory in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway.
8 – This weekend’s Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart marks the eighth Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Kentucky Speedway in Sparta.
29 – Matt Hagan earned his 29th career NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car final round Sunday at New England Dragway, defeating Tim Wilkerson in the final round. Hagan held on with a pass of 4.156 seconds at 292.01 mph, with Wilkerson’s Ford dropping cylinders despite a run of 4.181 seconds at 287.35 mph.
34 – This weekend’s Honda Indy Toronto marks the 34th IndyCar race at Exhibition Place.
51 – Sebastian Vettel tied Alain Prost for third all-time in Formula 1 World Championship victories Sunday in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit, winning his 51st career grand prix, and the second at Silverstone. Prost, a fellow four-time series champion, won his 51st career race at Hockenheimring – the site of the next F1 race – in 1993.
190 – Erik Jones’s victory in Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway made him the 190th winner in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition.
229 – Josef Newgarden led a race-high 229 laps in Sunday’s Iowa Corn 300 at Iowa Speedway before finishing fourth. It marked the most laps led by a driver in a race this season.
955 – A total of 955 passes were completed in Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway, with 234 passes for position.
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