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.
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2 – Blake Alexander landed his second career NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Top Fuel victory Sunday at Sonoma Raceway in California with a 4.004-second pass (287.41 mph) over Tony Schumacher’s run of 4.345 seconds (219.65 mph).
2 – Ott Tanak recorded his second World Rally Championship win of 2018 in winning Rally Finland. He became the first Estonian driver to win the race since Markko Martin in 2003.
3 – Jeg Coughlin Jr. won for a series-leading third time in NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock competition with a final round pass of 6.532 seconds (212.16 mph) over Deric Kramer’s 6.534-second run (210.54 mph). Coughlin is tied with Tanner Gray for the most victories in the Pro Stock category this year.
4 – Alexander Rossi earned his fourth career Verizon IndyCar Series victory Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, with a brilliant two-stop strategy, while his other competitors opted for three stops. The strategy produced a victory that pushed Rossi into second in the standings with four races remaining on this year’s schedule.
6 – Lewis Hamilton improved his win total in the Hungarian Grand Prix to six with a dominating victory Sunday at the Hungaroring. Hamilton bested Sebastian Vettel by more than 17 seconds to increase his points lead. Hamilton, who also won the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013 and 2016, has yet to win the title, however, in a season in which he’s won the Grand Prix of Hungary.
11 – Scott Dixon and Graham Rahal lead all drivers in Verizon IndyCar Series competition with 11 top 10s through 13 races in 2018.
11 – The leader of the most laps in a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race has gone on to win that race 11 times this season. Kyle Busch became the most recent driver to accomplish the feat, having led a race-high 52 laps at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
15 – Donny Schatz remains the overall leader in World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series victories this season with 15, as competitors head into August and chase the major races at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Missouri, and of course, the Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. Schatz’s last victory, however, was the Kings Royal at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, on July 14.
21 – Thierry Neuville finished ninth in Rally Finland last weekend, but remains 21 points ahead of Sebastien Ogier with five events remaining. Ogier has won the last five World Rally Championship titles and finished fifth in Finland.
21 – Chris Windom earned the Indiana Sprint Week crown with a second-place finish in Saturday’s 30-lap race at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana. He finished 21 points ahead of Kevin Thomas Jr. in the seven-race contest, despite not winning a feature. Windom – who also won the Eastern Storm title in June – also remains ahead in the overall standings by a mere eight points over Thomas as the series heads for a three-week break.
37 – This weekend’s Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International marks the 37th Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at the New York track.
37 – Fernando Alonso celebrated his 37th birthday Sunday, and finished eighth in the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring, the first driver one lap behind the leaders.
49 – Kyle Busch scored his 49th career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory Sunday at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania, tying him for 13th all-time in series wins with three-time series champion Tony Stewart. It also marked Busch’s sixth victory of the season.
51 – In addition to winning the Cup Series race at Pocono, Kyle Busch recorded his 51st NASCAR Camping World Truck Series victory at the two-and-a-half mile triangular track, leading 43 of the 60 laps and beating teammate and fellow Cup Series regular Erik Jones by 1.469 seconds.
62 – “The People’s Champ,” Dave Darland, extended his USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series record to 62 victories in winning at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana, marking the end of the annual Indiana Sprint Week category. Darland also won the feature two nights prior at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, and has three wins in 2018 in USAC sprinters.
67 – Lewis Hamilton’s victory in Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring was the 67th in his Formula 1 World Championship career.
200 – Will Power finished second in his 200th IndyCar race Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
300 – Scott Dixon finished fifth in his 300th IndyCar race Sunday at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.
1,082 – Kevin Harvick has led a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series high 1,082 laps this season, 46 more than Kyle Busch.
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