Season Series Stats Update: 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series, Following Race 15 (August 27, 2018)

Season statistics following the 15th race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season August 25 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 Formula 1 World Championship, Following Race 13 (August 26, 2018)

Season statistics following the 13th race of the 2018 Formula 1 World Championship season August 26 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium.

Event Recap: 2018 Formula 1 World Championship from Belgian Grand Prix (August 26, 2018)

Event statistics following the 13th race of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season, the Belgian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Johnnie Walker Belgian Grand Prix) at the 19-turn, 7.004-kilometer (4.352-mile) Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium.

Sebastian Vettel pulled ahead of polesitter Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap of the 44-lap affair and led the rest of the way in a dominating victory, besting Hamilton by 11.061 seconds. The victory was Vettel’s 52nd in Formula 1 and his 107th career podium, moving him into sole possession of third place and out of a tie with four-time champion Alain Prost. Max Verstappen rounded out the podium.

Event Recap: 2018 IndyCar Series Statistics from Gateway (August 25, 2018)

Event statistics following the 15th race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.

Will Power took the lead late in the 248-lap race, cycling to the front after many of the leaders pitted for fuel, to earn his third victory of the season. Power also recorded his 35th IndyCar win, tying him for seventh all-time with three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser. 

Alexander Rossi finished second, earning his third consecutive finish of first or second, and gained slightly in the championship on points leader Scott Dixon, who finished third. Simon Pagenaud finished fourth, while Zach Veach claimed his career-best result on an oval, finishing fifth.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series, Following Race 14 (August 20, 2018)

Season statistics following the 14th race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season August 19 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

Event Recap: 2018 IndyCar Series Statistics from Pocono (August 19, 2018)

Event statistics following the 14th race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season, the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

Alexander Rossi dominated the 500-miler race, leading 180 of the 200 laps to close to within 29 points of the championship lead with three races remaining. Rossi – who won the most previous race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course – lost the lead briefly on point stops, but was unchallenged for much of the event, which was stopped for nearly two hours due to a five-car incident, one which led to rookie Robert Wickens being airlifted to a local hospital. Polesitter Will Power, the two-time defending race winner and only driver to really challenge Rossi for the lead, finished in the runner-up position, 4.4982 seconds behind Rossi.

Scott Dixon, Sebastien Bourdais and Josef Newgarden rounded out the top five.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Following Race 24 (August 18, 2018)

Season statistics following the 24th race of the 2018 NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season August 18 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Event Recap: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Statistics from Bristol (August 18, 2018)

Event statistics following the 24th race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the Bass Pro Shops/NRA Night Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Kurt Busch outlasted Clint Bowyer on a pair of late restarts and polesitter Kyle Larson over the last 10 laps to record his first victory of the season, ending a 58-race winless streak. Busch led the final 24 laps to become the ninth driver to win a Cup Series race in 2018, and in the process gave crew chief Billy Scott his first career win and Stewart-Haas Racing its 10th victory as a team this year. All four SHR drivers led the race in 2018,  Larson – who won Friday’s Xfinity Series race at the .533-mile track – was second, 0.367 seconds behind, with Chase Elliott, Joey Logano and Erik Jones rounding out the top five.

Event Recap: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics from Bristol (August 17, 2018)

Event statistics following the 22nd race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the Food City 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Kyle Larson led a race-high 202 laps and held off Justin Allgaier on the final restart en route to winning his fourth race of the season, tying him with Christopher Bell for the most of any driver in the series this year. Bell got past Allgaier for second, with Cole Custer finishing fourth and Joey Logano taking fifth. Chevrolet took seven of the top 10 positions.

Season Series Statistics Update: 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Following Race 16 (August 16, 2018)

Season statistics following the 16th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season August 16 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee.

Event Recap: 2018 NASCAR Truck Series Statistics from Bristol (August 16, 2018)

Event statistics following the 16th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, the UNOH 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee.

Regular season champion Johnny Sauter passed John Hunter Nemechek with five laps remaining to win his series-leading fifth race of the season. Sauter, who had battled with Stewart Friesen for second for several laps, took command after Nemechek slowed following a dominating performance; he had led a race-high 104 laps and won both stages. Friesen was second, ahead of Nemechek, Parker Kligerman and Todd Gilliland. Sauter – who finished second in last weekend’s race by less than a car length to Brett Moffitt – heads into the series’ playoffs as the points leader.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Following Race 23 (August 13, 2018)

Season statistics following the 23rd race of the 2018 NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season August 12 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Event Recap: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Statistics from Michigan (August 12, 2018)

Event statistics following the 23rd race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the Consumers Energy 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Kevin Harvick led a race-high 108 laps to earn his series-leading seventh race victory of the season, once again breaking a tie with points leader Kyle Busch in terms of most wins in 2018. Harvick led Brad Keselowski, in his home race, by 3.233 seconds to the checkered flag, also earning his 11th top three and 17th top five in 23 races. Busch finished third, ahead of Daytona 500 winner Austin Dillon and Keselowski’s teammate, Ryan Blaney.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Following Race 21 (August 11, 2018)

Season statistics following the 21st race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season August 11 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Event Recap: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics from Mid-Ohio (August 11, 2018)

Event statistics following the 21st race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the Rock N Roll Tequila 170 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

Justin Allgaier rebounded from a mid-race spin and passed polesitter Austin Cindric late to win the 75-lap race, besting Cindric by 2.095 seconds for his third win of the season. Richard Childress Racing teammates Daniel Hemric and Matt Tifft were third and fourth, while Ryan Truex claimed fifth as Chevrolet took four of the top five positions and seven of the top 10.

Season Series Statistics Update: 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Following Race 15 (August 11, 2018)

Season statistics following the 15th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season August 11 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Event Recap: 2018 NASCAR Truck Series Statistics from Michigan (August 11, 2018)

Event statistics following the 15th race of the 2018 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season, the Corrigan Oil 200 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Brett Moffitt executed a perfect last-lap pass on points leader Johnny Sauter to beat Sauter by 0.025 seconds and tie Sauter for most victories this season, with four. Moffitt – who made up a race-high 21 positions from start to finish – has now won third of his five career Truck races after leading five or less laps in that race. John Hunter Nemechek claimed third, ahead of Noah Gragson and Todd Gilliland.

Formula 1: Where Drivers Earned Their First Grand Prix Victories (August 10, 2018)

The upcoming Belgian Grand Prix is the 74th edition of the race and the 63rd as part of the Formula 1 World Championship circuit. The first F1 season included the Belgian Grand Prix, which has been on the schedule ever since, with the exception of the 1957, 1959, 1969, 1971, 2003 and 2006 seasons.

Five drivers have won their first Formula 1 race at the Belgian Grand Prix: Peter Collins (1956); Jim Clark (1962); Gunnar Nilsson (1977); Didier Pironi (1980); and Michael Schumacher (1992). For Nilsson, it marked his only F1 grand prix win.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series - Where Drivers Earned First Wins (August 9, 2018)

Chase Elliott became the 191st driver to win in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series competition last Sunday, August 5, at Watkins Glen International in New York. Elliott became the fourth different driver to win their first race at Watkins Glen, joining Marcos Ambrose, Steve Park and A.J. Allmendinger.

Here is a look at all 191 drivers and where they won their first race. A total of 19 drivers have won their first race at Daytona International Speedway, the most of any track, followed by Martinsville Speedway (12), Talladega Superspeedway (11), Charlotte Motor Speedway (10) and the defunct Riverside International Raceway (8). It was at Riverside where Elliott's Hall of Fame father, 1988 series champion Bill Elliott, won his first race.

Of the three drivers that have won the most races in series history - Richard Petty, David Pearson and Jeff Gordon - all one in Charlotte, North Carolina. Petty won his first race at Southern State Fairgrounds, a half-mile dirt track, while Pearson and Gordon won at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Motor Racing Statistics: Winner Wednesday (August 8, 2018)

Here is this week’s edition of the all-encompassing Motor Racing Statistics “Winner Wednesday” blog, a list of the drivers with the most victories this season in various motorsports series from around the world. This blog runs on Wednesday through the year.

Motor Racing Statistics: By The Numbers (August 7, 2018)

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.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, Following Race 22 (August 6, 2018)

Season statistics following the 22nd race of the 2018 NASCAR Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season August 5 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.

Event Recap: 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Statistics from Watkins Glen (August 5, 2018)

Event statistics following the 22nd race of the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series season, the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.

Chase Elliott became the 191st driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race, joining his father Bill Elliott as a winner in the Cup Series. The victory was Elliott’s first in his 99th start and the 250th for Hendrick Motorsports and the team’s first in 2018. The 22-year-old Elliott led a race-high 52 laps, outdueling Martin Truex Jr. in a thrilling battle over the final quarter of the race. Truex ran out of fuel on the final lap, though still had enough to finish second. Elliott broke through after finishing second a record eight times without a win going into the race. Ironically, Bill Elliott’s first Cup Series win also came on a road course.

Points leader Kyle Busch was third, topping Joe Gibbs Racing teammates Daniel Suarez and Erik Jones.

Happy Birthday, Jeff Gordon – A Look at Career Statistics (August 4, 2018)

Four-time Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon celebrated his 47th birthday today.

As Gordon is well-known for driving the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, here’s a quick look at his racing career through 24 numbers and statistics, “By The Numbers” style.

Season Series Stats Update: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series, Following Race 20 (August 4, 2018)

Season statistics following the 20th race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season August 4 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.

Event Recap: 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Statistics from Watkins Glen (August 4, 2018)

Event statistics following the 20th race of the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season, the Zippo 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International in New York.

Polesitter Joey Logano scored his first Xfinity Series victory of the season, leading 31 of the 82 races to defeat A.J. Allmendinger by 3.362 seconds. Logano had been fighting with Team Penske teammate Brad Keselowski for the lead late before Keselowski spun in Turn 1 while attempting to take the point away. Justin Allgaier was third, ahead of Ryan Preece and Aric Almirola.

Most Formula 1 Wins in a Season Without Winning Championship (August 3, 2018)

The Formula 1 World Championship is on hiatus for its annual three-week summer break, and returns with the Belgian Grand Prix on August 26 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Lewis Hamilton has won a season-best five races: Azerbaijan, Spanish, French, German and Hungarian Grand Prix. His win at the Hungaroring last weekend was his 67th career victory.

Heading into this season, Hamilton has won the most grand prix in each of the last four seasons and is on pace to increase that streak, which would match him with Michael Schumacher for most consecutive seasons with the most grand prix victories.

Hamilton is also the last driver to win the most grand prix in a season and not end the year with the F1 title. He won 10 races in 2016, but finished second to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who earned the title with nine wins. That marks the most wins in a season by a driver that did not win the title.

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Driver Wins on Road Courses (August 2, 2018)

The second of three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races on a road course during the 2018 season is this weekend with the Go Bowling at The Glen at Watkins Glen International in New York. Martin Truex Jr. is the defending race winner.

Truex also won the most recent road course race in the series, at Sonoma Raceway in California in June. That gave the New Jersey native his third career road course victory in Cup Series competition, making him the 17th driver with at least three Cup Series wins on a road course.

Motor Racing Statistics: Winner Wednesday (August 1, 2018)

Here is this week’s edition of the all-encompassing Motor Racing Statistics “Winner Wednesday” blog, a list of the drivers with the most victories this season in various motorsports series from around the world. This blog runs on Wednesday through the year.