Front Runners - 2023 Verizon 200, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course

2023 Verizon 200 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course

Front Runners highlights the drivers that lead laps, run fast laps, and run inside the top 10, 5, & 3 the most at correlated track types.

The NASCAR Cup Series makes its fourth visit to a track that has both left and right turns (two road courses and one street course) this weekend when the Cup Series heads to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. The IMS Road Course has produced a fair amount of chaos the past two years. To try and reduce the complete mess that happened during some restarts last year NASCAR is moving the restart zone this year.

Since we have three races under our belt this year we have two data sets this week. The first data set is just driver performance at 2023 road/street courses. The second is driver performance at all nine street/road course races in the Gen 7 Car.

The charts below are sorted by percentage of laps led by default. There are also a few more columns that you can choose to display but for ease of display those columns are hidden by default. Also included as the final column is the drivers average running position across all laps completed as the tracks in the data set.

Drivers who have not started an event at one of the relevant races are omitted from these tables.

Laps run inside the Top 10, 5, 3, and led as percentage laps driver completed at 2023 COTA, 2023 Sonoma, and 2023 Chicago Street Course

wdt_ID	Driver	Races	T10 Fin	T10 Laps	T10%	T5 Fin	T5 Laps	T5%	T3 Fin	T3 Laps	T3%	Wins	Led	LL%	Fast Laps	FL%	Laps	Laps Run %	Ave Running Pos
1	Martin Truex Jr	3	1	171	65.27	1	135	51.53	1	85	32.44	1	51	19.47	22	11.22	262	99.62	9.80
2	Tyler Reddick	3	1	183	69.85	1	138	52.67	1	115	43.89	1	49	18.70	21	10.71	262	99.62	10.08
3	Christopher Bell	3	1	176	67.43	0	105	40.23	0	91	34.87	0	38	14.56	18	9.18	261	99.24	9.32
4	Shane Van Gisbergen	1	1	70	89.74	1	62	79.49	1	47	60.26	1	9	11.54	12	6.12	78	29.66	4.87
5	William Byron	3	1	108	41.06	1	78	29.66	0	62	23.57	0	28	10.65	7	3.57	263	100.00	12.02
6	Justin Haley	3	1	32	12.17	1	31	11.79	1	31	11.79	0	23	8.75	5	2.55	263	100.00	22.15
7	Kyle Busch	3	3	158	60.08	3	100	38.02	2	67	25.48	0	17	6.46	9	4.59	263	100.00	12.10
8	Chase Elliott	2	2	104	55.32	2	79	42.02	1	52	27.66	0	7	3.72	6	3.06	188	71.48	11.71
9	Austin Cindric	3	2	69	26.24	0	24	9.13	0	21	7.98	0	2	0.76	4	2.04	263	100.00	21.53
10	Michael McDowell	3	2	198	75.29	0	67	25.48	0	20	7.60	0	1	0.38	3	1.53	263	100.00	9.48
11	Chris Buescher	3	3	140	53.23	1	27	10.27	0	3	1.14	0	1	0.38	4	2.04	263	100.00	11.55
12	Joey Logano	3	2	132	50.19	1	67	25.48	1	33	12.55	0	1	0.38	3	1.53	263	100.00	11.68
13	Ty Gibbs	3	2	126	47.91	0	18	6.84	0	3	1.14	0	1	0.38	6	3.06	263	100.00	13.31
14	Daniel Suarez	3	0	119	45.25	0	80	30.42	0	11	4.18	0	1	0.38	9	4.59	263	100.00	15.25
15	Ross Chastain	3	2	110	41.83	1	53	20.15	0	24	9.13	0	1	0.38	5	2.55	263	100.00	13.22
16	AJ Allmendinger	3	1	158	63.71	0	48	19.35	0	23	9.27	0	0	0.00	7	3.57	248	94.30	9.47
17	Kyle Larson	3	2	141	53.61	1	52	19.77	0	12	4.56	0	0	0.00	8	4.08	263	100.00	13.11
18	Alex Bowman	3	1	68	30.22	1	33	14.67	1	5	2.22	0	0	0.00	2	1.02	225	85.55	12.13
19	Austin Dillon	3	0	57	24.36	0	30	12.82	0	21	8.97	0	0	0.00	1	0.51	234	88.97	18.16
20	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	3	1	39	14.89	0	8	3.05	0	1	0.38	0	0	0.00	1	0.51	262	99.62	18.95
21	Kevin Harvick	3	0	38	14.45	0	11	4.18	0	4	1.52	0	0	0.00	1	0.51	263	100.00	18.71
22	Ryan Preece	3	0	21	8.20	0	2	0.78	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	256	97.34	17.66
23	Erik Jones	3	0	18	6.87	0	2	0.76	0	1	0.38	0	0	0.00	1	0.51	262	99.62	23.16
24	Chase Briscoe	3	0	17	6.46	0	1	0.38	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	263	100.00	19.58
25	Aric Almirola	3	0	16	6.11	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	262	99.62	16.66
26	Bubba Wallace	3	0	11	5.56	0	1	0.51	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	198	75.29	22.25
27	Ryan Blaney	3	0	13	4.96	0	7	2.67	0	2	0.76	0	0	0.00	3	1.53	262	99.62	28.67
28	Todd Gilliland	3	1	6	2.28	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	3	1.53	263	100.00	24.82
29	Harrison Burton	3	0	4	1.52	0	1	0.38	0	1	0.38	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	263	100.00	29.17
30	Josh Bilicki	3	0	4	1.52	0	1	0.38	0	1	0.38	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	263	100.00	25.54
31	Brad Keselowski	3	0	2	0.82	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	8	4.08	244	92.78	24.70
32	Corey LaJoie	3	0	1	0.38	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	6	3.06	263	100.00	23.09
33	Andy Lally	2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	187	71.10	30.56
34	Ty Dillon	3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	178	67.68	26.64
35	Denny Hamlin	3	0	67	27.35	0	53	21.63	0	53	23.63	0	33	13.47	15	7.65	245	93.16	13.49
	Driver	Races	T10 Fin	T10 Laps	T10%	T5 Fin	T5 Laps	T5%	T3 Fin	T3 Laps	T3%	Wins	Led	LL%	Fast Laps	FL%	Laps	Laps Run %	Ave Running Pos

Laps run inside the Top 10, 5, 3, and led as percentage laps driver completed at road and street courses in the Gen 7 car (2022/23 COTA, 2022/23 Sonoma, 2023 Chicago Street Course, 2022 Road America, 2022 Indy RC, 2022 Watkins Glen, 2022 Charlotte Roval)

wdt_ID	Driver	Races	T10 Fin	T10 Laps	T10%	T5 Fin	T5 Laps	T5%	T3 Fin	T3 Laps	T3%	Wins	Led	LL%	Fast Laps	FL%	Laps	Laps Run %	Ave Running Pos
1	Chase Elliott	8	6	514	71.69	5	378	52.72	2	269	37.52	0	128	17.85	80	12.86	717	90.53	9.49
2	Tyler Reddick	9	6	587	76.43	4	479	62.37	3	337	43.88	3	128	16.67	72	11.58	768	96.97	14.15
3	Shane Van Gisbergen	1	1	70	89.74	1	62	79.49	1	47	60.26	1	9	11.54	12	1.93	78	9.85	4.87
4	Daniel Suarez	9	3	403	51.21	3	254	32.27	1	125	15.88	1	63	8.01	34	5.47	787	99.37	13.51
5	Christopher Bell	9	4	402	50.89	2	167	21.14	2	122	15.44	1	57	7.22	35	5.63	790	99.75	14.45
6	Martin Truex Jr	9	2	266	33.63	1	138	17.45	1	85	10.75	1	51	6.45	26	4.18	791	99.87	16.68
7	Joey Logano	9	4	300	37.88	2	162	20.45	2	104	13.13	0	49	6.19	10	1.61	792	100.00	14.69
8	Ross Chastain	9	5	382	48.97	3	179	22.95	1	90	11.54	1	35	4.49	28	4.50	780	98.48	17.18
9	Kyle Larson	9	4	348	45.91	3	185	24.41	2	124	16.36	1	31	4.09	40	6.43	758	95.71	15.47
10	AJ Allmendinger	9	5	443	57.09	2	233	30.03	1	156	20.10	0	30	3.87	44	7.07	776	97.98	10.65
11	William Byron	9	2	237	32.38	1	147	20.08	0	103	14.07	0	28	3.83	20	3.22	732	92.42	15.47
12	Justin Haley	9	2	161	20.33	2	105	13.26	1	53	6.69	0	23	2.90	11	1.77	792	100.00	21.61
13	Ryan Blaney	9	2	266	33.80	0	141	17.92	0	78	9.91	0	22	2.80	14	2.25	787	99.37	21.06
14	Chase Briscoe	9	1	144	18.18	0	70	8.84	0	62	7.83	0	18	2.27	6	0.96	792	100.00	17.98
15	Kyle Busch	9	4	302	38.18	4	151	19.09	3	100	12.64	0	17	2.15	21	3.38	791	99.87	17.38
16	Michael McDowell	9	6	595	75.22	1	259	32.74	1	115	14.54	0	15	1.90	16	2.57	791	99.87	14.33
17	Austin Cindric	9	6	305	38.51	2	110	13.89	1	68	8.59	0	13	1.64	17	2.73	792	100.00	15.19
18	Todd Gilliland	9	2	75	10.36	1	22	3.04	0	11	1.52	0	9	1.24	8	1.29	724	91.41	22.69
19	Austin Dillon	9	2	163	21.39	0	55	7.22	0	40	5.25	0	6	0.79	3	0.48	762	96.21	14.96
20	Chris Buescher	9	8	364	45.96	2	154	19.44	1	87	10.98	0	5	0.63	31	4.98	792	100.00	13.99
21	Kevin Harvick	9	3	208	27.01	2	119	15.45	1	39	5.06	0	4	0.52	7	1.13	770	97.22	16.50
22	Brad Keselowski	9	1	57	7.37	0	34	4.40	0	5	0.65	0	3	0.39	18	2.89	773	97.60	18.44
23	Ty Gibbs	6	2	129	23.41	0	18	3.27	0	3	0.54	0	1	0.18	9	1.45	551	69.57	18.75
24	Erik Jones	9	2	108	13.65	0	13	1.64	0	6	0.76	0	1	0.13	8	1.29	791	99.87	20.91
25	Harrison Burton	9	1	49	6.19	1	14	1.77	1	8	1.01	0	1	0.13	0	0.00	791	99.87	24.20
26	Alex Bowman	8	2	202	32.53	2	75	12.08	2	19	3.06	0	0	0.00	9	1.45	621	78.41	13.07
27	Bubba Wallace	9	2	64	10.74	1	17	2.85	0	12	2.01	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	596	75.25	19.71
28	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	9	1	71	9.20	0	13	1.68	0	2	0.26	0	0	0.00	1	0.16	772	97.47	22.71
29	Ryan Preece	3	0	21	8.20	0	2	0.78	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	256	32.32	17.66
30	Ty Dillon	9	0	52	7.73	0	31	4.61	0	7	1.04	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	673	84.97	20.31
31	Aric Almirola	9	0	33	4.52	0	11	1.51	0	3	0.41	0	0	0.00	4	0.64	730	92.17	17.38
32	Corey LaJoie	9	0	33	4.28	0	19	2.46	0	13	1.69	0	0	0.00	8	1.29	771	97.35	22.77
33	Josh Bilicki	7	0	10	1.69	0	1	0.17	0	1	0.17	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	590	74.49	25.66
34	Andy Lally	3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0.00	206	26.01	31.24
35	Denny Hamlin	9	0	150	19.38	0	78	10.08	0	60	7.75	0	37	4.78	18	2.89	774	97.73	16.89
	Driver	Races	T10 Fin	T10 Laps	T10%	T5 Fin	T5 Laps	T5%	T3 Fin	T3 Laps	T3%	Wins	Led	LL%	Fast Laps	FL%	Laps	Laps Run %	Ave Running Pos