Front Runners – 2023 Crayon 301, New Hampshire Motor Speedway

Crayon 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway

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 will visit make its lone visit of 2023 to New England on Sunday. New Hampshire Motor Speedway is a 1-mile true oval with minimal banking. The straight aways are banked at just 1 degree and the turns are progressively banked from 2-7 degrees.

This week I am focusing on two data sets. First, the largest dataset includes all seven races that the Cup Series has completed at Phoenix, Richmond, and New Hampshire in the Gen 7 car. The second data set is just the two races this year at Phoenix and Richmond. Given the low correlation between New Hampshire and Gateway over the past two years I was unlikely to use Gateway, but the fact that NASCAR is using a different areo-package at New Hampshire than it did at Gateway seals the deal for me to exclude Gateway from the dataset.

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.

Laps run inside the Top 10, 5, 3, and led as percentage laps driver completed at Phoenix 1 (2023) and Richmond 1 (2023)

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 %
1 Kyle Larson 2 2 714 99.58 2 596 83.12 1 547 76.29 1 294 41.00 87 14.24 717 100.00
2 William Byron 2 1 691 96.37 1 679 94.70 1 597 83.26 1 181 25.24 98 16.04 717 100.00
3 Denny Hamlin 2 0 562 78.38 0 266 37.10 0 188 26.22 0 71 9.90 32 5.24 717 100.00
4 Martin Truex Jr 2 0 297 41.42 0 190 26.50 0 142 19.80 0 56 7.81 21 3.44 717 100.00
5 Kevin Harvick 2 2 594 82.85 2 306 42.68 0 158 22.04 0 36 5.02 62 10.15 717 100.00
6 Christopher Bell 2 2 663 92.47 1 446 62.20 0 174 24.27 0 26 3.63 34 5.56 717 100.00
7 Ross Chastain 2 1 624 87.03 1 306 42.68 1 169 23.57 0 17 2.37 25 4.09 717 100.00
8 Erik Jones 2 0 29 4.06 0 24 3.36 0 20 2.80 0 14 1.96 12 1.96 715 99.72
9 Alex Bowman 2 2 468 65.27 0 235 32.78 0 28 3.91 0 8 1.12 10 1.64 717 100.00
10 Brad Keselowski 2 1 625 87.17 0 124 17.29 0 12 1.67 0 2 0.28 13 2.13 717 100.00
11 Kyle Busch 2 1 164 22.87 0 33 4.60 0 3 0.42 0 1 0.14 8 1.31 717 100.00
12 Bubba Wallace 2 0 30 4.18 0 5 0.70 0 3 0.42 0 1 0.14 2 0.33 717 100.00
13 Tyler Reddick 2 1 405 56.49 1 187 26.08 1 24 3.35 0 0 0.00 22 3.60 717 100.00
14 Ryan Blaney 2 1 338 47.21 1 36 5.03 1 15 2.09 0 0 0.00 27 4.42 716 99.86
15 Chase Briscoe 2 1 206 28.73 0 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 9 1.47 717 100.00
16 Ty Gibbs 2 1 131 18.30 0 7 0.98 0 6 0.84 0 0 0.00 8 1.31 716 99.86
17 Daniel Suarez 2 0 124 17.29 0 2 0.28 0 2 0.28 0 0 0.00 4 0.65 717 100.00
18 Joey Logano 2 1 119 16.60 0 44 6.14 0 3 0.42 0 0 0.00 12 1.96 717 100.00
19 Michael McDowell 2 1 66 9.21 0 24 3.35 0 15 2.09 0 0 0.00 3 0.49 717 100.00
20 Ryan Preece 2 0 62 8.65 0 2 0.28 0 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 717 100.00
21 Aric Almirola 2 0 53 7.43 0 2 0.28 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 5 0.82 713 99.44
22 Chris Buescher 2 0 52 7.27 0 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 42 6.87 715 99.72
23 Austin Cindric 2 0 34 4.76 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 0.16 715 99.72
24 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 2 0 33 4.71 0 13 1.85 0 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 9 1.47 701 97.77
25 Todd Gilliland 2 0 16 2.24 0 6 0.84 0 4 0.56 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 714 99.58
26 Austin Dillon 2 0 3 0.42 0 2 0.28 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 716 99.86
27 Ty Dillon 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 7 1.15 713 99.44
28 Corey LaJoie 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 3 0.49 716 99.86
29 AJ Allmendinger 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 2 0.33 716 99.86
30 Harrison Burton 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 0.16 710 99.02
31 Noah Gragson 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 1 0.16 619 86.33
32 Justin Haley 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 715 99.72
33 BJ McLeod 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 50 6.97
34 Chase Elliott 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
35 Ryan Newman 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
36 Cole Custer 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
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 %

Note – Chase Elliott missed both 2023 short flat track races being displayed here with an injury.

Laps run inside the Top 10, 5, 3, and led as percentage laps driver completed at Phoenix (3), Richmond (3) and New Hampshire (1) in 2022 and 2023

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 %
1 Joey Logano 7 4 1,618 66.31 1 902 36.97 1 703 28.81 1 437 17.91 109 5.22 2,440 99.92
2 Ryan Blaney 7 5 1,676 68.69 3 1,039 42.58 2 658 26.97 0 384 15.74 171 8.19 2,440 99.92
3 Martin Truex Jr 7 3 1,504 64.03 2 941 40.06 0 611 26.01 0 308 13.11 131 6.27 2,349 96.19
4 Kyle Larson 7 4 1,900 80.27 3 1,353 57.16 1 1,016 42.92 1 306 12.93 166 7.95 2,367 96.93
5 William Byron 7 3 1,759 72.03 2 1,272 52.09 2 922 37.76 1 315 12.90 178 8.52 2,442 100.00
6 Christopher Bell 7 6 1,642 67.30 3 833 34.14 2 437 17.91 1 131 5.37 131 6.27 2,440 99.92
7 Chase Briscoe 7 3 1,091 44.75 2 563 23.09 1 318 13.04 1 118 4.84 91 4.36 2,438 99.84
8 Denny Hamlin 7 4 1,364 55.86 2 790 32.35 1 582 23.83 1 99 4.05 89 4.26 2,442 100.00
9 Ross Chastain 7 4 1,592 65.27 3 732 30.01 3 401 16.44 0 96 3.94 86 4.12 2,439 99.88
10 Kevin Harvick 7 7 2,084 85.34 6 1,095 44.84 2 545 22.32 1 91 3.73 165 7.90 2,442 100.00
11 Chase Elliott 5 2 1,253 72.72 2 672 39.00 1 401 23.27 0 64 3.71 93 4.45 1,723 70.56
12 Erik Jones 7 0 169 7.43 0 59 2.59 0 40 1.76 0 14 0.62 21 1.01 2,276 93.20
13 Alex Bowman 7 3 804 37.66 0 254 11.90 0 32 1.50 0 9 0.42 63 3.02 2,135 87.43
14 Cole Custer 5 0 208 12.10 0 66 3.84 0 22 1.28 0 5 0.29 19 0.91 1,719 70.39
15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr 7 0 62 2.57 0 36 1.49 0 15 0.62 0 6 0.25 31 1.48 2,412 98.77
16 Harrison Burton 7 0 74 3.05 0 18 0.74 0 7 0.29 0 3 0.12 7 0.34 2,427 99.39
17 Brad Keselowski 7 2 1,009 42.08 0 191 7.96 0 13 0.54 0 2 0.08 33 1.58 2,398 98.20
18 Kyle Busch 7 5 947 38.78 0 309 12.65 0 110 4.50 0 2 0.08 41 1.96 2,442 100.00
19 AJ Allmendinger 6 0 9 0.44 0 2 0.10 0 2 0.10 0 1 0.05 22 1.05 2,036 83.37
20 Justin Haley 7 0 2 0.08 0 1 0.04 0 1 0.04 0 1 0.04 12 0.57 2,432 99.59
21 Bubba Wallace 7 1 319 13.10 1 145 5.95 1 108 4.43 0 1 0.04 23 1.10 2,436 99.75
22 Austin Cindric 7 0 264 10.83 0 45 1.85 0 10 0.41 0 1 0.04 15 0.72 2,437 99.80
23 Tyler Reddick 7 2 870 35.74 2 316 12.98 2 79 3.25 0 0 0.00 48 2.30 2,434 99.67
24 Aric Almirola 7 1 562 23.25 0 104 4.30 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 49 2.35 2,417 98.98
25 Chris Buescher 7 2 414 16.97 1 165 6.77 1 139 5.70 0 0 0.00 88 4.21 2,439 99.88
26 Ty Gibbs 3 1 131 14.62 0 7 0.78 0 6 0.67 0 0 0.00 8 0.38 896 36.69
27 Austin Dillon 7 1 321 13.17 0 27 1.11 0 6 0.25 0 0 0.00 26 1.25 2,438 99.84
28 Daniel Suarez 7 2 237 9.72 0 30 1.23 0 15 0.62 0 0 0.00 19 0.91 2,439 99.88
29 Ryan Preece 2 0 62 8.65 0 2 0.28 0 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 717 29.36
30 Michael McDowell 7 1 66 2.72 0 24 0.99 0 15 0.62 0 0 0.00 39 1.87 2,427 99.39
31 Noah Gragson 3 0 13 1.28 0 8 0.79 0 4 0.39 0 0 0.00 7 0.34 1,016 41.61
32 Todd Gilliland 7 0 28 1.15 0 7 0.29 0 4 0.16 0 0 0.00 2 0.10 2,429 99.47
33 Ty Dillon 7 0 9 0.42 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 9 0.43 2,137 87.51
34 Corey LaJoie 7 0 3 0.15 0 2 0.10 0 1 0.05 0 0 0.00 9 0.43 1,950 79.85
35 BJ McLeod 6 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 1,443 59.09
36 Ryan Newman 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
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 %

Thanks for checking out the Front Runners! Let’s WIN THE RACE!

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Greg Matherne

Director of Betting Content, WIN THE RACE. NASCAR DFS & Betting.