Last week at Talladega fans were hopeful that new stage lengths would get rid of fuel saving, but instead it was a fuel saving Stage 1, followed by a big wreck, then 2 trains for the rest of the race. However, at the end most of the talk was about Carson Hocevar and his amazing celebration. Now, we head to the mid-west as NASCAR takes on a track that’s had it’s share of boring races of late, Texas. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Texas Motor Speedway ranging from Most Wins to Best Average Finishes by starting position in the Next Gen era. So read and enjoy these fun fact track stats!
In this post you will only find active and Next Gen stats, if you are looking for all-time stats check out my previous article All-Time Cup Track Stats: Texas.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 27 | Joey Logano | 271 | 7 | 19th | 9th | 97.2 |
| 2 | 31 | Ross Chastain | 271 | 0 | 24th | 15th | 77.8 |
| 3 | 24 | Ryan Blaney | 271 | 2 | 21st | 8th | 91.5 |
| 4 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 271 | 90 | 4th | 1st | 128.4 |
| 5 | 14 | Erik Jones | 271 | 0 | 10th | 21st | 83.4 |
| 6 | 34 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 271 | 0 | 25th | 24th | 60.2 |
| 7 | 19 | Austin Dillon | 271 | 0 | 23rd | 27th | 67.8 |
| 8 | 28 | John Hunter Nemechek | 271 | 1 | 30th | 12th | 70.7 |
| 9 | 16 | Christopher Bell | 271 | 0 | 13th | 25th | 72.6 |
| 10 | 25 | Daniel Suarez | 271 | 0 | 33rd | 22nd | 59.5 |
| 11 | 32 | Todd Gilliland | 271 | 4 | 31st | 18th | 61.5 |
| 12 | 23 | Ty Dillon | 271 | 0 | 32nd | 20th | 50.8 |
| 13 | 2 | William Byron | 271 | 22 | 7th | 7th | 106.4 |
| 14 | 21 | Riley Herbst | 271 | 0 | 22nd | 30th | 49.7 |
| 15 | 15 | Justin Haley | 271 | 0 | 18th | 26th | 65.1 |
| 16 | 29 | Chase Elliott | 271 | 0 | 17th | 14th | 71.2 |
| 17 | 13 | Zane Smith | 271 | 0 | 26th | 31st | 49.0 |
| 18 | 12 | Chris Buescher | 271 | 0 | 5th | 34th | 90.5 |
| 19 | 20 | Cole Custer | 271 | 0 | 27th | 28th | 43.5 |
| 20 | 26 | Kyle Busch | 271 | 0 | 15th | 10th | 72.9 |
| 21 | 17 | Tyler Reddick | 271 | 1 | 2nd | 2nd | 101.7 |
| 22 | 37 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 271 | 0 | 34th | 29th | 39.0 |
| 23 | 6 | Ty Gibbs | 271 | 0 | 8th | 11th | 89.5 |
| 24 | 1 | Carson Hocevar | 270 | 22 | 6th | 6th | 103.2 |
| 25 | 3 | Austin Cindric | 268 | 60 | 1st | 19th | 89.9 |
| 26 | 5 | Michael McDowell | 265 | 19 | 9th | 23rd | 74.4 |
| 27 | 22 | Chase Briscoe | 254 | 0 | 11th | 36th | 57.5 |
| 28 | 30 | Brad Keselowski | 246 | 0 | 20th | 17th | 61.3 |
| 29 | 33 | Ryan Preece | 237 | 0 | 14th | 4th | 76.0 |
| 30 | 36 | Cody Ware | 237 | 0 | 35th | 33rd | 30.8 |
| 31 | 35 | Jesse Love | 217 | 0 | 36th | 32nd | 30.8 |
| 32 | 7 | Josh Berry | 187 | 41 | 3rd | 37th | 105.1 |
| 33 | 9 | Bubba Wallace | 179 | 0 | 12th | 5th | 78.5 |
| 34 | 18 | Noah Gragson | 172 | 0 | 28th | 13th | 45.2 |
| 35 | 11 | Alex Bowman | 172 | 1 | 16th | 3rd | 74.5 |
| 36 | 10 | A.J. Allmendinger | 172 | 0 | 29th | 16th | 43.2 |
| 37 | 38 | Chad Finchum | 167 | 0 | 37th | 37th | 24.2 |
| 38 | 8 | Denny Hamlin | 73 | 1 | 38th | 38th | 38.9 |
– Last year Riley Herbst became the first driver to post a Driver Rating under 50 and finish in the Top 15 at Texas.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 11.00 | 1st | 25th | 7 |
| 2 | William Byron | 11.36 | 1st | 37th | 11 |
| 3 | Erik Jones | 11.79 | 4th | 30th | 14 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 12.06 | 1st | 38th | 36 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 12.46 | 1st | 40th | 35 |
| 6 | Chase Elliott | 12.47 | 1st | 32nd | 15 |
| 7 | Chase Briscoe | 12.60 | 5th | 27th | 5 |
| 8 | Christopher Bell | 13.00 | 3rd | 34th | 7 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 13.33 | 1st | 40th | 30 |
| 10 | Riley Herbst | 14.00 | 14th | 14th | 1 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 14.51 | 1st | 38th | 35 |
| 12 | Daniel Suarez | 14.69 | 3rd | 29th | 13 |
| 13 | Brad Keselowski | 15.70 | 2nd | 39th | 30 |
| 14 | Ryan Blaney | 16.53 | 2nd | 43rd | 17 |
| 15 | Carson Hocevar | 16.67 | 10th | 24th | 3 |
| 16 | Kyle Larson | 17.94 | 1st | 39th | 18 |
| 17 | Austin Dillon | 18.43 | 1st | 37th | 21 |
| 18 | Ty Dillon | 19.77 | 12th | 35th | 13 |
| 19 | Ross Chastain | 20.78 | 2nd | 32nd | 9 |
| 20 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 20.95 | 6th | 40th | 21 |
| 21 | Bubba Wallace | 21.09 | 3rd | 38th | 11 |
| 22 | John Hunter Nemechek | 21.40 | 8th | 34th | 5 |
| 23 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21.59 | 10th | 39th | 22 |
| 24 | Casey Mears | 21.72 | 4th | 39th | 25 |
| 25 | Chris Buescher | 21.88 | 14th | 34th | 16 |
| 26 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 22.00 | 22nd | 22nd | 1 |
| 27 | Ty Gibbs | 22.25 | 13th | 33rd | 4 |
| 28 | Zane Smith | 22.33 | 17th | 26th | 3 |
| 29 | Austin Cindric | 23.00 | 15th | 27th | 4 |
| 30 | Noah Gragson | 24.33 | 18th | 34th | 3 |
| 31 | Cole Custer | 25.20 | 14th | 39th | 5 |
| 32 | Alex Bowman | 25.44 | 5th | 42nd | 16 |
| 33 | Todd Gilliland | 26.25 | 11th | 35th | 4 |
| 34 | Ryan Preece | 26.56 | 12th | 40th | 9 |
| 35 | B.J. McLeod | 26.80 | 22nd | 33rd | 5 |
| 36 | Justin Allgaier | 27.75 | 20th | 39th | 4 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 28.63 | 11th | 43rd | 27 |
| 38 | Anthony Alfredo | 29.00 | 29th | 29th | 1 |
| 39 | Jesse Love | 31.00 | 31st | 31st | 1 |
| 40 | Cody Ware | 33.67 | 30th | 38th | 3 |
| 41 | J.J. Yeley | 33.85 | 17th | 43rd | 20 |
| 42 | Josh Berry | 34.00 | 32nd | 36th | 2 |
| 43 | Timmy Hill | 35.44 | 27th | 41st | 9 |
| 44 | Joey Gase | 35.71 | 32nd | 39th | 7 |
| 45 | Chad Finchum | 36.00 | 35th | 37th | 2 |
| 46 | Austin Hill | 38.00 | 38th | 38th | 1 |
– Despite not even having a Top 3 finish here at Texas Erik Jones has done such a good job of finishing well here in his career that he has the 3rd best Avg. Finish here among active drivers.
| Best Active Texas Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Texas Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Tyler Reddick | 100.73 | 7 | 1 | William Byron | 76.12 | 11 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 98.38 | 33 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 74.09 | 7 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 98.06 | 33 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 71.01 | 15 |
| 4 | William Byron | 96.13 | 11 | 4 | Erik Jones | 69.43 | 14 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 94.01 | 18 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 69.13 | 35 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 92.80 | 17 | 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 68.61 | 33 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 90.77 | 15 | 7 | Ryan Blaney | 68.34 | 17 |
| 8 | Joey Logano | 89.33 | 30 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 65.79 | 18 |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 88.59 | 35 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 64.44 | 35 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 88.26 | 14 | 10 | Joey Logano | 60.42 | 30 |
Look for Tyler Reddick to be a beast this weekend, running well, leading laps, and completing all the laps; as he is the only driver that is in both tables above and both tables below. Photo by George Walker — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 10.61 | 18 | T1 | Tyler Reddick | 100 | 7 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 9.64 | 36 | T1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 9.31 | 35 | T1 | Riley Herbst | 100 | 1 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 8.27 | 17 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| 5 | Josh Berry | 7.50 | 2 | 5 | Carson Hocevar | 99.88 | 3 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 6.98 | 30 | 6 | Erik Jones | 99.69 | 14 |
| 7 | Tyler Reddick | 6.93 | 7 | 7 | Austin Cindric | 99.22 | 4 |
| 8 | Austin Cindric | 5.31 | 4 | 8 | Chase Briscoe | 98.85 | 5 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 5.11 | 30 | 9 | Casey Mears | 98.76 | 25 |
| 10 | William Byron | 4.27 | 11 | 10 | Daniel Suarez | 98.56 | 13 |
| Most Active Texas Starts | Most Active Texas Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 36 | T1 | Brad Keselowski | 2 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 35 | T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 2 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 35 | T3 | Carson Hocevar | 1 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 30 | T3 | Bubba Wallace | 1 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 30 | T3 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| 6 | Michael McDowell | 27 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| 7 | Casey Mears | 25 | T3 | Austin Dillon | 1 |
| 8 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 | |||
| T9 | Austin Dillon | 21 | T3 | Kyle Busch | 1 |
| T9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | |||
– This weekend Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch will tie Jimmie Johnson for most Texas starts among active drivers.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 7 | 19.44 | T5 | William Byron | 1 | 9.09 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 11.43 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 6.67 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 8.57 | T5 | Kyle Larson | 1 | 5.56 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 2 | 6.67 | T5 | Austin Dillon | 1 | 4.76 |
| T5 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 14.29 |
Jimmie Johnson was so good at Texas that despite having just 1 Top 5 finish in his last 8 starts here he’s the leader in Wins, Win%, Top 3’s, and Top 3%. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images
| Most Active Texas Top 3’s | Best Active Texas Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 13 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 36.11 | 13 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 9 | 2 | Joey Logano | 30.00 | 9 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 8 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 28.57 | 2 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | T3 | Tyler Reddick | 28.57 | 2 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 4 | 5 | William Byron | 27.27 | 3 |
| 6 | William Byron | 3 | 6 | Kyle Busch | 22.86 | 8 |
| T7 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 22.22 | 2 |
| T7 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 8 | Daniel Suarez | 15.38 | 2 |
| T7 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 14.29 | 5 |
| T7 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | ||||
| T7 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 13.33 | 4 |
| T7 | Kyle Larson | 2 | ||||
| Most Active Texas Top 5’s | Best Active Texas Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 16 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 44.44 | 16 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 14 | 2 | Joey Logano | 43.33 | 13 |
| 3 | Joey Logano | 13 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 42.86 | 3 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 8 | T3 | Tyler Reddick | 42.86 | 3 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 40.00 | 14 |
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 6 | Ryan Blaney | 29.41 | 5 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 7 | Erik Jones | 28.57 | 4 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | 4 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 27.78 | 5 |
| T9 | Christopher Bell | 3 | ||||
| T9 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 9 | William Byron | 27.27 | 3 |
| T9 | William Byron | 3 | ||||
| T9 | Daniel Suarez | 3 | 10 | Brad Keselowski | 23.33 | 7 |
| T9 | Chase Elliott | 3 | ||||
– Jimmie Johnson, Kyle Busch, and Joey Logano have been the best active drivers here at Texas as they all rank top 3 in the Top 5’s table above, and they all rank top 5 in the Top 5% table above as well.
| Most Active Texas Top 10’s | Best Active Texas Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 22 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 61.11 | 22 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 19 | 2 | Chase Briscoe | 60.00 | 3 |
| T3 | Joey Logano | 16 | T3 | Erik Jones | 57.14 | 8 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 57.14 | 4 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 14 | T3 | Tyler Reddick | 57.14 | 4 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 9 | 6 | William Byron | 54.55 | 6 |
| 7 | Erik Jones | 8 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 54.29 | 19 |
| T8 | Chase Elliott | 7 | 8 | Joey Logano | 53.33 | 16 |
| T8 | Kyle Larson | 7 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 52.94 | 9 |
| T10 | William Byron | 6 | T10 | Brad Keselowski | 46.67 | 14 |
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 6 | T10 | Chase Elliott | 46.67 | 7 |
Look for Erik Jones to be a dark horse pick this weekend as he is tied for the 3rd best Top 10% here at Texas among active drivers. Photo by George Walker — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 27.27 | T4 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 7.14 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 19.23 | T4 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 5.56 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 11.54 | T4 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 3.85 |
| T4 | Austin Cindric | 1 | 12.50 | T4 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.85 |
– Kyle Larson may not have all too great of an Avg. Finish here at Texas, but when it comes to stages he’s been really good as he has more Stage Wins here than any other active driver.
| Most Active Texas Stage T10’s | Best Active Texas Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Ryan Blaney | 21 | 1 | Ryan Blaney | 80.77 | 21 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 15 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 68.18 | 15 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 14 | 3 | William Byron | 54.55 | 12 |
| T3 | Kyle Busch | 14 | T4 | Chase Elliott | 53.85 | 14 |
| T5 | William Byron | 12 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 53.85 | 14 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 12 | T6 | Tyler Reddick | 50.00 | 7 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 12 | T6 | Chase Briscoe | 50.00 | 5 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 12 | T8 | Brad Keselowski | 46.15 | 12 |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 11 | T8 | Erik Jones | 46.15 | 12 |
| 10 | Daniel Suarez | 8 | T8 | Joey Logano | 46.15 | 12 |
– While Kyle Larson may be the best in Stage Win and Stage Win%, it is Ryan Blaney who dominates the Stage T10 table above as he has 6 more Stage T10’s than any other active driver and an over 10% lead in Stage T10%.
| Most Active Texas Starts without Win | Most Active Texas Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 30 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 35 |
| 2 | Michael McDowell | 27 | 2 | Joey Logano | 30 |
| 3 | Casey Mears | 25 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 27 |
| 4 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 | 4 | Casey Mears | 25 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 5 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 |
| 6 | J.J Yeley | 20 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 17 | 7 | J.J. Yeley | 20 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 16 | T8 | Alex Bowman | 16 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 16 | T8 | Chris Buescher | 16 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 14 | 10 | Chase Elliott | 15 |
– Brad Keselowski has 36 career Cup Series wins, but none of those wins have come at Texas Motor Speedway making him the only active driver with 30+ starts here not to win.
| Most Active Texas Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Texas Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 27 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 27 |
| 2 | Casey Mears | 25 | 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 |
| 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22 | 3 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 4 | J.J Yeley | 20 |
| 5 | J.J Yeley | 20 | 5 | Chris Buescher | 16 |
It’s been a rough go for the 17 Cup car at Texas as both of their most recent drivers are in the “without Top 5” table above. In fact, the last Top 5/10 for the 17 car at Texas was Matt Kenseth in 2012. Photo by James Gilbert — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Michael McDowell | 27 |
| 2 | J.J. Yeley | 20 |
| 3 | Chris Buescher | 16 |
| 4 | Ty Dillon | 13 |
| T5 | Ryan Preece | 9 |
| T5 | Timmy Hill | 9 |
– Texas has not been kind to Michael McDowell as he is the only driver racing this weekend with 20+ starts (8 drivers) that has yet to get a Top 10 finish here.
| Most Active Texas Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Texas Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 26 | 1 | Ty Dillon | 24 |
| T1 | Brad Keselowski | 26 | T2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 12 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 26 | T2 | J.J. Yeley | 12 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 26 | T2 | Timmy Hill | 12 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 26 | T5 | B.J McLeod | 10 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 26 | T5 | Cole Custer | 10 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 26 | T5 | Joey Gase | 10 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 26 | T5 | John Hunter Nemechek | 10 |
| 9 | Ty Dillon | 24 | 9 | Todd Gilliland | 8 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 22 | T10 | Cody Ware | 6 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 22 | T10 | Noah Gragson | 6 |
| T10 | William Byron | 22 | T10 | Zane Smith | 6 |
– There are 22 active drivers that have 14+ Stage starts here at Texas and the only driver of those to not get a Stage T10 here is Ty Dillon.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Daniel Suarez | 3 | Top 10’s | Kyle Larson | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Austin Dillon | 2 | Top 10’s | Tyler Reddick | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Carson Hocevar | 2 | Stage T10’s | William Byron | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– Daniel Suarez is the only driver that had a 2+ streak here at Texas entering the 2025 event and left with that streak intact.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-30 | 41.57 | Bubba Wallace | 3rd | 7 | 2025-11 | 15.13 | Josh Berry | 32nd |
| 2 | 2023-30 | 37.08 | Kyle Larson | 31st | 8 | 2024-09 | 14.13 | Chase Elliott | 1st |
| 3 | 2025-11 | 33.21 | Kyle Larson | 4th | 9 | 2023-30 | 13.48 | Tyler Reddick | 25th |
| 4 | 2024-09 | 27.90 | Kyle Larson | 21st | T10 | 2024-09 | 13.41 | Tyler Reddick | 4th |
| 5 | 2025-11 | 22.14 | Austin Cindric | 25th | T10 | 2024-09 | 13.41 | Denny Hamlin | 30th |
| 6 | 2022-30 | 20.96 | Tyler Reddick | 1st |
Kyle Larson and Tyler Reddick may well just be the favorites heading into the race this weekend at Texas as they have 6 of the 11 spots in the table above. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-30 | Tyler Reddick | 130.1 | 1st | 6 | 2023-30 | Denny Hamlin | 115.7 | 5th |
| 2 | 2024-09 | Tyler Reddick | 129.5 | 4th | 7 | 2024-09 | Chase Elliott | 114.9 | 1st |
| 3 | 2023-30 | Bubba Wallace | 128.8 | 3rd | 8 | 2023-30 | Kyle Larson | 114.8 | 31st |
| 4 | 2025-11 | Kyle Larson | 128.4 | 4th | 9 | 2024-09 | William Byron | 113.0 | 3rd |
| 5 | 2022-30 | William Byron | 117.0 | 7th | 10 | 2022-30 | Joey Logano | 111.6 | 2nd |
– It hasn’t been easy to dominate a Next Gen race at Texas as the best Driver Rating in the 4 Next Gen races here is only 130.1. Max Driver Rating is 150.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-30 | Bubba Wallace | 100 | 3rd | 6 | 2022-30 | William Byron | 94.61 | 7th |
| 2 | 2023-30 | Denny Hamlin | 99.25 | 5th | 7 | 2023-30 | Brad Keselowski | 93.26 | 7th |
| 3 | 2025-11 | Kyle Larson | 98.89 | 4th | 8 | 2025-11 | Ty Gibbs | 90.77 | 23rd |
| 4 | 2023-30 | Chris Buescher | 98.13 | 14th | 9 | 2023-30 | Erik Jones | 90.64 | 30th |
| 5 | 2024-09 | Tyler Reddick | 97.10 | 4th | 10 | 2023-30 | Kyle Larson | 90.26 | 31st |
In the 4 Next Gen races at Texas only Bubba Wallace has ran every lap in the Top 15 in a race. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-38) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 31st | 9.50 | 1 | 13th | 29.50 |
| T2 | 2nd | 10.50 | 2 | 7th | 29.00 |
| T2 | 4th | 10.50 | T3 | 36th | 28.50 |
| 4 | 5th | 11.25 | T3 | 38th | 28.50 |
| 5 | 24th | 12.00 | 5 | 11th | 27.75 |
| 6 | 27th | 13.00 | 6 | 33rd | 25.75 |
| T7 | 1st | 14.00 | 7 | 37th | 25.50 |
| T7 | 3rd | 14.00 | 8 | 18th | 24.25 |
| T7 | 16th | 14.00 | 9 | 35th | 23.50 |
| 10 | 14th | 14.50 | T10 | 12th | 23.25 |
| T10 | 25th | 23.25 | |||
– The tables above seem to indicate that starting position will not matter much, if at all, this weekend as in the 4 Next Gen races starting 31st has produced the best results while starting 13th has produced the worst.
| Best Next Gen Texas Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Texas Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 113.25 | 4 | 1 | William Byron | 79.79 | 4 |
| 2 | Tyler Reddick | 108.93 | 4 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 79.36 | 4 |
| 3 | William Byron | 108.58 | 4 | 3 | Kyle Larson | 77.53 | 4 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 94.30 | 4 | 4 | Ross Chastain | 68.73 | 4 |
| 5 | Ross Chastain | 88.63 | 4 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 67.33 | 4 |
| 6 | Denny Hamlin | 87.20 | 4 | 6 | Ryan Blaney | 66.29 | 4 |
| 7 | Bubba Wallace | 86.63 | 4 | 7 | Michael McDowell | 65.59 | 4 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 85.40 | 4 | 8 | Erik Jones | 65.33 | 4 |
| 9 | Joey Logano | 84.80 | 4 | 9 | Brad Keselowski | 59.84 | 4 |
| 10 | Brad Keselowski | 84.43 | 4 | 10 | Bubba Wallace | 58.10 | 4 |
– If you’re looking for a list of drivers who might be good this weekend look at the two tables above as there are 8 drivers that are on both tables above.
| Best Next Gen Texas Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Texas Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | William Byron | 6.00 | 4 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 24.83 | 4 |
| T2 | Daniel Suarez | 8.75 | 4 | 2 | Tyler Reddick | 12.54 | 4 |
| T2 | Joey Logano | 8.75 | 4 | 3 | Bubba Wallace | 10.10 | 4 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 11.25 | 4 | 4 | Josh Berry | 7.50 | 2 |
| 5 | Chase Briscoe | 12.00 | 4 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 7.32 | 4 |
| 6 | Ross Chastain | 12.25 | 4 | 6 | William Byron | 6.10 | 4 |
| 7 | Kevin Harvick | 12.50 | 2 | 7 | Denny Hamlin | 5.31 | 4 |
| 8 | Tyler Reddick | 12.75 | 4 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 4.18 | 4 |
| 9 | Justin Haley | 13.75 | 4 | 9 | Denny Hamlin | 3.48 | 4 |
| 10 | Riley Herbst | 14.00 | 1 | 10 | Joey Logano | 3.14 | 4 |
– Look out for 23xi Racing to be at the front a lot this weekend as 2 of their drivers have over a 10.0 Laps Led% in the table above, and their 3rd full-time driver is 10th in the Avg. Finish table.
| Next Gen Texas Win List | Next Gen Texas Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | Bubba Wallace | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 1 |
| T1 | William Byron | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
– In 4 Next Gen races no driver has won multiple Poles or races, and what’s more is no driver has won a Pole AND a race.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 2 | 50.00 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 50.00 |
| T1 | William Byron | 2 | 50.00 |
| T4 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Justin Haley | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 25.00 |
– There are 3 drivers racing this weekend looking for their 3rd Top 3 finish at Texas and 5 that are looking to get their 2nd Top 3 finish.
| Most Next Gen Texas Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Texas Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 2 | 50.00 | T1 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | 75.00 |
| T1 | Ross Chastain | 2 | 50.00 | T1 | Chase Briscoe | 3 | 75.00 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 50.00 | T1 | Daniel Suarez | 3 | 75.00 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 50.00 | T1 | William Byron | 3 | 75.00 |
| T1 | William Byron | 2 | 50.00 | T5 | 11 drivers tied with same % | 2 | 50.00 |
| T6 | 10 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 25.00 | ||||
– Texas has seen a lot of different drivers finish in the Top 10 in the Next Gen car as 21 of the 40 drivers to make 2+Next get starts here have gotten a Top 10 finish.
| Most Next Gen Texas Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Texas Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 50.00 | T1 | Ryan Blaney | 6 | 75.00 |
| T1 | William Byron | 6 | 75.00 | ||||
| T2 | Austin Cindric | 1 | 12.50 | T3 | Bubba Wallace | 5 | 62.50 |
| T3 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 62.50 | ||||
| T2 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 12.50 | T3 | Michael McDowell | 5 | 62.50 |
| T6 | Brad Keselowski | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 12.50 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 12.50 | T6 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 50.00 |
| T6 | Tyler Reddick | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
– Kyle Larson has been really good in stages at Texas in the Next Gen car as he’s won half the stages here while no other driver has more than 1 Stage Win.