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: Michigan.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 3 | Deny Hamlin | 200 | 5 | 3rd | 8th | 123.3 |
| 2 | 6 | Chris Buescher | 200 | 13 | 1st | 14th | 111.8 |
| 3 | 8 | Ty Gibbs | 200 | 0 | 26th | 20th | 82.7 |
| 4 | 9 | Bubba Wallace | 200 | 0 | 8th | 7th | 98.4 |
| 5 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 200 | 0 | 7th | 12th | 111.2 |
| 6 | 20 | Ross Chastain | 200 | 0 | 20th | 5th | 87.6 |
| 7 | 10 | Zane Smith | 200 | 2 | 12th | 18th | 91.5 |
| 8 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 200 | 0 | 9th | 11th | 93.9 |
| 9 | 23 | Ryan Preece | 200 | 0 | 27th | 6th | 76.2 |
| 10 | 27 | Brad Keselowski | 200 | 0 | 21st | 24th | 74.0 |
| 11 | 22 | Erik Jones | 200 | 0 | 16th | 10th | 77.1 |
| 12 | 7 | Josh Berry | 200 | 0 | 5th | 17th | 85.1 |
| 13 | 12 | Tyler Reddick | 200 | 0 | 17th | 4th | 87.6 |
| 14 | 35 | Daniel Suarez | 200 | 0 | 36th | 21st | 59.1 |
| 15 | 17 | Chase Elliott | 200 | 19 | 14th | 15th | 66.1 |
| 16 | 25 | Christopher Bell | 200 | 2 | 22nd | 30th | 66.6 |
| 17 | 19 | A.J. Allmendinger | 200 | 0 | 15th | 19th | 77.0 |
| 18 | 26 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 200 | 0 | 25th | 27th | 56.8 |
| 19 | 28 | Austin Dillon | 200 | 0 | 24th | 13th | 57.9 |
| 20 | 30 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 200 | 0 | 28th | 22nd | 46.0 |
| 21 | 31 | Justin Haley | 200 | 0 | 33rd | 25th | 38.7 |
| 22 | 15 | Joey Logano | 200 | 0 | 11th | 23rd | 50.8 |
| 23 | 1 | Chase Briscoe | 200 | 11 | 4th | 32nd | 75.7 |
| 24 | 18 | Ty Dillon | 200 | 0 | 23rd | 9th | 50.7 |
| 25 | 34 | Riley Herbst | 200 | 0 | 30th | 31st | 36.5 |
| 26 | 36 | Cody Ware | 200 | 1 | 35th | 29th | 41.7 |
| 27 | 29 | Noah Gragson | 200 | 0 | 18th | 28th | 40.2 |
| 28 | 4 | William Byron | 200 | 98 | 2nd | 1st | 116.7 |
| 29 | 14 | Carson Hocevar | 199 | 32 | 10th | 3rd | 97.6 |
| 30 | 32 | Michael McDowell | 199 | 0 | 34th | 16th | 46.7 |
| 31 | 11 | Austin Cindric | 199 | 10 | 13th | 2nd | 64.7 |
| 32 | 13 | Ryan Blaney | 196 | 7 | 6th | 33rd | 64.8 |
| 33 | 33 | Todd Gilliland | 146 | 0 | 31st | 26th | 39.0 |
| 34 | 21 | John Hunter Nemechek | 72 | 41 | 19th | 34th | 35.0 |
| 35 | 24 | Cole Custer | 66 | 0 | 29th | 35th | 27.2 |
| 36 | 16 | Alex Bowman | 66 | 0 | 32nd | 36th | 37.2 |
– Last year William Byron became the first driver at Michigan to finish both Stage 1 and Stage 2 inside the Top 2 and then finish the race outside the Top 20.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Ty Gibbs | 6.75 | 3rd | 11th | 4 |
| 2 | Zane Smith | 7.00 | 7th | 7th | 2 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 10.80 | 2nd | 36th | 15 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 11.89 | 1st | 39th | 35 |
| 5 | Kyle Larson | 11.94 | 1st | 43rd | 17 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 11.96 | 2nd | 39th | 28 |
| 7 | Joey Logano | 13.34 | 1st | 35th | 29 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | 14.92 | 3rd | 31st | 13 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 15.41 | 1st | 38th | 17 |
| 10 | William Byron | 16.36 | 2nd | 36th | 11 |
| 11 | Chris Buescher | 16.73 | 1st | 36th | 15 |
| 12 | Jimmie Johnson | 16.89 | 1st | 40th | 38 |
| 13 | Kyle Busch | 16.92 | 1st | 43rd | 37 |
| 14 | Ryan Preece | 17.00 | 7th | 25th | 8 |
| 15 | Austin Dillon | 17.41 | 4th | 36th | 22 |
| 16 | Bubba Wallace | 17.92 | 2nd | 28th | 12 |
| 17 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 18.00 | 18th | 18th | 1 |
| 18 | Daniel Suarez | 18.15 | 4th | 37th | 13 |
| 19 | Christopher Bell | 19.00 | 13th | 35th | 7 |
| 20 | Carson Hocevar | 19.50 | 10th | 29th | 2 |
| 21 | Tyler Reddick | 20.57 | 1st | 30th | 7 |
| 22 | Ty Dillon | 20.77 | 11th | 38th | 13 |
| 23 | A.J. Allmendinger | 21.58 | 11th | 39th | 24 |
| 24 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21.62 | 8th | 33rd | 21 |
| T25 | Austin Hill | 23.00 | 18th | 28th | 2 |
| T25 | Noah Gragson | 23.00 | 12th | 30th | 3 |
| 27 | Chase Briscoe | 23.20 | 11th | 31st | 5 |
| 28 | Casey Mears | 23.22 | 4th | 42nd | 27 |
| 29 | Ross Chastain | 23.38 | 6th | 35th | 8 |
| 30 | Josh Berry | 23.50 | 12th | 34th | 4 |
| 31 | Riley Herbst | 25.00 | 25th | 25th | 1 |
| 32 | Alex Bowman | 25.06 | 9th | 41st | 16 |
| 33 | Cody Ware | 26.40 | 21st | 36th | 5 |
| 34 | Austin Cindric | 27.00 | 12th | 37th | 4 |
| 35 | Justin Allgaier | 28.50 | 16th | 42nd | 4 |
| 36 | Cole Custer | 28.83 | 23rd | 35th | 6 |
| 37 | Michael McDowell | 29.47 | 19th | 43rd | 19 |
| 38 | Josh Bilicki | 30.00 | 21st | 33rd | 5 |
| 39 | John Hunter Nemechek | 30.50 | 23rd | 36th | 4 |
| 40 | B.J. McLeod | 31.00 | 23rd | 37th | 5 |
| 41 | Todd Gilliland | 31.25 | 27th | 36th | 4 |
| 42 | Anthony Alfredo | 34.00 | 34th | 34th | 1 |
| 43 | J.J. Yeley | 34.47 | 24th | 43rd | 19 |
| 44 | Timmy Hill | 35.33 | 29th | 43rd | 6 |
| 45 | Joey Gase | 38.00 | 37th | 39th | 2 |
– Zane Smith has been on a hot streak of late as he’s gotten 2 Top 10’s in the last 2 races, and that hot streak could continue this week as he’s finished both of his career Michigan Cup races in 7th.
| Best Active Michigan Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Michigan Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 99.52 | 17 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 75.57 | 15 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 95.55 | 28 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 73.22 | 17 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 95.21 | 35 | 3 | Ryan Blaney | 72.55 | 17 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 94.52 | 29 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 71.98 | 28 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 93.54 | 15 | 5 | Denny Hamlin | 71.50 | 35 |
| 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 92.09 | 32 | 6 | Carson Hocevar | 71.18 | 2 |
| 7 | Ryan Blaney | 91.47 | 17 | 7 | Joey Logano | 68.77 | 29 |
| 8 | Ty Gibbs | 89.60 | 4 | 8 | William Byron | 67.70 | 11 |
| 9 | Kyle Busch | 88.38 | 37 | 9 | Kyle Busch | 63.77 | 37 |
| 10 | Carson Hocevar | 88.05 | 2 | 10 | Jimmie Johnson | 62.38 | 32 |
– Kyle Larson has been on a long winless streak in the Cup Series, but that could change this weekend as the tables above show he’s ran very well here in his career.
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Joey Logano | 10.53 | 29 | T1 | Ty Gibbs | 100 | 4 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 9.55 | 38 | T1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 2 |
| 3 | Carson Hocevar | 8.62 | 2 | T1 | Riley Herbst | 100 | 1 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 8.01 | 17 | T1 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 100 | 1 |
| 5 | Chase Elliott | 6.71 | 15 | 5 | Ryan Preece | 99.93 | 8 |
| 6 | William Byron | 6.70 | 1 | 6 | Erik Jones | 99.84 | 13 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 5.09 | 28 | 7 | Bubba Wallace | 99.78 | 12 |
| 8 | Kyle Busch | 4.24 | 37 | 8 | Carson Hocevar | 99.75 | 2 |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 3.98 | 35 | 9 | Chris Buescher | 99.55 | 15 |
| 10 | Ross Chastain | 3.18 | 8 | 10 | Austin Hill | 99.50 | 2 |
– Ty Gibbs has ran 4 career races here at Michigan and in those 4 races he’s never finished a lap down, a streak he hopes to continue this weekend.
| Most Active Michigan Starts | Most Active Michigan Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 38 | 1 | Joey Logano | 4 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 37 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 2 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 35 | T3 | Bubba Wallace | 1 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 29 | T3 | Chase Briscoe | 1 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 28 | T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 |
| 6 | Casey Mears | 27 | T3 | Denny Hamlin | 1 |
| 7 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 | |||
| 8 | Austin Dillon | 22 | T3 | J.J. Yeley | 1 |
| 9 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | |||
| T10 | J.J. Yeley | 19 | T3 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| T10 | Michael McDowell | 19 | |||

Don’t be surprised if Joey Logano does well this weekend as he has a combined 7 Win/Poles, the next best among active drivers is just 4. Photo by Logan Riely — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 17.65 | T4 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 6.67 |
| T1 | Joey Logano | 3 | 10.34 | T4 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 5.88 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 8.57 | T4 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 2.70 |
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 14.29 | T4 | Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 2.63 |
| Most Active Michigan Top 3’s | Best Active Michigan Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 9 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 2 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 6 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 35.29 | 6 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 6 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 25.71 | 9 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 5 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 21.43 | 6 |
| 5 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 5 | Chase Elliott | 20.00 | 3 |
| T6 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 6 | William Byron | 18.18 | 2 |
| T6 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 7 | Joey Logano | 17.24 | 5 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 14.29 | 1 |
| T8 | William Byron | 2 | 9 | Chris Buescher | 13.33 | 2 |
| T8 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 10.81 | 4 |
– Ty Gibbs has been very good at Michigan in his young Cup career as he’s finished half of his career starts here in the Top 3.
| Most Active Michigan Top 5’s | Best Active Michigan Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 13 | 1 | Ty Gibbs | 50.00 | 2 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 10 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 47.06 | 8 |
| 3 | Brad Keselowski | 9 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 37.14 | 13 |
| T4 | Kyle Larson | 8 | 4 | Brad Keselowski | 32.14 | 9 |
| T4 | Joey Logano | 8 | 5 | Ryan Blaney | 29.41 | 5 |
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 5 | 6 | Joey Logano | 27.59 | 8 |
| T6 | Jimmie Johnson | 5 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 27.03 | 10 |
| 8 | Chase Elliott | 3 | 8 | Chase Elliott | 20.00 | 3 |
| T9 | 6 drivers tied | 2 | 9 | William Byron | 18.18 | 2 |
| 10 | Bubba Wallace | 16.67 | 2 | |||
– The 6 drivers tied for 9th most Top 5’s above are Austin Dillon, Bubba Wallace, Chris Buescher, Daniel Suarez, Ty Gibbs, and William Byron.
| Most Active Michigan Top 10’s | Best Active Michigan Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 20 | 1 | Zane Smith | 100 | 2 |
| 2 | Joey Logano | 18 | 2 | Ty Gibbs | 75.00 | 3 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 17 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 66.67 | 10 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 16 | 4 | Joey Logano | 62.07 | 18 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 13 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 58.82 | 10 |
| T6 | Chase Elliott | 10 | T6 | Denny Hamlin | 57.14 | 20 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 10 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 57.14 | 16 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | 8 | Carson Hocevar | 50.00 | 1 |
| 9 | Austin Dillon | 5 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 47.06 | 8 |
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 4 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 45.95 | 17 |
| T10 | Chris Buescher | 4 | ||||

Zane Smith does not know what it is like to finish outside the Top 10 in a Cup car at Michigan as he’s finished Top 10 in both of his Michigan Cup starts, the only active driver to finish all of his Michigan Cup starts in the Top 10. Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Busch | 3 | 11.54 | T3 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.85 |
| 2 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 7.69 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 3.85 |
| T3 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 7.14 | T3 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 3.85 |
| T3 | William Byron | 1 | 4.55 | T3 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 3.85 |
| T3 | Austin Dillon | 1 | 3.85 | T3 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.85 |
– Only one driver in the field this weekend has multiple Stage Wins at Michigan.
| Most Active Michigan Stage T10’s | Best Active Michigan Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 19 | 1 | Brad Keselowski | 73.08 | 19 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 18 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 69.23 | 18 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 17 | 3 | Denny Hamlin | 65.38 | 17 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 15 | 4 | William Byron | 63.64 | 14 |
| T5 | William Byron | 14 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 59.09 | 13 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 14 | 6 | Ryan Blaney | 57.69 | 15 |
| T7 | Kyle Larson | 13 | 7 | Erik Jones | 53.85 | 14 |
| T7 | Joey Logano | 13 | T8 | Joey Logano | 50.00 | 13 |
| T9 | Alex Bowman | 10 | T8 | Carson Hocevar | 50.00 | 2 |
| T9 | Chase Elliott | 10 | 10 | Alex Bowman | 45.45 | 10 |

Despite not getting a Stage T10 in last years Michigan race, Brad Keselowski still has the most Stage T10’s of any active driver. Photo by Scott W. Grau — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Active Michigan Starts without Win | Most Active Michigan Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 28 | 1 | Jimmie Johnson | 38 |
| 2 | Casey Mears | 27 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 37 |
| 3 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 | 3 | Casey Mears | 27 |
| 4 | Austin Dillon | 22 | 4 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 22 |
| T6 | J.J. Yeley | 19 | 6 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| T6 | Michael McDowell | 19 | 7 | Michael McDowell | 19 |
| 8 | Alex Bowman | 16 | 8 | Ryan Blaney | 17 |
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 15 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 16 |
| T10 | Daniel Suarez | 13 | T10 | Chase Elliott | 15 |
| T10 | Erik Jones | 13 | T10 | Chris Buescher | 15 |
| T10 | Ty Dillon | 13 | |||
– Jimmie Johnson has the 18th most Poles in Cup Series history, but he’s never figured out how to get a Pole in his 38 career Michigan starts.
| Most Active Michigan Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Michigan Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 27 | 1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 24 | 2 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 22 | T3 | J.J. Yeley | 19 |
| 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 21 | T3 | Michael McDowell | 19 |
| T5 | J.J. Yeley | 19 | 5 | Alex Bowman | 16 |
| T5 | Michael McDowell | 19 | |||
– Casey Mears is the only active driver with 14+ Michigan starts to record a Top 5 finish here, but not a Top 3 finish.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 23 |
| 2 | J.J. Yeley | 19 |
| 3 | Michael McDowell | 18 |
| 4 | Ty Dillon | 12 |
| 5 | Christopher Bell | 11 |

Michigan is the only track currently on the Cup schedule that Christopher Bell does not have a Top 10 finish at (except San Diego because it is a new race this year). Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images
| Most Active Michigan Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Michigan Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 26 | 1 | Michael McDowell | 26 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 26 | 2 | Cole Custer | 12 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 26 | T3 | B.J. McLeod | 10 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 26 | T3 | Josh Bilicki | 10 |
| 5 | Bubba Wallace | 24 | T5 | J.J. Yeley | 8 |
| T6 | Alex Bowman | 22 | T5 | John H. Nemechek | 8 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 22 | T5 | Timmy Hill | 8 |
| T6 | Ty Dillon | 22 | T5 | Todd Gilliland | 8 |
| T9 | Jimmie Johnson | 16 | 9 | Noah Gragson | 6 |
| T9 | Ross Chastain | 16 | T10 | Austin Hill | 4 |
| T9 | Ryan Preece | 16 | T10 | Joey Gase | 4 |
| T10 | Zane Smith | 4 | |||
– There are 13 drivers to have run in every stage here at Michigan, but out of those 13 only Michael McDowell has failed to get a Stage T10 here.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Ty Gibbs | 2 | Top 3’s | Zane Smith | 2 | Top 10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 8 | Top 10’s | William Byron | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Brad Keselowski | 3 | Top 10’s | Bubba Wallace | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Chris Buescher | 3 | Top 10’s | Carson Hocevar | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Kyle Busch | 2 | Top 10’s | Denny Hamlin | 2 | Stage T10’s |
– With a Top 10 finish this weekend Denny Hamlin would get his 9th straight Top 10 finish at Michigan, which would be tied for 8th longest here all-time.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-15 | 49.00 | William Byron | 28th | T5 | 2022-23 | 19.00 | Denny Hamlin | 3rd |
| 2 | 2023-23 | 26.00 | Chris Buescher | 1st | 7 | 2022-23 | 16.50 | Daniel Suarez | 25th |
| 3 | 2023-23 | 23.50 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2nd | 8 | 2025-15 | 16.00 | Carson Hocevar | 29th |
| 4 | 2024-24 | 19.90 | Kyle Larson | 34th | 9 | 2022-23 | 15.50 | Christopher Bell | 26th |
| T5 | 2022-23 | 19.00 | Kevin Harvick | 1st | 10 | 2022-23 | 14.50 | Ross Chastain | 24th |
– If you want to have a good finish at Michigan in the Next Gen car it may be best not to lead many laps as 6 of the 10 drivers in the table above have finished 24th or worse.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2023-23 | Martin Truex Jr. | 131.7 | 2nd | 6 | 2022-23 | Bubba Wallace | 118.4 | 2nd |
| 2 | 2023-23 | Chris Buescher | 130.6 | 1st | 7 | 2024-24 | Tyler Reddick | 118.0 | 1st |
| 3 | 2022-23 | Denny Hamlin | 128.6 | 3rd | 8 | 2025-15 | William Byron | 116.7 | 28th |
| 4 | 2025-15 | Denny Hamlin | 123.3 | 1st | 9 | 2023-23 | Brad Keselowski | 115.4 | 4th |
| 5 | 2022-23 | Kevin Harvick | 123.0 | 1st | 10 | 2024-24 | William Byron | 113.8 | 2nd |

William Byron had a great race last year at Michigan as his Driver Rating above tells but low fuel caused him to get a 28th place finish, the worst, by far, of any driver in the table above. Photo by Scott W. Grau — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-15 | Denny Hamlin | 100 | 1st | 6 | 2022-23 | Martin Truex Jr. | 93.00 | 6th |
| 2 | 2022-23 | Denny Hamlin | 97.50 | 3rd | 7 | 2024-24 | Chase Elliott | 92.72 | 15th |
| 3 | 2025-15 | William Byron | 97.00 | 28th | 8 | 2025-15 | Bubba Wallace | 92.50 | 4th |
| 4 | 2022-23 | Kevin Harvick | 95.00 | 1st | 9 | 2022-23 | Bubba Wallace | 91.00 | 2nd |
| 5 | 2022-23 | Kyle Larson | 94.00 | 7th | 10 | 2025-15 | Carson Hocevar | 88.50 | 29th |
– Last year Denny Hamlin became the first driver to run an entire Michigan Next Gen race inside the Top 15.
| Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by Starting Position (1-37) |
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| Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin | Rank | Start Pos. | Avg. Fin |
| 1 | 9th | 4.50 | 1 | 37th | 29.50 |
| 2 | 2nd | 10.50 | 2 | 21st | 28.25 |
| 3 | 1st | 11.75 | 3 | 33rd | 25.50 |
| 4 | 13th | 12.50 | 4 | 32nd | 25.25 |
| 5 | 25th | 13.00 | T5 | 29th | 24.75 |
| 6 | 12th | 13.75 | T5 | 35th | 24.75 |
| 7 | 6th | 15.00 | 7 | 36th | 24.25 |
| T8 | 8th | 16.25 | 8 | 14th | 24.00 |
| T8 | 26th | 16.25 | T9 | 24th | 22.50 |
| 10 | 20th | 16.50 | T9 | 28th | 22.50 |
– Make sure to put whoever starts 9th this weekend in your Fantasy lineup as drivers starting in that position have never finished outside the Top 10 in the Next Gen car here.
| Best Next Gen Michigan Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Michigan Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 108.53 | 4 | 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 84.65 | 3 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 107.77 | 3 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 81.02 | 4 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 101.53 | 4 | 3 | Bubba Wallace | 76.92 | 4 |
| 4 | Chris Buescher | 100.95 | 4 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 73.57 | 4 |
| 5 | Kevin Harvick | 100.75 | 2 | 5 | William Byron | 72.46 | 4 |
| 6 | Bubba Wallace | 94.38 | 4 | 6 | Ross Chastain | 71.34 | 4 |
| 7 | William Byron | 91.55 | 4 | 7 | Carson Hocevar | 71.18 | 2 |
| 8 | Tyler Reddick | 91.40 | 4 | 8 | Chris Buescher | 70.22 | 4 |
| 9 | Ross Chastain | 90.28 | 4 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | 64.76 | 4 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 89.60 | 4 | 10 | Ryan Blaney | 63.65 | 4 |
– Denny Hamlin has been on a tear of late with 3 straight Top 3 finishes, including 2 Wins, and don’t look for that to stop this weekend as he ranks top 2 in both tables above and the Avg. Finish table below.
| Best Next Gen Michigan Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Michigan Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4.00 | 4 | 1 | William Byron | 14.64 | 4 |
| 2 | Kevin Harvick | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 12.38 | 3 |
| 3 | Chris Buescher | 6.25 | 4 | 3 | Kevin Harvick | 9.50 | 2 |
| 4 | Ty Gibbs | 6.75 | 4 | 4 | Carson Hocevar | 8.62 | 2 |
| 5 | Zane Smith | 7.00 | 2 | 5 | Chris Buescher | 8.19 | 4 |
| 6 | Brad Keselowski | 8.50 | 4 | 6 | Daniel Suarez | 6.45 | 4 |
| 7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 10.67 | 3 | 7 | Ross Chastain | 6.08 | 4 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | 11.25 | 4 | T8 | Bubba Wallace | 5.96 | 4 |
| 9 | Bubba Wallace | 12.50 | 4 | T8 | Chase Elliott | 5.96 | 4 |
| 10 | Kyle Larson | 12.75 | 4 | 10 | Denny Hamlin | 5.46 | 4 |
| Next Gen Michigan Win List | Next Gen Michigan Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 | T1 | Bubba Wallace | 1 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | Chase Briscoe | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 25.00 | T1 | Christopher Bell | 1 |
| T1 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 25.00 | |||
– There has yet to be a driver to win multiple races or Poles at Michigan in the Next Gen car.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 50.00 |
| T4 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 |
| T4 | Bubba Wallace | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | William Byron | 1 | 25.00 |
– Toyota’s have been dominant here at Michigan with the Next Gen car as they have a total of 8 Top 3’s in the 4 races. Meanwhile Chevy and Ford have combined for only 4 (and Chris Buescher has half of those).
| Most Next Gen Michigan Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Michigan Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 75.00 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 4 | 100 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Brad Keselowski | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Chris Buescher | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Chris Buescher | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Kyle Larson | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Ty Gibbs | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Ty Gibbs | 2 | 50.00 | T6 | Kevin Harvick | 2 | 100 |
| T7 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 | T6 | Zane Smith | 2 | 100 |
| T7 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 | T6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 66.67 |
| T7 | Joey Logano | 1 | 25.00 | T6 | 6 drivers tied with same % | 2 | 50.00 |
| T7 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 25.00 | ||||
| T7 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 25.00 | ||||
| T7 | Tyler Reddick | 1 | 25.00 | ||||
| T7 | William Byron | 1 | 25.00 | ||||

There have been 24 drivers that have started all 4 Michigan Next Gen races and Denny Hamlin is the only one who has finished all 4 in the Top 10. Photo by Chris Graythen — Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Michigan Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Michigan Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 2 | 33.33 | 1 | William Byron | 6 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 83.33 |
| T2 | Christopher Bell | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Brad Keselowski | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Bubba Wallace | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 1 | 12.50 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 5 | 62.50 |
| T2 | Erik Jones | 5 | 62.50 | ||||
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 12.50 | T7 | Alex Bowman | 4 | 50.00 |
| T7 | Chris Buescher | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
| T2 | William Byron | 1 | 12.50 | T7 | Kyle Larson | 4 | 50.00 |
| T7 | Ross Chastain | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
– Martin Truex Jr. is the only driver that has multiple Stage Wins in the Next Gen car here at Michigan.