Last week at Michigan we got to see our fair share of wrecks, but then also another Toyota dominated race in which Denny Hamlin picked up his 63rd career win tying the late Kyle Busch for 9th most all-time. Now we head to a track where Hamlin has had a lot of success in his career, Pocono, as he looks to win his 3rd race in a row. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Pocono Raceway 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: Pocono.
| Finish | Start | Driver | Laps | Led | S1 Fin | S2 Fin | Driver Rating |
| 1 | 6 | Chase Briscoe | 160 | 72 | 4th | 1st | 133.7 |
| 2 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 160 | 32 | 1st | 6th | 132.3 |
| 3 | 20 | Ryan Blaney | 160 | 3 | 12th | 8th | 95.4 |
| 4 | 2 | Chris Buescher | 160 | 2 | 2nd | 5th | 120.4 |
| 5 | 18 | Chase Elliott | 160 | 0 | 8th | 3rd | 108.9 |
| 6 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | 160 | 0 | 33rd | 31st | 94.2 |
| 7 | 24 | Kyle Larson | 160 | 0 | 14th | 9th | 89.9 |
| 8 | 13 | Ryan Preece | 160 | 0 | 11th | 19th | 81.7 |
| 9 | 14 | Brad Keselowski | 160 | 27 | 29th | 29th | 104.4 |
| 10 | 19 | Austin Cindric | 160 | 0 | 16th | 7th | 92.5 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Bowman | 160 | 15 | 10th | 12th | 92.2 |
| 12 | 35 | Josh Berry | 160 | 0 | 19th | 2nd | 79.8 |
| 13 | 11 | Erik Jones | 160 | 0 | 5th | 30th | 88.3 |
| 14 | 7 | Ty Gibbs | 160 | 0 | 31st | 20th | 72.3 |
| 15 | 10 | Daniel Suarez | 160 | 0 | 35th | 18th | 74.0 |
| 16 | 12 | Joey Logano | 160 | 5 | 7th | 11th | 79.9 |
| 17 | 9 | Christopher Bell | 160 | 0 | 34th | 32nd | 66.0 |
| 18 | 3 | Carson Hocevar | 160 | 2 | 30th | 10th | 94.1 |
| 19 | 22 | Justin Haley | 160 | 0 | 23rd | 16th | 56.5 |
| 20 | 26 | Kyle Busch | 160 | 0 | 20th | 22nd | 52.7 |
| 21 | 33 | A.J. Allmendinger | 160 | 0 | 24th | 17th | 45.2 |
| 22 | 5 | Cole Custer | 160 | 0 | 32nd | 24th | 59.5 |
| 23 | 17 | Noah Gragson | 160 | 0 | 22nd | 21st | 50.2 |
| 24 | 16 | Austin Dillon | 160 | 0 | 15th | 28th | 54.2 |
| 25 | 15 | Zane Smith | 160 | 0 | 6th | 15th | 58.0 |
| 26 | 21 | Ross Chastain | 160 | 0 | 13th | 14th | 57.8 |
| 27 | 31 | William Byron | 160 | 0 | 9th | 4th | 57.0 |
| 28 | 32 | Todd Gilliland | 160 | 0 | 28th | 26th | 38.5 |
| 29 | 36 | Cody Ware | 160 | 0 | 36th | 25th | 31.8 |
| 30 | 30 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 160 | 2 | 27th | 13th | 43.7 |
| 31 | 23 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 159 | 0 | 17th | 23rd | 38.3 |
| 32 | 8 | Tyler Reddick | 159 | 0 | 3rd | 33rd | 71.7 |
| 33 | 27 | Ty Dillon | 140 | 0 | 25th | 34th | 31.3 |
| 34 | 37 | Brennan Poole | 111 | 0 | 27th | 27th | 26.5 |
| 35 | 28 | Michael McDowell | 73 | 0 | 26th | 35th | 28.7 |
| 36 | 34 | Bubba Wallace | 54 | 0 | 21st | 36th | 27.8 |
| 37 | 29 | Riley Herbst | 41 | 0 | 18th | 37th | 33.3 |
– In last year’s Pocono race the Top 2 finishers both had Driver Ratings over 132.0. This was just the 2nd time in Pocono history that this happened, and it was the first time it happened in the Cup Series since the 2022 Road America race.
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Best | Worst | Starts |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 10.71 | 1st | 38th | 28 |
| 2 | William Byron | 10.83 | 3rd | 27th | 12 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 11.00 | 1st | 43rd | 36 |
| 4 | Kyle Larson | 11.39 | 2nd | 33rd | 18 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 12.74 | 1st | 42nd | 38 |
| 6 | Ryan Blaney | 12.75 | 1st | 33rd | 16 |
| 7 | Chase Elliott | 12.94 | 1st | 38th | 16 |
| 8 | Erik Jones | 13.50 | 2nd | 38th | 14 |
| 9 | Ty Gibbs | 15.50 | 5th | 27th | 4 |
| 10 | Tyler Reddick | 15.88 | 2nd | 35th | 8 |
| 11 | Josh Berry | 16.00 | 12th | 20th | 2 |
| 12 | Christopher Bell | 16.38 | 4th | 39th | 8 |
| 13 | Kyle Busch | 16.42 | 1st | 43rd | 38 |
| 14 | Daniel Suarez | 16.57 | 2nd | 36th | 14 |
| 15 | Alex Bowman | 16.94 | 1st | 31st | 16 |
| 16 | Joey Logano | 17.43 | 1st | 40th | 30 |
| T17 | Chase Briscoe | 17.50 | 1st | 29th | 6 |
| T17 | Carson Hocevar | 17.50 | 17th | 18th | 2 |
| 19 | Chris Buescher | 19.00 | 1st | 37th | 16 |
| 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | 19.25 | 6th | 28th | 4 |
| 21 | Austin Dillon | 19.35 | 10th | 37th | 20 |
| 22 | Bubba Wallace | 20.46 | 5th | 38th | 13 |
| 23 | Austin Cindric | 20.50 | 10th | 31st | 4 |
| 24 | Justin Allgaier | 22.40 | 16th | 27th | 5 |
| 25 | A.J. Allmendinger | 22.48 | 7th | 39th | 25 |
| 26 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22.64 | 7th | 42nd | 22 |
| 27 | Ryan Preece | 22.78 | 8th | 37th | 9 |
| 28 | Cole Custer | 23.13 | 16th | 38th | 8 |
| 29 | Casey Mears | 23.39 | 4th | 43rd | 28 |
| 30 | Ty Dillon | 23.77 | 17th | 33rd | 13 |
| 31 | Todd Gilliland | 25.50 | 15th | 34th | 4 |
| 32 | Michael McDowell | 26.22 | 6th | 43rd | 23 |
| 33 | Noah Gragson | 26.50 | 22nd | 37th | 4 |
| 34 | Zane Smith | 27.00 | 25th | 29th | 2 |
| 35 | Ross Chastain | 28.30 | 13th | 36th | 10 |
| 36 | Cody Ware | 28.83 | 25th | 39th | 6 |
| 37 | Anthony Alfredo | 30.00 | 26th | 34th | 2 |
| 38 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 31.00 | 31st | 31st | 1 |
| 39 | J.J. Yeley | 31.79 | 11th | 43rd | 24 |
| 40 | B.J. McLeod | 33.75 | 29th | 40th | 8 |
| T41 | Josh Bilicki | 34.00 | 32nd | 35th | 6 |
| T41 | Timmy Hill | 34.00 | 27th | 37th | 9 |
| 43 | Joey Gase | 35.00 | 33rd | 37th | 2 |
| 44 | Riley Herbst | 37.00 | 37th | 37th | 1 |
– Just because you finish well at Pocono doesn’t mean you’ll get a victory as 7 of the top 12 drivers in the table above don’t have a win here. On the contrary, just because you have a win doesn’t mean you’ll have success here as half of the active drivers with a win here are outside the top 10 in the table above.
| Best Active Pocono Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Active Pocono Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 109.39 | 36 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 82.17 | 36 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 96.95 | 32 | 2 | Kyle Larson | 76.13 | 18 |
| 3 | Kyle Larson | 95.48 | 18 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 74.64 | 16 |
| 4 | Chase Elliott | 94.89 | 16 | 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 69.89 | 32 |
| 5 | Brad Keselowski | 94.74 | 28 | 5 | William Byron | 68.42 | 12 |
| 6 | Kyle Busch | 94.49 | 38 | 6 | Erik Jones | 67.72 | 14 |
| 7 | William Byron | 93.38 | 12 | 7 | Kyle Busch | 66.63 | 38 |
| 8 | Ryan Blaney | 89.99 | 16 | 8 | Brad Keselowski | 63.13 | 28 |
| 9 | Erik Jones | 89.24 | 14 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 61.88 | 16 |
| 10 | Joey Logano | 87.07 | 30 | 10 | Tyler Reddick | 58.98 | 8 |
Denny Hamlin is definitely the best active driver at Pocono as he is the best in both tables above and in the Laps Led% table below. Photo by Stephen A. Arce — Icon SMI — Icon Sport Media via Getty Images
| Best Active Laps Led% | Best Active Laps Completed% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Comp% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 14.90 | 36 | T1 | William Byron | 100 | 12 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 11.19 | 38 | T1 | Chase Briscoe | 100 | 6 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 9.17 | 38 | T1 | Carson Hocevar | 100 | 2 |
| 4 | Chase Briscoe | 7.91 | 6 | T1 | Josh Berry | 100 | 2 |
| 5 | William Byron | 7.12 | 12 | 5 | Justin Allgaier | 99.74 | 5 |
| 6 | Joey Logano | 6.84 | 30 | 6 | Alex Bowman | 99.64 | 16 |
| 7 | Brad Keselowski | 6.13 | 28 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 99.54 | 18 |
| 8 | Kyle Larson | 5.61 | 18 | 8 | Shane Van Gisbergen | 99.38 | 1 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 4.01 | 16 | 9 | Tyler Reddick | 99.15 | 8 |
| 10 | Ty Gibbs | 3.91 | 4 | 10 | Austin Cindric | 99.06 | 4 |
| Most Active Pocono Starts | Most Active Pocono Poles | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Jimmie Johnson | 38 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 5 |
| T1 | Kyle Busch | 38 | 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 |
| 3 | Denny Hamlin | 36 | 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 |
| 4 | Joey Logano | 30 | T4 | Joey Logano | 2 |
| T5 | Brad Keselowski | 28 | T4 | William Byron | 2 |
| T5 | Casey Mears | 28 | T6 | Brad Keselowski | 1 |
| 7 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | T6 | Casey Mears | 1 |
| 8 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | T6 | Daniel Suarez | 1 |
| 9 | Michael McDowell | 23 | T6 | Kyle Larson | 1 |
| 10 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22 | T6 | Ryan Blaney | 1 |
| T6 | Ty Gibbs | 1 | |||
– If Kyle Busch were still with us he would have passed Jimmie Johnson for most Pocono starts by an active driver this weekend.
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 7 | 19.44 | T5 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 6.25 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 10.53 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 6.25 |
| 3 | Jimmie Johnson | 3 | 7.89 | T5 | Chris Buescher | 1 | 6.25 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 12.50 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.57 |
| T5 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 16.67 | T5 | Joey Logano | 1 | 3.33 |
– With a Win this weekend Denny Hamlin would have double the Pocono wins of any other active driver.
| Most Active Pocono Top 3’s | Best Active Pocono Top 3% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Rank | Driver | Top3% | Top3’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 12 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 33.33 | 12 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 9 | 2 | Erik Jones | 28.57 | 4 |
| 3 | Brad Keselowski | 7 | T3 | Brad Keselowski | 25.00 | 7 |
| 4 | Jimmie Johnson | 6 | T3 | Tyler Reddick | 25.00 | 2 |
| 5 | Erik Jones | 4 | 5 | Kyle Busch | 23.68 | 9 |
| T6 | Alex Bowman | 3 | T6 | Alex Bowman | 18.75 | 3 |
| T6 | Ryan Blaney | 3 | T6 | Ryan Blaney | 18.75 | 3 |
| T8 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 8 | Chase Briscoe | 16.67 | 1 |
| T8 | Daniel Suarez | 2 | 9 | Jimmie Johnson | 15.79 | 6 |
| T8 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 10 | Daniel Suarez | 14.29 | 2 |
| T8 | Joey Logano | 2 | ||||
– If Chase Briscoe, Chase Elliott, Chris Buescher, or William Byron can get a Top 3 finish this weekend they would get their 2nd Pocono Top 3 and join the T8 club in the Top 3’s table above.
| Most Active Pocono Top 5’s | Best Active Pocono Top 5% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Rank | Driver | Top5% | Top5’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 17 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 47.22 | 17 |
| T2 | Brad Keselowski | 11 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 39.29 | 11 |
| T2 | Jimmie Johnson | 11 | 3 | Erik Jones | 35.71 | 5 |
| T2 | Kyle Busch | 11 | 4 | Chase Elliott | 31.25 | 5 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 5 | T5 | Jimmie Johnson | 28.95 | 11 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 5 | T5 | Kyle Busch | 28.95 | 11 |
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 7 | Kyle Larson | 27.78 | 5 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 5 | T8 | Ryan Blaney | 25.00 | 4 |
| 9 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | T8 | William Byron | 25.00 | 3 |
| T10 | William Byron | 3 | T8 | Christopher Bell | 25.00 | 2 |
| T10 | Alex Bowman | 3 | T8 | Tyler Reddick | 25.00 | 2 |
| T8 | Ty Gibbs | 25.00 | 1 | |||
– With a Top 5 finish this weekend Denny Hamlin would have finished half of his Pocono Cup starts inside the Top 5.
| Most Active Pocono Top 10’s | Best Active Pocono Top 10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Rank | Driver | Top 10% | Top 10’s |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 24 | 1 | Chase Elliott | 68.75 | 11 |
| 2 | Jimmie Johnson | 20 | 2 | Denny Hamlin | 66.67 | 24 |
| 3 | Kyle Busch | 18 | 3 | Brad Keselowski | 60.71 | 17 |
| 4 | Brad Keselowski | 17 | 4 | Erik Jones | 57.14 | 8 |
| T5 | Chase Elliott | 11 | 5 | Kyle Larson | 55.56 | 10 |
| T5 | Joey Logano | 11 | 6 | Jimmie Johnson | 52.63 | 20 |
| 7 | Kyle Larson | 10 | T7 | Ryan Blaney | 50.00 | 8 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 8 | T7 | William Byron | 50.00 | 6 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 8 | T7 | Tyler Reddick | 50.00 | 4 |
| 10 | William Byron | 6 | 10 | Kyle Busch | 47.37 | 18 |
– Denny Hamlin has been the main man when it come to all the tables above, but when it comes to Top 10% at Pocono it’s Chase Elliott who is top dog.
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% |
| 1 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 20.83 | T5 | Jimmie Johnson | 1 | 6.25 |
| 2 | Kyle Busch | 4 | 14.29 | T5 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 5.00 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 714 | T5 | William Byron | 1 | 4.17 |
| T3 | Joey Logano | 2 | 7.14 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 1 | 3.57 |
| T5 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 8.33 | T5 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 3.57 |
Look out for Kyle Larson to do well in stages this weekend as he has the best Stage Win% and Stage T10% at Poconon among active drivers. Photo by Sean Gardner — Getty Images
| Most Active Pocono Stage T10’s | Best Active Pocono Stage T10% | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Rank | Driver | Stage T10% | Stage T10’s |
| 1 | Brad Keselowski | 19 | 1 | Kyle Larson | 75.00 | 18 |
| 2 | Kyle Larson | 18 | 2 | Brad Keselowski | 67.86 | 19 |
| T3 | Chase Elliott | 16 | T3 | Chase Elliott | 57.14 | 16 |
| T3 | Denny Hamlin | 16 | T3 | Denny Hamlin | 57.14 | 16 |
| T3 | Ryan Blaney | 16 | 5 | William Byron | 54.17 | 13 |
| T6 | William Byron | 13 | 6 | Ryan Blaney | 53.57 | 15 |
| T6 | Joey Logano | 13 | T7 | Joey Logano | 46.43 | 13 |
| T6 | Kyle Busch | 13 | T7 | Kyle Busch | 46.43 | 13 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 11 | 9 | Alex Bowman | 45.83 | 11 |
| 10 | Erik Jones | 10 | 10 | Tyler Reddick | 43.75 | 7 |
| Most Active Pocono Starts without Win | Most Active Pocono Starts without Pole | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 28 | 1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | 2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| 3 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 23 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 23 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 20 |
| 6 | Austin Dillon | 20 | T6 | Alex Bowman | 16 |
| 7 | Kyle Larson | 18 | T6 | Chase Elliott | 16 |
| T8 | Daniel Suarez | 14 | T6 | Chris Buescher | 16 |
| T8 | Erik Jones | 14 | 9 | Erik Jones | 14 |
| T10 | Bubba Wallace | 13 | T10 | Bubba Wallace | 13 |
| T10 | Ty Dillon | 13 | T10 | Ty Dillon | 13 |
– As you saw in the Stage Win table Kyle Larson has been the best at winning Pocono stages, but when it comes to races he doesn’t have a single win.
| Most Active Pocono Starts without Top 3 | Most Active Pocono Starts without Top 5 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Starts | Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | Casey Mears | 28 | 1 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 |
| 2 | A.J. Allmendinger | 25 | 2 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| 3 | J.J. Yeley | 24 | 3 | Michael McDowell | 23 |
| 4 | Michael McDowell | 23 | 4 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22 |
| 5 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 22 | 5 | Austin Dillon | 20 |
– Casey Mears is the only active driver with 14+ starts here at Pocono (18 drivers) to score a Top 5 finish here but not a Top 3.
| Rank | Driver | Starts |
| 1 | J.J. Yeley | 24 |
| 2 | Ty Dillon | 13 |
| 3 | Ross Chastain | 10 |
| 4 | Timmy Hill | 9 |
| T5 | B.J. McLeod | 8 |
| T5 | Cole Custer | 8 |
J.J. Yeley has had no luck here at Pocono as he is the only driver in every “without” table above. Photo by David Hahn — Corbis — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Active Pocono Stages without Stage Win | Most Active Pocono Stages without Stage T10 | ||||
| Rank | Driver | Stages | Rank | Driver | Stages |
| T1 | Austin Dillon | 28 | 1 | Ryan Preece | 18 |
| T1 | Chris Buescher | 28 | T2 | B.J. McLeod | 16 |
| T1 | Daniel Suarez | 28 | T2 | J.J. Yeley | 16 |
| T1 | Erik Jones | 28 | T4 | Cody Ware | 12 |
| T1 | Michael McDowell | 28 | T4 | Josh Bilicki | 12 |
| T1 | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 28 | 6 | Timmy Hill | 10 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 28 | T7 | John H. Nemechek | 8 |
| 8 | Bubba Wallace | 26 | T7 | Noah Gragson | 8 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 24 | T7 | Todd Gilliland | 8 |
| 10 | Ty Dillon | 22 | T10 | Anthony Alfredo | 4 |
| T10 | Joey Gase | 4 | |||
– Out of the 19 drivers who have had 18 stage starts at Pocono, only Ryan Preece has not yet gotten a Stage T10.
| Driver | Streak | Category | Driver | Streak | Category |
| Denny Hamlin | 3 | Top 2’s | William Byron | 5 | Stage T10’s |
| Ryan Blaney | 2 | Top 3’s | Chase Elliott | 4 | Stage T10’s |
| Chase Elliott | 4 | Top 10’s | Chase Briscoe | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Brad Keselowski | 2 | Top 10’s | Chris Buescher | 2 | Stage T10’s |
| Denny Hamlin | 6 | Stage T10’s |
– The last time Denny Hamlin crossed the line outside the Top 2 at Pocono was 2021, 4 Pocono races ago, but he was disqualified after his 2022 win.
| Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. | Rank | Race | Laps Led% | Driver | Fin. |
| 1 | 2025-17 | 45.00 | Chase Briscoe | 1st | 7 | 2025-17 | 16.88 | Brad Keselowski | 9th |
| 2 | 2022-21 | 39.38 | Kyle Busch | 36th | 8 | 2023-21 | 15.00 | Kyle Larson | 20th |
| 3 | 2023-21 | 37.50 | William Byron | 14th | T9 | 2022-21 | 13.13 | Denny Hamlin | 35th |
| 4 | 2024-21 | 27.50 | Ryan Blaney | 1st | T9 | 2023-21 | 13.13 | Joey Logano | 35th |
| 5 | 2025-17 | 20.00 | Denny Hamlin | 2nd | T9 | 2024-21 | 13.13 | Ty Gibbs | 27th |
| 6 | 2024-21 | 19.38 | Denny Hamlin | 2nd |
– One thing you can be sure of this weekend is that Denny Hamlin will be up front a lot as 3 of his 4 Next Gen races are in the Laps Led% table above.
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Driv. Rate |
Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-21 | Kyle Busch | 139.3 | 36th | 6 | 2022-21 | Denny Hamlin | 129.0 | 35th |
| 2 | 2025-17 | Chase Briscoe | 133.7 | 1st | 7 | 2023-21 | William Byron | 124.1 | 14th |
| 3 | 2024-21 | Ryan Blaney | 132.4 | 1st | 8 | 2023-21 | Martin Truex Jr. | 123.2 | 3rd |
| 4 | 2025-17 | Denny Hamlin | 132.3 | 2nd | 9 | 2025-17 | Chris Buescher | 120.4 | 4th |
| 5 | 2024-21 | Denny Hamlin | 131.4 | 2nd | 10 | 2023-21 | Denny Hamlin | 118.7 | 1st |
The table above is a little misleading as Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin finished 1st and 2nd in 2022, but got disqualified after the race to finish 35th and 36th. Photo by Rich Graessle — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. | Rank | Race | Driver |
Top 15% | Fin. |
| 1 | 2022-21 | Kyle Busch | 98.75 | 36th | T6 | 2023-21 | Denny Hamlin | 93.13 | 1st |
| 2 | 2025-17 | Denny Hamlin | 98.13 | 2nd | T6 | 2024-21 | Joey Logano | 93.13 | 5th |
| 3 | 2023-21 | Martin Truex Jr. | 96.88 | 3rd | T8 | 2023-21 | Tyler Reddick | 91.25 | 2nd |
| 4 | 2024-21 | Brad Keselowski | 96.25 | 7th | T8 | 2024-21 | Christopher Bell | 91.25 | 12th |
| 5 | 2024-21 | Denny Hamlin | 95.00 | 2nd | T8 | 2025-17 | Chris Buescher | 91.25 | 4th |
– Watch out for Denny Hamlin to be in the Top 15 a lot this weekend as he is the only driver in the table above more than once, and he’s actually in it 3 times.
| 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 | 4th | 4.25 | 1 | 37th | 34.50 |
| 2 | 7th | 7.50 | 2 | 31st | 29.75 |
| 3 | 11th | 7.75 | 3 | 33rd | 27.75 |
| 4 | 8th | 10.25 | 4 | 30th | 25.50 |
| 5 | 18th | 11.50 | 5 | 29th | 25.25 |
| T6 | 2nd | 11.75 | 6 | 36th | 25.00 |
| T6 | 3rd | 11.75 | 7 | 28th | 24.75 |
| T6 | 10th | 11.75 | T8 | 23rd | 24.50 |
| 9 | 13th | 12.75 | T8 | 34th | 24.50 |
| 10 | 16th | 14.75 | 10 | 19th | 24.25 |
– Starting position may matter quite a bit this weekend as 7 of the Top 11 starting positions are in the “Best” table above.
| Best Next Gen Pocono Avg. Driver Rating |
Best Next Gen Pocono Avg. Top 15% |
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| Rank | Driver | Driv. Rate | Starts | Rank | Driver | Top 15% | Starts |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 127.85 | 4 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 93.91 | 4 |
| 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 107.00 | 3 | 2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 89.38 | 3 |
| 3 | Chase Elliott | 101.58 | 4 | 3 | Chase Elliott | 77.50 | 4 |
| 4 | Ryan Blaney | 95.53 | 4 | 4 | Kyle Larson | 74.06 | 4 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 92.35 | 4 | 5 | Erik Jones | 72.03 | 4 |
| 6 | Kyle Larson | 91.93 | 4 | 6 | Christopher Bell | 71.25 | 4 |
| 7 | William Byron | 91.45 | 4 | 7 | Tyler Reddick | 68.44 | 4 |
| 8 | Chris Buescher | 89.85 | 4 | 8 | William Byron | 67.03 | 4 |
| 9 | Brad Keselowski | 88.65 | 4 | 9 | Ryan Blaney | 66.41 | 4 |
| 10 | Christopher Bell | 86.15 | 4 | 10 | Chris Buescher | 65.78 | 4 |
– The race this weekend may come down to Chase Elliott vs. Denny Hamlin as they both rank top 3 in both tables above.
| Best Next Gen Pocono Avg. Finish | Best Next Gen Pocono Laps Led% | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Avg. Fin. | Starts | Rank | Driver | Laps Led% | Starts |
| 1 | Martin Truex Jr. | 6.00 | 3 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 14.53 | 4 |
| 2 | Chase Elliott | 6.25 | 4 | 2 | Chase Briscoe | 11.25 | 4 |
| 3 | Christopher Bell | 9.75 | 4 | 3 | Kyle Busch | 9.84 | 4 |
| 4 | Denny Hamlin | 10.00 | 4 | 4 | William Byron | 9.38 | 4 |
| 5 | Tyler Reddick | 10.50 | 4 | 5 | Ryan Blaney | 8.75 | 4 |
| T6 | Erik Jones | 11.25 | 4 | 6 | Martin Truex Jr. | 7.50 | 3 |
| T6 | Kyle Larson | 11.25 | 4 | 7 | Brad Keselowski | 7.34 | 4 |
| 8 | Brad Keselowski | 11.50 | 4 | 8 | Kyle Larson | 6.56 | 4 |
| 9 | Alex Bowman | 12.25 | 4 | 9 | Joey Logano | 4.53 | 4 |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | 12.50 | 2 | 10 | Ty Gibbs | 3.91 | 4 |
Brad Keselowski has been on the struggle bus of late as his last Top 10 finish in a points paying race came at Kansas in mid-April, but the tables above say he has a good chance to lead laps and finish well this weekend. Photo by Andrew Mordzynski — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Next Gen Pocono Win List | Next Gen Pocono Pole List | |||||
| Rank | Driver | Wins | Win% | Rank | Driver | Poles |
| T1 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 25.00 | 1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 |
| T1 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 25.00 | T2 | Ty Gibbs | 1 |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | 25.00 | T2 | William Byron | 1 |
| T1 | Ryan Blaney | 1 | 25.00 | |||
– Last year Denny Hamlin became the first driver to have multiple Poles in the Next Gen car at Pocono.
| Rank | Driver | Top 3’s | Top 3% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 50.00 |
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 50.00 |
| T4 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 |
| T4 | Alex Bowman | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Chase Elliott | 1 | 25.00 |
| T4 | Daniel Suarez | 1 | 25.00 |
– Expect a heavy Toyota presence near the front of the field this weekend as 7 of the possible 12 Top 3’s in the Next Gen at Pocono have been gotten by Toyota drivers.
| Most Next Gen Pocono Top 5’s | Most Next Gen Pocono Top 10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Top 5’s | Top 5% | Rank | Driver | Top 10’s | Top 10% |
| 1 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 75.00 | T1 | Chase Elliott | 4 | 100 |
| T2 | Chase Elliott | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Martin Truex Jr. | 3 | 100 |
| T2 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 3 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Tyler Reddick | 2 | 50.00 | T2 | Tyler Reddick | 3 | 75.00 |
| T5 | Kevin Harvick | 1 | 50.00 | T5 | Brad Keselowski | 2 | 50.00 |
| T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 33.33 | T5 | Bubba Wallace | 2 | 50.00 |
| T5 | 9 drivers tied with same % | 1 | 25.00 | T5 | Christopher Bell | 2 | 50.00 |
| T5 | Erik Jones | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
| T5 | Ryan Blaney | 2 | 50.00 | ||||
Chase Elliott is the only driver racing this weekend to officially finish all 4 Pocono Next Gen races in the Top 10, and he hopes to continue that this weekend. Photo by Andrew Mordzynski — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
| Most Next Gen Pocono Stage Wins | Most Next Gen Pocono Stage T10’s | ||||||
| Rank | Driver | Stage Wins | Stage Win% | Rank | Driver | Stage T10’s | Stage T10% |
| T1 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | 25.00 | 1 | William Byron | 7 | 87.50 |
| T1 | Kyle Larson | 2 | 25.00 | T2 | Chase Elliott | 6 | 75.00 |
| T3 | Martin Truex Jr. | 1 | 16.67 | T2 | Denny Hamlin | 6 | 75.00 |
| T2 | Erik Jones | 6 | 75.00 | ||||
| T3 | Chase Briscoe | 1 | 12.50 | T5 | Martin Truex Jr. | 5 | 83.33 |
| T5 | Kyle Larson | 5 | 62.50 | ||||
| T3 | Joey Logano | 1 | 12.50 | T5 | Tyler Reddick | 5 | 62.50 |
| T8 | Alex Bowman | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
| T3 | Ross Chastain | 1 | 12.50 | T8 | Joey Logano | 4 | 50.00 |
| T8 | Ryan Blaney | 4 | 50.00 | ||||
– Look for Hendrick Motorsports to be strong in Stage 1 and 2 this weekend as all 4 of their drivers are in the Stage T10 table above.