Last week at Gateway was an interesting race with a lot of crashes, brake failures, and cautions. However, it also had some good racing and interesting strategy that ended with Kyle Larson in Cup Series Victory Lane for the first time in 2026. Now, we go to a racetrack that’s had it’s fair share of caution filled races in the past, and that’s just what we may have at Bristol if the aggression is the same as last week. Down below you will find different statistics for active drivers and Next Gen races of the NASCAR Cup series here at Bristol 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: Bristol.
Active means any driver who started a race in the 2026 Cup Series season.
Last Bristol Race (04/12/26)
Finish Start Driver Laps Led S1 Fin S2 Fin Driver Rating
1 5 Ty Gibbs 505 25 13th 7th 114.6
2 1 Ryan Blaney 505 190 3rd 2nd 133.1
3 8 Kyle Larson 505 284 1st 1st 137.1
4 2 Tyler Reddick 505 0 26th 12th 95.3
5 3 Chase Briscoe 505 0 4th 5th 111.1
6 35 Todd Gilliland 505 0 31st 14th 77.7
7 20 Joey Logano 505 0 25th 8th 93.9
8 17 Ryan Preece 505 0 18th 16th 83.6
9 11 Denny Hamlin 505 0 6th 3rd 100.8
10 10 Carson Hocevar 505 0 7th 4th 103.3
11 12 Bubba Wallace 505 0 9th 9th 95.4
12 13 Daniel Suarez 505 0 14th 25th 69.7
13 7 Chris Buescher 505 0 12th 15th 83.4
14 21 Brad Keselowski 505 0 22nd 11th 71.9
15 22 A.J. Allmendinger 505 0 23rd 20th 72.2
16 9 Austin Cindric 505 0 10th 10th 80.2
17 23 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 504 0 15th 21st 57.2
18 24 Austin Dillon 504 0 19th 23rd 58.5
19 15 Zane Smith 504 0 17th 27th 61.3
20 6 Ross Chastain 504 0 11th 18th 71.2
21 4 Riley Herbst 504 0 8th 26th 66.0
22 18 Chase Elliott 504 6 16th 13th 67.8
23 28 Erik Jones 503 0 21st 19th 51.2
24 19 Michael McDowell 503 0 24th 22nd 48.2
25 29 Kyle Busch 503 0 27th 24th 46.9
26 16 Noah Gragson 503 0 20th 17th 57.3
27 14 Christopher Bell 501 0 2nd 33rd 88.4
28 30 Cole Custer 501 0 35th 31st 36.3
29 32 Ty Dillon 501 0 34th 28th 32.8
30 34 William Byron 500 0 36th 32nd 32.8
31 36 Cody Ware 500 0 32nd 30th 30.7
32 25 Josh Berry 490 0 5th 6th 65.6
33 26 Connor Zilisch 478 0 28th 29th 37.7
34 33 Shane Van Gisbergen 335 0 33rd 37th 31.7
35 31 John Hunter Nemechek 324 0 29th 36th 35.5
36 37 Chad Finchum 241 0 37th 34th 23.8
37 27 Alex Bowman 163 0 30th 35th 31.7

– In the Spring race here two drivers lead 190+ laps in the race, the first time that’s happened here since 1984. However, neither of the two drivers that lead 190+ laps won, the first time that’s happened here since 1969.

Active Bristol Average Finish w/ Best and Worst Finish
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Best Worst Starts
1 Corey Heim 6.00 6th 6th 1
2 Ty Gibbs 11.14 1st 35th 7
3 Kyle Larson 11.15 1st 41st 20
4 Chase Briscoe 11.63 4th 27th 8
5 Christopher Bell 12.40 1st 29th 10
6 Jimmie Johnson 13.11 1st 36th 38
7 Chase Elliott 13.33 2nd 38th 18
8 Denny Hamlin 13.34 1st 43rd 38
9 Carson Hocevar 14.00 7th 27th 6
10 Kyle Busch 14.77 1st 39th 39
11 Ryan Preece 14.82 7th 25th 11
12 Brad Keselowski 15.63 1st 35th 30
13 Ryan Blaney 16.26 2nd 40th 19
14 Joey Logano 16.28 1st 40th 32
15 William Byron 17.07 3rd 38th 14
16 Erik Jones 17.25 2nd 30th 16
17 Chris Buescher 17.89 1st 39th 19
18 Tyler Reddick 17.90 4th 36th 10
19 Austin Dillon 18.27 4th 39th 22
20 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 19.17 2nd 40th 24
21 Justin Allgaier 19.20 8th 40th 5
22 Ross Chastain 19.50 6th 39th 12
23 Bubba Wallace 19.64 3rd 38th 14
24 Daniel Suarez 19.69 8th 37th 16
25 Zane Smith 20.20 3rd 36th 5
26 Alex Bowman 20.28 4th 37th 18
27 John Hunter Nemechek 20.29 6th 35th 7
28 Riley Herbst 22.33 18th 28th 3
29 Todd Gilliland 22.43 6th 35th 7
30 Austin Cindric 22.71 13th 32nd 7
31 Noah Gragson 23.60 12th 34th 5
32 A.J. Allmendinger 23.61 7th 40th 28
33 Josh Berry 24.80 12th 39th 5
34 Austin Hill 25.00 25th 25th 1
35 Ty Dillon 26.00 15th 39th 14
36 Michael McDowell 26.28 6th 43rd 29
37 Cole Custer 26.29 8th 35th 7
38 Casey Mears 27.64 10th 43rd 28
39 Harrison Burton 27.75 16th 35th 4
40 Cody Ware 28.25 17th 36th 4
41 J.J. Yeley 28.95 13th 40th 20
42 B.J. McLeod 30.67 24th 37th 6
43 Jesse Love 31.00 31st 31st 1
T44 Joey Gase 32.67 31st 34th 3
T44 Shane Van Gisbergen 32.67 26th 38th 3
46 Connor Zilisch 33.00 33rd 33rd 1
47 Timmy Hill 34.00 19th 43rd 7
48 Chad Finchum 34.67 33rd 36th 3
49 Anthony Alfredo 35.00 35th 35th 1
50 Josh Bilicki 35.60 31st 39th 5

Corey Heim has only competed in 1 Bristol Cup race, 2025 Fall race, but he ran so well in that race that he has the best Avg. Finish of any active driver here. Photo by Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images

Best Active Bristol
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Active Bristol
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Kyle Larson 107.95 20 1 Christopher Bell 78.62 10
2 Christopher Bell 101.52 10 2 Kyle Larson 76.61 20
3 Ty Gibbs 100.60 7 3 Ty Gibbs 76.38 7
4 Denny Hamlin 95.67 38 4 Chase Briscoe 71.64 8
5 Kyle Busch 94.46 39 5 Chase Elliott 71.15 18
6 Ryan Blaney 92.78 19 6 Denny Hamlin 70.29 38
7 Jimmie Johnson 92.59 32 7 Ryan Blaney 69.76 19
8 Chase Elliott 91.91 18 8 Jimmie Johnson 69.37 32
9 Brad Keselowski 89.36 30 9 Caron Hocevar 63.93 6
10 Chase Briscoe 86.66 8 10 Brad Keselowski 63.74 30

– Watch out for Christopher Bell, Kyle Larson, and Ty Gibbs to run well this weekend as they are top 3 in both tables above and they all rank top 5 in the Laps Led% table below as well.

Best Active Laps Led% Best Active Laps Completed%
Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts Rank Driver Laps Comp% Starts
1 Kyle Larson 20.42 20 1 Corey Heim 100 1
2 Kyle Busch 13.31 39 2 Carson Hocevar 99.80 6
3 Ty Gibbs 13.27 7 3 Chase Briscoe 99.78 8
4 Ryan Blaney 8.15 19 4 Ryan Preece 99.75 11
5 Christopher Bell 7.43 10 5 Riley Herbst 99.60 3
6 Brad Keselowski 6.97 30 6 Erik Jones 99.53 16
7 Denny Hamlin 6.32 38 7 Christopher Bell 99.50 10
8 Chase Elliott 5.00 18 8 Noah Gragson 99.48 5
9 Joey Logano 4.86 32 T9 Todd Gilliland 99.40 7
10 Jimmie Johnson 4.80 38 T9 Austin Hill 99.40 1
Most Active Bristol Starts Most Active Bristol Poles
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Poles
1 Kyle Busch 39 1 Denny Hamlin 4
T2 Denny Hamlin 38 T2 Alex Bowman 2
T2 Jimmie Johnson 38 T2 Kyle Busch 2
4 Joey Logano 32 T2 Ryan Blaney 2
5 Brad Keselowski 30 T5 A.J. Allmendinger 1
6 Michael McDowell 29 T5 Chase Elliott 1
T7 A.J. Allmendinger 28 T5 Christopher Bell 1
T7 Casey Mears 28 T5 Erik Jones 1
9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 24 T5 Jimmie Johnson 1
10 Austin Dillon 22 T5 Joey Logano 1
T5 Kyle Larson 1

– This weekend as Ty Gibbs runs his Kyle Busch tribute paint scheme, Denny Hamlin will tie his longtime teammate, Kyle Busch, in most Bristol starts by an active driver.

Active Bristol Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Wins Win%
1 Kyle Busch 8 20.51 T5 Jimmie Johnson 2 5.26
2 Denny Hamlin 4 10.53 T7 Ty Gibbs 1 14.29
T3 Kyle Larson 3 15.00 T7 Christopher Bell 1 10.00
T3 Brad Keselowski 3 10.00 T7 Chris Buescher 1 5.26
T5  Joey Logano 2 6.25 

Kyle Busch was a beast here at Bristol as he has double the wins of any active driver, and is the only active driver to have a Win% here over 20. Photo by Jeffrey Vest — Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Most Active Bristol Top 3’s Best Active Bristol Top 3%
Rank Driver Top 3’s Rank Driver Top3% Top3’s
1 Kyle Busch 12 1 Kyle Larson 35.00 7
2 Denny Hamlin 10 2 Kyle Busch 30.77 12
3 Jimmie Johnson 9 3 Ty Gibbs 28.57 2
4 Brad Keselowski 8 4 Brad Keselowski 26.67 8
5 Kyle Larson 7 5 Denny Hamlin 26.32 10
T6 Chase Elliott 3 6 Jimmie Johnson 23.68 9
T6 Joey Logano 3 T7 Christopher Bell 20.00 2
T8 Ty Gibbs 2 T7 Zane Smith 20.00 1
T8 Christopher Bell 2 9 Chase Elliott 16.67 3
T8 William Byron 2
T8 Erik Jones 2 10 William Byron 14.29 2
T8 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2

– This shouldn’t come as a surprise but expect a strong Chase presence at the front of the field this weekend as every driver in the Top 3% table above, that is racing this weekend, besides Zane Smith, is in The Chase.

Most Active Bristol Top 5’s Best Active Bristol Top 5%
Rank Driver Top 5’s Rank Driver Top5% Top5’s
1 Kyle Busch 14 1 Kyle Larson 45.00 9
T2 Denny Hamlin 13 2 Ty Gibbs 42.86 3
T2 Jimmie Johnson 13 3 Christopher Bell 40.00 4
4 Kyle Larson 9 4 Kyle Busch 35.90 14
5 Brad Keselowski 8 T5 Denny Hamlin 34.21 13
6 Joey Logano 7 T5 Jimmie Johnson 34.21 13
T7 Chase Elliott 5 7 Chase Elliott 27.78 5
T7 Ryan Blaney 5 8 Brad Keselowski 26.67 8
T9 Christopher Bell 4 9 Ryan Blaney 26.32 5
T9 Erik Jones 4 T10 Erik Jones 25.00 4
T9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 4 T10 Chase Briscoe 25.00 2

– Keep an eye out for JGR this weekend as every driver racing for them this weekend is in the Top 5% table above.

Most Active Bristol Top 10’s Best Active Bristol Top 10%
Rank Driver Top 10’s Rank Driver Top 10% Top 10’s
1 Jimmie Johnson 22 1 Corey Heim 100 1
2 Denny Hamlin 21 2 Ty Gibbs 71.43 5
3 Kyle Busch 19 T3 Kyle Larson 70.00 14
4 Kyle Larson 14 T3 Christopher Bell 70.00 7
5 Joey Logano 12 5 Jimmie Johnson 57.89 22
6 Brad Keselowski 11 6 Denny Hamlin 55.26 21
T7 Chase Elliott 9 T7 Chase Elliott 50.00 9
T7 Ryan Blaney 9 T7 Chase Briscoe 50.00 4
T9 Christopher Bell 7 9 Kyle Busch 48.72 19
T9 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 7 10 Ryan Blaney 47.37 9

– The ten drivers in the Bristol Top 10% table above are without a doubt the best active drivers at Bristol as the 11th best % is Joey Logano at 37.50%.

Active Bristol Stage Win List (w/ %)
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win%
1 Kyle Larson 9 32.14 T6 Joey Logano 2 6.25
T2 Ty Gibbs 3 21.43 T6 Kyle Busch 2 6.25
T2 Christopher Bell 3 15.00 T6 Ryan Blaney 2 6.25
T2 Brad Keselowski 3 9.38 T9 Ty Dillon 1 3.85
T2 Chase Elliott 3 9.38 T9 Denny Hamlin 1 3.13

Kyle Larson has been great at Bristol in stages as he has the most Stage Wins and Stage T10’s, along with the best Stage Win% and the best Stage T10% out of all active drivers. Photo by Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images

Most Active Bristol Stage T10’s Best Active Bristol Stage T10%
Rank Driver Stage T10’s Rank Driver Stage T10% Stage T10’s
1 Kyle Larson 23 1 Kyle Larson 82.14 23
2 Denny Hamlin 18 2 Ty Gibbs 71.43 10
T3 Brad Keselowski 17 3 Christopher Bell 70.00 14
T3 Chase Elliott 17 4 Jimmie Johnson 62.50 10
T3 Ryan Blaney 17 5 Denny Hamlin 56.25 18
T6 Christopher Bell 14 T6 Brad Keselowski 53.13 17
T6 Kyle Busch 14 T6 Chase Elliott 53.13 17
8 Joey Logano 13 T6 Ryan Blaney 53.13 17
T9 Alex Bowman 11 9 Carson Hocevar 50.00 6
T9 William Byron 11 T10 Kyle Busch 43.75 14
T9 Erik Jones 11 T10 Chase Briscoe 43.75 7
Most Active Bristol Starts without Win Most Active Bristol Starts without Pole
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 29 1 Brad Keselowski 30
T2 A.J. Allmendinger 28 2 Michael McDowell 29
T2 Casey Mears 28 3 Casey Mears 28
4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 24 4 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 24
5 Austin Dillon 22 5 Austin Dillon 22
6 J.J. Yeley 20 6 J.J. Yeley 20
7 Ryan Blaney 19 7 Chris Buescher 19
T8 Alex Bowman 18 8 Daniel Suarez 16
T8 Chase Elliott 18 T9 Bubba Wallace 14
T10 Daniel Suarez 16 T9 Ty Dillon 14
T10 Erik Jones 16 T9 William Byron 14

– Unless Michael McDowell can win the race this weekend then he will become the only active driver with 30+ Bristol starts (6 drivers) to not win a race here.

Most Active Bristol Starts without Top 3 Most Active Bristol Starts without Top 5
Rank Driver Starts Rank Driver Starts
1 Michael McDowell 29 1 Michael McDowell 29
T2 A.J. Allmendinger 28 T2 A.J. Allmendinger 28
T2 Casey Mears 28 T2 Casey Mears 28
4 Austin Dillon 22 4 J.J Yeley 20
5 J.J Yeley 20 5 Daniel Suarez 16

J.J. Yeley hasn’t had much luck here at Bristol as he is the only driver that is on all 4 “without” lists above and the “without Top 10” list below. Photo by Gregory Shamus — Getty Images

Most Active Bristol Starts without Top 10
Rank Driver Starts
1 J.J. Yeley 20
2 Ty Dillon 14
T3 Austin Cindric 7
T3 Timmy Hill 7
5 B.J. McLeod 6

– Austin Cindric is the only Chase driver that has never recorded a Top 10 in his Cup career here at Bristol.

Most Active Bristol Stages without Stage Win Most Active Bristol Stages without Stage T10
Rank Driver Stages Rank Driver Stages
T1 Austin Dillon 32 1 J.J. Yeley 16
T1 Chris Buescher 32 T2 Cole Custer 14
T1 Daniel Suarez 32 T2 Todd Gilliland 14
T1 Erik Jones 32 4 B.J. McLeod 12
T1 Michael McDowell 32 T5 Josh Bilicki 10
T1 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 32 T5 Noah Gragson 10
T7 Alex Bowman 28 T5 Timmy Hill 10
T7 Bubba Wallace 28 T8 Cody Ware 8
T7 William Byron 28 T8 Harrison Burton 8
T10 Chad Finchum 6
10 Ross Chastain 24 T10 Joey Gase 6
T10 Shane Van Gisbergen 6

– Of the 12 drivers in the “without Stage T10” table above, only 6 of them are racing this weekend and thus have a chance to remove their name from that list.

Active Bristol Streaks (2+ in a row)
Driver Streak Category Driver Streak Category
Ryan Blaney 3 Top 5’s Bubba Wallace 4 Stage T10’s
Chase Briscoe 4 Top 10’s Austin Cindric 3 Stage T10’s
Ryan Blaney 4 Top 10’s Carson Hocevar 3 Stage T10’s
Ty Gibbs 3 Top 10’s Denny Hamlin 3 Stage T10’s
Carson Hocevar 2 Top 10’s Chase Briscoe 2 Stage T10’s
Joey Logano 2 Top 10’s Josh Berry 2 Stage T10’s
Kyle Larson 2 Stage Wins Kyle Larson 2 Stage T10’s
Ryan Blaney 7 Stage T10’s

Ryan Blaney has been on a hot streak here in the last 4 races at Bristol as over that span he has 3 straight Top 5’s, 4 straight Top 10’s, and 7 straight Stage T10’s. Photo by Jonathan Bachman — Getty Images

 

Next Gen Stats
Best Next Gen Laps Led% in race
Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin. Rank Race Laps Led% Driver Fin.
1 2024-29 92.40 Kyle Larson 1st 6 2023-29 37.40 Christopher Bell 3rd
2 2025-09 82.20 Kyle Larson 1st 7 2022-29 33.80 Chris Buescher 1st
3 2026-08 56.24 Kyle Larson 3rd 8 2024-05 32.60 Denny Hamlin 1st
4 2025-29 40.20 Ty Gibbs 10th 9 2022-29 28.60 Christopher Bell 4th
5 2026-08 37.62 Ryan Blaney 2nd 10 2023-29 28.40 Denny Hamlin 1st

– Kyle Larson has been far and away the best driver to lead laps at Bristol in the Next Gen car as he’s the only driver to lead over half the laps in a Next Gen race here, and he’s done it three times.

Best Next Gen Driver Rating in race
Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Driv.
Rate		 Fin.
1 2024-29 Kyle Larson 149.7 1st 6 2022-29 Chris Buescher 133.3 1st
2 2025-09 Kyle Larson 149.6 1st 7 2026-08 Ryan Blaney 133.1 2nd
3 2024-05 Denny Hamlin 140.1 1st 8 2022-29 Christopher Bell 131.0 4th
4 2026-08 Kyle Larson 137.1 3rd 9 2023-29 Denny Hamlin 130.8 1st
5 2023-29 Christopher Bell 134.6 3rd 10 2025-29 Ty Gibbs 129.6 10th

– The drivers who have been good here in the Next Gen car are quite clear based on the table above as Bell, Hamlin, and Larson make up the entire top 5 and 7 of the 10 spots in the Driver Rating table.

Best % of Next Gen Race Laps ran in Top 15 in race
Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin. Rank Race Driver
 Top 15% Fin.
T1 2023-29 Christopher Bell 100 3rd T1 2024-29 Alex Bowman 100 9th
T1 2023-29 William Byron 100 9th T1 2025-09 Kyle Larson 100 1st
T1 2024-29 Kyle Larson 100 1st T1 2025-09 Ryan Blaney 100 5th
T1 2024-29 Chase Elliott 100 2nd T1 2026-08 Ryan Blaney 100 2nd
T1 2024-29 Bubba Wallace 100 3rd T1 2026-08 Kyle Larson 100 3rd
T1 2024-29 Denny Hamlin 100 4th T1 2026-08 Chase Briscoe 100 5th
T1 2024-29 Christopher Bell 100 5th T1 2026-08 Carson Hocevar 100 10th

– It is hit or miss when it comes to drivers running every lap of a Bristol Next Gen race in the Top 15 as 4 of the 7 races have seen it, but when it does happen there are many drivers who do so.

Best Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-39)		 Worst Next Gen Avg. Fin. by
Starting Position (1-39)
Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin Rank Start Pos. Avg. Fin
1 2nd 8.29 1 39th 37.00
T2 5th 11.14 2 37th 32.75
T2 11th 11.14 3 34th 27.71
4 7th 11.29 4 28th 27.29
5 17th 12.14 5 33rd 25.71
6 12th 13.00 6 27th 24.71
T7 4th 13.43 7 36th 24.29
T7 8th 13.43 8 25th 23.57
9 3rd 13.57 9 30th 23.43
10 20th 14.86 10 23rd 22.71

– According to the tables above qualifying could be key to a good finish this weekend as 4 of the the Top 5 starting spots rank 9th or better in the “best” table above.

Best Next Gen Bristol
Avg. Driver Rating		 Best Next Gen Bristol
Avg. Top 15%
Rank Driver Driv. Rate Starts Rank Driver Top 15% Starts
1 Kyle Larson 118.29 7 1 Denny Hamlin 91.38 7
2 Christopher Bell 111.46 7 2 Christopher Bell 83.88 7
3 Denny Hamlin 110.34 7 3 Kyle Larson 82.43 7
4 Ty Gibbs 100.60 7 4 Chase Briscoe 77.43 7
5 Ryan Blaney 94.33 7 5 Ty Gibbs 76.38 7
6 Chris Buescher 89.13 7 6 Ryan Blaney 73.89 7
7 Chase Briscoe 88.20 7 7 Bubba Wallace 70.47 7
8 Brad Keselowski 87.37 7 8 Carson Hocevar 63.93 6
9 Carson Hocevar 84.52 6 9 Alex Bowman 61.91 7
10 Bubba Wallace 82.64 7 10 Chris Buescher 60.20 7

The 4 drivers in this photo are the drivers to watch out for this weekend as they all rank top 6 in both tables above and both tables below. Photo by Meg Oliphant — Getty Images

Best Next Gen Bristol Avg. Finish Best Next Gen Bristol Laps Led%
Rank Driver Avg. Fin. Starts Rank Driver Laps Led% Starts
1 Corey Heim 6.00 1 1 Kyle Larson 35.09 7
2 Kyle Larson 7.00 7 2 Ty Gibbs 13.27 7
3 Denny Hamlin 8.14 7 3 Christopher Bell 10.58 7
4 Christopher Bell 8.29 7 4 Denny Hamlin 8.79 7
5 Chris Buescher 10.71 7 5 Ryan Blaney 8.30 7
6 Ty Gibbs 11.14 7 6 Chris Buescher 5.34 7
7 Chase Briscoe 11.43 7 7 Brad Keselowski 4.08 7
8 Brad Keselowski 11.71 7 8 Chase Briscoe 3.62 7
9 Ryan Blaney 12.14 7 9 Aric Almirola 3.60 2
10 Chase Elliott 13.43 7 10 Martin Truex Jr. 2.70 4
Next Gen Bristol Win List Next Gen Bristol Pole List
Rank Driver Wins Win% Rank Driver Poles
T1 Denny Hamlin 2 28.57 T1 Alex Bowman 2
T1 Kyle Larson 2 28.57 T1 Ryan Blaney 2
T3 Chris Buescher 1 14.29 T3 Aric Almirola 1
T3 Christopher Bell 1 14.29 T3 A.J. Allmendinger 1
T3 Ty Gibbs 1 14.29 T3 Christopher Bell 1

– Through 7 Next Gen races at Bristol Christopher Bell is the only driver to win both a race and a Pole here.

Next Gen Bristol Top 3’s List
Rank Driver Top 3’s Top 3%
1 Kyle Larson 4 57.14
2 Denny Hamlin 3 42.86
T3 Brad Keselowski 2 28.57
T3 Chase Elliott 2 28.57
T3 Christopher Bell 2 28.57
T3 Ty Gibbs 2 28.57
T7 Martin Truex Jr. 1 25.00
T7 Zane Smith 1 20.00
T7 Bubba Wallace 1 14.29
T7 Chris Buescher 1 14.29
T7 Ryan Blaney 1 14.29
T7 William Byron 1 14.29

– Look out for Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing to have at least one Top 3 finisher this weekend as 15 of the 21 Top 3 finishers in the Next Gen car at Bristol have come from their stables.

Most Next Gen Bristol Top 5’s Most Next Gen Bristol Top 10’s
Rank Driver Top 5’s Top 5% Rank Driver Top 10’s Top 10%
1 Kyle Larson 6 58.71 T1 Christopher Bell 6 85.71
T2 Christopher Bell 4 57.14 T1 Denny Hamlin 6 85.71
T2 Denny Hamlin 4 57.14 T1 Kyle Larson 6 85.71
T4 Ryan Blaney 3 42.86 4 Ty Gibbs 5 71.43
T4 Ty Gibbs 3 42.86 T5 Chase Briscoe 4 57.14
T6 Brad Keselowski 2 28.57 T5 Chase Elliott 4 57.14
T6 Chase Briscoe 2 28.57 T5 Ryan Blaney 4 57.14
T6 Chase Elliott 2 28.57 T8 Alex Bowman 3 42.86
T6 Chris Buescher 2 28.57 T8 Brad Keselowski 3 42.86
T10 Martin Truex Jr. 1 25.00 T8 Chris Buescher 3 42.86
T10 Zane Smith 1 20.00 T8 Ross Chastain 3 42.86
T10 5 drivers tied with same % 1 14.29 T8 William Byron 3 42.86

– Up until the Spring Bristol race this year Christopher Bell was the only driver to finish every Bristol Next Gen race in the Top 10, but with his 27th place finish this Spring he lost that distinction.

Most Next Gen Bristol Stage Wins Most Next Gen Bristol Stage T10’s
Rank Driver Stage Wins Stage Win% Rank Driver Stage T10’s Stage T10%
1 Kyle Larson 6 42.86 1 Kyle Larson 12 85.71
2 Christopher Bell 11 78.57
T2 Christopher Bell 3 21.43 3 Ty Gibbs 10 71.43
4 Denny Hamlin 9 64.29
T2 Ty Gibbs 3 21.43 T5 Bubba Wallace 8 57.14
T5 Ryan Blaney 8 57.14
T4 Brad Keselowski 1 7.14 T7 Alex Bowman 7 50.00
T7 Chase Briscoe 7 50.00
T9 Martin Truex Jr. 6 75.00
T4 Ryan Blaney 1 7.14 T9 Carson Hocevar 6 50.00
T9 Brad Keselowski 6 42.86
T9 William Byron 6 42.86

– Kyle Larson has been great at getting Stage Wins in the Next Gen car, and if he wins both Stage 1 and 2 this weekend then he will have half of the Stage Wins in the Next Gen car at Bristol.