NASCAR Cup Series StatChat 2026 - San Diego
- Adam Carabine
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By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend the Cup Series travels to San Diego, California for the Anduril 250 Race the Base at the Coronado Street Course, also known as the Qualcomm Circuit.
This is the first year that NASCAR has done this race, and it is a brand-new track that is being built for this event. The circuit is planned to be 3.4 miles long, featuring 19 turns. Since this is the first event here, the historic stats are limited, but we can still look at how things will shape up this weekend in San Diego.
Sunday’s race will be 75 laps long (for a total of 255 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 20 – 40 – 75. Pit road speed is 45 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 40 mph. The fuel window is unknown.
This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 4,205 laps, for 6,049.84 miles so far this season. No drivers have completed all of them, but Denny Hamlin and Carson Hocevar are the closest, running just two laps down.
San Diego is a Road Course.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Road Courses:
SVG | 5.81 over 14 races (7 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 7.88 over 43 races (7 wins) |
Tyler Reddick | 10.94 over 34 races (4 wins) |
Chris Buescher | 12.71 over 45 races (1 win) |
Christopher Bell | 12.89 over 34 races (3 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Road Courses:
Cody Ware | 30.74 over 23 races |
Josh Berry | 27.03 over 13 races |
Ty Dillon | 26.78 over 33 races |
Riley Herbst | 25.50 over 8 races |
Noah Gragson | 24.83 over 17 races |
Based on their point pace, let’s have a look at how this season is comparing to last season for drivers:
Drivers Faring Better than in 2025
Tyler Reddick | +551 pts |
Daniel Suarez | +445 pts |
Denny Hamlin | +368 pts |
Ty Gibbs | +351 pts |
Carson Hocevar | +288 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2025
Alex Bowman | -377 pts (missed 4 races with vertigo) |
Christopher Bell | -286 pts |
William Byron | -266 pts |
Joey Logano | -247 pts |
Ross Chastain | -241 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Tyler Reddick | 7.19 |
Denny Hamlin | 7.81 |
Ryan Blaney | 11.75 |
Ty Gibbs | 13.69 |
Daniel Suarez | 13.69 |
Carson Hocevar | 14.56 |
SVG | 18.44 |
Riley Herbst | 21.19 |
Worst Career Year
Josh Berry | 26.50 |
Cole Custer | 25.63 |
Joey Logano | 20.75 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (55 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Toyota | 748 |
Chevrolet | 650 |
Ford | 530 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Joe Gibbs | 619 |
23XI | 610 |
Hendrick | 544 |
Spire | 499 |
Penske | 494 |
RFK | 448 |
Trackhouse | 423 |
Front Row | 360 |
Legacy MC | 355 |
RCR | 312 |
Kaulig | 298 |
Hyak | 262 |
Haas Factory | 194 |
Wood Bros | 170 |
Rick Ware | 134 |
At each stage break, the Top 10 drivers are awarded points based on their finishing positions. Here are the leaders this year:
Stage Point Leaders
Denny Hamlin | 137 |
Kyle Larson | 134 |
Tyler Reddick | 132 |
Ty Gibbs | 110 |
Ryan Blaney | 105 |
Christopher Bell | 94 |
Chase Briscoe | 85 |
Bubba Wallace | 83 |
Chris Buescher | 79 |
Chase Elliott | 76 |
Milestone Watch
Ross Chastain | Looking for his 40th Career Top 5 |
Ryan Blaney | Looking for his 100th Career Top 5 |
Ryan Blaney | Looking for his 180th Career Top 10 |
AJ Allmendinger | Looking for his 90th Career Top 10 |
Erik Jones | Looking for his 100th Career Top 10 |
Scorigami Update – AKA The All-40 Challenge
Pocono was the first time that:
Riley Herbst finished 16th
Noah Gragson finished 35th
Austin Cindric finished 14th
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Cole Custer | 149 races |
Erik Jones | 133 races |
Michael McDowell | 100 races |
Brad Keselowski | 75 races |
AJ Allmendinger | 72 races |
Chris Buescher | 60 races |
Alex Bowman | 60 races |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | 57 races |
Josh Berry | 47 races |
Austin Cindric | 42 races |
The race begins Sunday, June 21st at 4:00 pm EST (1:00 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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