StatChat 2025 - Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire
- Adam Carabine
- Sep 20, 2025
- 4 min read
By Adam Carabine
Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Loudon, New Hampshire for the Mobil 1 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
New Hampshire is a 1.058-mile oval track, with very minimal banking in the corners. The track was originally built in 1965, but the oval as we know it now was reconfigured in 1990. NASCAR’s Cup Series first visited in 1993, and Rusty Wallace won that race. Last year’s race at New Hampshire wasn’t in the playoffs, but Christopher Bell won it.
Tomorrow’s race will be 301 laps long (for a total of 318.46 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 70 – 180 – 301. Pit road speed is 45 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 50 mph. The fuel window is between 90-96 laps.
This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 7,618 laps, for 10,383.17 miles so far this season. No driver has completed every single lap - Tyler Reddick is closest, running 15 laps down.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at New Hampshire:
Josh Berry | 3.00 over 1 race |
Denny Hamlin | 9.87 over 31 races (3 wins) |
Brad Keselowski | 10.54 over 24 races (2 wins) |
Tyler Reddick | 11.20 over 5 races |
Kyle Larson | 11.21 over 14 races |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at New Hampshire:
Cody Ware | 33.00 over 3 races |
Michael McDowell | 30.77 over 22 races |
Zane Smith | 30.00 over 1 race |
Noah Gragson | 29.50 over 2 races |
Alex Bowman | 24.38 over 13 races |
New Hampshire, for the purposes of this article, is listed as a Short Track.
Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Shorts:
Joey Logano | 11.29 over 193 races (13 wins) |
Chase Elliott | 11.68 over 106 races (4 wins) |
Ryan Blaney | 12.27 over 110 races (3 wins) |
Christopher Bell | 12.36 over 62 races (7 wins) |
Denny Hamlin | 12.68 over 228 races (24 wins) |
Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Shorts:
Michael McDowell | 26.53 over 170 races |
Ty Dillon | 25.36 over 82 races |
Zane Smith | 24.75 over 23 races |
Noah Gragson | 24.64 over 31 races |
JH Nemechek | 22.71 over 31 races |
Jeff Burton is tied with Kevin Harvick as the winningest drivers at New Hampshire – they each have four wins. After that a collection of 8 drivers have all each won three races, including current drivers Kyle Busch and Denny Hamlin.
Drivers who ran their first Cup Series race at New Hampshire:
Joey Logano | 2008 – P32 |
Ryan Preece | 2015 – P32 |
Drivers who WON their first Cup Series race at New Hampshire:
Joey Logano | 21st Cup Series Race |
Notable drivers who have not won at New Hampshire:
Kyle Larson | (has won at 18 other tracks) |
Chase Elliott | (has won at 15 other tracks) |
William Byron | (has won at 11 other tracks) |
Ryan Blaney | (has won at 10 other tracks) |
Tyler Reddick | (has won at 8 other tracks) |
Based on average finish, Josh Berry ranks New Hampshire as his BEST track, and no one lists it as their WORST.
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 2024
Chase Briscoe | +308 pts |
JH Nemechek | +280 pts |
Ryan Preece | +229 pts |
Erik Jones | +198 pts |
Zane Smith | +144 pts |
Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024
Noah Gragson | -208 pts |
Brad Keselowski | -180 pts |
Daniel Suarez | -161 pts |
Kyle Larson | -93 pts |
Chase Elliott | -89 pts |
Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:
Best Career Year
Christopher Bell | 12.48 |
Chase Briscoe | 12.69 |
Ryan Preece | 16.55 |
Ty Gibbs | 17.28 |
JH Nemechek | 18.76 |
Worst Career Year
Cole Custer | 24.41 |
Carson Hocevar | 21.07 |
Zane Smith | 20.34 |
Rookie of the Year Battle
SVG | 2,050 (4 wins) |
Riley Herbst | 328 |
The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position. (40 for 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, etc.) No stage points or playoff points count.
Manufacturer Standings
Chevrolet | 1,056 |
Toyota | 1,033 |
Ford | 974 |
Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:
Chartered Team Standings
Joe Gibbs | 1,007 |
Hendrick | 990 |
Penske | 841 |
RFK | 826 |
Trackhouse | 792 |
23XI | 766 |
Spire | 723 |
Legacy MC | 686 |
RCR | 668 |
Front Row | 652 |
Kaulig | 601 |
Wood Bros | 430 |
Hyak | 427 |
Haas Factory | 365 |
Rick Ware | 208 |
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
William Byron | 254 |
Ryan Blaney | 253 |
Kyle Larson | 207 |
Denny Hamlin | 190 |
Bubba Wallace | 187 |
Tyler Reddick | 179 |
Alex Bowman | 157 |
Christopher Bell | 146 |
Chase Elliott | 142 |
Chase Briscoe | 138 |
Milestone Watch
Denny Hamlin | Looking for his 60th Career Cup Series Win |
Chris Buescher | Looking for his 30th Career Top 5 |
Brad Keselowski | Looking for his 160th Career Top 5 |
Zane Smith | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
SVG | Looking for his 10th Career Top 10 |
Scorigami Update
Bristol was the first time that:
Riley Herbst finished 18th
Zane Smith finished 3rd
Josh Berry finished 39th
Carson Hocevar finished 7th
Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:
Winless Streaks
Justin Haley | 170 races |
Cole Custer | 126 races |
Erik Jones | 108 races |
Kyle Busch | 86 races |
Michael McDowell | 77 races |
Daniel Suarez | 63 races |
Brad Keselowski | 52 races |
AJ Allmendinger | 49 races |
Alex Bowman | 45 races |
Chris Buescher | 37 races |
The race begins Sunday, September 21st at 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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