StatChat 2025 - South Point 400 at Las Vegas

By Adam Carabine

Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Las Vegas, Nevada for the South Point 400.

Las Vegas Motor Speedway is a 1.5-mile tri-oval. The track opened in 1971, though NASCAR didn’t start racing there until 1998.  Mark Martin won the inaugural NASCAR Cup race at the track.  Joey Logano won this race last year, and Josh Berry won it earlier this spring.

Tomorrow’s race will be 267 laps long (for a total of 400.5 miles), with stage breaks occurring at 80 – 165 – 267.  Pit road speed is 45 mph, and the caution vehicle runs at 55 mph.  The fuel window is between 62-67 laps.

This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 8,301 laps, for 11,364.01 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 Las Vegas:

Kyle Larson	9.39 over 18 races (3 wins)
Joey Logano	9.75 over 24 races (4 wins)
Kyle Busch	12.07 over 28 races (1 win)
Brad Keselowski	12.58 over 24 races (3 wins)
Denny Hamlin	12.78 over 27 races (1 win)

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Las Vegas:

SVG	31.50 over 2 races
Cody Ware	30.38 over 8 races
Michael McDowell	28.17 over 23 races
Todd Gilliland	27.14 over 7 races
Carson Hocevar	26.00 over 4 races

Las Vegas is an Intermediate Track.

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediates:

Denny Hamlin	11.91 over 348 races (29 wins)
Kyle Larson	12.15 over 186 races (18 wins)
Chase Elliott	12.35 over 167 races (8 wins)
Kyle Busch	12.44 over 364 races (29 wins)
Joey Logano	12.58 over 294 races (19 wins)

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediates:

Ty Dillon	22.37 over 134 races
JH Nemechek	22.31 over 53 races
SVG	22.24 over 18 races
Ryan Preece	21.78 over 100 races
Noah Gragson	21.37 over 48 races

Jimmie Johnson and Joey Logano are the winningest drivers at Las Vegas, with 4 each.  Matt Kenseth, Brad Keselowski, and Kyle Larson are all next, with 3 wins each.

Drivers who ran their first Cup Series race at Las Vegas:

Cole Custer	2018, P25
Kyle Busch	2004, P41

Drivers who WON their first Cup Series race at Las Vegas:

Josh Berry

2025

Drivers whose most recent Cup Series Victory was at Las Vegas:

Josh Berry

27 races ago, 2025

Notable drivers who have not won at Las Vegas:

Chase Elliott	(has won at 15 other tracks)
Ryan Blaney	(has won at 11 other tracks)
Christopher Bell	(has won at 10 other tracks)
Tyler Reddick	(has won at 8 other tracks)
Ross Chastain	(has won at 6 other tracks)

Based on average finish, no drivers list Las Vegas as their BEST or WORST track.

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	+322 pts
JH Nemechek	+234 pts
Ryan Preece	+223 pts
Erik Jones	+173 pts
Zane Smith	+119 pts

Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024

Brad Keselowski	-200 pts
Noah Gragson	-199 pts
Daniel Suarez	-158 pts
Ty Gibbs	-101 pts
Tyler Reddick	-79 pts

Next, let’s look at who’s having their best and worst career year by Average Finish:

Best Career Year

Christopher Bell	11.69
Chase Briscoe	12.38
Ryan Preece	16.44
JH Nemechek	19.88

Worst Career Year

Cole Custer	24.19
Carson Hocevar	21.25
Zane Smith	21.00

Rookie of the Year Battle

SVG	2,142 (5 wins)
Riley Herbst	359

The Manufacturer Standings are calculated by awarding points to the highest finisher for each manufacturer according to their finishing position.  (40 for 1^st, 35 for 2^nd, 34 for 3^rd, etc.)  No stage points or playoff points count.

Manufacturer Standings

Chevrolet	1,170
Toyota	1,137
Ford	1,076

Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:

Chartered Team Standings

Joe Gibbs	1,107
Hendrick	1,099
Penske	921
RFK	911
Trackhouse	887
23XI	841
Spire	807
Legacy MC	727
Front Row	718
RCR	715
Kaulig	670
Wood Bros	490
Hyak	459
Haas Factory	410
Rick Ware	218

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

Ryan Blaney	282
William Byron	272
Kyle Larson	253
Denny Hamlin	213
Bubba Wallace	192
Tyler Reddick	190
Christopher Bell	178
Chase Elliott	172
Alex Bowman	161
Chase Briscoe	155

Milestone Watch

Denny Hamlin	Looking for his 60th Career Cup Series Win
Brad Keselowski	Looking for his 160th Career Top 5
Ross Chastain	Looking for his 70th Career Top 10
Bubba Wallace	Looking for his 60th Career Top 10
Zane Smith	Looking for his 10th Career Top 10
Michael McDowell	Looking for his 50th Career Top 10
William Byron	Looking for his 120th Career Top 10
Cole Custer	This will be his 150th Career Cup Series Start

Scorigami Update

No one scored anything new at the Charlotte Roval

Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:

Winless Streaks

Justin Haley	173 races
Cole Custer	129 races
Erik Jones	111 races
Kyle Busch	89 races
Michael McDowell	80 races
Daniel Suarez	66 races
Brad Keselowski	55 races
AJ Allmendinger	52 races
Alex Bowman	48 races
Chris Buescher	40 races

The race begins Sunday, October 12^th at 5:30 pm EST (2:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!

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