StatChat 2025 - South Point 400 at Las Vegas
- Adam Carabine
- Oct 11, 2025
- 4 min read
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 1st, 35 for 2nd, 34 for 3rd, 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 12th at 5:30 pm EST (2:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!
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