StatChat 2025 - Wurth 400 at Texas

By Adam Carabine

Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Fort Worth, Texas for the Wurth 400 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Texas is a 1.5-mile quad-oval speedway that was built in 1996.  It also notably features the world’s largest HD video screen.  Jeff Burton won the first NASCAR race there in 1997.  The most recent race was won by Chase Elliott last season.

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 2,793 laps, for 3,631.64 miles so far this season.  Denny Hamlin is the only driver who has completed all of them.

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Texas:

Chase Briscoe	9.00 over 4 races
Tyler Reddick	9.33 over 6 races (1 win)
William Byron	11.20 over 10 races (1 win)
Chase Elliott	12.21 over 14 races (1 win)
Kyle Busch	12.24 over 34 races (4 wins)

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Texas:

Josh Berry	36.00 over 1 race
Cody Ware	35.50 over 2 races
Todd Gilliland	31.33 over 3 races
Michael McDowell	28.73 over 26 races
Cole Custer	26.75 over 4 races

Texas is an Intermediate Track.

Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:

Denny Hamlin	11.98 over 338 races (28 wins)
Kyle Larson	12.26 over 176 races (17 races)
Kyle Busch	12.43 over 354 races (29 races)
Chase Elliott	12.49 over 157 races (6 wins)
Joey Logano	12.50 over 284 races (18 wins)

Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediate Tracks:

Shane Van Gisbergen	23.67 over 8 races
JH Nemechek	23.18 over 43 races
Ryan Preece	22.48 over 90 races
Ty Dillon	22.39 over 124 races
Josh Berry	21.90 over 25 races (1 win)

Jimmie Johnson is the winningest driver at Texas, with 7 wins to his name.  Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are tied for 2nd-most with 4 each.

Notable drivers who have not won at Texas: 

Brad Keselowski	(has won at 17 other tracks)
Christopher Bell	(has won at 10 other tracks)
Ryan Blaney	(has won at 9 other tracks)
Alex Bowman	(has won at 8 other tracks)
Chris Buescher	(has won at 6 other tracks)

No current drivers scored their first Cup Series win at Texas.

Based on average finish, both Chase Briscoe and Erik Jones list Texas as their BEST track – Josh Berry and Todd Gilliland list it as their 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

Tyler Reddick	+629 pts
Bubba Wallace	+597 pts
William Byron	+444 pts
Chris Buescher	+428 pts
Chase Briscoe	+302 pts

Drivers Faring Worse than in 2024

Brad Keselowski	-459 pts
Joey Logano	-289 pts
Ty Gibbs	-283 pts
Josh Berry	-254 pts
Todd Gilliland	-242 pts

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

Best Career Year          

William Byron	8.50
Chase Elliott	10.90
Christopher Bell	12.30
Tyler Reddick	12.60
Chase Briscoe	15.10
JH Nemechek	20.00
Ryan Preece	20.10
Todd Gilliland	20.30

Worst Career Year

Cole Custer	26.30
Brad Keselowski	26.10
Carson Hocevar	21.60
Ty Gibbs	19.60
Zane Smith	19.30
Ryan Blaney	18.70

Rookie of the Year Battle

Riley Herbst	118
SVG	106

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	362
Toyot	358
Ford	331

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

Chartered Team Standings

Hendrick	359
Joe Gibbs	348
Penske	292
23XI	281
Trackhouse	279
RFK	258
Spire	244
RCR	235
Front Row	232
Kaulig	220
Legacy MC	203
Hyak	187
Wood Bros	159
Haas Factory	107
Rick Ware	61

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

Kyle Larson	91
William Byron	90
Ryan Blaney	89
Bubba Wallace	84
Alex Bowman	66
Joey Logano	64
Denny Hamlin	59
Austin Cindric	55
Chase Elliott	53
Tyler Reddick	52

Milestone Watch

Chase Elliott	Looking for his 20th Career Win
William Byron	Looking for his 60th Career Top 5
Josh Berry	Looking for his 10th Career Top 10
JH Nemechek	Looking for his 10th Career Top 10
Ryan Preece	Looking for his 20th Career Top 10
Daniel Suarez	Looking for his 70th Career Top 10
Kyle Larson	Looking for his 190th Career Top 10
Erik Jones	This will be his 300th Career Cup Series Start

Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:

Winless Streaks

Justin Haley	151 races
Cole Custer	107 races
Bubba Wallace	89 races
Erik Jones	89 races
Kyle Busch	67 races
Michael McDowell	58 races
Daniel Suarez	44 races
Chase Elliott	37 races
Brad Keselowski	33 races
AJ Allmendinger	30 races

The race begins Sunday, May 4th at 3:30 pm EST (12:30 pm PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!

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