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By Adam Carabine Happy weekend everyone, it’s time for another edition of Stats Saturday. This weekend NASCAR travels to Homestead, Florida for the Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.   Homestead is a 1.5-mile oval-shaped speedway, known for its progressive banking in the corners.  It opened in 1995, though NASCAR didn’t venture there until four years later.  Tony Stewart won the first NASCAR race there in 1999.  It’s also known for having hosted the Championship Race from 2002-2019.   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.    This year, the NASCAR Cup Series has run 8,665 laps, for 11,755.86 miles so far this season.  No driver has completed 100% of them, but Daniel Hemric is the closest, having driven 99.39% of them.    Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Homestead: Christopher Bell 10.00 over 4 races (1 win) Chase Elliott 10.38 over 8 races Martin Truex Jr. 10.68 over 19 races (1 win) Denny Hamlin 10.89 over 19 races (3 wins) Tyler Reddick 11.00 over 4 races   Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Homestead: Corey LaJoie 29.14 over 7 races Todd Gilliland 28.00 over 2 races Harrison Burton 28.00 over 2 races Michael McDowell 27.77 over 13 races Justin Haley 25.67 over 3 races   Homestead is an Intermediate Track.   Top 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediates: Denny Hamlin 12.04 over 333 races (27 wins) Kyle Larson 12.29 over 171 races (26 wins) Kyle Busch 12.33 over 349 races (29 wins) Joey Logano 12.45 over 279 races (18 wins) Chase Elliott 12.51 over 152 races (6 wins)   Bottom 5 Career Average Finishers at Intermediates: Ryan Preece 22.91 over 85 races Josh Berry 22.82 over 20 races Harrison Burton 22.41 over 44 races Todd Gilliland 20.91 over 44 races Noah Gragson 20.34 over 33 races   Tony Stewart, Greg Biffle and Denny Hamlin are all tied for the winningest driver at Homestead, as they have each won 3 races there.  Carl Edwards and Kyle Busch are next with 2 each.   Notable drivers who have not won at Homestead: Brad Keselowski (has won at 17 other tracks) Chase Elliott (has won at 15 other tracks) Ryan Blaney (has won at 9 other tracks) Alex Bowman (has won at 8 other tracks) Tyler Reddick (has won at 7 other tracks)   No driver has scored their first Cup Series win at Homestead.    Based on average finish, Austin Dillon lists Homestead as his BEST track, meanwhile no driver lists it as his 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 2023 Noah Gragson +420 pts (incomplete 2023 season) Chase Elliott +297 pts (incomplete 2023 season) Alex Bowman +215 pts Ty Gibbs +164 pts Austin Cindric +115 pts   Drivers Faring Worse than in 2023 William Byron -152 pts Martin Truex Jr. -147 pts Kyle Busch -139 pts Erik Jones -131 pts Ricky Stenhouse Jr. -129 pts   While some drivers may be doing better this year than they did in 2023, how does this year stack up against their entire career?  This statistic does not include rookies, as this is their first full year in the Cup Series.   Drivers Having their BEST Career Year Tyler Reddick 13.15 Bubba Wallace 15.36 Ty Gibbs 15.73 Todd Gilliland 20.76   Drivers Having their WORST Career Year Harrison Burton 25.76 Erik Jones 23.10 Justin Haley 22.79 Austin Dillon 22.79   Here is the current battle for Rookie of the Year: Carson Hocevar 618 Josh Berry 519 Zane Smith 481 Kaz Grala 185   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 1208 Ford 1160 Toyota 1154   Here is the same formula, but used on a team-vs-team basis:   Chartered Team Standings Hendrick 1120 Joe Gibbs 1096 23XI 974 RFK 949 Penske 940 Trackhouse 896 Stewart-Haas 863 RCR 779 Spire 760 Front Row 676 Kaulig 619 Rick Ware 575 Legacy Motor Club 558 JTG-Daugherty 501 Wood Bros 382   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 293 Denny Hamlin 254 Ryan Blaney 246 Christopher Bell 232 William Byron 227 Martin Truex Jr. 226 Tyler Reddick 206 Chase Elliott 199 Joey Logano 172 Alex Bowman 164   Milestone Watch Chase Elliott Looking for his 20th Career Win Kyle Larson Looking for his 30th Career Win Christopher Bell Looking for his 10th Career Win Austin Cindric Looking for his 10th Career Top 5 Austin Dillon Looking for his 80th Career Top 10 Chris Buescher Looking for his 70th Career Top 10 William Byron This will be his 250th Career Cup Series Race   Here are the top 10 longest active winless streaks:   Winless Streaks Justin Haley 138 races Erik Jones 78 races Bubba Wallace 76 races Kyle Busch 54 races Martin Truex Jr. 49 races Michael McDowell 45 races Daniel Suarez 31 races William Byron 25 races Chase Elliott 24 races Denny Hamlin 22 races   The race begins Sunday, October 27th at 2:30 pm EST (11:30 am PST) – Enjoy the race everyone!   Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter  @RacingRefresh   Is there an error? 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