As NASCAR Insights cited, the battle for the Regular Season championship hasn't been so close this late into the season since 2012. However, William Byron led the series with a 37-point cushion coming into July. Here's how the gap to the leader has evolved over the last 5 races:

Average Finish of every Cup team's best-finishing driver from each race:

This weekend, Erik Jones and Bubba Wallace each reached 100 races without a win. It's the longest winless streak of Wallace's career, and the second longest of Jones's (109). The 10 longest active winless streaks in the Cup Series:

Playoff Points of every Cup driver through 20 races:

Cup Series Playoff Picture over the last 10 races:

Now that we're 20 races into the Cup season, here's how many points every driver earned in each 5-race segment so far:

Every driver's Average Finish vs. Average Start on road courses this season (through 3 races):

Given the current discussion surrounding how much we should see of certain track types on the Cup schedule, here's the share of Cup races each track type has had every season from 1990 until now.

Following Chicago, each track type has now seen 3+ races this season (counting Phoenix as a short track). Here's every driver's Average Finish by track type so far:

Over the last nine races, Erik Jones has scored 101 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 points than he did during the first nine - by far the biggest improvement of anyone in the Cup Series. Every driver's point differential between the first and last nine races this season:

Stats at Road Courses over the last 10 races: Average Finish vs. Average Running Position / Average points earned

Every Cup driver's Average Finish & Average Running Position halfway through the season. Kinda wild how tight the field is.

Cup Series Driver Points comparison between teammates (through 18 races):

Brad Keselowski's 2nd place finish in Atlanta marked the 5th time in the Next Gen era that he's finish 2nd at a drafting track. Below are all the drivers multiple 2nd place finishes at Next Gen drafting tracks, and of them, Brad is the only one still without a win.

We're officially halfway through the NASCAR Cup Series season. Here's how many points every driver has this year compared to this time last year Biggest gains 📈: Smith: +172 Preece: +130 Jones: +100 Biggest losses 📉: Keselowski: -201 Gibbs: -157 Suarez: -69

Average Running Position by race phase at drafting tracks this season:

Xfinity Series: Average Finish vs. Average Running Position at the three drafting races this season

Percentage of laps led by each driver at Atlanta in the Next Gen era:

How many times each Cup driver has been the best finisher among their teammates this season:

33,018 laps have been run in the Next Gen era. 55% of them have been led by either a Hendrick or a JGR car.

Joe Gibbs Racing and Hendrick Motorsports each reached 500 entries in the Next Gen car yesterday. A comparison of their Next Gen stats so far:

Xfinity Series running position heat map Bright Red = Where driver has run the most laps White = Where driver has run the fewest laps Sorted by average running position

5-lap averages from today's Cup practice at Pocono:

Top 10s vs. Average percentage of laps run in the Top 10 this season:

Average of every driver's Top 25 lap times at each Pocono race in the Next Gen era:

Ross Chastain has finished a total of 110 positions better than his starting positions at Intermediates this season; that's 46 positions better than anyone else in the field.

Next Gen stats at Pocono: Average Finish vs. Average Running Position / Average points earned

Austin Dillon's 6th place finish in Stage 2 at Mexico City means every full-time driver has now officially scored stage points this season. Stage points earned by each driver so far:

Every Cup driver's Average Finish vs. Average Running Position through 16 races:

Highest percentage of laps run in the Top 3/5/10/15 at road courses in the Next Gen era:

Fastest Lap % and Lap Led % at Road Courses in the Next Gen era:

Spire Motorsports haven't won a Cup race in 213 races, but with two 2nd-place finishes already this season, they may be on the brink of breaking the longest active winless streak in the Cup Series.

Alex Bowman has an Average Finish of 28.2 over the last 5 races, which is tied for his worst 5 race-stretch since joining Hendrick. Every Cup driver's Average Finish over the last 5 races:

Cup standings with and without stage points:

Average Finish by team in the Cup Series this season:

Cup Series Running Position Heat Map: Where has each driver been running this season? Bright Red = Driver has run the highest # of laps there White = Driver has run the fewest laps there Sorted by driver number

Corey Heim has led 40.5% of laps in the Truck Series this year; no one else had ever led more than 30% at this point in the season. Heim's 171 Stage Points in 12 races also beats Grant Enfinger's and John Hunter Nemechek's previous record of 153. Some 2025 Truck stats so far:

Revisiting this since Trackhouse and 23XI are each hitting 300 career starts this weekend. Statistically, the teams remain remarkably close:

Progression of the Cup Series Point Standings through 13 races this season (full-time drivers):

Logano, Stenhouse, SVG, and Ware enter Nashville following their best 3-race stretches by Average Finish this season. Wallace, Reddick and Haley, on the other hand, are coming off their worst. Every driver's best and worst 3-race stretches by Average Finish so far:

Halfway through the Regular Season, how does everyone's Average Finish compare to this point last year? Most Improved 📈 Zane Smith: +8.6 (29 → 20.4) Austin Dillon: +7 (25.5 → 18.5) Most Regressed 📉 Brad Keselowski: -10.3 (15.2 → 25.5) Ty Gibbs: -8.4 (12.4 → 20.8)

Through 13 races Ross Chastain's Average Start Ranking: 30th Ross Chastain's Average Finish Ranking: 5th

Since 2017, only 7 drivers have managed to point their way into the playoffs after earning less than 300 points through the first 12 races. Knowing that, here's a glimpse at which driver's may be in "Must Win" territory as we reach the halfway point of the Regular Season:

Every driver's best 3-race Points Stretch this season:

Average Finish by track type in the Next Gen era (2025 full-time drivers):

Kyle Larson’s season is off to a good start:

Average Percentage of Laps Run in the Top 3/5/10/20 this season:

Here's how many times every driver (full-time and open) has been the best-finishing driver of their team this season:

Cup Series Average Running Position by race phase on non-drafting ovals this season (8 races):

We're now 1/3 of the way through the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. Every driver's Average Finish vs. Average Running Position so far: