2019
NASCAR DRIVERS
hey gang,
If you are on this page, you have reached the last of the
2019 NGFL STATistics.
There is a whole lot of information listed here in all these pages, isn't there? I can only hope it kind of makes you
feel like you are an official "racer". Like I have said before, if its a stat that I am keeping, I am going to share it with you.
I tried to think of everything that I
could that would be "stat worthy", attempting to include as many players as I
could. Hopefully you found your name "somewhere"!
That is why its a never give up venture. Even if you don't make the chase, you can still win. You can still finish in the top 10. Still can get 1000 club scores. Break streaks, start streaks. Move up in the standings and yes, even drop back in the standings. Get Dead Last finishes! Double digit scores too. Good and bad stuff. But always hoping for the good.
I do hope you enjoyed the Stats and found them interesting. Different names pop up all over the stat
pages! But I do hope it was not too much.
On a personal note....
I have a lot of players running the NGFL a long time. I see a lot of nice things written in the emails to me all year long. I want to take this moment to say thank you to all of you. You being here, year in and year out lets me know how much you enjoy the league. Thank you for making this fun for all of us.
This is the end of the 2019 NGFL season. Here are the drivers stats and how
they affected us. And they do affect us and our scores!
We will start out with the price list....
| drivers | Daytona1 | Homestead | difference |
| #24 William Byron | $1.1 | $4.5 | $3.4 |
| #11 Denny Hamlin | $4.7 | $7.0 | $2.3 |
| #41 Daniel Suarez | $1.4 | $2.7 | $1.3 |
| #95 Matt Dibenedetto | $0.6 | $1.6 | $1.0 |
| #12 Ryan Blaney | $4.1 | $5.0 | $0.9 |
| #37 Chris Buescher | $1.0 | $1.8 | $0.8 |
| #8 Daniel Hemric | $0.1 | $0.9 | $0.8 |
| #88 Alex Bowman | $3.2 | $4.0 | $0.8 |
| #47 Ryan Preece | $0.1 | $0.7 | $0.6 |
| #13 Ty Dillon | $0.5 | $1.0 | $0.5 |
| #4 Kevin Harvick | $6.6 | $6.9 | $0.3 |
| #18 Kyle Busch | $6.4 | $6.7 | $0.3 |
| #36 John H Nemechek | $0.1 | $0.3 | $0.2 |
| #43 Bubba Wallace | $0.4 | $0.5 | $0.1 |
| #32 Corey Lajoie | $0.2 | $0.3 | $0.1 |
| #19 Martin Truex | $6.8 | $6.8 | $0.0 |
| #6 Ryan Newman | $2.9 | $2.9 | $0.0 |
| #21 Paul Menard | $2.0 | $2.0 | $0.0 |
| #15 Joe Nemechek | $0.3 | $0.2 | $0.0 |
| #00 Landon Cassill | $0.2 | $0.1 | ($0.1) |
| #51 JJ Yeley | $0.2 | $0.1 | ($0.1) |
| #52 Josh Biliecki | $0.2 | $0.1 | ($0.1) |
| #66 Timmy Hill | $0.2 | $0.1 | ($0.1) |
| #9 Chase Elliott | $5.1 | $4.8 | ($0.3) |
| #42 Kyle Larson | $5.3 | $4.9 | ($0.4) |
| #34 Michael McDowell | $0.9 | $0.4 | ($0.5) |
| #27 Ross Chastain | $0.7 | $0.1 | ($0.6) |
| #38 David Ragan | $0.8 | $0.2 | ($0.6) |
| #20 Erik Jones | $3.8 | $3.1 | ($0.7) |
| #2 Brad Keselowski | $5.8 | $5.1 | ($0.7) |
| #17 Ricky Stenhouse | $2.3 | $1.4 | ($0.9) |
| #10 Aric Almirola | $4.4 | $3.5 | ($0.9) |
| #22 Joey Logano | $7.0 | $6.0 | ($1.0) |
| #48 Jimmie Johnson | $3.5 | $2.5 | ($1.0) |
| #3 Austin Dillon | $2.6 | $1.5 | ($1.1) |
| #1 Kurt Busch | $6.0 | $4.3 | ($1.7) |
| #14 Clint Bowyer | $5.6 | $3.8 | ($1.8) |
Of course I have notes on the DRIVERS!
1. William Byron is the most improved driver for 2019, running the full time schedule.
(2018 - Joey Logano) (2017 - Erik Jones) (2016 - Chase Elliott) (2015 - Martin Truex) (2014 - Denny Hamlin)
(2013 - Kurt Busch) (2012 - Martin Truex) (2011 - Brad Keselowski)
2. There were 15 drivers who cost us more by the end of the season.
(2018 - 10) (2017 - 13) (2016 - 8) (2015 - 8) (2014 - 11) (2013 - 15) (2012 - 18) (2011 - 18) (2010 - 19) (2009 - 16)
3. There were 4 teams whose price was the same in the finale as the opener. Martin Truex, Ryan Newman, Paul Menard, #15 car.
4. Clint Bowyer was the biggest dropper of the 2019 season.
5. There were 8 of the Chase drivers who dropped in price from the Daytona 500.
Can't leave out those PENALTIES the drivers got that we suffered through!
| R# | Race | driver | points | = | players | |||
| 1 | 10 | Talladega1 | Austin Dillon | 10 | 20 | |||
| 2 | 23 | Michigan2 | Austin Dillon | 10 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 23 | Michigan2 | Daniel Hemric | 10 | 9 | |||
| 4 | 28 | Richmond2 | Erik Jones | 41 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 34 | Texas2 | Bubba Wallace | 50 | 5 | |||
| Total | 121 | 51 |
Erik Jones penalty - dropping his finish from 4th to Dead Last.
1. DRIVER PICKED MOST ON A WINNING TEAM....
2. #20 Erik Jones, #42 Kyle Larson, #95 Matt Dibenedetto- 15 winning teams.
3. #19 Martin Truex - 14 winning teams.
4. #9 Chase Elliott - 13 winning teams.
5. #4 Kevin Harvick, #18 Kyle Busch, #24 William Byron - 12 winning teams.
6. #17 Ricky Stenhouse was 1st this season to be picked on 2 winning teams. He was also first in 2018.
7. #88 Alex Bowman was the first driver to be on 5 winning teams.
8. #20 Erik Jones was the first driver to be on 10 winning teams. (he was first in 2018 too)
9. #42 Kyle Larson was the first to be on 15 winning teams.
NGFL Teams with the winner of the race on their team.......... 24
NGFL Teams without the winner on their team.....................12 the same as in 2018.
CUP TEAMS not on a winning NGFL team 15, 23, 32, 36, 38, 51, 52, 53, 66, 77, 00
10. Martin Truex won 7X and was on 5 winning teams out of the 7.
11. Denny Hamlin won 6X but was on just 3 winning teams out of the 6.
Who cost us $7.0 million on the price list?
#22 Joey Logano - Daytona1, Atlanta - 2 races
#18 Kyle Busch - Las Vegas - 1 race
#22 Joey Logano - Phoenix1 - 1 race
#18 Kyle Busch - California thru Kansas1 - 8 races
#22 Joey Logano - Charlotte1 - 1 race
#22 Joey Logano, #18 Kyle Busch - Pocono1 - 1 race
#22 Joey Logano - Michigan1 thru Watkins Glen - 8 races
#18 Kyle Busch - Michigan2 thru Las Vegas2 - 5 races
#19 Martin Truex - Richmond2, Charlotte2 - 2 races
#18 Kyle Busch - Dover2 - 1 race
#19 Martin Truex - Talladega2 - 1 race
#11 Denny Hamlin - Kansas2 - 1 race
#18 Kyle Busch - Martinsville2 - 1 race
#19 Martin Truex - Texas2, Phoenix2 - 2 races
#11 Denny Hamlin - Homestead - 1 race
There were only 4 drivers to lead the field this season.
Kyle Busch - 17 races Joey Logano - 13 races Martin Truex - 5 races Denny Hamlin - 2 races = 4 drivers.
(2 drivers led Pocono1.)
(2018 - 4) (2017 - 5) (2016 - 8) (2015 - 6) (2014 - 8) (2013 - 4) (2012 - 8) (2011 - 6) (2010 - 3)
1. Kyle Busch cost us $7.0 million the most. 17 of 36 races
2. We had 15 leader changes this season.
(2018 - 10) (2017 - 7) (2016 - 15) (2015 - 6) (2014 - 15) (2013 - 7) (2012 - 14) (2011 -17) (2010 - 7)
3. Toyota won 19 races. Ford won 10 races. Chevrolet won 7 races.
Toyota Martin Truex (7), Denny Hamlin (6), Kyle Busch (5), Erik Jones (1)
Ford Kevin Harvick (4), Brad Keselowski (3), Joey Logano (2), Ryan Blaney (1)
Chevy Chase Elliott (3), Kyle Larson (1), Kurt Busch (1), Alex Bowman (1), Justin Hayley (1)
4. Drivers who won in 2018 and didn't win in 2019. ( 3 ) Clint Bowyer, Aric Almirola, Austin DIllon
5. There was 1 race where driver penalties cost the winning player their win. Talladega1 - Austin Dillon
6. Two drivers won 2 consecutive races.
Kyle Busch - Phoenix1, California Martin Truex - Las Vegas2, Richmond2
7. Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Martin Truex, Chris Buescher were the biggest movers the most. ( 3 times )
8. Clint Bowyer was the biggest dropper the most. ( 4 times )
Brad Keselowski, Austin DIllon, RIcky Stenhouse were next. ( 3 times )
9. Daniel Hemric was the best "under $1.0" the most. (10X) Matt Dibenedetto was 2nd. (7X)
10. Chase Elliott was the worst over $5.0 the most. (8X) Brad Keselowski was next. (5X)
11. There were 4 races with more than one Biggest Mover.
Dover1 - Kyle Busch, Martin Truex Pocono1 - Kurt Busch, Daniel Hemric, Chris Buescher
Watkins Glen - Ryan Blaney, Matt Dibenedetto Dover1 Ryan Preece, Matt Dibenedetto
12. There were 3 races with more than one Biggest Dropper.
Dover1 - Denny Hamlin, Ricky Stenhouse Darlington - Denny Hamlin, William Byron Texas2 - Brad Keselowski, Ricky Stenhouse
I hope you enjoyed the stats for 2019. And hope to see you next season for the 2020 NGFL season.
CYA for 2019!