Prior to Sunday's Bank of America ROVAL™ 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway staff researched the average road-course finishes of all 16 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers since 2017.
Here are the results for Playoff drivers - and three non-Playoff drivers who could be bracket busters:
Road Course racing stats from 2017 to 2019
|
Driver |
Road Course Average finish |
Road Course Poles |
Road Course Wins |
2018 ROVAL™ Finish |
|
Denny Hamlin |
7.29 |
1 (Watkins Glen 2018) |
0 |
12 |
|
Kevin Harvick |
7.43 |
0 |
1 win (Sonoma '17) |
9 |
|
Clint Bowyer |
7.86 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Kurt Busch |
8 |
1 pole (ROVAL™ '18) |
0 |
5 |
|
Martin Truex Jr. |
8.29 |
0 |
3 (Sonoma '18/'19, Watkins Glen '17) |
14 |
|
Kyle Busch |
9.29 |
1 pole (Watkins Glen '17) |
0 |
32 |
|
Chase Elliott |
10 |
1 (Watkins Glen '19) |
2 wins (Watkins Glen '18/'19) |
6 |
|
Ryan Blaney |
10.29 |
1 (ROVAL™ '18) |
0 |
1 |
|
Alex Bowman |
11 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
Erik Jones |
12.71 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
|
Aric Almirola |
13 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
|
Brad Keselowski |
15.29 |
0 |
0 |
31 |
|
Kyle Larson |
16 |
3 Poles (Sonoma: '17,'18, '19) |
0 |
25 |
|
Ryan Newman |
18 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
Joey Logano |
21.14 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
William Byron |
21.4 |
0 |
0 |
34 |
|
Jimmie Johnson |
17.43 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
Matt DiBenedetto |
17.71 (finished 4th at Sonoma and 6th at WGI this year) |
0 |
0 |
13 |
|
Daniel Suarez |
11.86 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
