NASCAR: 3 weird statistics so far in 2020
By Asher Fair
The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season is currently stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here are three weird statistics from the season’s first four races.
Four races into what was supposed to be a 36-race 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season, the action was brought to a screeching halt, as the fifth and sixth races of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway, respectively, were postponed and not yet rescheduled.
The coronavirus pandemic originally led to plans changing so that these two races could be run without fans in attendance, but as the situation developed, they were abandoned.
Several other races down the road were met with the same fate.
The season is scheduled to get back underway this afternoon at Darlington Raceway, marking the first on-track action in 10 weeks.
Nevertheless, unlike IndyCar and Formula 1, which were slated to get their 2020 seasons underway on Sunday, March 15, NASCAR has actually run races in 2020.
Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin won the season-opening Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway, Team Penske’s Joey Logano won the race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Hendrick Motorsports’ Alex Bowman won the race at Auto Club Speedway and Logano won the race at Phoenix Raceway prior to the unexpected stoppage. NASCAR does still plan to run the full 36-race schedule.
Here are three weird statistics from these first four races.