Statistical highlights from 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season

Take a look back on the statistical highlights from the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, with information provided by Racing Insights.

Ten races in 2023 had an overtime finish, the most since the 2020 season (9).

In 2023, 17 races had eight or more cautions, 27 had at least five. 

Fifteen drivers won a race in 2023 making it the third straight season that at least 15 drivers won a race, tied for the second-longest streak in Cup history behind six straight between 1956 and 1961.

This year Circuit of the Americas had three overtime attempts to finish the race, the most in any race of 2023.

Martinsville ended with a 168-lap final green stretch, the longest stretch to end a race this season and the longest at Martinsville to end a race since the final 180 laps went green in April 1989.

The pass for the win came on the final lap in three races in 2023 and in the final two laps in nine races.

Kyle Larson won the All-Star Race held at the revitalized North Wilkesboro Speedway. The heat races were also the first races in NASCAR history run on wet weather tires on an oval.

The 2023 Coca-Cola 600 saw a high of 16 cautions during the race, the most out of any race in 2023.

Shane van Gisbergen became the first driver to win in his Cup debut since 1963 when he won the inaugural race held on the Chicago Street Course. 

Martin Truex Jr. led 254 laps at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the most in a race throughout the 2023 season.

RFK Racing driver Chris Buescher joined Carl Edwards as the second RFK driver to make it to the Round of 8 of the playoffs.

Martin Truex Jr. was the Regular Season Champion but failed to advance outside of the Round of 8 after having only one top-10 finish in the first nine races of the playoffs.

After netting three wins in 2022, Stewart-Haas Racing went winless in 2023 -- the team’s first winless season in its 15th season.

Hendrick Motorsports became the first team to reach 300 Cup wins in NASCAR history. The historic win came from William Byron, who won at Texas in September.

The Talladega fall race had 70 lead changes, the most in 2023 and the most in a race since 2011.

2023 saw the youngest-ever Championship 4. Drivers William Byron, Christopher Bell, Ryan Blaney and Kyle Larson had an average age of 28 years, 11 months, and 25 days.