NASCAR CUP Series

Positions at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Charlotte Motor Speedway, featuring tables with historical and projected start and finish positions, sparklines, averages over the last two and four years, alongside visual charts highlighting the top and bottom performers over the last 6 years.

Trending Drivers at Charlotte Motor Speedway

To capture how drivers have performed over time at Charlotte Motor Speedway, I calculate the trend of their start and finish positions using linear regression. This method plots each race as a data point and draws a trend line that best fits all the data over a 6-year period. The slope of this trend line helps us understand performance trends:

Toggle Graphs

How to read these graphs

6-Year Trend of Driver Start Positions

6-Year Trend of Driver Finish Positions

Filter drivers displayed in table.

Entry List

Active

All

Displaying All Drivers from the result set.

Filter columns to display in table.

Start

Finish

2-year

4-year

6-year

Sparkline

Hover the column header numbers to see race information. Complete race list...

'Asterisk Races' driver did not finish with 'Running' status or was more than 2-laps down.

Improving. Average position has improved.

Declining. Average position has worsened.

Stable. Little to no change in average position.

No Data. This could be due to insufficient race data for the period.

The numbers in the table header (... 3, 2, 1) correspond to the races numbered here. Races are ordered chronologically from newest (1) to oldest.

2024
1 #14 Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 26th, 2024
2023
2 #14 Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600 on Monday, May 29th, 2023
2022
3 #14 Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 29th, 2022
2021
4 #15 Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 30th, 2021
2020
5 #8 Charlotte Motor Speedway Alsco Uniforms 500 on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
6 #7 Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 24th, 2020
2019
7 #13 Charlotte Motor Speedway Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 26th, 2019

Driver Track History of Positions at Charlotte Motor Speedway * 'Asterisk Races': Driver DNF or was 2+ laps down.
															Understanding the Sparkline	START POSITION 2-, 4-, 6-YEARS						FINISH POSITION 2-, 4-, 6-YEARS
DRIVER															START FINISH	PRJ	BST	2	4	6	TRND	PRJ	BST	2	4	6	TRND
AJ Allmendinger											27	14					27	27.0	27.0	27.0			14	14.0	14.0	14.0
Aric Almirola	2	11	40	15	6	20	31	22*	24	17	23	25				25.3	2	23.0	26.0	21.0		25.2	11	25.0	21.3	18.3
Brad Keselowski	21	19	9	1	20	7	13	11	35	30*	3	19	30	2		19.8	3	16.5	20.3	18.7		11.7	1	10.5	15.5	12.7
Clint Bowyer	8	24*	20	39*	39	16										36.4	8			22.3		24.1	16			26.3
David Ragan	31	15															31			31.0			15			15.0
Denny Hamlin	20	17	13	29*	29	2	14	7	1	1	4	35*	11	5		5.3	1	7.5	7.5	13.1		16.7	1	20.0	12.0	13.7
JJ Yeley			34	37*	21	34*					36	16	40	40*		38.9	21	38.0	38.0	32.8		28.6	16	28.0	28.0	31.8
Jimmie Johnson	15	8	2	40*	40	11					37	37*	29	29		34.3	2	33.0	33.0	24.6		33.9	8	33.0	33.0	25.0
Joey Logano	7	2	7	13	8	6	16	17	23	20*	17	21	28	14		25.4	7	22.5	21.0	15.1		19.2	2	17.5	18.0	13.3
Kevin Harvick	5	10	22	5	16	10	5	10	18	3	2	11				4.5	2	2.0	8.3	11.3		9.4	3	11.0	8.0	8.2
Kurt Busch	11	27*	1	7	14	5	12	38*	2	31*						3.6	1		7.0	8.0		30.3	5		34.5	21.6
Kyle Busch	3	3	11	4	17	29	20	3	4	2	5	6	15	15		10.1	3	10.0	11.0	10.7		10.5	2	10.5	6.5	8.9
Martin Truex Jr	14	1	8	6	15	9	8	29*	14	12	18	3	4	12		10.5	4	11.0	11.0	11.6		8.9	1	7.5	14.0	10.3
Matt Kenseth			4	26*	26	23										26.8	4			15.0		22.9	23			24.5
Michael McDowell	23	22	27	18	3	25	24	20	10	8	30	28*	9	16		17.1	3	19.5	18.3	18.0		19.9	8	22.0	18.0	19.6
Paul Menard	17	14															17			17.0			14			14.0
Reed Sorenson	37	30*															37			37.0			30			30.0
Ryan Newman	18	16	18	27*	27	17	25	27*								25.9	18		25.0	22.0		25.0	16		27.0	21.8
Landon Cassill	32	37*															32			32.0			37			37.0
Austin Dillon	4	34*	6	14	7	8	6	6	16	22*	33	9	27	27		32.0	4	30.0	20.5	14.1		18.5	6	18.0	16.0	17.1
David Starr							38	36*									38		38.0	38.0			36		36.0	36.0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	9	5	17	24*	24	4	2	12	29	7	10	7	23	31		19.1	2	16.5	16.0	16.3		20.1	4	19.0	14.3	12.9
Timmy Hill			32	34*	34	33*										34.1	32			33.0		33.0	33			33.5
Justin Allgaier													10	13			10	10.0	10.0	10.0			13	13.0	13.0	13.0
Kyle Larson	25	33*					1	1	36	9	12	30*				15.6	1	12.0	16.3	18.5		24.8	1	30.0	13.3	18.3
Parker Kligerman	34	26*															34			34.0			26			26.0
Alex Bowman	13	7	12	19	2	31	7	5	9	10	31	12	6	9		17.4	2	18.5	13.3	11.4		9.8	5	10.5	9.0	13.3
Ryan Blaney	19	13	26	3	18	3	11	13	11	29*	8	1	16	39*		10.9	8	12.0	11.5	15.6		24.6	1	20.0	20.5	14.4
Corey Lajoie	30	12	24	23	23	19	26	19	37	35*	25	17	21	35		23.8	21	23.0	27.3	26.6		29.4	12	26.0	26.5	22.9
Joey Gase	40	32*	39	36*	36	39*										36.6	36			38.3		38.9	32			35.7
Ty Dillon	28	23*	16	25*	25	27			28	13	32	27*	38	36		36.2	16	35.0	32.7	27.8		31.0	13	31.5	25.3	25.2
Chase Elliott	12	4	3	2	19	1	3	2	13	33*	6	34*	5	7		5.6	3	5.5	6.8	8.7		23.4	1	20.5	19.0	11.9
Matt DiBenedetto	27	39*	33	17	4	15	22	18								15.6	4		22.0	21.5		12.4	15		18.0	22.3
Chris Buescher	22	6	19	10	11	22	27	8	19	26*	11	8	39	23		26.5	11	25.0	24.0	21.1		18.4	6	15.5	16.3	14.7
Erik Jones	16	40*	14	11	10	26	19	16	25	14	26	32*	34	19		32.2	10	30.0	26.0	20.6		23.1	11	25.5	20.3	22.6
BJ McLeod	36	29*	36	32*	32	35*	33	31*	31	19*	34	29*	37	37*		35.2	31	35.5	33.8	34.1		32.1	19	33.0	29.0	30.3
Ryan Preece	24	31*	29	22	22	24	28	26*	26	37*	22	13	31	26		27.1	22	26.5	26.8	26.0		20.9	13	19.5	25.5	25.6
Gray Gaulding			31	31*	31	30										31.0	31			31.0		30.0	30			30.5
Daniel Suarez	6	18	37	28*	28	28	9	15	12	25*	24	23	14	24		17.8	6	19.0	14.8	18.6		23.9	15	23.5	21.8	23.0
Cody Ware	38	38*					34	30*	33	18						32.5	33		33.5	35.0		17.8	18		24.0	28.7
Ross Chastain	35	36*	21	21			10	37*	22	15	14	22	7	8		8.7	7	10.5	13.3	18.2		11.9	8	15.0	20.5	23.2
Bubba Wallace	29	25*	23	38*	38	37*	18	14	7	28*	7	4	12	11		6.5	7	9.5	11.0	19.1		6.7	4	7.5	14.3	22.4
Daniel Hemric	10	21											24	18		24.0	10	24.0	24.0	17.0		18.0	18	18.0	18.0	19.5
William Byron	1	9	10	20	1	12	4	4	5	32*	1	2	2	3		1.6	1	1.5	3.0	3.4		4.4	2	2.5	10.3	11.7
Brennan Poole			35	30*	30	38*										29.8	30			32.5		38.3	30			34.0
Cole Custer			28	12	9	18	23	21*	21	21*						20.1	9		22.0	20.3		22.1	12		21.0	18.0
Garrett Smithley			38	33*	33	40*	36	34*								34.5	33		36.0	35.7		36.5	33		34.0	35.7
Josh Bilicki					37	36*	37	35*	32	36*						32.0	32		34.5	35.3		35.9	35		35.5	35.7
Tyler Reddick			5	8	13	14	15	9	8	6	15	5	8	4		11.1	5	11.5	11.5	10.7		3.7	4	4.5	6.0	7.7
Matt Tifft	26	20															26			26.0			20			20.0
Quin Houff	39	28*	30	35*	35	32*	32	32*								31.5	30		32.0	34.0		33.4	28		32.0	31.8
Bayley Currey	33	35*															33			33.0			35			35.0
Justin Haley							30	28*	20	27*	16	15	22	22		18.2	16	19.0	22.0	22.0		18.2	15	18.5	23.0	23.0
John Hunter Nemechek			25	16	5	13							26	30		25.6	5	26.0	26.0	18.7		30.0	13	30.0	30.0	19.7
Christopher Bell			15	9	12	21	17	24*	3	5	9	24	3	1		4.1	3	6.0	8.0	9.8		10.1	1	12.5	13.5	14.0
James Davison							35	33*									35		35.0	35.0			33		33.0	33.0
Kaz Grala									34	23*			33	34		33.0	33	33.0	33.5	33.5		34.0	23	34.0	28.5	28.5
Austin Cindric									6	34*	21	31*	17	20		20.0	6	19.0	14.7	14.7		23.8	20	25.5	28.3	28.3
Chase Briscoe							21	23*	15	4	20	20	18	25		18.5	15	19.0	18.5	18.5		22.0	4	22.5	18.0	18.0
Harrison Burton									17	11	13	18	32	32		24.5	13	22.5	20.7	20.7		27.5	11	25.0	20.3	20.3
Noah Gragson									27	24*	28	36*	19	38*		22.5	19	23.5	24.7	24.7		38.5	24	37.0	32.7	32.7
Anthony Alfredo							29	25*									29		29.0	29.0			25		25.0	25.0
Zane Smith											29	10	25	33		25.0	25	27.0	27.0	27.0		33.2	10	21.5	21.5	21.5
Josh Berry													13	10			13	13.0	13.0	13.0			10	10.0	10.0	10.0
Ty Gibbs											19	26	1	6		1.0	1	10.0	10.0	10.0		5.8	6	16.0	16.0	16.0
Todd Gilliland									30	16	35	33*	35	17		35.5	30	35.0	33.3	33.3		24.7	16	25.0	22.0	22.0
Carson Hocevar													20	21			20	20.0	20.0	20.0			21	21.0	21.0	21.0
Shane van Gisbergen													36	28			36	36.0	36.0	36.0			28	28.0	28.0	28.0

POSITIONS BY TRACK

Follow the links to see position by track at other tracks.

Atlanta Motor Speedway Bristol Motor Speedway Charlotte Motor Speedway Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course Chicago Street Race Circuit of The Americas Darlington Raceway Daytona International Speedway Dover Motor Speedway Homestead Miami Speedway

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Iowa Speedway Kansas Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Martinsville Speedway Michigan International Speedway Nashville Superspeedway New Hampshire Motor Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway Phoenix Raceway Pocono Raceway Richmond Raceway Sonoma Raceway Talladega Superspeedway Texas Motor Speedway Watkins Glen International World Wide Technology Raceway

X-Axis (Horizontal Axis)

This axis represents the sequence of races at this track. The leftmost point is the earliest race in your dataset, and the rightmost point is the most recent race.

Y-Axis (Vertical Axis)

This axis represents the positions in the race. Lower on the axis corresponds to a lower numerical position (i.e., closer to 1st place), and higher on the axis corresponds to a higher numerical position (i.e., farther from 1st place).

Blue Line (Start Positions):

This line shows where the driver started each race. Each point on this line corresponds to the starting position of the driver for a particular race.
Lower Points: Indicates that the driver started closer to the front of the grid (better starting position).
Higher Points: Indicates that the driver started farther back on the grid (worse starting position).

Red Line (Finish Positions):

This line shows where the driver finished each race. Each point on this line corresponds to the finishing position of the driver for a particular race.
Lower Points: Indicates that the driver finished closer to the front (better finishing position).
Higher Points: Indicates that the driver finished farther back (worse finishing position).

Interpreting the Lines Together

Consistency: If both lines are relatively flat and near the bottom of the chart, it indicates that the driver consistently starts and finishes in good positions.
Improvement: If the red line is generally below the blue line, it indicates that the driver tends to finish races in better positions than they start. This can be interpreted as the driver making significant progress during races.
Decline: If the red line is generally above the blue line, it indicates that the driver tends to finish races in worse positions than they start. This can be interpreted as the driver losing positions during races.
Variability: Large fluctuations in either line indicate variability in starting or finishing positions. This can highlight inconsistency in the driver's performance or qualifying results.

Example Interpretation

Let's take an example of a driver's sparkline with the following data:

Start Positions: [18, 14, 25, 30, 21, 16]
Finish Positions: [10, 8, 14, 20, 11, 9]

Analysis:

1. Start Positions (Blue Line):

The driver started races in positions 18, 14, 25, 30, 21, and 16.
The start positions indicate that the driver often begins races in the mid to back of the field, with some races starting as far back as 30th.

2. Finish Positions (Red Line):

The driver finished races in positions 10, 8, 14, 20, 11, and 9.
The finishing positions show a trend of consistent improvement during the race, finishing better than their starting position in almost every race.

3. Comparative Insights:

The driver consistently improved from their starting position, such as moving up from 25th to 14th or 21st to 11th.
Even when starting as far back as 30th, the driver made significant gains to finish 20th, showcasing strong race performance.
This pattern indicates a driver who is capable of gaining positions during the race, often finishing much higher than where they began.

Visual Example

This sparkline helps to quickly visualize the driver's performance trends over multiple races, showing how their starting and finishing positions compare and highlighting the pattern of consistent finishes outperforming start positions.

TLDR: When you see a driver with a negative slope (to the left of the 0), they're getting better over time, which could lead to higher points or better bets. Drivers with a positive slope are trending downward, so they may be less reliable choices.

The length of the bars you see on the chart corresponds to a value called the 'slope'. The slope is the result of a calculation called linear regression, which analyzes past data points (in this case, 'finish' or 'start' positions) to identify a trend.

While the slope helps illustrate whether a driver is generally improving or declining over time, it does not specifically predict the next value but rather shows the overall direction of the trend based on previous positions.

The slope on these charts represents the trend in starting or finishing positions the driver has in the races competed in at Charlotte Motor Speedway over the previous six seasons.

NEGATIVE SLOPE: Indicates improvement, meaning the driver is generally starting or finishing in better (lower) positions over time.
POSITIVE SLOPE: Indicates decline, meaning the driver is starting or finishing in worse (higher) positions over time.

Interpreting the Bars

Bars to the Left of 0 (Negative Slope): These drivers are improving. For example, a driver with a slope of -7 is showing significant improvement, starting or finishing much better than before.

Bars to the Right of 0 (Positive Slope): These drivers are declining. A positive slope suggests the driver is either qualifying or finishing worse compared to their previous performances.

Fantasy NASCAR, DFS, and Sports Betting

Fantasy NASCAR : Favor drivers with a negative slope (improving trend) for your lineups. They are trending toward better finishes, which likely means more points.
DFS NASCAR : Focus on drivers with an improving trend, especially those who start further back but finish strong. They offer value picks and upside in points.
Sports Betting : Bet on drivers with improving finishing trends (negative slope). They have momentum, making them solid picks for top placements or even wins.