NASCAR CUP Series

Positions at Phoenix Raceway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Phoenix Raceway, 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 Phoenix Raceway

To capture how drivers have performed over time at Phoenix Raceway, 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:

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6-Year Trend of Driver Start Positions

6-Year Trend of Driver Finish Positions

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'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 #4 Phoenix Raceway Shriner's Children's 500 on Sunday, March 10th, 2024
2023
2 #36 Phoenix Raceway NASCAR Cup Series Championship on Sunday, November 5th, 2023
3 #4 Phoenix Raceway United Rentals 500 on Sunday, March 12th, 2023
2022
4 #36 Phoenix Raceway NASCAR Cup Series Championship on Sunday, November 6th, 2022
5 #4 Phoenix Raceway Ruoff Mortgage 500 on Sunday, March 13th, 2022
2021
6 #36 Phoenix Raceway Season Finale 500 on Sunday, November 7th, 2021
7 #5 Phoenix Raceway Instacart 500 on Sunday, March 14th, 2021
2020
8 #36 Phoenix Raceway NASCAR Cup Series Championship on Sunday, November 8th, 2020
9 #4 Phoenix Raceway FanShield 500 on Sunday, March 8th, 2020
2019
10 #35 Phoenix Raceway Bluegreen Vacations 500 on Sunday, November 10th, 2019
11 #4 Phoenix Raceway TicketGuardian 500 on Sunday, March 10th, 2019

Driver Track History of Positions at Phoenix Raceway * '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													29	20	16	12	22	20	32	32*				27.2	16	27.0	24.8	24.8		26.6	12	26.0	21.0	21.0
Aric Almirola	14	4*	11	22	6	8	10	13	32	11	18	6	5	12	13	20	31	33*	28	13				28.0	5	29.5	21.2	16.8		23.3	4	23.0	15.8	14.2
Brad Keselowski	5	19*	12	10	14	11	3	2	1	4	11	10	18	23	18	35*	4	18	31	15	18	4		19.9	1	17.7	14.4	12.3		14.6	2	12.3	15.6	13.7
Clint Bowyer	26	11*	13	8	18	5	9	14																8.2	9			16.5		10.9	5			9.5
David Ragan	29	25*	30	36*																				30.0	29			29.5		36.4	25			30.5
Denny Hamlin	3	5*	3	1	3	20	4	4	3	3	6	3	2	13	21	8	2	23	6	8	1	11		4.4	1	3.0	5.9	4.9		14.4	1	14.0	9.9	9.0
JJ Yeley			39	29*	33	26	32	30*											34	27				33.8	32	34.0	34.0	34.5		27.1	26	27.0	27.0	28.0
Jimmie Johnson	15	8*	22	14	21	12	26	5																26.5	15			21.0		7.9	5			9.8
Joe Nemechek			36	34*																					36			36.0			34			34.0
Joey Logano	12	10*	2	9	13	1	2	3	9	2	10	11	10	8	1	1	16	11	17	18	23	34*		18.8	1	18.7	12.3	10.5		22.0	1	21.0	12.1	9.8
Kevin Harvick	8	9*	7	5	2	2	11	7	18	6	9	8	16	6	7	5	15	5	3	7				9.7	2	9.0	11.3	9.6		5.9	2	6.0	6.2	6.0
Kurt Busch	16	7*	8	11	7	6	7	12	12	15	5	16	15	5										11.2	5		10.7	10.0		9.8	5		12.0	10.3
Kyle Busch	4	1*	1	2	10	3	8	11	7	25	13	7	11	7	22	7	9	8	18	25	31	22		22.6	1	19.3	15.9	12.2		19.6	1	18.3	14.4	10.7
Martin Truex Jr	9	2*	4	6	12	32*	13	10	5	1	12	2	20	35*	12	15	13	17	2	6	11	7		9.8	2	8.7	10.7	10.3		11.7	1	10.0	11.9	12.1
Matt Kenseth							16	25																	16			16.0			25			25.0
Michael McDowell	27	36*	21	30*	22	16	29	23	16	23	28	24	22	27	20	25	7	13	19	9	9	8		10.7	7	11.7	17.3	20.0		8.8	8	10.0	18.4	21.3
Paul Menard	17	17*	19	12																				19.1	17			18.0		11.8	12			14.5
Reed Sorenson			37	37*	35	30*																		34.8	35			36.0		29.4	30			33.5
Ryan Newman	18	12*	20	18			19	24	19	28	19	23							30	34*				29.8	18	30.0	22.7	20.8		35.3	12	34.0	28.3	23.2
Landon Cassill	32	33*	33	33*									31	30*	36	36*								33.8	31		33.5	33.0		33.3	30		33.0	33.0
Austin Dillon	13	21*	28	24*	30	36*	18	18	13	17	23	15	13	21*	15	13	30	16	21	12	30	32*		26.2	13	27.0	20.7	21.3		19.2	12	20.0	18.0	20.5
David Starr											36	33*													36		36.0	36.0			33		33.0	33.0
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	19	13*	24	19	19	22	20	27	11	12	21	36*	36	28	29	32*	23	19	24	23	20	21		24.2	11	22.3	23.4	22.4		23.2	12	21.0	24.4	22.9
Timmy Hill					38	38*	33	36*	37	38*	39	38*												37.5	33		38.0	36.8		37.6	36		38.0	37.5
Kyle Larson	31	6*	5	4	4	4			2	7	1	1	7	34*	4	9	1	4	4	3	17	14		6.3	1	7.3	5.1	7.6		9.7	1	7.0	10.3	8.6
Alex Bowman	6	35*	14	23	8	14	6	16	21	13	14	18	9	14	24	34*	18	9	23	17	25	20		24.0	6	22.0	19.1	15.3		15.6	9	15.3	17.9	19.4
Ryan Blaney	1	3*	10	3	5	37*	5	6	8	10	4	4	1	4	2	2	8	2	15	2	16	5		13.0	1	13.0	7.7	6.8		1.4	2	3.0	4.1	7.1
Corey Lajoie	24	26*	31	35*	28	27	28	38*	33	27	24	32*	30	36*	27	18	28	26	29	31*	35	33*		31.1	24	30.7	29.4	28.8		29.6	18	30.0	29.0	29.9
Joey Gase			38	38*	37	29*	37	32*			34	29*												34.3	34		34.0	36.5		28.6	29		29.0	32.0
Ty Dillon	20	15*	29	20	25	15	22	21					21	15	32	26	35	30	33	28				34.2	20	34.0	30.3	27.1		29.3	15	29.0	24.8	21.3
Chase Elliott	2	14*	6	39*	1	7	1	1	6	5	2	5	19	11	5	28			20	16	3	19		12.7	1	11.5	9.2	6.5		18.1	1	17.5	14.0	14.5
Matt DiBenedetto	25	28*	16	13	9	13	12	8	20	14	15	12												13.4	9		17.5	16.2		8.1	8		13.0	14.7
Chris Buescher	22	16*	17	16	23	17	31	20	17	18	26	25	26	10	19	21	21	15	9	5	14	2		14.3	9	14.7	18.9	20.5		6.5	2	7.3	13.7	15.0
Erik Jones	10	29*	9	7	11	28*	14	22	14	20	27	22	14	25	30	14	10	21	7	20	4	31*		8.6	4	7.0	15.1	13.6		24.0	7	24.0	21.9	21.7
BJ McLeod									30	30*	32	27*	34	33*	33	31*	33	36*	36	33*				34.9	30	34.5	33.0	33.0		34.8	27	34.5	31.7	31.7
Ryan Preece	21	34*	25	26*	20	18	24	34*	15	26	31	20					25	12	12	14	27	23		21.6	12	21.3	22.0	22.2		15.5	12	16.3	19.0	23.0
Daniel Suarez	28	23*	15	15	31	21	30	31*	27	21	17	21	23	9	28	24	11	22	16	11	15	13		13.7	11	14.0	19.6	21.9		14.2	9	15.3	17.3	19.2
Cody Ware	34	32*							31	36*	33	28*	32	31*	34	30*	36	34*						35.5	31	36.0	33.2	33.3		32.9	28	34.0	31.8	31.8
Ross Chastain	33	27*	32	28*	24	23			22	19	16	14	17	2	25	3	6	24	8	1	12	6		6.8	6	8.7	15.1	19.5		5.7	1	10.3	9.9	14.7
Bubba Wallace	23	22*	23	25*	27	19	23	15	25	16	25	39*	27	22	23	22	19	14	5	10	22	16		15.3	5	15.3	20.9	22.0		13.4	10	13.3	19.9	20.0
Daniel Hemric	11	18*	27	21											10	17					21	28		18.9	10	21.0	15.5	17.3		26.7	17	28.0	22.5	21.0
William Byron	7	24*	18	17	17	10	25	9	10	8	3	17	3	18	8	6	3	1	1	4	5	18		1.3	1	3.0	4.7	9.1		7.2	1	7.7	10.3	12.0
Brennan Poole					32	31*	35	29*																35.1	32			33.5		28.9	29			30.0
Cole Custer					16	9	15	28	24	31*	7	13	25	16	9	16								15.2	7		16.3	16.0		16.5	9		19.0	18.8
Garrett Smithley			35	31*	36	35*	39	37*	34	34*	38	31*	35	32*	35	33*								35.3	34		35.5	36.0		32.4	31		32.5	33.3
Josh Bilicki							38	35*	36	35*	37	30*												36.7	36		36.5	37.0		30.1	30		32.5	33.3
Tyler Reddick					29	33*	21	19	23	29	20	19	12	3	11	23	12	3	10	22	6	10		6.6	6	9.3	13.4	16.0		9.4	3	11.7	15.6	17.9
Matt Tifft	30	20*																							30			30.0			20			20.0
Quin Houff	35	30*			34	34*	34	39*	35	32*	35	37*												34.7	34		35.0	34.6		37.3	30		34.5	34.4
Bayley Currey	36	31*	34	32*																				33.9	34			35.0		32.0	31			31.5
Justin Haley									29	24	29	26	28	17	26	27	26	27	35	29	33	24		31.6	26	31.3	29.4	29.4		26.6	17	26.7	24.9	24.9
John Hunter Nemechek			26	27*	26	25	27	26													19	25		19.0	19	19.0	19.0	24.5		25.0	25	25.0	25.0	25.8
Christopher Bell					15	24	17	17	4	9	8	9	4	26	17	10	5	6	13	36*	13	1		10.4	4	10.3	9.1	10.7		13.7	1	14.3	13.9	15.3
James Davison							36	33*	38	33*														38.2	36		38.0	37.0		33.0	33		33.0	33.0
Kaz Grala																					32	30*			32	32.0	32.0	32.0			30	30.0	30.0	30.0
Austin Cindric													8	24	14	11	20	25	27	35*	34	36*		29.9	8	27.0	20.6	20.6		34.2	11	32.0	26.2	26.2
Chase Briscoe									26	22	22	35*	6	1	3	4	24	7	26	24	8	9		16.9	3	19.3	16.4	16.4		10.6	1	13.3	14.6	14.6
Harrison Burton													24	29*	6	19	27	35*	25	26	24	27		26.2	6	25.3	21.2	21.2		29.5	19	29.3	27.2	27.2
Noah Gragson																	32	29			7	12		6.8	7	19.5	19.5	19.5		11.8	12	20.5	20.5	20.5
Anthony Alfredo									28	37*	30	34*												30.1	28		29.0	29.0		33.9	34		35.5	35.5
Zane Smith																	34	31			28	29*		27.9	28	31.0	31.0	31.0		29.0	29	30.0	30.0	30.0
Josh Berry																	17	10			36	26		36.2	17	26.5	26.5	26.5		26.1	10	18.0	18.0	18.0
Ty Gibbs																	14	28	11	21	2	3		2.1	2	9.0	9.0	9.0		3.1	3	17.3	17.3	17.3
Todd Gilliland													33	19	31	29*	29	32*	14	30*	29	17		23.1	14	24.0	27.2	27.2		25.9	17	26.3	25.4	25.4
Derek Kraus																					26	35*			26	26.0	26.0	26.0			35	35.0	35.0	35.0
Carson Hocevar																			22	19	10	15		9.8	10	16.0	16.0	16.0		14.9	15	17.0	17.0	17.0

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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 Phoenix Raceway 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.