NASCAR CUP Series

Positions at Richmond Raceway

Explore detailed statistics of driver performance at Richmond 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 Richmond Raceway

To capture how drivers have performed over time at Richmond 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 #23 Richmond Raceway Cook Out 400 on Sunday, August 11th, 2024
2 #7 Richmond Raceway Toyota Owners 400 on Sunday, March 31st, 2024
2023
3 #22 Richmond Raceway Cook Out 400 on Sunday, July 30th, 2023
4 #7 Richmond Raceway Toyota Owners 400 on Sunday, April 2nd, 2023
2022
5 #24 Richmond Raceway Federated Auto Parts 400 on Sunday, August 14th, 2022
6 #7 Richmond Raceway Toyota Owners 400 on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022
2021
7 #28 Richmond Raceway Federated Auto Parts Salute to American Heroes 400 on Saturday, September 11th, 2021
8 #9 Richmond Raceway Toyota Owners 400 on Sunday, April 18th, 2021
2020
9 #28 Richmond Raceway Federated Auto Parts 400 on Saturday, September 12th, 2020
2019
10 #28 Richmond Raceway Federated Auto Parts 400 on Saturday, September 21st, 2019
11 #9 Richmond Raceway Toyota Owners 400 on Saturday, April 13th, 2019

Driver Track History of Positions at Richmond 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											26	27*			25	27	36	27						30.8	25	30.5	29.0	29.0		27.0	27	27.0	27.0	27.0
Aric Almirola	31	23	7	16	10	8	22	6	9	14	10	21	32	8	32	13	24	8						27.9	7	28.0	21.5	19.7		10.1	6	10.5	11.7	13.0
Brad Keselowski	8	7	1	4	9	1	20	14	7	13	19	13	8	15	24	10	13	6	23	8	29	16		24.1	1	22.3	17.9	14.6		11.3	1	10.0	11.9	9.7
Clint Bowyer	14	3	5	8	11	10																		9.4	5			10.0		10.7	3			7.0
David Ragan	15	28*	27	19																				27.6	15			21.0		18.5	19			23.5
Denny Hamlin	30	5	6	3	7	12	2	2	2	2	13	1	3	4	11	20	3	2	11	1	1	2		5.2	1	6.5	5.8	8.1		5.5	1	6.3	4.3	4.9
Greg Biffle											37	37*													37		37.0	37.0			37		37.0	37.0
JJ Yeley			38	33*	32	34*			37	34*	35	33*	35	32*	34	36*	35	35*						34.4	32	34.5	35.2	35.1		35.2	32	35.5	34.0	33.9
Jimmie Johnson	34	12	10	10	18	31*																		14.2	10			20.7		29.9	10			17.7
Joey Logano	3	2	28	11	2	3	5	3	6	5	11	17	17	6	18	7	23	4	10	2	9	19		15.1	2	15.0	12.4	12.0		9.1	2	8.0	7.9	7.2
Kevin Harvick	1	4	2	7	1	7	9	24*	5	8	7	2	13	1	10	5	8	10						10.6	1	9.0	8.7	6.2		6.3	1	7.5	8.3	7.6
Kurt Busch	2	11	9	18	8	13	17	13	4	37*	27	35*												24.7	2		16.0	11.2		36.8	11		28.3	21.2
Kyle Busch	4	8	4	2	6	6	10	8	15	9	3	9	29	9	2	14	2	3	15	20	12	12		9.6	2	7.8	11.0	9.3		13.2	2	12.3	10.5	9.1
Martin Truex Jr	5	1	8	1	14	2	1	5	3	1	6	4	6	7	12	11	10	7	7	4	2	37*		7.3	1	7.8	5.9	6.7		16.7	1	14.8	9.5	7.3
Matt Kenseth					19	16																			19			19.0			16			16.0
Michael McDowell	18	36*	11	21*	20	25*	23	27*	16	28*	24	30*	34	29*	15	6	18	22	31	26	28	15		25.3	11	23.0	23.6	21.6		17.1	6	17.3	22.9	24.1
Paul Menard	9	10	24	27*																				24.8	9			16.5		27.9	10			18.5
Reed Sorenson			33	37*	35	36*																		35.0	33			34.0		36.0	36			36.5
Ryan Newman	24	9	19	5	21	23*	19	30*	24	20							32	29						31.8	19	32.0	25.0	23.2		31.2	5	29.0	26.3	19.3
Landon Cassill	25	35*	34	28*							23	32*	25	30*										24.0	23		24.0	26.8		30.8	28		31.0	31.3
Austin Dillon	6	6	17	22*	3	4	11	10	19	11	25	10	12	16	27	25	17	9	22	24	6	1		18.7	3	18.0	17.4	15.0		14.8	1	14.8	13.3	12.5
Ricky Stenhouse Jr	11	16	18	15	23	18	14	17	23	23*	32	28*	20	22	8	35*	9	17	24	33	33	36*		20.6	8	18.5	20.4	19.5		32.3	15	30.3	26.4	23.6
Timmy Hill					37	38*																			37			37.0			38			38.0
Kyle Larson	10	37*	13	6			6	18	1	6	21	5	1	14	9	1	14	19	1	3	15	7		9.7	1	9.8	8.5	9.1		5.6	1	7.5	9.1	11.6
Alex Bowman	12	17	20	23*	4	9	24	1	12	12	28	8	5	20	1	8	15	18	4	17	17	28		9.3	1	9.3	13.3	12.9		18.4	1	17.8	14.0	14.6
Ryan Blaney	22	25	15	17	15	19	7	11	8	10	1	7	10	10	17	26	25	14	12	19	11	11		14.8	1	16.3	11.4	13.0		16.0	7	17.5	13.5	15.4
Corey Lajoie	21	26*	29	29*	34	27*	36	21	25	29*	31	31*	31	28*	16	21	31	32*	21	36*	24	34*		23.1	16	23.0	26.9	27.2		31.7	21	30.8	29.0	28.5
Joey Gase	37	33*			36	35*			34	33*														34.3	34		34.0	35.7		33.8	33		33.0	33.7
Ty Dillon	23	21	30	26*	27	28*					30	24	22	17	36	32	34	34*	33	29	30	26		33.4	22	33.3	30.8	29.4		29.9	17	30.3	27.0	26.3
Chase Elliott	32	15	3	13	12	5	3	12	13	4	15	14	23	5			4	13	2	5	4	9		3.5	2	3.3	9.1	11.1		8.3	4	9.0	8.9	9.5
Jeb Burton	27	31*																							27			27.0			31			31.0
Matt DiBenedetto	20	24	12	14	16	17	16	9	28	18														22.0	12		22.0	18.4		13.3	9		13.5	16.4
Chris Buescher	7	22	23	31*	25	24*	12	25*	18	24*	18	15	18	3	7	30	26	1	14	9	7	18		13.3	7	13.5	15.0	15.9		11.9	1	14.5	15.6	18.4
Erik Jones	35	14	16	38	17	22	30	19	31	21	5	23	9	35*	22	31	27	23	27	14	27	29		24.1	5	25.8	22.3	22.4		24.6	14	24.3	24.4	24.5
BJ McLeod							35	32*	32	30*	34	34*	36	33*			21	36*						22.3	21	21.0	31.6	31.6		36.3	30	36.0	33.0	33.0
Ryan Preece	16	20	21	30*	24	20	25	29*	20	25*					33	18	11	5	16	28	26	25		21.6	11	21.5	21.8	21.3		19.2	5	19.0	21.7	22.2
Daniel Suarez	33	18	14	9	28	29*	27	16	22	17	14	16	24	19	20	23	33	33*	20	22	21	10		22.6	14	23.5	22.6	23.3		21.7	9	22.0	19.5	19.3
Cody Ware							33	36*			33	36*	28	34*	31	34*								30.4	28	31.0	31.3	31.3		33.8	34	34.0	35.0	35.0
Ross Chastain	29	30*	31	36*			18	15	17	7	8	19	2	18	4	3	19	24	3	15	22	5		9.2	2	12.0	11.6	15.3		9.7	3	11.8	13.3	17.2
Bubba Wallace	19	27*	37	12	30	26*	15	26*	27	32*	29	26*	11	13	28	22	5	12	5	13	8	4		9.3	5	11.5	16.0	19.5		11.3	4	12.8	18.5	19.4
Daniel Hemric	17	19	22	25*															34	30	32	30		33.2	17	33.0	33.0	26.3		30.2	19	30.0	30.0	26.0
William Byron	13	13	25	24*	5	21	4	7	14	19	2	3	4	11	3	24	6	21	13	7	13	13		7.7	2	8.8	7.4	9.3		14.5	3	16.3	13.1	14.8
Brennan Poole					29	33*																			29			29.0			33			33.0
Cole Custer					13	14	21	23	21	22*	12	22	7	26*										9.6	7		15.3	14.8		25.0	14		23.3	21.4
Garrett Smithley							37	35*	36	31*														36.0	36		36.5	36.5		30.8	31		33.0	33.0
Josh Bilicki							31	37*	33	36*														33.1	31		32.0	32.0		36.0	36		36.5	36.5
Tyler Reddick					22	11	13	20	11	15	16	12	26	31*	5	16	1	16	19	10	10	3		9.1	1	8.8	12.6	13.7		10.8	3	11.3	15.4	14.9
Matt Tifft	36	29*	26	20*																				25.5	26			31.0		19.5	20			24.5
Quin Houff	28	34*	36	35*	33	32*	32	34*	35	35*														34.4	28		33.5	32.8		34.0	32		34.5	34.0
Bayley Currey	26	32*																							26			26.0			32			32.0
Justin Haley							34	38*	29	27*	36	29*	27	21	29	29	28	30	36	32	36	27		32.7	27	32.3	31.9	31.9		28.9	21	29.5	29.1	29.1
Austin Theriault			32	32*																					32			32.0			32			32.0
Spencer Boyd			35	34*																					35			35.0			34			34.0
John Hunter Nemechek					31	30*													18	25	35	31*		26.6	18	26.5	26.5	28.0		28.0	25	28.0	28.0	28.7
Christopher Bell					26	15	8	4	10	3	9	6	21	2	21	4	29	20	29	6	5	6		20.9	5	21.0	16.5	17.6		8.5	2	9.0	6.4	7.3
James Davison					38	37*	28	33*																27.6	28		28.0	33.0		32.8	33		33.0	35.0
Kaz Grala																			35	31					35	35.0	35.0	35.0			31	31.0	31.0	31.0
Austin Cindric							38	28*			20	20	33	12	6	28	30	26	9	23	18	24		13.6	6	15.8	22.0	22.0		24.8	12	25.3	23.0	23.0
Chase Briscoe							26	22	26	16	4	11	15	23*	19	12	20	11	32	18	25	21		23.9	4	24.0	20.9	20.9		15.7	11	15.5	16.8	16.8
Harrison Burton											17	18	30	25*	26	19	22	31*	26	34	31	32*		27.1	17	26.3	25.3	25.3		30.7	18	29.0	26.5	26.5
Noah Gragson													19	24*	23	37*	12	28	17	12	16	20		16.6	12	17.0	17.4	17.4		22.7	12	24.3	24.2	24.2
Riley Herbst																					34	33*			34	34.0	34.0	34.0			33	33.0	33.0	33.0
Anthony Alfredo							29	31*	30	26*					35	33*								35.0	29	35.0	31.3	31.3		32.9	26	33.0	30.0	30.0
Zane Smith																			28	35*	20	23		19.6	20	24.0	24.0	24.0		22.4	23	29.0	29.0	29.0
Josh Berry															30	2			30	11	3	14		14.0	3	21.0	21.0	21.0		13.5	2	9.0	9.0	9.0
Ty Gibbs													14	36*	14	9	7	15	8	16	14	22		10.4	7	10.8	11.4	11.4		13.8	9	15.5	19.6	19.6
Todd Gilliland											22	25*	16	27*	13	15	16	25	6	21	23	17		14.1	6	14.5	16.0	16.0		18.7	15	19.5	21.7	21.7
Chandler Smith															37	17									37	37.0	37.0	37.0			17	17.0	17.0	17.0
Carson Hocevar																			25	27	19	8		18.7	19	22.0	22.0	22.0		7.1	8	17.5	17.5	17.5
Parker Retzlaff																					37	35*			37	37.0	37.0	37.0			35	35.0	35.0	35.0

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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 Richmond 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.