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William Byron (24) leads a pack of cars at Kansas Speedway. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)

Key Numbers: NASCAR Playoffs, Silly Season & More

This week’s top statistics from the motorsports industry.

133 — Cannon McIntosh leads Ryan Timms by 133 points entering this weekend’s Xtrem Outlaw Midget Series finale at Jacksonville (Ill.) Speedway.

2 — Four races into the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs and only two (Joey Logano and Kyle Larson) playoff competitors have won races.

16 — Chip Ganassi Racing celebrated its 16th IndyCar championship Monday night in Indianapolis.

.191 — Cannon McIntosh defeated Jade Avedisian by .191 seconds to win the sixth running of the Driven2SaveLives BC39 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

4 — Four different drivers (Aric Almirola, Christopher Bell, John Hunter Nemechek and Ryan Truex) have each won two races in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota this seaso.

$75,000 — This weekend’s 62nd running of the National Open sprint car race at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway will pay $75,000 to win.

16 — Ross Chastain’s NASCAR Cup Series victory at Kansas Speedway on Sept. 29 made him the 16th different driver to win a race in the series this season.

24/1 — William Byron, driver of the No. 24 for Hendrick Motorsports, is atop the NASCAR Cup Series standings for the first time since the first week of the season — when he won the Daytona 500. 

29 — After a crash at Kansas Speedway, Austin Cindric sits 29 points below the NASCAR Cup Series cutline. 

5 — Just five race weekends remain on the 2024 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series schedule. 

90 — David Gravel leads Carson Macedo by 90 points in the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars as Gravel pursues his first series title. 

2 — Part-timer T.J. Zizzo earned just his second NHRA Top Fuel No. 1 qualifier over the weekend at World Wide Technology (Ill.) Raceway. He was defeated on Sunday by Steve Torrence. 

8 — The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series round of 8 begins Friday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. 

2 — NASCAR Cup Series teams (23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports) suing NASCAR and CEO Jim France. 

1 — Carson Kvapil will pilot the No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevrolet full time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series next season.

13 — Daison Pursley will take over the No. 13 sprint car owned by Buch Motorsports in 2025 as he’ll contest the full High Limit Racing schedule.

4 — Drivers with NTT IndyCar Series experience (Alex Palou, Conor Daly, Zach Veach and Matheus Leist) will compete in this weekend’s Indy 8-Hour at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The event airs live on SPEED SPORT 1.