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Kody Swanson (Troy Junkins photo)

Key Numbers: Swanson’s Tear, NASCAR Playoffs & More

This week’s top statistics from the motorsports industry.

$30,000 — Money earned by Corey Day for winning the Trophy Cup at California’s Thunderbowl Raceway. 

2 — Justin Bonsignore won the SMART Modified Tour and NASCAR Modified Tour races last weekend at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway.

12 — Buddy Kofoid has 12 podium finishes in the last 14 World of Outlaws sprint car races.

8 — Kody Swanson secured his record eighth USAC Silver Crown Series title Saturday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.

2 — Kody Swanson wrapped up two championships Saturday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park — USAC Silver Crown and 500 Sprint Car Tour.

18 — A.J. Allmendinger won his 18th NASCAR Xfinity Series race last week at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

4 — Derek Hagar won four 360 winged sprint car features at Riverside Int’l Speedway during a four-day span.

58 — Races on next year’s Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series schedule.

2 — NASCAR spotter Coleman Pressley scored two victories at Las Vegas Motor Speedway while spotting for both A.J. Allmendinger in the Xfinity Series and Joey Logano in the Cup Series.

40 — McLaren holds a 40-point advantage over Oracle Red Bull Racing in the constructors’ standings with five races remaining in the F-1 season. 

6- Joey Logano has the most Championship 4 appearances by any driver (six) after securing a berth in the title race with a win at Las Vegas.

10 — Number of consecutive seasons Martin Truex Jr. has led at least 500 laps in a season in the NASCAR Cup Series. He’s only the sixth driver in the Cup Series to accomplish that feat. (Richard Petty, Jimmie Johnson, Rusty Wallace, Darrell Waltrip and Bobby Allison)

8 — The famed No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet is returning as Dale Earnhardt Jr. will pilot a late model stock car with the number-sponsor combo for select races in 2024 and 2025. 

2— Scuderia Ferrari swept the top-two positions in Sunday’s United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas with Charles Leclerc (first) and Carlos Sainz (second).