This week’s top statistics from the motorsports industry.
2014 — RFK Racing scored its first road course win since 2014 (Carl Edwards at Sonoma Raceway) when Chris Buescher won at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) Int’l on Sept. 15.
27 — Chase Briscoe vaulted from 21 points below the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff cutline to six above it, following a sixth-place finish at Watkins Glen. It was a net gain of 27 points.
653— On-track passes during the NTT IndyCar Series finale at Nashville (Tenn.) Superspeedway.
1 — Oliver Bearman became the first Formula 1 driver to score points for two different teams in the same season following his 10th-place result on Sunday in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Haas F-1. He finished seventh for Ferrari earlier in the season in Saudi Arabia.
$83,000 — Money going to the winner of Saturday’s Dennis Roth Classic finale at California’s Thunderbowl Raceway.
1 — Antron Brown trails Top Fuel points leader Justin Ashley by one point following his win at Pennsylvania’s Maple Grove Raceway on Sept. 15.
12 — Tracks on next year’s Trans-Am Series schedule.
4 — Corey Day will make four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series starts for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing beginning Thursday at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway.
8 — Indy NXT races won by Louis Foster en route to claiming this year’s series title.
7 — Races since Max Verstappen won a Formula 1 grand prix.
1 — Connor Zilisch earned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory in his first start in the series Sept. 14 at Watkins Glen Int’l.
3 — Alex Palou has won the NTT IndyCar World Series title three times in the past four seasons.
4 — Roger Crockett earned his first ASCS National Tour triumph in four years Sept. 13 at Oklahoma’s Arrowhead Speedway.