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Connor Zilisch in Watkins Glen victory lane. (David Moulthrop Photo)

Key Numbers: Zilisch Arrives, Palou’s IndyCar Title & More

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.