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| Lots of lap lead changes which has made racing entertaining in 2020. |
Despite the changes to schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plus the lack of practice and qualifying, the NASCAR Cup Series competition is putting up some solid passing stats this season.
Since 2007 through 19 races of a season - the 2020 season ranks first in total green flag passes and second in green flag passes to the lead.
In a year-over-year comparison (2019 vs. 2020) we are up 32.7% in green flag passes and up 24.1% in green flag passes for the lead through 19 races
Race Season
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Total Passes
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Total Passes for Lead
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2007
|
10,720
|
69
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2008
|
9,994
|
101
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2009
|
8,951
|
44
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2010
|
13,299
|
205
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2011
|
10,788
|
151
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2012
|
9,444
|
70
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2013
|
8,109
|
55
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2014
|
13,373
|
186
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2015
|
15,780
|
111
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2016
|
15,676
|
112
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2017
|
10,662
|
144
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2018
|
8,583
|
116
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2019
|
10,790
|
145
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2020
|
16,028
|
191
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Average number of leader through 19 races in 2020 is 10.41 – the most since 2014 (11.05). The average number of leaders through 19 races in 2019 was 9.58.
Average number of lead changes (19.63) per race through the first 19 events of the 2020 season are the most since 2014 (24.1) during that same time frame.
Average margin of victory over the first 19 races of the 2020 season is 1.809 seconds, with 10 of the 19 races (52.6%) this season finishing with a margin of victory of less than a second.
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