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Credit to everyone at Toyota. They’ve obviously found a significant advantage somewhere in the car. That’s part of motorsports.

There’s also no evidence they are doing anything illegal like a lot of people are claiming. They had a car go back to NASCAR last week for a full tear down and nothing was found. This isn’t even close to what Chevy did in 2007. Ford and Chevy need to step up quickly.

Just three golfers have reached the 10 major mark: Jack Nicklaus (18), Tiger Woods (15), and Walter Hagen (11).

Hagen won his 10th major at the 1928 Open Championship. 44 years later, Nicklaus won his 10th major at the 1972 Masters. 33 years later, Woods won his 10th major at the 2005 Open Championship. It has now been 21 years since Tiger hit the double digit mark.

There are 9 players under 40 with multiple majors:

* Rory McIlroy (36, 6 majors)

* Brooks Koepka (35, 5 majors)

* Scottie Scheffler (29, 4 majors)

* Jordan Spieth (32, 3 majors)

* Collin Morikawa (29, 2 majors)

* John Rahm (31, 2 majors)

* Justin Thomas (32, 2 majors)

* Bryson DeChambeau (32, 2 majors)

* Xa

I thought it would be interesting to track how many incidents each driver causes throughout the year. I haven’t seen a dataset that tracks this.

First and foremost, we need to define what constitutes an incident. For the purposes of this tracker, I am defining an incident as a loss of control leading to a spin or crash, whether it results in a caution or not. The spin or crash must be on track and not on pit road.

The purpose of this tracker is to show how many incidents a driver himself causes by error or aggression. Therefore, I am specifically \*\*excluding\*\* spins or crashes caused by mechanical failures because these are out of the driver’s control.

For each incident that

I thought it would be interesting to track how many incidents each driver causes throughout the year. I haven’t seen a dataset that tracks this.

First and foremost, we need to define what constitutes an incident. For the purposes of this tracker, I am defining an incident as a loss of control leading to a spin or crash, whether it results in a caution or not. The spin or crash must be on track and not on pit road.

The purpose of this tracker is to show how many incidents a driver himself causes by error or aggression. Therefore, I am specifically **excluding** spins or crashes caused by mechanical failures because these are out of the driver’s control.

For each incident that that ha

The team had a great opening day come back win, but since then, has struggled mightily to complete a come back when getting behind. Since then:

0-16 when trailing after 7 innings

1-14 when trailing after 5 innings

2-11 when trailing after 3 innings

Only 2 wins when trailing after just 3 innings might be the most alarming of those stats. Also, the team has only won 2 games in which they trailed by 3 runs any point.

I know the team is great and am very happy with the performance so far. I love this team. Not complaining. Not trying to be a doomer. It is just odd the highest scoring team in the league is so bad at making come backs. You would think it would be the opposite - no deficit

Everyone knows by now that NASCAR is announcing at least the first portion of the 2021 schedule tomorrow at 3 pm ET. It has been heavily rumored, and seems likely at this point, that there will be some significant shakeups to the schedule. Here’s a list of the RUMORED changes to the schedule.

#Possible new tracks:

• Daytona Road Course (confirmed Clash)

• Nashville SS (confirmed)

• Circuit of the Americas (confirmed)

• Road America (confirmed)

• Nashville Street Course

• Dirt Bristol (confirmed)

• Indy Road Course (confirmed)

• Gateway

#Tracks possibly losing dates:

• Dover (confirmed)

• Charlotte (All Star) (confirmed)

• Texas (confirmed)

• Chic

I think pretty much everyone counts the Daytona 500, Coke 600, Brickyard 400, and Southern 500 as Crown Jewels. Do we count the Bristol Night Race or not?

I keep thinking back to golf and their majors. They have four but, to me, it’s ridiculous the Players isn’t considered a major. I think the Bristol Night Race is a comparable event to the Players. It’s the one all of the drivers want to win to showcase their skill and toughness, almost like the “Drivers” race. I think it should be considered a Crown Jewel. I think 5 is a good number, but most official bodies seem to go with 4.

Side note - I wish NASCAR pushed these Crown Jewels harder like golf does with Majors. Make them feel big and im

All stats are computed only for the top 12 starting positions in each race, as this is how the lineup is drawn. Some drivers have less starts in the computed stats as they have entered and/or left the top 12 in the 7 random draw races.

Average Starting Positions (when in the top 12):

1. Aric Almirola - 2.43
2. Brad Keselowski - 4.43
3. Kyle Busch - 4.71
4. Joey Logano - 5.00
5. Matt Dibenedetto - 6.00
6. Ryan Blaney - 6.29
7. Martin Truex Jr. - 6.50
8. Denny Hamlin - 6.86
9. Kevin Harvick - 7.71
10. Chase Elliott - 7.71
11. Alex Bowman - 7.86
12. Jimmie Johnson - 8.25
13. Kurt Busch - 9.17
14. Matt Kenseth - 12.00

Average Start by Team:

1. Penske - 5.24
2. Wood Bros. - 6.00
3. JGR - 6.0