Crash Stats for 2020

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As you may remember I keep a database of how many times drivers crash in a race during the season. In 2020 I weekly followed the Cup, Xfinity, Truck, ARCA, ARCA West, ARCA East, Modifieds, Indycar, and F1. Below are the totals ranked from most to fewest across these series this season, except F1 who doesn't end until almost Christmas.
 
Cup Series

John Hunter Nemechek 23
Austin Dillon 16
Ryan Newman 16
Matt Kenseth 15
Erik Jones 14
Jimmie Johnson 14
Ryan Blaney 14
Chris Buescher 14
Ryan Preece 14
Christopher Bell 14
Kyle Busch 13
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 13
William Byron 12
Bubba Wallace 12
Brad Keselowski 11
Michael McDowell 11
Tyler Reddick 11
Clint Bowyer 10
Martin Truex Jr 10
Kurt Busch 10
Aric Almirola 10
Joey Logano 10
Kevin Harvick 9
Corey LaJoie 9
Denny Hamlin 8
Alex Bowman 8
Chase Elliott 8
Quin Houff 8
Joey Gase 8
Ty Dillon 7
Cole Custer 7
Matt DiBenedetto 6
Brennan Poole 5
Daniel Suarez 4
J.J Yeley 4
Ross Chastain 4
James Davison 4
Brendan Gaughan 3
Timmy Hill 3
Kyle Larson 2
Justin Haley 2
B.J McLeod 2
Reed Sorenson 2
Garrett Smithley 2
David Ragan 1
Bayley Curry 1
Gray Gaulding 1
David Starr 1
Justin Allgaier 1
 
Xfinity

Myatt Snider 15
Riley Herbst 15
Brandon Brown 14
Noah Gragson 14
Joe Graf Jr 13
Michael Annett 12
Brandon Jones 12
Justin Allgaier 11
Tommy Joe Martins 10
Jeffrey Earnhardt 10
Harrison Burton 9
Brett Moffitt 9
Chase Briscoe 9
Ross Chastain 9
Daniel Hemric 8
Justin Haley 8
Colby Howard 8
Anthony Alfredo 8
Austin Cindric 7
Kody Vanderwal 7
Jeremy Clements 6
Austin Hill 6
Josh Williams 6
Jesse Little 6
Matt Mills 6
Alex Labbe 5
Ryan Sieg 5
Vinnie Miller 5
David Starr 4
Caesar Bacarella 4
Jeb Burton 4
A.J Allmendinger 4
Timmy Hill 4
Kyle Weatherman 4
B.J McLeod 4
J.J Yeley 3
Ray Black Jr 3
C.J McLaughlin 3
Josh Bilicki 2
Joe Nemechek 2
Chad Finchum 2
Preston Pardus 2
Dexter Bean 2
Donald Theetge 2
Chris ****rum 1
Brad Keselowski 1
Dillon Bassett 1
Patrick Emerling 1
Robby Lyons 1
Tim Viens 1
Colin Garrett 1
Jeff Green 1
Ronnie Bassett Jr 1
Kaz Grala 1
Scott Heckert 1
Earl Bamber 1
Brandon Gdovic 1
Joey Gase 1
Josh Reaume 1
Stefan Parsons 1
Gray Gaulding 1
Bayley Curry 1
 
trucks

Ben Rhodes 11
Tanner Gray 11
Stewart Friesen 10
Christian Eckes 10
Brennan Poole 10
Tate Fogleman 9
Austin Wayne Self 8
Korbin Forrister 6
Sheldon Creed 6
Zane Smith 6
Todd Gilliland 6
Clay Greenfield 6
Matt Crafton 5
Johnny Sauter 5
Brett Moffitt 5
Bryan Dauzat 5
Tyler Ankrum 5
Raphael Lessard 5
Jordan Anderson 5
Carson Hocevar 5
Dawson Cram 5
Austin Hill 4
Natalie Decker 4
Derek Krause 4
Ty Majeski 4
Tim Viens 4
Chandler Smith 4
Grant Enfinger 3
Codie Rohrbaugh 3
Jennifer Jo Cobb 3
Ray Ciccarelli 3
Josh Reaume 3
Riley Herbst 2
Gus Dean 2
Chase Elliott 2
Bryant Barnhill 2
Trey Hutchens 2
Robby Lyons 2
Spencer Davis 2
Travis Pastrana 2
Cory Roper 2
David Gravel 2
Spencer Boyd 2
Danny Bohn 2
Ross Chastain 1
Angela Ruch 1
Jesse Little 1
Garrett Smithley 1
John Hunter Nemechek 1
Jesse Iwuji 1
T.J Bell 1
Kevin Donahue 1
Tyler Hill 1
Ryan Truex 1
Jeb Burton 1
David Ragan 1
Joe Nemechek 1
Chase Purdy 1
Colin Garrett 1
Hailie Deegan 1
Parker Kligerman 1
Josh Bilicki 1
Trevor Bayne 1
B.J McLeod 1
Sam Mayer 1
 
ARCA

Drew Dollar 5
Hailie Deegan 5
Michael Self 4
Taylor Gray 4
Chandler Smith 4
Brad Smith 2
Andy Seuss 2
Gus Dean 2
Tim Richmond 2
Gio Scelzi 2
Thad Moffitt 2
Jesse Love 2
Jaason Kitzmiller 2
Scott Melton 2
Kris Wright 2
Bret Holmes 2
Chase Cabre 2
Nick Sanchez 2
Corey Heim 2
Dave Mader III 1
John Ferrier 1
Jacob Heffner 1
Natalie Decker 1
Dominique Van Wieringen 1
Ryan Repko 1
Chuck Hiers 1
Gracie Trotter 1
Christian McGhee 1
Ryan Huff 1
Howie DiSavino III 1
Tom Berte 1
Tanner Gray 1
Russ Lane 1
Ty Gibbs 1
Justin S. Carroll 1
Kyle Sieg 1
Parker Retzlaff 1
Kelly Kovski 1
Will Kimmel 1
 
ARCA West

Holley Hollan 9
Jack Wood 5
Bridget Burgess 5
Gio Scelzi 4
Todd Souza 4
Bobby Hillis Jr 3
Blaine Perkins 3
Trevor Huddleston 2
Lawless Alan 2
Takuma Koga 2
Joey Iest 2
Austin Reed 1
Brittney Zamora 1
Gracie Trotter 1
Mason Diaz 1
Jesse Love 1
Ryan Repko 1
Chris Hacker 1
Kris Wright 1
Zane Smith 1
Sam Mayer 1
 
ARCA East

Chase Cabre 5
Mason Diaz 3
Parker Retzlaff 2
Nick Sanchez 2
Corey Heim 1
Daniel Dye 1
Tanner Gray 1
Taylor Gray 1
Max McLaughlin 1
Giovanni Bromante 1
Ryan Repko 1
Ty Gibbs 1
Drew Dollar 1
Gus Dean 1
Justin S. Carroll 1
Chandler Smith 1
Jason Kitzmiller 1
Brad Smith 1
Kyle Sieg 1
Connor Okrzesik 1
 
Modified

Rob Summers 7
Eric Goodale 5
Ronnie Williams 4
Tommy Catalano 4
Sam Rameau 4
Timmy Solomito 4
Dave Sapienza 4
Chris Pasteryak 4
Calvin Carroll 4
Melissa Fifield 3
Patrick Emerling 3
Walter Sutcliffe Jr 3
Anthony Nocella 3
Woody Pitkat 2
Jeff Gallup 2
Andrew Krause 2
Ron Silk 2
Kyle Bonsignore 2
Doug Coby 2
Matt Galko 2
Cory Osland 2
John Beatty Jr 1
Tyler Rypkema 1
Timmy Catalano 1
Amy Catalano 1
J.R Bertuccio 1
Jeremy Gerstner 1
Jon McKennedy 1
Gary Byington 1
J.B Fortin 1
Craig Lutz 1
Joey Mucciacciaro 1
Ken Heagy 1
Chuck Hossfeld 1
 
Indycar

Oliver Askew 5
Will Power 4
Alex Palou 3
Rinus VeeKay 3
Dalton Kellett 3
Alexander Rossi 3
Felix Rosenqvist 2
Conor Daly 2
Ryan Hunter-Reay 2
Ed Carpenter 2
Marco Andretti 2
Santino Ferrucci 2
Charlie Kimball 1
Patricio O'Ward 1
Jack Harvey 1
Graham Rahal 1
Colton Herta 1
Marcus Ericsson 1
Spencer Pigot 1
Simon Pagenaud 1
Zach Veach 1
Takuma Sato 1
Scott McLaughlin 1
 
This is dedication
Lol I'm 3 years into this and my eyes hurt. But I ultimately plan to get it all organized into a book a some point. Its a passion project for sure, based solely off one day at work when I wondered "I wonder what driver has crashed the most?" It snowballed from there.
 
Cup Series

John Hunter Nemechek 23
Austin Dillon 16
Ryan Newman 16
Matt Kenseth 15
Erik Jones 14
Jimmie Johnson 14
Ryan Blaney 14
Chris Buescher 14
Ryan Preece 14
Christopher Bell 14
Kyle Busch 13
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 13
William Byron 12
Bubba Wallace 12
Brad Keselowski 11
Michael McDowell 11
Tyler Reddick 11
Clint Bowyer 10
Martin Truex Jr 10
Kurt Busch 10
Aric Almirola 10
Joey Logano 10
Kevin Harvick 9
Corey LaJoie 9
Denny Hamlin 8
Alex Bowman 8
Chase Elliott 8
Quin Houff 8
Joey Gase 8
Ty Dillon 7
Cole Custer 7
Matt DiBenedetto 6
Brennan Poole 5
Daniel Suarez 4
J.J Yeley 4
Ross Chastain 4
James Davison 4
Brendan Gaughan 3
Timmy Hill 3
Kyle Larson 2
Justin Haley 2
B.J McLeod 2
Reed Sorenson 2
Garrett Smithley 2
David Ragan 1
Bayley Curry 1
Gray Gaulding 1
David Starr 1
Justin Allgaier 1
Awesome information. Looks like Rick Ware Racing faired better than most!
 
Cup Series

John Hunter Nemechek 23
Austin Dillon 16
Ryan Newman 16
Matt Kenseth 15
Erik Jones 14
Jimmie Johnson 14
Ryan Blaney 14
Chris Buescher 14
Ryan Preece 14
Christopher Bell 14
Kyle Busch 13
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 13
William Byron 12
Bubba Wallace 12
Brad Keselowski 11
Michael McDowell 11
Tyler Reddick 11
Clint Bowyer 10
Martin Truex Jr 10
Kurt Busch 10
Aric Almirola 10
Joey Logano 10
Kevin Harvick 9
Corey LaJoie 9
Denny Hamlin 8
Alex Bowman 8
Chase Elliott 8
Quin Houff 8
Joey Gase 8
Ty Dillon 7
Cole Custer 7
Matt DiBenedetto 6
Brennan Poole 5
Daniel Suarez 4
J.J Yeley 4
Ross Chastain 4
James Davison 4
Brendan Gaughan 3
Timmy Hill 3
Kyle Larson 2
Justin Haley 2
B.J McLeod 2
Reed Sorenson 2
Garrett Smithley 2
David Ragan 1
Bayley Curry 1
Gray Gaulding 1
David Starr 1
Justin Allgaier 1
I assume these accidents were not race ending.
 
I think JHN will improve next season, he's fast, its just he has to keep the car out of the wall.

He pushes and tries to do more with what he has, but I think another season under his belt will help his cause. Rather have someone who is fast and calm them down than to get someone up to speed. I watch him and he's about as close to Greg Biffle in terms of how loose his car is.
 
I assume these accidents were not race ending.
Correct, I go through each race result, list each driver who is listed as crashed or damaged vehicle policy. Then I go through caution flags and list who was involved in each crash related one. Its impossible to ever have it 100% accurate unfortunately because with road courses or last lap spins in the back of the pack I can't accurately get everyone.
 
Most of RWR drivers are part time.

JHN crashing in two-thirds of races is ... disturbing.
His season is tied for 2nd most ever in a season. David Ragan and David Stremme both had a season with 24.
 
I think JHN will improve next season, he's fast, its just he has to keep the car out of the wall.

He pushes and tries to do more with what he has, but I think another season under his belt will help his cause. Rather have someone who is fast and calm them down than to get someone up to speed. I watch him and he's about as close to Greg Biffle in terms of how loose his car is.
Yeah he definitely pushes he led the Xfinity series last year too.
 
Awesome information. Looks like Rick Ware Racing faired better than most!
What I've seen with doing this is the small teams wreck less because they can't push as hard.
 
Yeah he definitely pushes he led the Xfinity series last year too.
I said from the outset when he signed with FRM, it's to be expected.

Another season of him and McDowell, I'm hoping he cuts down the accidents and just continues to improve. If he can, I think he could be a great prospect in the next few years.
 
ARCA West

Holley Hollan 9
Jack Wood 5
Bridget Burgess 5
Gio Scelzi 4
Todd Souza 4
Bobby Hillis Jr 3
Blaine Perkins 3
Trevor Huddleston 2
Lawless Alan 2
Takuma Koga 2
Joey Iest 2
Austin Reed 1
Brittney Zamora 1
Gracie Trotter 1
Mason Diaz 1
Jesse Love 1
Ryan Repko 1
Chris Hacker 1
Kris Wright 1
Zane Smith 1
Sam Mayer 1
TIL there’s a racing driver named Jack Wood
 
I’ve gleaned from this data that cup drivers wreck, a lot.

indycar drivers do not.

though I’m thoroughly shocked that stenhouse did lead the pack pulling away...
 
I’ve gleaned from this data that cup drivers wreck, a lot.

indycar drivers do not.

though I’m thoroughly shocked that stenhouse did lead the pack pulling away...
Yeah that happens when you dont have fenders and run 5 seconds apart
 
I’ve gleaned from this data that cup drivers wreck, a lot.

indycar drivers do not.

though I’m thoroughly shocked that stenhouse did lead the pack pulling away...
Stenhouse has led the series the last 2 years and 3 times overall, for awhile it was bouncing around the house with Danica leading.
 
I’ve gleaned from this data that cup drivers wreck, a lot.

indycar drivers do not.

though I’m thoroughly shocked that stenhouse did lead the pack pulling away...
Well they only ran 14 races this year, and usually run close to about half of a Cup schedule. The wreck leader (Askew) only ran 12 races, which would put him at 15 wrecks across a full Cup calendar.
 
No more than Ty Dillon has crashed, you'd think that would bode well for him in getting another ride. He's not junking equipment like his brother does.
 
Alright last one I've kept track of for the year F1. I'm currently working on the best way to do multi driver sportscar racing which leads to far more inaccurate numbers since I'm assigning a crash for each driver if the team they were on that race crashed.


Kevin Magnussen 3
Charles Leclerc 3
Daniil Kvyat 3
George Russell 3
Romain Grosjean 3
Max Verstappen 3
Carlos Sainz Jr 3
Lance Stroll 3
Antonio Giovinazzi 2
Nicholas Latifi 2
Sebastian Vettel 1
Alexander Albon 1
Kimi Raikkonen 1
Pierre Gasly 1
Sergio Perez 1

 
Alright I'm not starting a new thread so if a mod wants to delete the date from the title feel free.

Anyway so far I've only gotten this years Cup season done as I've been much busier and had less time to work on this. Anthony Alfredo and Ricky Stenhouse Jr led the series in crashes this year with 18. It was Alfredo's first time and Stenhouse's 4th... There were 403 total crashes this year by my counting system, 4 less then last year but still the 15th most of any season. Worth noting this year is Kurt Busch taking over the all time crash total for the Cup Series. He now leads Michael Waltrip 257 to 255. Ryan Newman is now 3rd with 214, and Kyle Busch becomes the 5th driver with over 200 for his career as he is now tied for 4th with Jimmie Johnson with 202. The next closest active driver to 200 is Martin Truex Jr with 169 or 15th all time. There are now 57 drivers with 100 or more crashes. Active drivers are Almirola with 105, A.J Allmendinger with 111, Joey Logano with 130, Brad Keselowski with 133, Kevin Harvick with 139, Ricky Stenhouse Jr with 147, Denny Hamlin with 154, Truex with 169, Kyle Busch with 202, Newman with 214, and Kurt with 257. Kyle Larson notched his 99th this season. Austin Dillon has 93, Michael McDowell has 75, as does Alex Bowman, Ryan Blaney is at 67, Erik Jones 65, Chase Elliott 60, Chris Buescher 59, Bubba 51, Suarez 49, Byron 47, Preece 47, DiBenedetto 46, LaJoie 43, Chastain 29, Joey Gase 27, Bell 26, Reddick 22, Houff 19, Custer 18, Alfredo 18, Ware 17, Briscoe 14, McLeod 10, Haley 9, Davison 7, Smithley 7.

Anthony Alfredo 18
Ricky Stenhouse Jr 18
Ross Chastain 17
Alex Bowman 16
Ryan Newman 16
Chase Briscoe 14
Ryan Preece 14
Cody Ware 14
Brad Keselowski 13
Bubba Wallace 13
Kyle Busch 13
Christopher Bell 12
Daniel Suarez 12
Corey LaJoie 12
Ryan Blaney 11
Cole Custer 11
Martin Truex Jr 10
William Byron 10
Quin Houff 10
Austin Dillon 10
Denny Hamlin 10
Kevin Harvick 9
Tyler Reddick 9
Chase Elliott 9
Aric Almirola 9
Chris Buescher 8
Kyle Larson 8
Kurt Busch 8
Erik Jones 8
Michael McDowell 8
Matt DiBenedetto 6
Justin Haley 6
Joey Gase 5
Joey Logano 4
Garrett Smithley 3
Kaz Grala 3
B.J McLeod 3
James Davison 3
Jamie McMurray 2
Austin Cindric 2
J.J Yeley 2
Josh Berry 2
Josh Bilicki 2
Noah Gragson 1
Derrike Cope 1
David Ragan 1
Stewart Friesen 1
Shane Golobic 1
Mike Marlar 1
Kyle Tilley 1
Landon Cassill 1
Justin Allgaier 1
Joey Hand 1
 
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