Some random stats after COTA:
- Chase Elliott is the 11th different winner in 14 races this season. Point leader Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick are among those who still have yet to win this year.
- Ross Chastain (4th) scored his career best finish. His previous best was 7th in this year's Daytona 500. His previous best on a non-plate track was 14th at Atlanta earlier this year.
- The part-time Kaulig Racing #16 has finished 1 position better in each of its last 3 starts (7th at the Daytona Road Course, 6th at Talladega, 5th at COTA).
- After finishing 11th twice in the prior 4 races, Chase Briscoe finally scored his first career top 10 finish, coming home in 6th.
- Michael McDowell (7th) earned his 5th top 10 of the season, an all-time high for any FRM team (and we're not even halfway through the season yet).
- I always hate to see a top 10 streak come to an end with an 11th-place finish, but that's exactly what William Byron did, after 10 consecutive top 10s heading into COTA.
- Denny Hamlin finished 14th, his worst finish of the season outside of Talladega, where he was involved in two accidents.
- Anthony Alfredo (18th) earned his first career top 20 finish on a non-plate track.