In this week’s Last 5 Races analysis, there are two names at the top that show just how much the field can fluctuate over a short period of time. What exactly does that mean?
First Last 5 Races Analysis After Dover
Let’s take a look at the first-ever Last 5 Races analysis we did in May that followed races at Richmond, Martinsville, Texas, Talladega, and Dover. Chase Elliott held the top spot and was followed by Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson, Martin Truex Jr. and William Byron to close out the top 5.
But going further down and you can see Brad Keselowski came in at 9th with an average finishing position of 13.2 and Christopher Bell was an abysmal 30th with an average finishing position of 26.0.
Latest Last 5 Races Analysis
Now, let’s skip forward to this week’s edition and look who’s in first and second. Keselowski has had a great run in the last 5 weeks with all five results inside the top 15, and three of them inside the top 5, including his win at Darlington.
And look at CBell. He’s now in second with an average finishing position almost 19 spots better than after Dover at 7.2.
Elliott has been Mr. Consistency and has remained inside the top 3 for every analysis. I think it’s interesting to see how Denny Hamlin is still inside the top 5 despite finishing last at Sonoma. But there are some other interesting names cracking our top 10 for the first time, including Michael McDowell, who finished second at Sonoma, and Todd Gilliland, who tied with Chris Buescher at 10th with an AFP of 14.4.