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Kyle Larson dominated the latest NASCAR race, leading 395 out of 400 laps and finishing first. Chase Elliott secured second place, while Kyle Busch impressively moved from 20th to third.
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Chase Elliott triumphs in a thrilling 54-lap race, starting 8th and showcasing strategic maneuvers. Kyle Larson and Joey Logano secure 2nd and 3rd places, while Ross Chastain climbs to 4th from 20th.
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Alex Bowman triumphed after starting 16th, highlighting his skill with an ARP of 5.77. Kyle Larson led most laps but finished second, while Chase Elliott secured third. Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski faced setbacks and finished lower than expected.
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Brad Keselowski clinched victory after starting 10th in a race filled with incidents. William Byron finished second, and Michael McDowell surged to third from the back. Key contenders like Kyle Larson and Joey Logano faced setbacks.
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Jeb Burton clinched victory in the 90-lap race, despite starting from 9th. Austin Cindric and AJ Allmendinger secured 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. Major incidents and shifts highlighted the competitive nature of the event.
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John Hunter Nemechek clinched victory by leading the final 17 laps, displaying a stellar ARP of 3.50. He outperformed Kyle Busch, who finished second, and Tyler Ankrum, who surged from 30th to 3rd.
Site Updates
Lap Raptor has added some new features. I find them useful! User accounts are useful By signing up for Lap Raptor, you can now set preferences on what your preferred reports are. The two most popular pages are the Drivers stats list and the race pages, so you can now
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Martin Truex Jr. won a thrilling 500-lap race with an impressive ARP of 3.88 and a notable GR-LR of 3.74. Despite Denny Hamlin leading 406 laps, late-race cautions led to his third-place finish. Chase Elliott finished second.
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Josh Berry clinched victory from 29th position with a stellar average running position of 5.93 and a net gain rating of 4.09. His lead from Lap 78 to Lap 250 set the race dynamics, edging out Noah Gragson and Daniel Hemric.
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Ryan Blaney clinched victory after leading the final 9 laps with an impressive ARP of 2.77. Despite leading 292 laps, Kyle Larson finished 2nd. Alex Bowman showed significant improvement, finishing 3rd.
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Justin Allgaier clinched victory from 6th with strong metrics and a net gain rating of 2.67. Martin Truex Jr., despite leading 108 laps, finished second. The race featured seven caution flags, reshaping the outcome.
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Martin Truex Jr. wins after starting fifth, finishing first with an ARP of 5.58. Joey Logano, leading most of the race, finishes second. Denny Hamlin maintains top rankings and finishes third. Brad Keselowski ends fourth.
Site Updates
First update: the maximum denominator of the retention score weights is now 20 instead of 10 to better represent the realities of the sport. The top twenty cars are competing for playoff spots. 10 and 20 are equally arbitrary, but 20 has that backing it. The original post has been
Stat Dives
Lap Raptor offers two types of retention report: cumulative and per 100 laps. Let's address the columns in chunks, discuss what each stat is useful for and how we can develop a better retention metric that may have predicted the 2020 Champion.
A quick note on a new feature: We've added pages for driver pages at individual races. You can access these from driver pages and race pages. This links to Chase Elliott's championship win. The page has a graph of all that driver's lap times
It's difficult to devise catch all metrics for composite processes. The goal in autoracing is to win races, and the simplest way to do so is to drive faster than everyone else - but driving faster means a lot of things. You can give it 100% all day,