Keselowski’s Slump

Heading into Las Vegas, there will be commentary about Brad Keselowski’s slump. Entering this week, Keselowski (1468) has lost his last one hundred Cup Series races. Three of Keselowski’s thirty-five career Cup Series victories have come at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

For comparison, the below list enumerates the active Cup Series drivers’ wins in their last 100 starts for those with a minimum of one Cup Series win.

NUMBER OF NASCAR CUP SERIES WINS IN THE DRIVER’S LAST 100 STARTS

  1. Kyle Larson 16
  2. William Byron 9
  3. Chase Elliott 7
  4. Denny Hamlin 7
  5. Kyle Busch 6
  6. Christopher Bell 5
  7. Joey Logano 5
  8. Martin Truex Jr 5
  9. Ryan Blaney 5
  10. Tyler Reddick 5
  11. Alex Bowman 4
  12. Chris Buescher 4
  13. Ross Chastain 4
  14. Bubba Wallace 2
  15. Daniel Suarez 2
  16. Michael McDowell 2
  17. A.J. Allmendinger 1
  18. Austin Cindric 1
  19. Austin Dillon 1
  20. Aric Almirola 1
  21. Cole Custer 1
  22. Erik Jones 1
  23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr 1
  24. Brad Keselowski 0
  25. Chase Briscoe 0
  26. David Ragan 0
  27. Justin Haley 0

Since Austin Cindric has only started 81 Cup Series races, his last-100 win percentage is greater than 1%. For those wagering on NASCAR, the above suggests that one should be cautious of betting drivers at prices less than +1000 on American odds.

(sps – 2024-02-27)