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Breaking down why drivers win races: speed, restarts, traffic management, clean driving
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Still too draggy. Still too much grip.

Going the right way, but need more

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🤯🤯🤯

[Jeff Gluck @jeff_gluck]

Christopher Bell has a flat tire and comes back to pit road. Oh man, what a disaster.

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Is a solution not to make the gas tank smaller, increase tire wear (lower grip package) so that they need 4 tires every time, and then make the fuel take less time than tires?

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Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at https://t.co/Vf3YVkQm7P (Cup data has been updated, other series dropping tonight)

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Best Restarters in Cup Series 2026 on Non-Drafting Ovals

Hocevar is on track to be the restarter of the year and set an ARA record for Restart Positions Net in a season, however Briscoe, Reddick, Wallace, and Larson are not fully out of the fight yet.

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Restarts are measured from just before choose to 2 laps after the green flag.

Positions Net is the total number of positions gained and lost

Retention Rate is the percentage of restarts on which a driver maintains or improves his position

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Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at https://t.co/Vf3YVkQm7P (data update set to drop tomorrow tonight)

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Had the ENTIRE 312 laps at Phoenix been based on if each driver achieved the result of their Optimal Lap Model for every lap, this is approximately where the fastest cars would've finished on track

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Optimal Lap Model takes into account when drivers are in dirty air/clean air, tire degradation, and a driver's lap time inconsistency to estimate the expected best possible lap time of the car for each lap through a run

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@dav1dtj0n35 @chasebriscoe @CBellRacing @dennyhamlin @Blaney @KyleLarsonRacin So if you read the explanation below the original post, that’s actually exactly what we’ve done here 👍🏻

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Had the ENTIRE 267 laps at Charlotte been based on if each driver achieved the result of their Optimal Lap Model for every lap, this is approximately where the fastest cars would've finished on track

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Wanted to revisit this take. Are all the haters from February understanding the vision now?

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The Corey Day hate is going to be going wild on this app. Do not be fooled. That one will soon be a top Cup prospect

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Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at https://t.co/Vf3YVkQTXn

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Optimal Lap Model takes into account when drivers are in dirty air/clean air, tire degradation, and a driver's lap time inconsistency to estimate the expected best possible lap time of the car for each lap through a run

[Auto Racing Analytics @AR_Analytics]

Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at https://t.co/Vf3YVkQm7P

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Had the ENTIRE 267 laps at Las Vegas been based on if each driver achieved the result of their Optimal Lap Model for every lap, this is approximately where the fastest cars would've finished on track

[Auto Racing Analytics @AR_Analytics]

Optimal Lap Model takes into account when drivers are in dirty air/clean air, tire degradation, and a driver's lap time inconsistency to estimate the expected best possible lap time of the car for each lap through a run

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Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at https://t.co/Vf3YVkQTXn

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This is each driver's Avg Gap to their Optimal Lap Time on any given lap. So it's the average amount they missed what we measured to be their "optimal" lap time using our model for that car and tire wear

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Top 10 Best Lap Time Consistencies on Intermediate Tracks