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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.
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
Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at AutoRacingAnalytics.com (Cup data has been updated, other series dropping tonight)
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
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
Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at AutoRacingAnalytics.com (data update set to drop tomorrow tonight)
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
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
Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at AutoRacingAnalytics.com
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
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
Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at AutoRacingAnalytics.com
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
Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at AutoRacingAnalytics.com
Had the ENTIRE 267 laps at Kansas 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
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
Complete lists of where your favorite driver ranks this season for Optimal Lap Rank, Restarts, Passing, Defending and more is available for subscribers at AutoRacingAnalytics.com