get_driver_info: Get NASCAR driver statistics

In nascaR.data: NASCAR Race Data

Get NASCAR driver statistics

Description

Retrieves and summarizes NASCAR race statistics for a specified driver across different racing series. The function provides flexibility in viewing career summaries, season-by-season breakdowns, or complete race-by-race data.

Usage

get_driver_info(driver, series = "all", type = "summary")

Arguments

driver	Character string of driver name (case-insensitive, fuzzy matching available)
series	Character string specifying the racing series to analyze. Must be one of: 'all' (default) 'Cup' 'Xfinity' 'Truck'
type	Character string specifying the type of summary to return. Must be one of: 'summary' (default): Career statistics grouped by series 'season': Season-by-season statistics for each series 'all': Complete race-by-race data

Value

A tibble containing driver statistics based on the specified type:

• For type = 'summary': Career statistics grouped by series

• For type = 'season': Season-by-season breakdown

• For type = 'all': Complete race-by-race data

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  # Get career summary for Kyle Busch across all series
  get_driver_info("Kyle Busch")

  # Get Cup series statistics only
  get_driver_info("Kyle Busch", series = "cup")

  # Get season-by-season breakdown for Truck series
  get_driver_info("Kyle Busch", series = "truck", type = "season")
}

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