Retrieves and summarizes NASCAR race statistics for a specified manufacturer across different racing series. The function provides flexibility in viewing career summaries, season-by-season breakdowns, or complete race-by-race data.
Arguments
- manufacturer
Character string specifying a manufacturer 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 manufacturer 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 Toyota across all series
get_manufacturer_info("Toyota")
# Get Cup series statistics only
get_manufacturer_info("Ford", series = "cup")
# Get season-by-season breakdown for Truck series
get_manufacturer_info("Chevrolet", series = "truck", type = "season")
}