NASCAR Chicagoland Sunday, June 24, 2018

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES CHICAGOLAND STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Chicagoland races: 17 Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick & Matt Kenseth
• Most Chicagoland wins: 3 Tony Stewart
• Most Chicagoland 2nd-place finishes: 3 Jeff Gordon & Jimmie Johnson
• Most Chicagoland top 3 finishes: 6 Kevin Harvick
• Most Chicagoland top 5 finishes: 9 Kevin Harvick
• Most Chicagoland top 10 finishes: 11 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Chicagoland laps led: 695 Jimmie Johnson
• Most 1.5-mile track wins this season: 3 Kevin Harvick (Kyle Busch won other 2)
• Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Martin Truex Jr. (Winless)
• Most 1.5-mile track top 3 finishes this season: 4 Kevin Harvick
• Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 4 Kevin Harvick & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes this season: 5 Kyle Busch (Every race)
• Best 1.5-mile track average finish this season: 4.2 Kyle Busch
• Most 1.5-mile track laps led this season: 561 Kevin Harvick
• Most 1.5-mile track races led this season: 4 Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano
• Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Wins on 1.5-mile tracks last season – Winless in 5 races this season
• Martin Truex Jr.: 20 Laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season
• 12 Different winners in 17 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Chicagoland races
• Martin Truex Jr. won 2017 Chicagoland race after receiving pit road speeding penalty
• Brad Keselowski (2) & Martin Truex Jr. (2) won 4 of last 6 Chicagoland races
• Stewart (2011), Keselowski (2012) & Truex Jr. (2017) only drivers to win Chicagoland & championship in same season
• Jimmie Johnson: 0 for 16 at Chicagoland
• 2 Won consecutive Chicagoland races – Kevin Harvick (2001 & ’02) & Martin Truex Jr. (2016 & ’17)
• 3 of last 7 Chicagoland winners went on to win championship
• Every driver running at finish last 3 Chicagoland races – 2015, ’16 & ‘17
• Chase Elliott finished 2nd last Chicagoland race – Post-race penalty dropped from 6th to 8th in points
• Leader of most laps failed to win 7 of last 8 Chicagoland races – Jimmie Johnson three times
• Kyle Busch led most laps 2 of last 3 Chicagoland races – Finished 9th in 2015 & 15th in 2017
• 6 Won first race of season at Chicagoland
• Toyota: 6 Chicagoland wins – 4 Wins last 5 races including 3 straight
• Chevrolet: Winless last 6 Chicagoland races
• Ford: 1 Chicagoland win – 2014 Brad Keselowski
• No Chicagoland MENCS wins for Roush Fenway Racing
• Only 1 Chicagoland race won from first starting position – Kyle Busch 2008
• Kyle Busch started first in 4 Chicagoland races – Only 1 pole win (2017)
• Winner took lead for first time on lap 110 or later in 7 Chicagoland races
• Tony Stewart: 3 Chicagoland wins – All were first wins of season
• Tony Stewart won both rescheduled Chicagoland races (2007 & ’11)
• Kevin Harvick only Chicagoland winner in first try
• 4 Won Chicagoland for first time in 4th try
• Matt Kenseth won Chicagoland in 13th try – Most of all drivers
• Drivers starting first finished 8th or better 12 of last 16 Chicagoland races
• Worst start position of Chicagoland winner: 32nd – Kevin Harvick 2002
• 5 Joe Gibbs Racing Chicagoland wins (Most all-time) by 4 drivers – Stewart 2, Kyle Busch 1, Hamlin 1 & Kenseth 1
• 3 Team Penske Chicagoland wins – Ryan Newman 2003, Brad Keselowski 2012 & ‘14
• 2 Furniture Row Racing Chicagoland wins – Martin Truex Jr. 2016 & ‘17
• 2 Hendrick Motorsports Chicagoland wins – Jeff Gordon 2006 & Mark Martin 2009
• 2 Richard Childress Racing Chicagoland wins – Kevin Harvick 2001 & ‘02
• 1 Stewart-Haas Racing Chicagoland win – Tony Stewart 2011
• Roush Fenway Racing winless at Chicagoland

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES CHICAGOLAND STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Chicagoland races: 15 Elliott Sadler
• Most Chicagoland wins: 4 Kyle Busch
• Most Chicagoland 2nd-place finishes: 3 Carl Edwards, Matt Kenseth & Kyle Larson
• Most Chicagoland top 3 finishes: 7 Kyle Busch
• Most Chicagoland top 5 finishes: 8 Kyle Busch
• Most Chicagoland top 10 finishes: 9 Elliott Sadler
• Most Chicagoland laps led: 1039 Kyle Busch (Carl Edwards 2nd with 276)
• Most 1.5-mile track 2nd-place finishes this season: 2 Christopher Bell
• Most 1.5-mile track top 3 finishes this season: 4 Christopher Bell
• Most 1.5-mile track top 5 finishes this season: 4 Christopher Bell
• Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes this season: 4 Christopher Bell & Elliott Sadler
• Most 1.5-mile track laps led this season: 165 Ryan Blaney
• Most 1.5-mile track races led this season: 3 Christopher Bell
• 14 Different winners in 22 NASCAR Xfinity Series Chicagoland races
• Erik Jones won 2 of last 4 Chicagoland races
• Only 1 swept Chicagoland Xfinity Series & Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races in same weekend – Kyle Busch 2008
• Last 2 Chicagoland NXS winners were full-time NXS drivers – Erik Jones (9/16) & Justin Allgaier (9/17)
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of last 4 Chicagoland races – JR Motorsports won last Chicagoland race
• Winner took lead for first time on lap 130 or later in 9 Chicagoland races
• Winner led lap 1 only twice at Chicagoland – Kyle Busch 9/13 & 9/15
• 5 Won Chicagoland in first try
• Brad Keselowski & Elliott Sadler won Chicagoland for first time in 6th try – Most of all drivers
• 2 Chicagoland races won from pole – Kyle Busch 9/13 & 9/15
• Worst starting position of Chicagoland winner: 34th – Justin Labonte 2004
• 2 Won a Chicagoland race & championship in same season – Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 9/12 & Chase Elliott 7/14
• Leader of most laps failed to win 6 of last 10 Chicagoland races
• Most laps led by winner: 195 – Kyle Busch 9/13
• Most laps led by non-winner: 154 – Kyle Busch 9/16
• Kyle Busch led final 170 laps 9/13
• Joey Logano passed for final lead change by Kyle Busch twice
• Erik Jones passed for final lead change last Chicagoland race – Finished 18th
• 2 Chicagoland races settled by last lap pass
• 5 Won first race of season at Chicagoland
• 4 Won first career race at Chicagoland – Last: 2006 Casey Mears