NASCAR Tuesday, February 7, 2017
NASCAR Tuesday, February 7, 2017
NASCAR
2016 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 5 Jimmie Johnson
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Kyle Busch (4 Wins)
Most top 3 finishes: 12 Kyle Busch
Most top 5 finishes: 17 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick
Most top 10 finishes: 27 Kevin Harvick
Best average finish: 9.9 Kevin Harvick
Most laps led: 1809 Martin Truex Jr.
Most laps led by winless driver: 358 Chase Elliott
Most races led: 26 Kyle Busch
Most lead lap finishes: 31 Kurt Busch
Most poles: 6 Carl Edwards (Failed to win last 4 races after winning pole)
Most front-row starts: 10 Carl Edwards & Joey Logano
Most top 5 starts: 18 Carl Edwards
Most top 12 starts: 35 Denny Hamlin (Started 17th at Texas Nov.)
Best average start: 6.3 Denny Hamlin
Most Chase race wins: 3 Jimmie Johnson
Most Chase race 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth & Joey Logano
Most Chase race top 3 finishes: 5 Joey Logano
Most Chase race top 5 finishes: 6 Kyle Busch & Joey Logano
Most Chase race top 10 finishes: 9 Kyle Busch (Finished 30th at Talladega)
Best Chase race average finish: 7.2 Kyle Busch
Most Chase race laps led: 575 Martin Truex Jr.
Most restrictor-plate race wins: 2 Brad Keselowski
Most restrictor-plate race 2nd-place finishes: 2 Kyle Busch (Winless)
Most restrictor-plate top 3 finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (4 Races)
Most restrictor-plate top 5 finishes: 3 Kyle Busch
Most restrictor-plate top 10 finishes: 4 Austin Dillon (Every race)
Best restrictor-plate average finish: 7.0 Austin Dillon
Most restrictor-plate laps led: 252 Brad Keselowski (34%)
Most restrictor-plate races led: 4 Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin & Brad Keselowski (Every race)
Most 1.5-mile wins: 3 Jimmie Johnson
Most 1.5-mile 2nd-place finishes: 3 Joey Logano (Winless)
Most 1.5-mile top 3 finishes: 5 Jimmie Johnson & Joey Logano
Most 1.5-mile top 5 finishes: 7 Jimmie Johnson
Most 1.5-mile top 10 finishes: 9 Kyle Busch & Kevin Harvick
Best 1.5-mile average finish: 7.6 Kyle Busch
Most 1.5-mile laps led: 883 Martin Truex Jr. (Kevin Harvick 2nd most 457 behind)
Most 1.5-mile races led: 8 Kyle Busch & Joey Logano
Most short track wins: 2 Carl Edwards
Most short track top 3 finishes: 3 Denny Hamlin
Most short track top 10 finishes: 5 Joey Logano
Most short track laps led: 689 Kyle Busch
Most short track races led: 5 Matt Kenseth
13 Different winners in 36 races last season
5 Different winners in 10 Playoff races last season – Jimmie Johnson led all with 3 Playoff race wins
Kyle Busch only Championship 4 driver winless in Playoff races last season
Jimmie Johnson won first race in Round of 12, Round of 8 and won Championship 4 race
Best Playoff finisher last race: Jimmie Johnson (3 Wins last 7 Playoff races)
Worst Playoff finisher last race: Carl Edwards (Finished 34th)
Best non-Playoff finisher last 2 races: Kyle Larson (3rd at Phoenix & 2nd at Homestead-Miami)
Austin Dillon raced into Round of 12 – Dover pre-race -5 & post-race +11
Denny Hamlin raced into Round of 8 – Talladega pre-race -6 & post race 0
Chris Buescher, Kyle Larson, Jamie McMurray & Tony Stewart eliminated Round of 16
Austin Dillon, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr. eliminated Round of 12
Kurt Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Matt Kenseth eliminated Round of 8
Carl Edwards: 6 Poles last season (Career-high) – Only 1 win from pole (Bristol April)
Kevin Harvick: Started 1st in 6 races last season – Only 2 pole wins (Charlotte Oct. & Homestead-Miami)
3 Won back-to-back races last season – Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards & Brad Keselowski
Last to win consecutive races: Brad Keselowski (Daytona 7/16 & Kentucky 7/16)
Kevin Harvick started outside top 10 last 5 wins
Worst starting position of winner last season: 24th – Kevin Harvick (Bristol Aug.)
Jimmie Johnson ended career-longest 24-race winless streak at Charlotte 10/9/16
*Ended previous career-longest winless streak at Kansas 10/9/11 (21 Races)
Best finisher dropping to rear of field last season: Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Homestead-Miami)
Last to win previously after dropping to rear of field: Brad Keselowski (Talladega 10/14)
Last winner in backup car: Kurt Busch – Michigan 6/15
2 Winners after free pass last season: Chris Buescher (Pocono Aug.) & Martin Truex Jr. (Chicagoland)
10 Speeding penalties by 9 drivers at Richmond Sept. (Chase Elliott 2 penalties)
11 Speeding penalties by 9 drivers at Chicagoland (Mears & Ragan 2 penalties)
2 Won after pit road speeding penalties last season: Brad Keselowski Las Vegas & Chris Buescher Pocono Aug.
Brad Keselowski pit road speeding Las Vegas, Martinsville April, Bristol April & Richmond Sept.
Chase Elliott pit road speeding Martinsville April, Charlotte May, Kentucky & Richmond Sept.
Denny Hamlin 10 pit road speeding penalties in 8 races last season
Kyle Larson pit road speeding penalties in 5 races last season
Jimmie Johnson pit road speeding penalties in 6 races last season
Denny Hamlin uncontrolled tire penalties Phoenix March, Richmond April, New Hampshire Sept. & Kansas Oct.
Matt Kenseth lost 3 races last season after leading with 10 to go
Mid-race leader failed to win 15 of last 16 races
Pole failed to finish 3 of last 7 races
Leader of most laps failed to win last 6 races
Matt Kenseth passed for final lead change 6 races last season including 3 of last 9 Playoff races
Denny Hamlin passed for final lead change 3 races last season
Carl Edwards passed for final lead change by Kevin Harvick 2 races last season – Phoenix March & Kansas Oct.
Matt Kenseth winless last 3 races after leading most laps – Kansas 10/15, Kansas Oct. & Martinsville Oct.
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 5 races last season
Kevin Harvick led most laps 6 races last season – 1 Win (Phoenix March)
Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 6 races last season – 2 Wins (Charlotte May & Dover Oct.)
Final lead change with 8 or fewer laps to go 9 of 36 races last season
2 Races settled by last lap passes last season – Daytona 500 & Richmond April
2 Last lap passes last season involved all 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers
Chevrolet: 5 Wins last 9 races
Ford: 2 Wins last 5 races (Winless previous 10 races)
Toyota: 1 Win last 7 races – Texas
Joey Logano best Ford finisher 5 of last 6 races including last 3
Chase Elliott best Rookie finisher 3 of last 4 races
Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Chris Buescher – Pocono 8/16
Last previous Rookie of the Year contender to win: Joey Logano – New Hampshire 6/09
10 Overtime races last season – Leader at scheduled distance won 7
Youngest winner: Chris Buescher – 23
Oldest winner: Tony Stewart – 45
Joey Logano youngest winner of season in 2012, ’13, ’14 & ‘15
6 Different winners in 11 races on 1.5-mile track last season – 5 Different teams & 3 different manufacturers
3 Winners in 4 restrictor-plate races last season – Brad Keselowski won 2 of last 3
Team Penske won 3 of 4 restrictor-plate races last season
5 Different winners in 6 short track races last season – Carl Edwards: 2 Wins (Bristol April & Richmond April)
Joe Gibbs Racing drivers won 4 of 6 short track races last season
Closest margin-of-victory last season: .010 Seconds – Daytona 500 & Phoenix March
Brad Keselowski won 2 of top 5 races with the closest margin-of-victory last season
Martin Truex Jr. won 2 of the 3 races with largest margin-of-victory (Charlotte May & Dover Oct.)
3 Crew chiefs won first career race last season – 2 from Stewart-Haas Racing
Richard Childress Racing winless last 109 races – Last win: Phoenix 11/13 (Kevin Harvick)
Roush Fenway Racing winless last 92 races – Last win: 2014 Sonoma (Carl Edwards)
Hendrick Motorsports ended 24-race winless streak at Charlotte Oct. (Jimmie Johnson)
Last 5 Hendrick Motorsports wins all by Jimmie Johnson
Austin Dillon best Richard Childress Racing finisher 19 of 36 races last season
Kyle Busch best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 2 races
Greg Biffle best Roush Fenway Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races
Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 5 of last 6 races including last 4
Joe Gibbs Racing 1 win last 10 races – Carl Edwards at Texas
Team Penske 2 wins last 5 races
Hendrick Motorsports 3 wins last 7 races
3 Rescheduled races last season – Both Pocono races & Charlotte Oct.
2 Shortened races last season – Pocono Aug. & Texas Nov.
Qualifying cancelled 6 races last season – Kevin Harvick started 1st four times
Most laps led from start of race last season: 93 – Kevin Harvick (Darlington)
Most consecutive laps led in a race last season: 175 – Matt Kenseth (Martinsville Oct.)
Most laps led in a race last season: 392 – Martin Truex Jr. (Coca-Cola 600)
Most laps led to end of race last season: 174 – Kyle Busch (Martinsville April)
Most lead changes & leaders last season: 37 & 17 Talladega May
Fewest cautions last season: 3 Atlanta
Most cautions last season: 16 Richmond Sept.
Fewest caution laps last season: 10 Sonoma
Most caution laps last season: 106 Bristol Aug.
Most green laps from start & longest green flag run: 210 Atlanta
Most green laps to finish: 202 Dover Oct.
Shortest race last season: 2:27:29 Michigan Aug.
Longest race last season: 3:57:54 Darlington
Most lead lap finishers last season: 35 Sonoma
Fewest lead lap finishers last season: 6 Dover Oct.
3 Fastest in final practice won last season: Kevin Harvick (Phoenix March), Martin Truex Jr. (Charlotte May) & Kyle Busch (Indianapolis)
2016 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Most wins: 10 Kyle Busch
Most 2nd-place finishes: 5 Ty Dillon (Winless) & Erik Jones (4 Wins)
Most top 3 finishes: 13 Kyle Busch
Most top 5 finishes: 19 Daniel Suarez (8 Straight)
Most top 10 finishes: 29 Elliott Sadler (17 in last 18 races)
Best average finish (Every race): 6.8 Elliott Sadler
Most laps led: 2052 Kyle Busch (Kyle Larson 2nd 1401 laps behind)
Most laps led by winless driver: 249 Brad Keselowski
Most races led: 21 Erik Jones (9 Straight races led – 227 Laps led)
Most poles: 9 Kyle Busch & Erik Jones
Most Chase race wins: 2 Kyle Busch & Daniel Suarez
Most Chase race 2nd-place finishes: 2 Ty Dillon & Elliott Sadler
Most Chase race top 3 finishes: 5 Daniel Suarez
Most Chase race top 5 finishes: 7 Daniel Suarez (Every race)
Most Chase race top 10 finishes: 7 Daniel Suarez (Every race)
Best Average Chase race finish (Chase driver): 2.9 Daniel Suarez
Most Chase race laps led: 340 Kyle Busch
Most Playoff races led: 7 Erik Jones (Every race)
Most restrictor-plate race 2nd-place finishes: 2 Justin Allgaier (Winless)
Most restrictor-plate top 3 finishes: 2 Justin Allgaier
Most restrictor-plate top 10 finishes: 3 Chase Elliott & Brendan Gaughan (Every race)
*Best restrictor-plate average finish: 5.3 Justin Allgaier (*More than 1 race)
Most restrictor-plate laps led: 105 Joey Logano (31%)
Most 1.5-mile wins: 5 Kyle Busch (Only driver to win more than once)
Most 1.5-mile 2nd-place finishes: 2 Austin Dillon, Kyle Larson, Elliott Sadler & Daniel Suarez
Most 1.5-mile top 3 finishes: 6 Daniel Suarez
Most 1.5-mile top 5 finishes: 8 Daniel Suarez
Most 1.5-mile track top 10 finishes: 10 Elliott Sadler
Most 1.5-mile laps led: 957 Kyle Busch (44%)
Most short track wins: 2 Erik Jones
Most short track 2nd-place finishes: 3 Ty Dillon (Winless)
Most short track top 3 finishes: 3 Ty Dillon & Erik Jones
Most short track top 5 finishes: 4 Elliott Sadler
Most short track top 10 finishes: 5 Justin Allgaier, Ty Dillon & Elliott Sadler
Most short track laps led: 294 Kyle Larson
Most short track races led: 5 Erik Jones
14 Different winners in 33 races last season
5 Different winners in 7 Playoff races last season – 2 NXS regulars (Sadler & Suarez)
5 Won in their first Xfinity Series race last season – 3 in Joe Gibbs Racing #18
Joe Gibbs Racing won 6 of last 9 races with 3 different drivers – Kyle Busch, Erik Jones & Daniel Suarez
Best Playoff finisher last race: Daniel Suarez Winner
Worst Playoff finisher last race: Erik Jones 9th
Best non-Chase NXS finisher last 2 races: Ty Dillon 7th at Phoenix & 2nd at Homestead-Miami
Erik Jones raced into Round of 8 – Charlotte pre-race -4 & post-race +6
Justin Allgaier raced into Championship 4 – Phoenix pre-race -1 & post race +4
Ty Dillon, Brandon Jones, Brennan Poole & Ryan Sieg eliminated Round of 12
Brendan Gaughan, Blake Koch, Ryan Reed & Darrell Wallace Jr. eliminated Round of 8
12 Wins by drivers eligible for championship points last season
10 Wins by Xfinity Series regulars last season – Erik Jones (4), Elliott Sadler (3) & Daniel Suarez (3)
4 of last 8 races won by Xfinity Series regulars – Erik Jones, Elliott Sadler & Daniel Suarez
Last NXS & MENCS weekend sweep: 2016 Indianapolis – Kyle Busch
Daniel Suarez best NXS regular last race – First time best NXS regular in last 5 races
11 of 33 races won from pole last season – Kyle Busch won 8 (5 on 1.5-mile tracks)
22 of 33 races won by drivers starting from first 2 rows last season
30 of 33 races won by drivers starting top 10 last season
Erik Jones failed to finish 3 races last season after winning pole – Charlotte May, Bristol Aug. & Kentucky Sept.
Best finish after starting rear of field last season: 2nd – Justin Allgaier (Bristol Aug.)
Last winner after dropping to back of field: Marcos Ambrose – 2011 Montreal
Last 2 wins after free-pass: Kyle Busch (2014 & ‘16 Kansas)
Last winner after speeding penalty: Daniel Suarez (2016 Michigan)
Last to win 3 consecutive NXS races: Kyle Busch Kentucky 7/16, 2016 New Hampshire & 2016 Indianapolis
Joe Gibbs Racing: 23 Pole wins last season
#22 Passed for final lead change 8 of 33 races last season – 2 By last lap pass
Justin Allgaier passed for final lead change 3 of last 6 races
Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change 4 races last season (Winless)
Joey Logano passed for final lead change 3 races last season
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change twice last season – 1 on last lap & 1 with 2 to go
10 To go leader failed to win 10 races last season
4 Races settled by last lap pass last season – Auto Club, Talladega, Charlotte May & Daytona July
Joey Logano passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 races settled by last lap pass
Winner led only final lap in 2 races last season – Austin Dillon (Auto Club) & Elliott Sadler (Talladega)
Team Penske #22 winless since Texas 11/15
Chevrolet: 6 Wins last 13 races
Ford: 1 Win last 13 races – Joey Logano (Charlotte)
Toyota: 6 Wins last 9 races – Winless previous 5 races
8 Overtime races last season – Leader at scheduled distance failed to win 4 of last 7
Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Erik Jones (Chicagoland 9/17/16)
Youngest winner: Erik Jones – 19
Oldest winner: Dale Earnhardt Jr. – 41 Y, 6 M, 13 D
2nd oldest winner: Elliott Sadler – 41 Y, 4 M, 25 D
Elliott Sadler only driver to win NXS race on birthday (41) – Talladega 4/30/16
7 Different winners in 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks last season – 8 Wins by Joe Gibbs Racing drivers
#18 won 6 of 11 races on 1.5-mile tracks last season – Kyle Busch 5 & Denny Hamlin 1
5 Different winners in 6 short track races last season – Erik Jones won twice (Bristol April & Iowa July)
3 Winners in 3 restrictor-plate races last season – 2 JR Motorsports (Chase Elliott & Elliott Sadler)
3 Different winners in 3 road course races last season
Closest margin-of-victory last season: Daytona Feb. .043 seconds (Chase Elliott over Joey Logano)