NASCAR Information Monday, June 5, 2017

NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• JEFF GORDON: 84TH CAREER WIN CAME AT POCONO 6/12/11 TYING BOBBY ALLISON & DARRELL WALTRIP
• Darrell Waltrip: 82nd career win came at Pocono 7/19/92 (83rd & 84th wins came in 1992 at Bristol & Darlington)
• Most wins this season: 3 Jimmie Johnson
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson (1 Win)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 6 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 7 Brad Keselowski
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 9 Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most poles this season: 3 Kevin Harvick (Winless) – Failed to win last 10 races after starting first
• Best average start this season: 6.8 Brad Keselowski
• Most laps led this season: 871 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led by winless drivers this season: 603 Kyle Busch
• Kyle Busch: 5 Straight races led – 190 Laps led
• 9 Different winners in 13 races this season
• 6 Winners this season were winless after 13 races last season –
• Kurt Busch, A. Dillon, Larson, Logano, Newman & Stenhouse Jr.
• Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Harvick & Kenseth winless this season – Winners after 13 races last season
• Only 3 winners after 13 races last season & this season – Jimmie Johnson, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
• Kyle Busch: 3 Wins after 13 races last season (Led all drivers) – Winless this season
• Jimmie Johnson: 3 Wins this season – No in-race Stage wins (15 Playoff points – 2nd)
• Stage 1 winner went on to win race twice – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas & Kyle Larson Auto Club
• Stage 2 winner went on to win race only once – Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas
• 10 Drivers won Stages this season –
• 6 Have yet to win a race (Blaney, Kyle Busch, Elliott, Hamlin, Harvick & Kenseth)
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 8 Stage wins (18 Playoff points – Leader) – 2 Race wins (Las Vegas & Kansas May)
• Jimmie Johnson: Last 5 top 5 finishes were all wins
• Jimmie Johnson: 5 Wins starting rear of field – 3 of last 4 wins came starting rear of field
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season:
• Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Texas April & Dover June) & Joey Logano (Richmond April)
• Last 8 Hendrick Motorsports wins all by Jimmie Johnson
• Jimmie Johnson led 18 or fewer laps 3 of last 4 wins
• Kyle Larson: 241 Laps led at Dover – Career-high
• Kyle Larson: Passed 1000 career laps led at Dover
• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 4 races this season
• Kyle Larson: In last 6 2nd-place finishes, Jimmie Johnson won 3 times
• Martin Truex Jr.: 100+ laps led last 3 races (Career-longest streak) – 439 of 1073 (41%)
• Final lead change with 7 or fewer laps to go 8 of 13 races this season
• 10 To go leader failed to win 7 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 3 of 13 races this season – 1 Win last 8 races
• Jimmie Johnson best Chevrolet finisher only 3 times this season – All 3 wins
• Kevin Harvick best Ford finisher at Dover (9th) – First time best Ford finisher
• Martin Truex Jr. best Toyota finisher 5 of last 11 races
• No Ford in top 5 last 2 races – Only races this season no Ford in top 5
• *First time no Ford in back-to-back races since 2016 Daytona 500 & 2016 Atlanta
• Toyota: Only 2 wins this season – Las Vegas & Kansas May (Martin Truex Jr.) – 8 Wins after 13 races last season
• Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless this season – 7 Wins after 13 races last season
• 7 Different teams won this season – Joe Gibbs Racing winless
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless first 13 races this season – First time since 2007 (Winless first 16 races)
• Team Penske & alliance finished 21st or worse at Charlotte
• Team Penske & alliance finished 25th or worse at Dover
• Martin Truex Jr. first driver to sweep every Stage in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race – 2017 Las Vegas
• 2 Won after pit road speeding penalty this season: Kurt Busch Daytona 500 & Brad Keselowski Martinsville April
• Joe Gibbs Racing driver led most laps 4 of last 10 races – Winless
• Kyle Busch failed to win last 4 races after he led most laps – Bristol 8/16, Phoenix March, Martinsville April & Talladega May
• 4 Winners this season have led a total of 71 laps – Newman 37, Stenhouse Jr. 19, A. Dillon 9 & Kurt Busch 6
• Daniel Suarez best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher at Dover – 2nd time best JGR finisher
• Daniel Suarez best Rookie finisher 3 of last 5 races – Best career finish at Dover (6th)
• Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Chris Buescher – Pocono 8/16
• 3 of last 5 wins by Rookie of the Year contenders came at Pocono
• Ford: 5 Wins in 13 races this season – 8 Wins all of last season
• 2 Wins from pole this season: Kyle Larson Auto Club & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega May
• Ryan Newman ended 127-race winless streak this season (Phoenix March)
• Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ended 157-race winless streak this season (Talladega May)
• Austin Dillon ended 132-race winless streak this season (Charlotte May)
• Kyle Busch winless this season – Led with 10 to go in 2 races (Phoenix March & Talladega May)
• First career win for 2 of last 4 race winners – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega) & Austin Dillon (Charlotte)
• Last to win consecutive races: Jimmie Johnson (Texas 4/17 & Bristol 4/17)
• 2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega May
• 4 Overtime races this season – Phoenix March, Auto Club, Talladega May & Dover June
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .095 Seconds – Talladega May (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. over Jamie McMurray)
• Youngest winner: Kyle Larson – 24
• Oldest winner: Jimmie Johnson – 41
• 9 Wins this season by drivers 33-years-old or older
• Roush Fenway Racing ended 101-race winless streak at Talladega May
• Richard Childress Racing ended 112-race winless streak at Phoenix March

2017 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 3 Kyle Larson
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 4 Ryan Blaney (1 Win)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 5 Ryan Blaney & Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Ryan Blaney
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 9 Elliott Sadler
• Best average finish this season: 2.3 Ryan Blaney
• Most laps led this season: 401 Kyle Larson
• Most races led this season: 6 Austin Dillon & Kyle Larson
• 8 Different winners in 11 races this season
• 4 Won first pole this season – Byron, Hemric, B. Jones & Koch
• 13 Won Stages this season – 7 Winless in races
• 4 Won a Stage & went on to win race this season – 3 In last 3 races
• Dash 4 Cash winners this season:
• Justin Allgaier (Phoenix March), Daniel Hemric (Bristol April), Justin Allgaier (Richmond April) & William Byron (Dover June)
• Last NXS & MENCS weekend sweep: 2017 Auto Club – Kyle Larson
• Cole Custer best finisher eligible for championship points last 2 races – Finished 7th Charlotte & 4th Dover
• Brad Keselowski finished 2nd in three races since last win – Texas 11/15
• Pole failed to finish 3 races this season – B. Jones (Daytona Feb.), Logano (Texas April) & Koch (Talladega)
• Ryan Reed (65 Races) & Justin Allgaier (80 Races) ended long winless streaks this season
• Kyle Larson won 3 of his last 4 races
• Last winner dropping to back of field: Ryan Blaney – Charlotte 5/17
• Last previous 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: Erik Jones (Bristol 4/17)
• #22 passed for final lead change 3 races this season – Daytona Feb., Auto Club & Bristol April
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 5 races this season including 3 of last 4
• 10 To go leader failed to win 4 races this season – Daytona Feb., Richmond April, Talladega & Charlotte May
• Team Penske #22 winless since Texas 11/15 – Finished 2nd nine times since last win (6 Times this season)
• Team Penske #22 best Ford finisher 7 races this season
• Team Penske #22 passed for final lead change in 12 races since last win
• Team Penske #12 won 4 of last 5 races competed –
• 2016 Watkins Glen (Logano), Charlotte 10/16 (Logano), 2017 Las Vegas (Logano) & Charlotte 5/17 (Blaney)
• Last 3 Chevrolet wins came with Kyle Larson driving
• 2 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb. & Richmond April
• Cole Custer best Rookie finisher last 2 races – Finished 7th Charlotte & 4th Dover
• Last Rookie of the Year contender to win: Erik Jones (Chicagoland 9/17/16)
• Youngest winner: Erik Jones – 20
• Oldest winner: Aric Almirola – 33
• Top 6 Dover finishers all from different teams – Ganassi, Penske, Gibbs, Stewart-Haas, Roush & JR Motorsports
• Ty Dillon best Childress finisher at Dover (10th) – 2nd time best Childress finisher this season