NASCAR Information Sunday, June 2, 2019

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES MICHIGAN STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 4 Kyle Busch
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Alex Bowman & Joey Logano
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Busch
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 8 Kyle Busch
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 13 Kyle Busch
• Best average finish this season: 6.4 Kyle Busch
• Best average finish this season of winless drivers: 10.3 Kurt Busch
• Most laps led this season: 769 Brad Keselowski – 705 Laps led all of last season (259 Laps led at this point last season)
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 359 Ryan Blaney
• Most races led this season: 12 Kyle Busch (No laps led Atlanta & Martinsville) – 8 Straight races led (402 Laps led)
• Most lead lap finishes this season: 13 Kyle Busch
• Most poles this season: 3 William Byron & Kevin Harvick
• Most front row starts this season: 6 William Byron
• 4 Speeding penalties by 4 drivers at Pocono
• Daniel Suarez (Finished 8th), Ryan Preece (23rd), Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (32nd), Matt Tifft (33rd)
• Kyle Busch: 1 Michigan win (8/11) – 32 Wins since (Winless last 14 Michigan races)
• Kyle Busch: 51 Wins since 2008 (Started with Gibbs in 2008) – Leads all drivers (Jimmie Johnson 50 wins)
• 4 Won first race of season from this point to Playoffs last year:
• Erik Jones (Daytona), Chase Elliott (Watkins Glen), Kurt Busch (Bristol) & Brad Keselowski (Darlington)
• Michigan drivers Brad Keselowski & William Byron finished 2nd & 3rd at Pocono
• 8/19/00: Jimmie Johnson asked advice from Jeff Gordon before Michigan Xfinity Series race
• 9/22/00: Hendrick signed Jimmie Johnson to race Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series
• 6 Different winners in 14 races this season – 4 Won multiple races (Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Keselowski & Truex Jr.)
• 8 Different pole winners in 14 races this season
• 2 Finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2 this season & won race – Brad Keselowski (Atlanta) & Kyle Busch (Pocono)
• Kyle Larson won Pocono Stage 1 & 2 – Finished 26th
• Kyle Busch & Joey Logano lead all with 5 Stage wins each this season
• Kevin Harvick: 3 Stage wins this season (All on 1.5-mile tracks) – Winless
• Kyle Larson: 3 Stage wins this season – Winless
• Kyle Busch: 6 Win streaks (Consecutive wins) – 1 in 2008 & 5 since 2015 (After return from injury)
• Kyle Busch only driver to win consecutive races this season – Phoenix March & Auto Club
• Kyle Busch: 1 Win last 6 races – 3 Wins previous 5 races
• Brad Keselowski: 3 Wins in 14 races this season (3 Wins all last season) – Winless first 24 races last season
• Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins last 6 races – Winless previous 25 races
• Martin Truex Jr.: 3 Wins this season – Finished 20th, 19th & 35th in races following wins
• Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 6 races (3 Wins) – 3 Others 1 win each
• Pole winless last 31 races (All-time longest streak) – Previous longest streak: 30 Races (7/31/11 Indianapolis to 6/3/12 Dover)
• Last win from pole: Martin Truex Jr. 2018 Kentucky
• No Toyota poles this season – 9 Toyota wins this season
• Hendrick Motorsports: 6 Poles this season – 1 Win
• Daniel Hemric passed for final lead change at Pocono – Finished 13th
• Daniel Hemric best Rookie of the Year contender 4 of last 6 races including Pocono
• Youngest winner: Chase Elliott – 23
• Oldest winners: Martin Truex Jr. & Denny Hamlin – 38
• 12 of 14 races this season won by drivers 33-years-old & older
• Chase Elliott only under-25 driver to win this season – 23-Years-old
• 3 Teams won 14 races this season – Joe Gibbs Racing (9), Team Penske (4) & Hendrick Motorsports (1)
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 6 of last 8 races with 3 different drivers – Truex Jr. (3), Kyle Busch (2) & Denny Hamlin (1)
• Team Penske won 3 of first 6 races this season – 1 Win last 8 races (Kansas)
• Kyle Busch-Adam Stevens: 26 Cup wins together (19 NASCAR Xfinity Series wins together)
• Hendrick Motorsports: 8 Top 5 finishers last 5 races – 2 Top 5 finishers previous 9 races
• Joe Gibbs Racing, Team Penske, Joe Gibbs Racing, Hendrick Motorsports finished 1-4 last 2 races
• 3 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 6 at Pocono – Martin Truex Jr. finished 35th
• 3 Stewart-Haas Racing drivers finished top 10 at Pocono – Kevin Harvick finished 22nd
• 3 Winners after receiving pit road speeding penalty this season
• Kyle Busch (Auto Club), Denny Hamlin (Texas March) & Chase Elliott (Talladega April)
• 2019 NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
• Most wins this season: 3 Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch & Cole Custer
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 3 Justin Allgaier & Tyler Reddick
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 7 Tyler Reddick
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 10 Tyler Reddick
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 11 Tyler Reddick
• Best average finish this season of drivers competing in every race: 4.2 Tyler Reddick
• Most laps led this season: 538 Christopher Bell
• Most laps led by non-winner this season: 265 Justin Allgaier (5th most of all drivers)
• Christopher Bell is only driver to lead laps every race this season
• Cole Custer: 5 Career wins – 3 This season (3 Wins last 8 races)
• Tyler Reddick: 9 Straight top 5 finishes – Career-long streak
• Tyler Reddick: 10 Top 5 finishes in 12 races this season – 7 Top 5 finishes all last season
• Chase Briscoe: Best finish since 2018 Charlotte Roval win – 3rd (Pocono)
• Christopher Bell: 3 Wins this season – 1 Win at this point last season (7 Wins last season – Led all drivers)
• Noah Gragson: 2 Straight top 10 finishes – Only 1 top 10 finish previous 7 races
• Austin Cindric: Finished 11th or better last 9 races – 8 Top 10 finishes (6 Straight top 10 finishes)
• Michael Annett: 8 Top 10 finishes this season – 3 Top 10 finishes all of last season (3 Straight top 10 finishes)
• 5 Different winners in 12 races this season
• Last 6 races won by 3 of 4 Championship 4 drivers from last season –
• Bell (Bristol & Dover), Custer (Richmond & Pocono) & Reddick (Talladega & Charlotte)
• Christopher Bell & Cole Custer leads all with 5 Stage wins each this season
• Justin Allgaier: 4 Stage wins this season – Winless
• Stage 1 winner won only 3 races this season – Christopher Bell (Atlanta), Tyler Reddick (Talladega) & Cole Custer (Pocono)
• Stage 2 winner won only 3 races this season – Christopher Bell (Atlanta), Cole Custer (Richmond April) & Tyler Reddick (Charlotte)
• Tyler Reddick never won back-to-back races
• 9 of 12 races this season won by drivers who started first 2 rows – 1 From pole (Cole Custer – Pocono)
• 1 Winner from pole last 18 races – Cole Custer (Pocono)
• Christopher Bell: Failed to finish 2 of 3 races after winning pole this season
• Christopher Bell: Failed to finish 3 of last 4 races after starting on pole – All due to crashes
• Tyler Reddick passed for final lead change 3 races this season including final lap at Pocono (Finished 2nd)
• 1 Race settled by last lap pass this season (Pocono) – Cole Custer passed Tyler Reddick
• Tyler Reddick passed for lead on final lap 3 times – Twice by Cole Custer (Texas 11/18 & 2019 Pocono)
• Tyler Reddick best Chevrolet finisher 6 of last 8 races
• Cole Custer best Ford finisher 7 of 12 races this season
• Christopher Bell best Toyota finisher 4 of last 6 races
• 2 Overtime races this season – Las Vegas & Pocono
• Chase Briscoe best Rookie finisher 7 of last 9 races
• Youngest winner: Cole Custer – 21
• Oldest winner: Kyle Busch – 33
• 8 of 12 races this season won by drivers 21-24 years-old
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .116 Seconds – Daytona Feb. (Michael Annett over Justin Allgaier)