NASCAR Information Sunday, June 25, 2017

2017 MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most wins this season: 3 Jimmie Johnson
• Most 2nd-place finishes this season: 5 Kyle Larson (2 Wins)
• Most top 3 finishes this season: 7 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 9 Brad Keselowski
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 11 Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most poles this season: 3 Kevin Harvick & Kyle Larson
• Best average start this season: 7.2 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led this season: 963 Martin Truex Jr.
• Most laps led by winless drivers this season: 746 Kyle Busch (2nd most laps led this season)
• Kyle Busch: 8 Straight races led – 333 Laps led
• 11 Different winners in 16 races this season
• 8 Different winners from 8 different teams in last 8 races this season
• 8 Different teams won this season – Joe Gibbs Racing winless
• 2 Different winners in 2 restrictor-plate races this season
• Ford won last 5 restrictor-plate races – 3 Different teams (Penske 3, Roush 1 & Stewart-Haas 1)
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: .095 Seconds – Talladega May (Ricky Stenhouse Jr. over Jamie McMurray)
• 3 Won first career race this season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega, Austin Dillon Charlotte & Ryan Blaney Pocono
• 5 Winners this season were winless after 16 races last season –
• Blaney, A. Dillon, Larson, Newman & Stenhouse Jr.
• Joe Gibbs Racing drivers Kyle Busch, Hamlin & Kenseth winless this season – Winners after 16 races last season
• Kyle Busch: 3 Wins after 16 races last season (Led all drivers) – Winless this season
• Jimmie Johnson only repeat winner last 11 races (3 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
• 14 Won since Kyle Busch’s last win (2016 Indianapolis) – 32-Race winless streak
• Martin Truex Jr. first driver to sweep every Stage in Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race – 2017 Las Vegas
• 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
• Jimmie Johnson: 3 Wins this season – 1 Stage win (Sonoma Stage 1)
• Ryan Blaney first to win race without finishing top 10 in Stages during race – Pocono June
• Kevin Harvick 2nd to win race without finishing top 10 in Stages during race – Sonoma June
• Martin Truex Jr.: Stage 1 winner 3 of last 4 races – Winless in those races
• Kyle Busch: 4 Stage wins this season (All Stage 1) – Stage 1 winner in 3 of last 6 races (Winless this season)
• 5 Won Stage 1 & Stage 2 – Only 1 went on to win race (Martin Truex Jr. Las Vegas)
• Martin Truex Jr. leads all with 11 Stage wins (21 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
• Jimmie Johnson started rear of field 4 races this season – Most of all drivers
• 2 Won after pit road speeding penalty this season: Kurt Busch Daytona 500 & Brad Keselowski Martinsville April
• Kyle Busch winless this season – Led with 10 to go in 3 races (Phoenix March, Talladega May & Pocono June)
• First career win for 3 of last 7 race winners – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (Talladega), Austin Dillon (Charlotte) & Ryan Blaney (Pocono)
• Last 8 Hendrick Motorsports wins all by Jimmie Johnson
• Brad Keselowski passed for final lead change at Sonoma – Finished 3rd
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 5 of last 13 races
• Jimmie Johnson led 18 or fewer laps 3 of last 4 wins
• 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. led most laps 3 of last 6 races – 1 Win (Kansas May)
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 9 of 16 races this season
• Leader of most laps won only 4 of 16 races this season
• Joe Gibbs Racing driver led most laps 5 of last 13 races – Winless
• Kyle Busch failed to win last 5 races after he led most laps –
• Bristol 8/16, Phoenix March, Martinsville April, Talladega May & Pocono June
• 4 Winners this season have led a total of 74 laps – Newman 37, Stenhouse Jr. 22, A. Dillon 9 & Kurt Busch 6
• 10 To go leader failed to win 8 races this season – 3 of last 5 times Kyle Busch was leading with 10 to go
• 2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Daytona 500 & Talladega May
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. best Chevrolet finisher only once this season – Finished 6th at Sonoma
• Kevin Harvick best Ford finisher 2 of last 4 races – Only time best Ford finisher
• Denny Hamlin best Toyota finisher last 2 races
• Ford: 7 Wins in 16 races this season – 8 Wins all of last season (Only 3 wins at this point last season)
• Toyota: Only 2 wins this season – Las Vegas & Kansas May (Martin Truex Jr.) – 8 Wins after 16 races last season
• Joe Gibbs Racing: Winless this season – 7 Wins after 16 races last season
• Roush Fenway Racing ended 101-race winless streak at Talladega May
• Richard Childress Racing ended 112-race winless streak at Phoenix March
• Joe Gibbs Racing winless first 16 races this season – Winless first 16 races in 2007
• Paul Menard best Richard Childress Racing finisher last race – First time best RCR finisher in last 6 races
• Denny Hamlin best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher last 2 races
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. best Hendrick Motorsports finisher 2 of last 5 races
• Kevin Harvick best Stewart-Haas Racing finisher 3 of last 4 races
• Stewart-Haas Racing finished top 2 three times including 2017 Sonoma
• 11 Drivers won Stages this season – 4 Have yet to win a race (Kyle Busch, Elliott, Hamlin & Kenseth)
• 3 Wins from pole this season: Kyle Larson Auto Club & Michigan June and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Talladega May
• Ryan Newman (Richard Childress Racing) & Austin Dillon (Richard Childress Racing) won races from 22nd starting position
• 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)
• Kevin Harvick ended 20-race winless streak at Sonoma
• Best finisher dropping to rear of field this season:
• Winner – Jimmie Johnson (Texas April & Dover June) & Joey Logano (Richmond April)
• Last winner in backup car: Kurt Busch – Michigan 6/15
• Last winner after free-pass: Martin Truex Jr. – 2016 Chicagoland
• Daniel Suarez best Rookie finisher 2 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
• 4 Overtime races this season – Phoenix March, Auto Club, Talladega May & Dover June
• Youngest winner: Ryan Blaney – 23
• 10 Wins this season by drivers 33-years-old or older

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: 6 Kyle Larson
• Most top 5 finishes this season: 6 Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson & Elliott Sadler
• Most top 10 finishes this season: 12 Elliott Sadler
• Best average finish this season: 2.3 Ryan Blaney
• Most laps led this season: 416 Kyle Larson
• Most races led this season: 7 Kyle Larson
• 11 Different winners in 14 races this season
• 6 Different winners in last 6 races – Almirola, Blaney, Larson, Keselowski, Hamlin & Byron
• 6 Won first pole this season – Bell, Benjamin, Byron, Hemric, B. Jones, Koch
• Ford won last 3 restrictor-plate races
• Biagi-DenBeste Racing won 2 of last 3 restrictor-plate races
• 15 Won Stages this season – 7 Winless in races
• Brad Keselowski leads all with 5 Stage wins – 1 Win (Pocono)
• 4 Won Stage 1 & went on to win race this season – E. Jones Texas, Almirola Talladega, Larson Dover & Keselowski Pocono
• 2 Won Stage 2 & went on to win race – Blaney Charlotte & Keselowski Pocono
• Brad Keselowski first driver to sweep every Stage in NASCAR Xfinity Series race – 2017 Pocono
• Last NXS & MENCS weekend sweep: 2017 Auto Club – Kyle Larson
• William Byron best Xfinity Series regular last 2 races – Finished 2nd at Michigan & Winner at Iowa
• 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
• 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)
• First victory of season for 5 of last 6 winners including last 3
• #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 7 races this season including 5 of last 7
• 10 To go leader failed to win 5 races this season
• 2 Races settled by last lap pass this season – Pocono & Michigan
• #22 Best Ford finisher 9 of 14 races this season
• Toyota: 1 Win last 7 races – Michigan (Denny Hamlin)
• 2 Overtime races this season – Daytona Feb. & Richmond April
• 1 Rookie of the Year contender won this season – William Byron at Iowa June
• Last previous Rookie of the Year contender to win: Erik Jones (Chicagoland 9/17/16)
• Youngest winner: William Byron – 19
• Oldest winner: Denny Hamlin – 36
• Closest margin-of-victory this season: Michigan .012 seconds (Denny Hamlin over William Byron)