NASCAR Pocono Sunday, July 22, 2018

NASCAR MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Pocono wins since repave (13 Races): 2 Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most Pocono 2nd-place finishes since repave: 4 Kevin Harvick (Winless)
• Most Pocono top 3 finishes since repave: 4 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski & Martin Truex Jr.
• Most Pocono top 5 finishes since repave: 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Kevin Harvick
• Most Pocono top 10 finishes since repave: 9 Brad Keselowski
• Best Pocono average finish since repave: 8.3 Brad Keselowski
• Pocono June:
• 20 to go Martin Truex Jr. & Kevin Harvick did not pit – Truex went on to win & Harvick finished 4th
• Harvick not pitting was a mistake
• Kevin Harvick 89 Pocono laps led in June (Most) – 68 Laps led previous 34 Pocono races
• Green flag pit stops began lap 17
• Lap 26 first laps Jimmie Johnson led this season
• Joey Logano ran out of fuel final lap Stage 1 – Fueler didn’t completely fill up car previous stop
• Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 1 by just over 1 second, but dropped to 14th after trouble with left rear in pits
• Kevin Harvick won Stage 2 by nearly 3 seconds
• Jimmie Johnson: 600th career race
• Pocono 6/17: Ryan Blaney’s first career win in 68th career race
• Pocono 8/17: Kyle Busch finally won Pocono for first time in 26th try
• Kyle Busch: Pocono 7/17 winner – Ended career-long winless streak at 36 races
• Kyle Busch: Pocono 7/17 winner – First of 5 wins last season (All 5 wins in 13 race span)
• Kyle Busch: 174 Pocono laps led last season (Martin Truex Jr. 2nd with 36) – 11 Other leaders 146 laps led
• Kevin Harvick winless in 35 Pocono races
• Martin Truex Jr. 2 wins last 7 Pocono races
• Martin Truex Jr. first win with Furniture Row Racing – Pocono 6/15 (Ended 69-race winless streak)
• Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 6th or better last 3 Pocono races – June winner
• Kyle Busch: Finished 9th or better last 4 Pocono races – 2 Straight top 3 finishes
• Kevin Harvick: Finished 9th or better last 5 Pocono races – 4 Straight top 5 finishes
• Brad Keselowski: 6 Straight Pocono top 5 finishes
• Brad Keselowski: 1 Pocono win (8/11) – 4 Days after broken ankle
• Aric Almirola: 1 Top 15 finish in 12 Pocono races – Finished 7th in June
• Jimmie Johnson: 1 Top 15 finish in last 5 Pocono races – Finished 8th in June
• Joey Logano: 1 Top 20 finish last 4 Pocono races – Finished 9th in June
• Chase Elliott: 4 Top 10 finishes in 5 Pocono races
• 37 Different winners in 81 Pocono Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races
• Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 8 Pocono races (2 Wins) – 6 Others 1 win each
• 11 Different winners last 11 Pocono summer races
• 6 Different winners from 5 different teams last 6 Pocono races (Joe Gibbs Racing won 2 of last 6 races)
• First career victory for 2 of last 4 Pocono winners – Chris Buescher 8/16 & Ryan Blaney 6/17
• Kyle Busch ended career-long winless streak of 36 races at Pocono 7/17
• Winner took lead for first time at lap 127 or after 3 of last 5 Pocono races
• Kurt Busch: 3 Pocono wins with 3 different numbers, teams, manufacturers & crew chiefs
• First Pocono win for 3 of last 4 winners
• First win of season for 4 of last 5 Pocono winners
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. & Martin Truex Jr. only drivers to win more than one Pocono 400-mile race – 2 Wins each
• Final green run 55 laps Pocono 7/17
• Kyle Busch passed for final led change 3 of last 6 Pocono races – Winner 7/17
• Denny Hamlin passed for final lead change Pocono 7/17 – Finished 4th
• Hendrick Motorsports winless last 7 Pocono races – Won previous 5 Pocono races with 4 different drivers
• Kyle Busch won Pocono for first time in 26th try (7/17)
• Ryan Blaney & Neil Bonnett won Pocono for first time in 3rd try – Both won with Wood Brothers Racing
• Both Pocono races swept 7 times in same season – Last: 2014 by Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Martin Truex Jr. won in June)
• Only driver to win back-to-back July/August races: Bill Elliott (‘88 & ’89) – Kyle Busch won last July
• Kyle Busch led at 10 to go 2 of last 3 Pocono races – 1 Win (7/17)
• 6 Pocono races settled by last lap pass
• 4 Won first career race at Pocono including 2 of last 4 races – Chris Buescher 8/16 & Ryan Blaney 6/17
• Kyle Busch led most laps 2 of last 3 Pocono races (100 & 74) – Finished 9th & Winner
• Joey Logano led most laps 2 of last 3 Pocono August races (97 & 38) – Finished 20th & 37th
• Drivers won first race of the season in 30 of 81 Pocono races (37%)
• 10 Pit road speeding penalties by 9 drivers at Pocono 7/17
• Team Penske drivers finished 9th or better at Pocono June
• Stewart-Haas Racing first win – Pocono 6/09
• Leader of first lap won 18 of 81 Pocono races (22%)
• Winner took lead for first time after lap 100 in 16 Pocono races
• Chevrolet leads all with 33 Pocono wins
• Ford won 2 of last 4 Pocono races
• Toyota won 6 Pocono races
• Only 3 eventual champions failed to finish Pocono race: D. Waltrip 7/25/82, Kurt Busch 8/1/04 & Johnson 6/6/16
• Last to win a Pocono race & championship in same season: Jimmie Johnson 6/13 Winner & 2013 Champion
• 7/18/93: First race after losing Davey Allison – Dale Earnhardt won & dedicated victory to the memory of Allison
• 7/17/94: Top 4 finishers on Hoosier tires
• 7/16/95: Dale Jarrett’s first win with Robert Yates Racing
• Winner took lead for final time with 10 or fewer laps to go in 6 of last 13 Pocono races
• Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin & Richard Petty only drivers to win Pocono in first try
• Ricky Rudd won Pocono for first time in 44th try – Most of all drivers
• Dale Earnhardt Jr. won Pocono for first time in 29th try (6/14)
• Matt Kenseth won Pocono for first time in 32nd try (8/15)
• Driver starting 1st finished top 3 in 14 of last 25 Pocono races (56%) – 7 Wins
• Driver starting 1st finished top 10 in 19 of last 25 Pocono races (76%)
• 17 of 81 Pocono races won from 1st starting position
• Driver starting 1st failed to finish 11 of 81 Pocono races
• Worst official start position of Pocono winner: 29th – Carl Edwards (6/05)
• (Tony Stewart won after starting in the back in a back-up car 6/09)
• Most consecutive Pocono wins: 3 – Bobby Allison (6/82, 7/82 & 6/83) & Tim Richmond (6/86, 7/86 & 6/87)
• 8 Pocono win streaks – Back-to-back Pocono wins
• Hendrick Motorsports: 17 Pocono wins with 7 different drivers
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 11 Pocono wins with 6 different drivers
• 10 To go leader failed to win 18 of 81 Pocono races (22%)
• Only 2 drivers in 81 Pocono races led most laps and failed to finish – Davey Allison (7/92) & Ward Burton (6/97)
• Leader of most laps won 39 of 81 Pocono races
• Leader of most laps failed to win 11 of last 16 Pocono races including 5 of last 6
• 7 Pocono races didn’t run full distance
• 5 Rescheduled Pocono races – 5 Different winners
• 3 Pocono Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won all 3
• Martin Truex Jr. won Stage 1 & race last Pocono race
• Kevin Harvick won Stage 2 & finished 4th last Pocono race
• Clint Bowyer won Stage 2 last Pocono July race – Finished 6th

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES POCONO CAR OWNER WINS