NASCAR Richmond Sunday, September 16, 2018

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES RICHMOND STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• ON THIS DATE!
• 9/22/91 MARTINSVILLE – MR. SEPTEMBER HARRY GANT’S 4TH STRAIGHT WIN
• Kyle Busch: Only driver to win multiple short track races this season – 2 Wins (Bristol April & Richmond April)
• Kyle Busch: 3 Top 2 finishes in 4 short track races this season – Finished 20th at Bristol Aug.
• Kyle Larson: 2 2nd-place finishes in 4 short track races this season – Winless
• 3 Finished top 10 all 4 short track races this season – Clint Bowyer, Kevin Harvick & Joey Logano
• Best short track average finish this season: 5.8 – Joey Logano
• Most short track laps led this season: 380 – Clint Bowyer
• Richmond 4/17: Joey Logano’s only win last season (Started rear of field) – Post-race penalty (Missed Playoffs)
• Richmond 9/17: Kyle Larson’s 4th & final win last season – First short track win
• Richmond April: 3rd straight win for Kyle Busch (Texas, Bristol & Richmond)
• 3 of 4 Joe Gibbs Racing drivers finished top 10 at Richmond April
• Most laps led in April: Martin Truex Jr. (121)
• Stage 1 & 2 winner in April: Joey Logano (Finished 4th)
• Race winner in April: Kyle Busch – Started 32nd, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 6th in Stage 2 (32 Laps led)
• Best free pass finisher in April: Kyle Larson – Finished 7th
• Best finisher with a speeding penalty in April: Daniel Suarez – Finished 10th
• Best in April – Chevrolet finisher: Elliott 2nd / Ford finisher: Logano 4th / Toyota finisher: Kyle Busch Winner
• 51 Different winners in 124 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Richmond races
• 29 Different winners in 60 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Richmond .75-mile track races
• 8 Different winners last 8 Richmond races
• All 5 Kyle Busch Richmond wins came in spring race
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 4 of last 6 Richmond races with 4 different drivers –
• Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards & Denny Hamlin
• Joe Gibbs Racing (4) & Team Penske (3) won 7 of last 9 Richmond races
• Kyle Larson fastest in final practice last 3 Richmond races
• Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 3 of last 4 Richmond races – Finished 3rd (9/16), 20th (9/17) & 14th (4/18)
• Martin Truex Jr. passed for final lead change 3 of last 4 Richmond races
• Martin Truex Jr. led 512 of 1613 laps last 4 Richmond races (Led 3 of last 4 Richmond races)
• Winner took lead for final time with 5 or fewer laps to go 5 of last 11 Richmond races
• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 5 times at Richmond
• 3 Commitment line violations at Richmond April – Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Bubba Wallace
• 5 Pit road speeding penalties at Richmond April –
• Daniel Suarez (10th), William Byron (12th), Alex Bowman (18th), David Ragan (33rd) & Gray Gaulding (35th)
• 3 Pit road speeding penalties at Richmond 9/17 –
• Ryan Newman (3rd), Trevor Bayne (25th) & Matt DiBenedetto (31st)
• 6 Uncontrolled tire penalties at Richmond April –
• Allmendinger, Blaney, Larson, McDowell, Menard & Newman
• Kyle Busch: Finished 9th at Richmond 9/17 – Stage 1 winner
• Martin Truex Jr.: Finished 20th at Richmond 9/17 – Stage 2 winner
• Kyle Busch: Richmond April winner – Finished 6th in Stage 1 & 2
• Joey Logano: Finished 4th at Richmond April – Stage 1 & 2 winner
• 12 Richmond win streaks – Drivers winning consecutive races (Kyle Busch won last Richmond race)
• Denny Hamlin last to win back-to-back Richmond fall races (2009 & ’10) – Kyle Larson won last fall race
• 9 Richmond season sweeps – 8 Went on to win championship
• Last Richmond season sweep: 2007 Jimmie Johnson
• 1 of 124 Richmond races settled by last lap pass (4/16) – Carl Edwards passed Kyle Busch
• 6 Won first race of season in Richmond fall race – Last: 2004 Jeremy Mayfield
• Rusty Wallace leads all drivers with 6 wins on .75-mile track
• 7 of 60 races won from pole on .75-mile track
• Worst official starting position of Richmond winner: 32nd – Kyle Busch 4/18
• *Joey Logano won Richmond from rear of field 4/17 (Transmission)
• 5 Won first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond
• 17 Won first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series short track race at Richmond
• 4 Shortened Richmond races – 1 Due to darkness (4/62) & 3 due to rain
• 5 Richmond Overtime races (5/08, 4/13, 9/16, 9/17 & 4/18)
• Kyle Busch only driver to miss a Richmond race & win championship in same season (2015)
• Richard Petty tied for record of consecutive wins at 1 track with 7 at Richmond (9/70-9/73)
• 3 Won Richmond in first try – Tim Flock, Paul Goldsmith & Lee Petty
• Terry Labonte won for first time in 33rd try – Most of all drivers
• 2 Won on previous & current Richmond layouts – Dale Earnhardt & Ricky Rudd
• Hendrick Motorsports: 10 Richmond wins by 5 different drivers – Johnson 3, T. Labonte 3, J. Gordon 2, Nemechek 1 & Richmond 1
• Stewart-Haas Racing: 1 Richmond win – Kurt Busch 4/15
• Roush Fenway Racing: 5 Richmond wins by 5 different drivers – J. Burton, Kurt Busch, Edwards, Kenseth & Martin
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 13 Richmond wins by 5 different drivers – Kyle Busch 5, Hamlin 3, Stewart 3, Edwards 1 & Kenseth 1
• Team Penske: 8 Richmond wins by 4 different drivers – R. Wallace 4, Logano 2, Keselowski 1 & Newman 1
• Richard Childress Racing: 9 Richmond wins – 5 Dale Earnhardt, 3 Kevin Harvick & 1 Clint Bowyer
• Chip Ganassi Racing: 1 Richmond win – Kyle Larson 9/17
• Furniture Row Racing: Winless at Richmond
• February 25, 1990: Low temperature 19 degrees / High temperature: 34 degrees
• September 9, 1973: Lap 4 14-car pileup which blocked the track
• Largest Richmond margin-of-victory: 6 Laps – 2/23/75 Richard Petty over Lennie Pond
• 4/30/67: 54th career win for Richard Petty tied father for first all-time in victories (55th win came at Darlington 5/13/67)
• 3/1/70: After a record 12 2nd-place finishes – James Hylton won for the first time
• 2/25/73: Richard Petty won for the 150th time in 600th career race
• 9/9/73: Richard Petty’s 7th straight Richmond win – Petty won 9 of 10 Richmond races from 9/70 through 2/75
• 9/12/76: Cale Yarborough’s first of 4 straight wins (Richmond, Dover, Martinsville & North Wilkesboro)
• 2/21/82: Dave Marcis won in 400th career race
• 3/26/89: Richard Petty’s consecutive race streak ends when he fails to qualify – 513 Races from 1971-‘89
• 9/7/91: 51-Year-old Harry Gant 2nd of 4 straight wins (Darlington, Richmond, Dover & Martinsville)
• 3/8/92: Bill Elliott’s 2nd of 4 straight wins (Rockingham, Richmond, Atlanta & Darlington)
• 3/7/93: Final win for Davey Allison
• 9/11/99: Joe Gibbs Racing first 1-2 finish – Tony Stewart (Winner) & Bobby Labonte (2nd)
• 5/14/05: After 6 2nd-place finishes – Kasey Kahne won for the first time
• 9/10/05: Roush first 1-2-3 finish – Kurt Busch (Winner), Matt Kenseth (2nd) & Greg Biffle (3rd)
• 5/2/09: Kyle Busch won on birthday
• 4/30/17: Joey Logano won, but failed post-race inspection – Penalties, fines & crew chief Todd Gordon suspended 2 races
• 4/21/18: Kyle Busch 3rd straight win (Texas, Bristol & Richmond)
• Tuesday March 10, 1964 – David Pearson (Scheduled date: 3/8/64)
• Monday September 14, 1964 – Cotton Owens (Scheduled date: 9/13/64)
• Sunday March 8, 1987 – Dale Earnhardt (Scheduled date: 2/22/87)
• Sunday May 6, 2007 – Jimmie Johnson (Scheduled date: 5/5/07)
• Sunday September 7, 2008 – Jimmie Johnson (Scheduled date: 9/6/08 – Hurricane Hanna)
• Sunday April 26, 2015 – Kurt Busch (Scheduled date: 4/25/15)

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES RICHMOND STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Christopher Bell: Only driver to win multiple short track races this season – 2 Wins (Richmond April & Iowa July)
• Christopher Bell: 269 Short track laps led this season (Most) – Led laps all 5 races
• Cole Custer: Only driver to finish top 10 all 5 short track races this season
• Cole Custer: 1 of 2 to lead laps all 5 short track races this season (Christopher Bell) – 159 Laps led
• 34 Different winners in 69 Richmond Xfinity Series races
• 27 Different winners in 59 NASCAR Xfinity Series Richmond .75-mile track races
• 7 Different winners last 7 Richmond races
• Noah Gragson passed for final lead change at Richmond April – Finished 2nd
• 26 of last 28 Richmond NXS winners competed in Richmond MENCS race on same weekend
• 7 Won Richmond for first time in first try – Kurt & Kyle Busch, Edwards, Hamilton, Houston, Lindley & Martin
• 13 Won Richmond for first time in 1st or 2nd try
• Dale Jarrett won Richmond for first time in 18th try (9/95) – Most of all drivers
• Only 1 swept both Richmond races & won championship in same season – Kevin Harvick 2006
• 3 Richmond Xfinity Series & Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series weekend sweeps – Last: Kyle Busch 5/09
• 6 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Richmond – Last: Robby Gordon (9/04)
• 4 Richmond Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass
• Chase Elliott (9/15) & Christopher Bell (4/18) only Richmond winners eligible for championship points
• Daniel Hemric best finisher eligible for championship points Richmond 9/17 race – Finished 4th
• Kevin Harvick led most laps 7 Richmond races – 5 Wins in those races
• Kyle Busch led most laps 6 Richmond races – Won 5
• Kyle Busch is only driver to win Richmond from pole more than once – 5/04, 9/07 & 9/14
• Worst starting position of Richmond winner: 39th – Carl Edwards 9/09
• Harry Gant & Kevin Harvick lead all with 3 consecutive Richmond wins
• 7 Richmond Overtime races – Leader at scheduled distance won 5
• Kyle Busch led every lap 9/14 race (250 Laps)
• Richmond hosted very first NASCAR Xfinity Series short track race on
• 2/20/82 and won by Tommy Houston
• 1 Won NXS races on previous & current Richmond layouts – Mark Martin (1 on previous & 4 on current)
• February 24, 1990: Low temperature 37 degrees / High temperature 51 degrees