NASCAR Las Vegas Sunday, September 8, 2019

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Las Vegas wins: 4 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Las Vegas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Winless)
• Most Las Vegas top 3 finishes: 6 Jimmie Johnson
• Most Las Vegas top 5 finishes: 7 Kyle Busch
• Most Las Vegas top 10 finishes: 10 Dale Earnhardt Jr., Matt Kenseth & Mark Martin
• Best Las Vegas average finish: 7.7 Dale Earnhardt
• Most Las Vegas laps led: 595 Jimmie Johnson
• 2019 Playoffs:
• Chip Ganassi Racing (2): Kurt Busch & Kyle Larson
• Hendrick Motorsports (3): Alex Bowman, William Byron & Chase Elliott
• Joe Gibbs Racing (4): Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Erik Jones & Martin Truex Jr.
• Roush Fenway Racing (1): Ryan Newman
• Stewart-Haas Racing (3): Aric Almirola, Clint Bowyer & Kevin Harvick
• Team Penske (3): Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski & Joey Logano
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• Brad Keselowski only driver with multiple wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season – 2 Wins (Atlanta & Kansas May)
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• Most top 5 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 4 Brad Keselowski
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• Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 383 Kevin Harvick
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• Las Vegas 9/18: Brad Keselowski won 500th race for Team Penske – 3rd straight win for Keselowski –
• 59th Team Penske win for Keselowski tying him with Mark Donohue
• First time all 3 Team Penske drivers finished top 5
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• Las Vegas 3/19: Joey Logano & Brad Keselowski finished 1-2 for Team Penske
• Kyle Busch won Las Vegas NGOTS & NXS races – Finished 3rd in MENCS race
• Fastest race: 154.849mph – Only 2 cautions for 12 laps
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• Las Vegas temperatures:
• 69 Degrees 3/19
• 101 Degrees 9/18 / Track: 125 degrees
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• 13 Different winners in 23 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Las Vegas races (9 are champions)
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• Defending series champion won Las Vegas 6 times including Joey Logano 3/19
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• 4 Won first Playoff race & championship in same season
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• New Hampshire first Playoff race 2004-’10 (7 Years)
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• Chicagoland first Playoff race 2011-’17 (7 Years)
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• Las Vegas first Playoff race 2018-‘19 (2 Years)
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• Aric Almirola: 3 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes – No top 10 finishes previous 9 races
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• Ryan Blaney: 4 Top 10 finishes last 5 Las Vegas races – Finished 22nd in March
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• Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better last 3 Las Vegas races – 2 Top 3 finishes
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• Brad Keselowski: 8 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes – All-time longest streak
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• Kyle Larson: 3 Top 3 finishes last 4 Las Vegas races – Finished 12th in March
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• Joey Logano: 7 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes – March winner
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• Martin Truex Jr.: 4 Straight Las Vegas top 10 finishes – 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 Las Vegas races
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• Jimmie Johnson: Winless last 10 Las Vegas races – 4 Wins previous 6 races
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• Kyle Busch passed for final lead change 2 of last 5 Las Vegas races
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• Brad Keselowski: 3 Wins last 7 Las Vegas races – Passed for final lead change 3 of last 6 Las Vegas races
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• Kevin Harvick won 2 of last 6 Las Vegas races – 1 in SHR Chevrolet & 1 in SHR Ford
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• Kyle Larson passed for final lead change 2018 Las Vegas Playoff race – Finished 2nd
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• Last 9 Las Vegas races won by 6 champion drivers
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• Worst official starting position of winner: 25th – Matt Kenseth (2004)
• *Kyle Busch won in 2009 after starting from rear of field
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• Jimmie Johnson led most laps 3 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (2005)
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• Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 2 of last 4 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (2017)
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• Kevin Harvick led most laps 2 of last 3 Las Vegas races – 1 Win (3/18)
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• Most consecutive laps led from start: 52 – Jeff Gordon (2010)
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• No driver leading 1st lap ever won Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race
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• 2 Las Vegas Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races settled by last lap pass
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• Closest Las Vegas margin-of-victory: .045 Seconds Jimmie Johnson over Matt Kenseth
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• Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender: 2nd – Kasey Kahne (2004) & Kyle Busch (2005)
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• 2 Las Vegas Overtime finishes (2006 & 9/18)
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• Stage 2 winner went on to win all 4 Las Vegas races
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• Erik Jones won pole 2018 Las Vegas Playoff race – No laps led & finished 40th (Crash)
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• Only 1 Las Vegas winner after winning pole – Kyle Busch (2009) – Started from the rear (Engine change)
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• Kyle Busch (2009) & Jeff Gordon (2015) started rear of field after winning pole
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• Ford won 3 of last 4 Las Vegas poles
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• Roush Fenway Racing leads all teams with 7 Las Vegas wins – Winless last 9 races
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• Team Penske won last 2 Las Vegas races – Brad Keselowski 9/18 & Joey Logano 3/19
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• Team Penske finished 1-2 at Las Vegas March – Joey Logano winner & Brad Keselowski 2nd
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• Jeff Burton won only shortened Las Vegas race (2000) – 148 of 267 laps
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• Jeff Burton finished 2nd, 1st & 1st in first 3 Las Vegas races
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• Jeff & Ward Burton finished 1-2 in 1999 Las Vegas race
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• 13 of top 14 Las Vegas finishers in 1998 were Fords – Dale Earnhardt finished 8th in Chevrolet   
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• Fewest cautions: 2 (1998, ’00 & 3/19)
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• Fastest race: 154.849 mph (3/19)
• NASCAR XFINITY SERIES LAS VEGAS STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Most Las Vegas wins: 4 Mark Martin

• Most Las Vegas 2nd-place finishes: 3 Kyle Busch (2 Wins)

• Most Las Vegas top 3 finishes: 6 Mark Martin

• Most Las Vegas top 5 finishes: 6 Kevin Harvick & Mark Martin

• Most Las Vegas top 10 finishes: 8 Justin Allgaier & Greg Biffle

• Most Las Vegas laps led: 619 Kyle Busch

• Most wins on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 2 Kyle Busch & Cole Custer

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• Most top 5 finishes on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 4 Tyler Reddick

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• Justin Haley only driver to finish top 10 all 6 races on 1.5-mile tracks this season

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• Most laps led on 1.5-mile tracks this season: 377 Christopher Bell

• 17 Different winners in 24 NASCAR Xfinity Series Las Vegas races

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• Kyle Busch only repeat winner last 12 Las Vegas races (2 Wins) – 10 Others 1 win each

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• Tyler Reddick:

• Failed to finish last 2 Las Vegas races (Crashed out each race)

• Passed for final lead change 2 of 3 Las Vegas races

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• Justin Allgaier: Only 1 lap led on a 1.5-mile track this season (Kentucky)

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• Worst start position of winner: 29th – Joe Nemechek (2003)

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• 5 of 24 Las Vegas races won from pole – 2 of last 6 won from pole

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• Pole led no laps in 3 Las Vegas races

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• Kyle Busch led 199 of 200 laps in 2016 (Led final 145 laps) – Bubba Wallace led lap 55

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• 2 Won first career race at Las Vegas – Jeff Green (1997) & Ross Chastain (9/18)

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• Most laps led in a Las Vegas race: 199 – Kyle Busch (2016)

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• Most consecutive Las Vegas laps led from start: 89 – Kevin Harvick (2003)

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• Most consecutive Las Vegas laps led: 145 – Kyle Busch (2016)

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• Winner first took lead at lap 146 or later in 5 Las Vegas races

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• 2 Las Vegas Xfinity Series races settled by last lap pass

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• 1 Driver won Las Vegas & championship in same season – Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2012

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• John Hunter Nemechek best NXS full-time driver in March – Finished 2nd

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• Best Las Vegas finish by Rookie of the Year contender:

• 2nd – Greg Biffle (2001), Christopher Bell (3/18) & John Hunter Nemechek (3/19)

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• Final green run 7 or fewer laps last 4 Las Vegas races

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• 4 Las Vegas NXS Overtime finishes – Longest race: 213 laps (3/19)

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• 2 Swept Las Vegas NXS & MENCS races in same weekend – Jeff Burton (2000) & Brad Keselowski (2014)