NASCAR All Star Sunday, July 12, 2020
NASCAR ALL-STAR RACE STATS HIGHLIGHTS
4-Kevin Harvick finished 6th or better last 3 All-Star Races – 2018 Winner
18-Kyle Busch: 5 Straight All-Star Race top 10 finishes – 2017 Winner
22-Joey Logano finished 8th or better last 5 All-Star Races – 2016 Winner
24-William Byron: 2019 NASCAR Open Stage 1 winner
43-Bubba Wallace: 2019 NASCAR Open Stage 2 winner
88-Alex Bowman: 2019 NASCAR Open Fan Vote
Clint Bowyer finished 12th in 2019 All-Star Race – Pole & post race fight with Ryan Newman
“Where I come from you get poked in the nose for that”
Ryan Newman finished 13th in 2019 All-Star Race – Post race fight with Clint Bowyer
“It doesn’t take much of a man to try to fight someone with his helmet on. I think he should be embarrassed of himself.”
24 Different winners in 35 All-Star Races
Most All-Star Race wins: 4 – Jimmie Johnson
First All-Star Race win for 5 of last 6 winners – McMurray, Hamlin, Logano, Kyle Busch & Larson
2 Rookies won All-Star Race – Dale Earnhardt Jr. (2000) & Ryan Newman (2002)
2016: Team Penske only team to sweep top 2 finishing positions in All-Star Race
Jimmie Johnson only repeat winner last 12 All-Star Races
Last 12 All-Star Races: Jimmie Johnson 2 wins – 10 Other drivers 1 win each
2 All-Star Race winners went winless during season – 1996 Michael Waltrip & 2014 Jamie McMurray
14 Won All-Star Race after going winless in previous races to start season including
Joey Logano 2016, Kyle Busch 2017 & Kyle Larson 2019
Largest All-Star Race field: 27 (2002)
Smallest All-Star Race field: 10 (1986)
Jeff Gordon: All 3 All-Star Race wins came in his 20s (23, 25 & 29)
Kevin Harvick & Terry Labonte won All-Star Races at 31 & 42-years-old
Youngest All-Star Race winner: Jeff Gordon 23
Oldest All-Star Race winner: Mark Martin 46
10 All-Star Races won by drivers between ages of 31 & 35-years-old
9 of last 11 All-Star Race winners 31-years-old or older – Joey Logano 25-years-old in 2016 & Kyle Larson 26 in 2019
Stage 1 winner won All-Star Race once in last 7 years: 2018 – Kevin Harvick
Stage 2 winner won All-Star Race once in last 21 years: 2011 – Carl Edwards
Stage 2 winner winless in All-Star Race last 8 years
Hendrick Motorsports leads all teams with 8 All-Star Race wins
Joe Gibbs Racing has only 2 All-Star Race wins – Won 2 of last 5 (2015 Hamlin & 2017 Kyle Busch)
First-ever win for Stewart-Haas Racing: 2009 All-Star Race (Tony Stewart)
4 Transferred into All-Star Race & won:
1996 Michael Waltrip, 2002 Ryan Newman, 2008 Kasey Kahne & 2019 Kyle Larson
Most transfers into All-Star Race: 5 – Sterling Marlin
Kasey Kahne only Fan Vote to win All-Star Race (2008)
Chase Elliott & Danica Patrick Fan Vote into All-Star Race 3 times – Most all-time
2 Won All-Star Race before winning a NCS points race (Michael Waltrip 1996 & Ryan Newman 2002)
Davey Allison (’91 & ’92) & Jimmie Johnson (’12 & ’13) only drivers to win All-Star Race in consecutive years
Most Open wins: 4 – Sterling Marlin
Open won from pole 7 times
Worst start position of Open winner: 20th – Martin Truex Jr. in 2010
All-Star Race winner went on to win championship 10 times
3 Won All-Star Race in first try – Dale Earnhardt Jr., Ryan Newman & Darrell Waltrip
Most races before first All-Star Race win: Kyle Busch won in 12th try in 2017
Pole won All-Star Race only 5 times
3 Won All-Star Race from last starting position: Michael Waltrip 1996, Ryan Newman 2002 & Kasey Kahne 2008
Pole failed to finish All-Star Race 6 times – 5 Times due to crashes
Kasey Kahne (2008) & Jamie McMurray (2014) only drivers to win All-Star Race & miss Playoffs
All-Star Race winner & Coca-Cola 600 winner in same season 7 times – Last: 2010 Kurt Busch
Most All-Star Race cautions: 8 (2018 & ’19)
Toyota: Only 2 All-Star Race wins – 2 Wins last 5 races
Chevrolet: 18 All-Star Race wins (Most all-time) – Only 1 win last 5 races (2019)
Ford: 12 All-Star Race wins – 2 Wins last 4 races
Closest All-Star Race finish: ½ Car length – 1992 Davey Allison over Kyle Petty
Chase Elliott passed for final lead change 2019 All-Star Race – Finished 14th
2 All-Star Races settled by last lap pass – 1992 & ‘98
Daytona 500 winner won All-Star Race in same season 5 times – Jimmie Johnson twice (2006 & ’13)
11 Finished 2nd in All-Star Race, but have never won including Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr. & Daniel Suarez
Most races without All-Star Race win: 17 – Dale Jarrett, Bobby Labonte & Ricky Rudd
Brad Keselowski: 0 for 11 in All-Star Race – 115 Laps led
6 Won All-Star Race & Open
Richard Childress Racing won 5 Open poles with 5 different drivers including Daniel Hemric in 2019