NASCAR Atlanta Monday, July 5, 2021
ATLANTA NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Atlanta March
Winner pit stops: Ryan Blaney (7 Stops) 27, 64 (Green), 108, 160 (Green), 213, 221, 269 (Green)
Longest green flag run: 101 Laps (225-325)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ryan Blaney (3rd & 2nd), Kyle Larson (1st & 1st), Kyle Busch (2nd & 4th)
Speeding: Kyle Busch (5th), Stenhouse Jr. (12th), Suarez (17th), LaJoie (29th), Houff (33rd), Bilicki (37th)
Rear of field: Houff (33rd), Hill (36th), Elliott (38th)
Best HMS: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best JGR: Denny Hamlin 4th
Best SHR: Kevin Harvick 10th
Best TPR: Ryan Blaney 1st
7/23/72: 92 Degrees – Bobby Allison Atlanta winner (3 Hours, 47 Minutes)
12-Ryan Blaney
Atlanta March winner – Started 10th, finished top 3 in Stage 1 & 2, 25 laps led including final 9
5-Kyle Larson
Finished 2nd at Atlanta March – Started 6th, Stage 1 & 2 winner, 5 times led for 269 laps, avg. running pos.: 1.3
48-Alex Bowman
Finished 3rd at Atlanta March – Started 14th, finished 6th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, avg. running pos.: 4.9
11-Denny Hamlin
Finished 4th at Atlanta March – Started 1st, led first 27 laps, finished 5th in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, best Joe Gibbs Racing finisher
18-Kyle Busch
Finished 5th at Atlanta March – Started 19th, finished top 5 in Stage 1 & 2, lap 221 pit road speeding
3-Austin Dillon
Finished 6th at Atlanta March – Started 13th, finished 16th in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2
24-William Byron
Finished 8th at Atlanta March – Started 9th, finished 10th in Stage 1 & 5th in Stage 2, 2 laps led
19-Martin Truex Jr.
Finished 9th at Atlanta March – Started 2nd, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 11th in Stage 2
4-Kevin Harvick
Finished 10th at Atlanta March – Lap 30 flat left rear, dropped to 32nd, finished outside top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, no laps led
2-Brad Keselowski
Finished 28th at Atlanta March – Lap 121 front end damage after contact with Martin Truex Jr.
9-Chase Elliott
Finished 38th at Atlanta March – Started rear of field, engine failure
1-Kurt Busch
Finished 39th at Atlanta March – Lap 113 crash on restart
1-Kurt Busch: Finished 39th at Atlanta March – Finished top 10 previous 5 Atlanta races
2-Brad Keselowski: 2 Wins last 5 Atlanta races – 3 Top 2 finishes last 5 Atlanta races
2-Brad Keselowski: Finished 28th at Atlanta March – Finished top 10 previous 6 Atlanta races
3-Austin Dillon: 1 Top 10 finish in 9 Atlanta races – Finished 6th in March
4-Kevin Harvick: 2 Wins last 4 Atlanta races – 7 Straight Atlanta top 10 finishes
4-Kevin Harvick: No laps led at Atlanta March – 1111 Laps led previous 7 Atlanta races
5-Kyle Larson: 418 Atlanta laps led – 411 Laps led last 2 Atlanta races (63%)
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 38th at Atlanta March – 4 Top 10 finishes previous 5 Atlanta races
11-Denny Hamlin: 6 Atlanta top 5 finishes – 3 Top 5 finishes last 4 Atlanta races
12-Ryan Blaney: 2 Straight Atlanta top 5 finishes – Finished outside top 10 previous 4 Atlanta races
17-Chris Buescher: 2 Top 10 finishes last 3 Atlanta races – Finished 22nd or worse other 4 Atlanta races
18-Kyle Busch: Finished 7th or better last 4 Atlanta races – 2 Straight top 5 finishes
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 7 Straight Atlanta top 10 finishes – 3 Top 5 finishes
24-William Byron: 1 Top 15 finish in 4 Atlanta races – Finished 8th in March
48-Alex Bowman: 1 Top 10 finish in 6 Atlanta races – Finished 3rd in March
45 Different winners in 114 NASCAR Cup Series Atlanta races
15 Different winners in 38 NASCAR Cup Series Atlanta 1.54-mile track races
Jimmie Johnson & Bobby Labonte tied for all-time wins on 1.54-mile Atlanta track (5)
Kevin Harvick: 3 Atlanta wins – 2 Wins last 4 Atlanta races
Kevin Harvick 2nd Atlanta win came 17 years after first (3/01 & 2/18) – Most years between wins
Brad Keselowski won 2 of last 5 Atlanta races
Atlanta Stage 2 winner never won Atlanta race
Hendrick Motorsports won 14 Atlanta races with 6 different drivers
Driver starting first failed to win last 20 Atlanta races
Driver starting first won only 1 of last 39 Atlanta races – Kasey Kahne 3/06
Worst starting position of Atlanta winner: 39th – Bobby Labonte 11/01
5 Atlanta winners started 31st or worse
Consecutive Atlanta wins 14 times – Ryan Blaney won last Atlanta race
Chevrolet leads all with 40 Atlanta wins
Toyota won 3 Atlanta races – Winless last 8 Atlanta races
Toyota: First NCS win – 3/9/08 Atlanta Kyle Busch
Ford: 5 Straight Atlanta wins – Longest Atlanta manufacturer streak
Only 2 swept Atlanta NXS & NCS races – Carl Edwards 3/05 (First career win both races) & Kevin Harvick 2018
Drivers won first race of season at Atlanta 45 times
Mid-race leader failed to win last 10 Atlanta races
Largest Atlanta margin-of-victory: 2 Laps – 4/5/64 Fred Lorenzen & 4/1/73 David Pearson
Longest green-flag run to start Atlanta race: 210 Laps (2016) – First 2 hours run under green conditions
Previous longest green-flag run to start Atlanta race: 175 Laps (11/79)
Longest green-flag run at Atlanta: 309 Laps (3/90)
Most laps led by driver failing to win Atlanta: 292 – Kevin Harvick (2017)
Kyle Larson led most laps at Atlanta twice – Finished 12th in 2019 & 2nd in March
Atlanta speeding penalties – 2015: 5 / 2016: 1 / 2017: 13 / 2018: 1 / 2019: 4 / 2020: 8 / 3/21: 6
ATLANTA NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
7-Justin Allgaier: Atlanta March winner – No laps led first 113 laps / Led 47 of final 50 laps
7-Justin Allgaier: Atlanta March winner – First top 5 finish this season
19 Different winners in 30 Atlanta Xfinity Series races
Fewest laps led by Atlanta winner: 1 – Jamie McMurray (2002)
4 Won first career Xfinity Series race at Atlanta including Jeff Gordon in 1992 (20-Years-old)
Kevin Harvick (2018) & Christopher Bell (2019) won Atlanta Stage 1, 2 & race
2 Won Atlanta & championship in same season – Johnny Benson (1995) & Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (2012)
6 of 30 Atlanta races won from pole
Most laps led in Atlanta race: 165 – Mark Martin (2000)
2 Atlanta races settled by last lap pass
Toyota: 3 Atlanta Xfinity Series wins (2016, ’17 & ‘19)
Joe Gibbs Racing: 3 Atlanta Xfinity Series wins (2016, ’17 & ‘19)
Team Penske: Winless at Atlanta