NASCAR Bristol Sunday, March 10, 2024

Bristol NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights

Christopher Bell: 2 Straight Bristol top 5 finishes

Chris Buescher: 2 Straight Bristol top 5 finishes

William Byron: Finished 9th or better last 3 Bristol races – Finished 3rd twice

Denny Hamlin: 2023 Bristol winner – Finished 9th or better last 3 Bristol races

Kyle Larson: Finished 6th or better last 4 Bristol races – 3 Straight top 5 finishes

Denny Hamlin

2023 Bristol winner – Started 2nd, lap 71 speeding, finished 4th in Stage 2, 142 of final 147 laps led including final 135

(Passed 14,000 career laps led)

5 Different winners last 5 Bristol races –

Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher & Denny Hamlin

5 Different teams won last 5 races – Stewart-Haas, Penske, Hendrick, RFK & Gibbs

Longest Bristol streak of different winners: 8 (2004-’08)

24 Champions won Bristol races

Since track opened in 1961, only 5 champions winless at Bristol –

Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.

Drivers pitting in stall 1 finished 7th or better 11 of last 15 Bristol races (4 Wins)

9 of last 12 Bristol races won from pit stalls on backstretch –

Johnson (27), Kyle Busch (29), Kyle Busch (32), Larson (32), Kurt Busch (34),

Harvick (36), Brad Keselowski (40), Brad Keselowski (42) & Hamlin (23)

Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)

5 Won first career race at Bristol – Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Ernie Irvan, Elliott Sadler & Kurt Busch

Dale Earnhardt only Rookie of the Year contender to win Bristol (4/1/79)

Dale Earnhardt won in his first 2 races at Bristol (4/1/79 & 3/30/80) – 1st & 3rd career wins

Joe Gibbs Racing won 13 of last 27 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers

Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 10 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races – Kyle Larson 9/21

Stage 1 winner winless in last 9 Bristol races

Stage 2 winner won only 1 Bristol race – Kyle Larson 9/21