NASCAR Bristol Sunday, March 31, 2019

MONSTER ENERGY NASCAR CUP SERIES BRISTOL STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• 5 Won first career race at Bristol – Earnhardt, R. Wallace, Irvan, E. 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
• Most Bristol wins by active drivers: 7 Kyle Busch & 6 Kurt Busch
• Bristol 8/18: Lap 3 – 15 Involved in crash (9 Cautions – 6 For spins & crashes) – 9 Failed to finish due to crashes
• Bristol 4/18: Lap 4 – 9 Involved in crash (13 Cautions – 8 For crashes) – 8 Failed to finish due to crashes
• 4 Red flags last Bristol April race – First 204 laps run Sunday, concluded Monday
• Kyle Busch: 4 Wins last 6 Bristol NASCAR National Touring Series races
• 42 Different winners in 116 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bristol races
• 21 Different winners in 53 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Bristol concrete races
• Kyle Busch: 21 Bristol wins (Most all-time) – 7 MENCS (Leads active drivers), 9 NXS (Most) & 5 NGOTS (Most)
• Kyle Busch leads all with 7 wins on Bristol concrete – Passed Rusty Wallace last Bristol spring race
• 23 Champions won Bristol races – Only 3 champions since 1961 haven’t won (Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.)
• Kevin Harvick’s second Bristol win came 23 races after first – 4/05-8/16
• Jimmie Johnson’s second Bristol win came 14 races after first – 3/10-4/17
• Kyle Busch ended 11-race Bristol winless streak by winning 2 straight Bristol races (8/17 & 4/18)
• Kurt Busch’s 6th Bristol win came 25 races after previous win – Longest stretch between Bristol wins (3/06 & 8/18)
• Kurt Busch won Bristol at 23-years-old & 40-years-old
• Kurt Busch: 1 Win last 25 Bristol races – 5 Wins previous 9 races
• A Busch won last 3 Bristol races – Kyle 2 & Kurt 1
• Kyle Busch: 3 Straight wins last season – Texas, Bristol & Richmond
• Kurt Busch: 6 Bristol wins (Most of all tracks) – 4 Roush Ford, 1 Penske Dodge & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
• Kurt Busch: 1 Win last season – Bristol Aug.
• Kyle Larson only driver to finish top 5 both Bristol races in 2018 (Only top 5s in 10 races) – Finished 2nd each race
• 6 Finished top 10 both Bristol races last season:
• Kyle Larson, Jimmie Johnson, Alex Bowman, Kevin Harvick, Clint Bowyer & Joey Logano
• Kevin Harvick: 7 Straight Bristol top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
• Jimmie Johnson best finish last season – 3rd Bristol April (1 of 2 top 5 finishes – Charlotte May)
• Jimmie Johnson: Last 2 wins came on concrete tracks – Bristol 4/17 & Dover 6/17
• Erik Jones: Only Joe Gibbs Racing driver in top 10 at Bristol 8/18 – Finished 5th
• Brad Keselowski: Finished 16th or worse last 6 Bristol races – Average finish: 25.5
• Ryan Blaney: Bristol 4/18 led 100 of first 117 laps & lap 118 crashed out of race
• Ryan Blaney: 221 Total laps led at Bristol last season (100 April & 121 Aug.) – Led all drivers
• Martin Truex Jr.: Crashed out both Bristol races last season – After Bristol 8/18 crash: “That hurt”
• Martin Truex Jr.: Crashed out in 3 of 4 April races last season – Texas, Bristol & Talladega
• Aric Almirola: Finished 6th at Bristol 4/18 (Best SHR finisher) – Finished 31st at Bristol 8/18 (Only SHR driver outside top 10)
• Alex Bowman first MENCS top 5 finish: 5th – Bristol 4/18
• Only race last season Hendrick Motorsports had multiple drivers in top 5 (April) – Jimmie Johnson 3rd & Alex Bowman 5th
• *Hendrick only team to have 2 finish in top 5
• 3 of 4 Hendrick drivers finished top 10 at Bristol 8/18 – Elliott 3rd, Bowman 8th, Johnson 9th, Byron 23rd
• Top 5 Bristol 8/18 finishers from different teams – Stewart-Haas, Ganassi, Hendrick, Penske & Gibbs
• Toyota had 2 top 5 finishers total in 2 races at Bristol – Kyle Busch winner (April) & Erik Jones 5th (Aug.)
• 15 Pit road speeding penalties total at Bristol last year – 7 by 6 drivers in April & 8 by 7 drivers in August
• Laps led Bristol 8/18 – Ford: 370 / Chevrolet: 130 / Toyota: 0
• Champion drivers won last 5 Bristol races – Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch (2), Kevin Harvick & Jimmie Johnson
• 8 or more cautions last 13 Bristol races
• 13 Cautions for 114 laps Bristol 4/18 (Most last season) – 8 Due to crashes (4 Red flags)
• 22 Cautions for 184 laps total in Bristol races last season
• Each Bristol race had 2018 season-high caution laps – 114 in April & 70 in August
• 4 of last 5 Bristol races won from pit stalls on backstretch – Harvick (36), Johnson (27), Kyle Busch (32) & Kurt Busch (34)
• Drivers pitting in stall 1 finished 6th or better last 8 races – 3 Wins
• 1 Joe Gibbs Racing top 10 finisher last Bristol spring race – Kyle Busch winner
• 3 Stewart-Haas Racing top 10 finishers last Bristol spring race
• Team Penske leads active teams with 12 Bristol wins (Team Penske won more races at Bristol than any other track)
• All 3 Team Penske drivers involved in crashes Bristol 4/18
• Hendrick, Gibbs & Roush 11 Bristol wins each
• Kyle Larson started 1st in 2 of last 4 Bristol races – 3 Front-row starts last 4 races
• 3 of last 8 Bristol races won from pole – Pole failed to win previous 12 races
• 3 of last 4 Bristol spring races won from pole – Last previous spring race won from pole: 1999 Rusty Wallace
• Kyle Busch: 7 Bristol wins – Only 1 win from pole (4/18)
• Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Elliott Sadler 3/01 (Wood Brothers Racing Ford)
• Darrell Waltrip (Bristol) & Richard Petty (Richmond) hold record of 7 straight wins at 1 track
• 15 Bristol wins streaks (Back-to-back wins)
• Last back-to-back spring winner: Kurt Busch 2002, ’03 & ’04 (Kyle Busch won last spring race)
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 3 of last 4 Bristol spring races with 3 different drivers (Kyle Busch, Edwards & Kenseth)
• Kyle Busch: 7 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)
• Kyle Busch won as points leader last Bristol spring race – Last previous points leader to win: Dale Earnhardt 8/87
• In 2018, Joey Logano first to finish top 10 in both Bristol races & win championship since Jimmie Johnson in 2009
• Last 65 Bristol NASCAR National Touring Series races: Kyle Busch 21 wins & 22 other drivers with 5 or fewer
• 4 of 116 Bristol Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Races settled by last lap pass
• Leader of most laps failed to win last 5 Bristol races
• Leader of most laps won only 5 of last 26 Bristol races
• Kyle Larson led most laps last 2 Bristol April races – Finished 6th & 2nd
• Ryan Blaney led most laps at Bristol 8/18 (121) – Finished 7th
• Jimmie Johnson led most laps only 1 Bristol race – 3/11
• Joe Gibbs Racing #20 (3), #11 (1), #18 (1) & #20 (1) led most laps 6 of last 13 Bristol races – 2 Wins (8/13 & 4/16)
• 5 Bristol Overtime finishes – Kyle Busch won 2
• First win of season for 6 of last 8 Bristol spring winners
• Kurt Busch: 6 Bristol wins – First win of season 5 times
• Chevrolet won 2 of last 5 Bristol races – Winless previous 6 Bristol races
• Ford won 4 of last 10 Bristol races – Winless previous 10 Bristol races
• Toyota won 10 of last 20 Bristol races
• Bristol weather issues each of last 5 years: 3/14, 4/15, 8/16, 4/17 & 4/18
• Joe Gibbs Racing won 10 of last 20 Bristol Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
• Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 11 Bristol Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races – Jimmie Johnson 4/17
• Roush Fenway Racing: 1 Win last 20 Bristol races – 8 Wins previous 14 races
• Team Penske: 4 Wins last 15 Bristol races
• Car #2 won 12 Bristol races – Roger Penske owned #2 won 10 times
• Car #11 won 19 Bristol races – Junior Johnson prepared #11 won 17 Bristol races
• #11 Won 7 straight 3/81-4/84 with Darrell Waltrip driving
• Brad Keselowski won Stage 1 & 2 last Bristol spring race – Finished 23rd
• Kyle Busch led 415 consecutive laps 8/08 – Finished 2nd
• Relief drivers involved in 7 Bristol wins
• Drivers swept both Bristol races & championship in same season 7 times – Last: Dale Earnhardt 1987
• Richard Petty led 442 laps 7/26/64 – Most ever by a driver in a MENCS race without winning
• Cale Yarborough is only driver to lead all 500 laps at Bristol 3/25/73 (Most laps ever led in a MENCS race)
• First Bristol Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series winner on concrete: Darrell Waltrip 8/29/92
• (Also Darrell Waltrip’s last career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series short track win)
• First time 3 brothers competed in the same Bristol Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race was 7/29/61
• Dub (Finished 29th), Layman (Finished 42nd) & Sherman (Finished 9th) Utsman
• Oldest ever pole winner: Harry Gant (54 Years, 7 Months, 17 Days) – Bristol 8/27/94
• Youngest Bristol pole winner: Joey Logano (19 Years, 9 Months, 25 Days) – 3/21/10
• Most MENCS laps run under green: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
• Kyle Busch
• Last 6 Bristol
• NASCAR National Touring Series Races
• Date
• Race
• Start
• Finish
• Laps Led
• 8/17
• NGOTS
• 1st
• 1st
• 109
• 8/17
• NXS
• 1st
• 1st
• 186
• 8/17
• MENCS
• 18th
• 1st
• 156
• 4/18
• MENCS
• 1st
• 1st
• 117
• 8/18
• NXS
• 1st
• 36th
• 69
• 8/18
• MENCS
• 3rd
• 20th
• 0

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES BRISTOL STATS HIGHLIGHTS

• Christopher Bell: 3 Short track wins in 6 races last season – Only driver with multiple short track wins
• *Finished top 2 last 5 short track races
• Justin Allgaier: Only driver to finish top 5 both Bristol races last season
• Justin Allgaier: 3 Straight Bristol top 5 finishes – Average finish: 2.7
• Justin Allgaier: 1 Bristol Xfinity Series win (3/10) – First career NXS win (43rd career race, 23-years-old, started 30th, 27 laps led)
• 4 Finished top 10 both Bristol races last season – Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer, Tyler Reddick & Elliott Sadler
• Brandon Jones: 106 Laps led Bristol 4/18 (Most) – Passed for final lead change (Finished 6th)
• Tyler Reddick: Finished 11th or better all 3 Bristol races – 2 Straight top 10 finishes
• Cole Custer: 3 Straight Bristol top 10 finishes – Started top 10 all 4 Bristol races
• All 4 JR Motorsports drivers finished top 10 Bristol 8/18
• 3 JR Motorsports drivers finished 7th or better Bristol 4/18
• 5 Different teams finished top 5 at Bristol 8/18 – Ganassi, Gibbs, JR Motorsports, Stewart-Haas & Penske
• Richard Childress Racing: 8 Bristol NXS wins – Most of all tracks
• 46 Different winners in 73 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol races
• 3 Won Bristol in first try – Phil Parsons, Darrell Waltrip & Rick Wilson
• Most tries before first Bristol win: 18 – Jeff Green & Dale Jarrett
• 8 Won first Bristol race in 1st or 2nd try
• 23 Won first Bristol race in 5 or fewer tries
• 7 Won Bristol for first time in 4th try
• 6 Won first career race at Bristol
• Final lead change with 10 or fewer laps to go 5 of last 9 Bristol races
• Joe Gibbs Racing: 12 Wins last 17 Bristol races
• #22 Passed for final lead change 2 of last 5 Bristol races – Finished 12th & 2nd
• Pole won 11 of 73 Bristol Xfinity Series races
• Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Kevin Harvick 4/4/05
• 1 Bristol Xfinity Series race settled by a last lap pass – 4/94 (Mark Martin pitted while leading race)
• 6 Sweeps of Bristol Xfinity Series race and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on same weekend
• *Kyle Busch also won Gander Outdoors Truck Series race (8/10 & 8/17)
• Stage 2 winner won last 3 Bristol races
• Kyle Larson won Stage 1, 2 & race last Bristol race