NASCAR Bristol Sunday, September 10, 2023
Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
2022 Bristol
Chris Buescher
2022 Bristol winner – Started 20th, finished 7th in Stage 1 & 14th in Stage 2, 169 laps led (most) including final 61
Winner pit stops: Chris Buescher (4 Stops) 95, 237, 356, 439 (All caution)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Christopher Bell 2nd & 1st, Chase Briscoe 4th & 3rd, Kyle Busch 3rd & 5th
Best free pass finisher: Justin Haley 12th
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Denny Hamlin 9th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Chase Elliott 2nd
Best Gibbs: Christopher Bell 4th
Best Stewart-Haas: Cole Custer 8th
Best Penske: Austin Cindric 20th
44 Different winners in 122 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol races
7 Different winners last 7 Bristol races –
Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson & Chris Buescher
Longest Bristol streak of different winners: 8 (2004-’08)
Chris Buescher: 2022 Bristol winner – Ended 222-race winless streak
Chris Buescher: 2022 Bristol winner – 19th different winner last season
24 Champions won Bristol races –
Only 4 champions since 1961 haven’t won (Chase Elliott, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.)
23 Different winners in 59 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol concrete races
Kyle Busch leads all with 8 wins on Bristol concrete – Passed Rusty Wallace 4/18
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins – Only 1 win from pole (4/18)
Kyle Busch started outside top 10 in 7 of 8 Bristol wins
Kyle Busch led 415 consecutive laps 8/08 – Finished 2nd
8 of last 11 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)
Drivers pitting in stall 1 finished 7th or better 10 of last 14 races (4 Wins)
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
Driver starting first won 27 of 122 Bristol races
Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Elliott Sadler 3/01 (Wood Brothers Racing Ford)
15 Bristol win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Chris Buescher won in 2022
Stage 1 winner winless in last 8 Bristol races
Stage 2 winner won only 1 Bristol race – Kyle Larson 9/21
4 of 122 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series Races settled by last lap pass
5 Bristol Overtime finishes – Kyle Busch won 2
No overtime Bristol night races
Longest Bristol race: 4/15 – 511 Laps
Joe Gibbs Racing & Team Penske lead active teams with 13 Bristol wins
Joe Gibbs Racing won 12 of last 26 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 9 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races – Kyle Larson 9/21
Car #11 won 20 Bristol races – Junior Johnson prepared #11 won 17 Bristol races
#11 Won 7 straight 3/81-4/84 with Darrell Waltrip driving
Car #2 won 13 Bristol races – Roger Penske owned #2 won 11 times
Cale Yarborough is only driver to lead all 500 laps at Bristol 3/25/73 (Most laps ever led in a NCS race)
Richard Petty led 442 laps 7/26/64 – Most ever by a driver in a NCS race without winning
Darrell Waltrip (Bristol) & Richard Petty (Richmond) hold record of 7 straight wins at 1 track
Most NCS laps run under green: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
Relief drivers involved in 7 Bristol wins – All 500-lap races
First Bristol NASCAR Cup Series winner on concrete: Darrell Waltrip 8/29/92
(Also Darrell Waltrip’s last career NASCAR Cup Series short track win)
First time 3 brothers competed in the same Bristol 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
Bristol Motor Speedway NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
51 Different winners in 79 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol races
37 Different winners in 59 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol concrete races
Last 6 Bristol NXS winners didn’t race Bristol NCS race
6 Sweeps of Bristol Xfinity Series race and NASCAR Cup Series race on same weekend
Justin Allgaier led 791 total laps last 6 Bristol races – Finished 30th, 8th, 18th, 5th, 4th & 9th
Leader of most laps failed to win last 6 Bristol races – Justin Allgaier led most laps 5 of last 6 Bristol races
JR Motorsports: 3 Bristol wins – Brad Keselowski 8/08, Noah Gragson 5/20 & Noah Gragson 9/22
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 6 Bristol races – Justin Allgaier 4 times
2 Bristol Xfinity Series races settled by a last lap pass
3 Won Bristol in first try – Phil Parsons, Darrell Waltrip & Rick Wilson
Most tries before first Bristol win: 18 – Jeff Green & Dale Jarrett
9 Won first Bristol race in 1st or 2nd try
27 Won first Bristol race in 5 or fewer tries
6 Won first career race at Bristol
Pole failed to finish 14 of 79 Bristol Xfinity Series races
Pole won 11 of 79 Bristol Xfinity Series races
Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Kevin Harvick 4/4/05 & Tyler Reddick 8/16/19