NASCAR Bristol Sunday, September 11, 2022
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Bristol wins:
Kyle Busch 8
Kurt Busch 6
Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski 3
Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano 2
Kyle Larson 1
Champions winless at Bristol:
Chase Elliott: 11 Races – Best finish: 3rd (8/18)
Martin Truex Jr.: 31 Races – Best finish: 2nd (8/11)
29th of 36 races this season – 3rd race of Playoffs – 8 Races remaining this season
2021 Bristol
Kyle Larson
2021 Bristol winner – Started 5th, finished 2nd in Stage 1 & Stage 2 winner, 7 times led for 175 laps (most), avg. running pos.: 2.5 (best)
Winner pit stops: Kyle Larson (5 Stops) 44, 130, 172, 254, 366
Longest green flag run: 104 Laps (260-363) – 93 Lap green flag run to finish (408-500)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Denny Hamlin (1st & 2nd), Kyle Larson (2nd & 1st), Brad Keselowski (4th & 3rd), Chase Elliott (3rd & 5th)
Speeding: Chase Elliott (25th), David Starr (32nd), James Davison (33rd)
Rear of field: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson (1st)
Best Gibbs: Martin Truex Jr. (7th)
Best Stewart-Haas: Kevin Harvick (2nd)
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney (4th)
43 Different winners in 121 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol races
6 Different winners last 6 Bristol races –
Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski & Kyle Larson
*24 Champions won Bristol races –
Only 4 champions since 1961 haven’t won (Chase Elliott, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.)
22 Different winners in 58 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol concrete races
Kyle Busch leads all with 8 wins on Bristol concrete – Passed Rusty Wallace 4/18
Kyle Busch started outside top 10 in 7 of 8 Bristol wins
Kurt Busch: 6 Bristol wins (Most of all tracks) – 4 Roush Ford, 1 Penske Dodge & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
Kyle Busch led 415 consecutive laps 8/08 – Finished 2nd
8 of last 10 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 13 races (4 Wins)
Joe Gibbs Racing & Team Penske lead active teams with 13 Bristol wins
Stage 1 winner winless in last 7 Bristol races
Stage 2 winner won only 1 Bristol race – Kyle Larson 9/21
5 of last 13 Bristol races won from first starting position – Driver starting first failed to win previous 12 races
Driver starting first won 27 of 121 Bristol races
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins – Only 1 win from pole (4/18)
Rusty Wallace & Cale Yarborough lead all with 4 Bristol wins from pole
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 win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Kyle Larson won 9/21
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)
Relief drivers involved in 7 Bristol wins – All 500-lap races
Last 78 Bristol NASCAR National Touring Series races: Kyle Busch 22 wins & 32 other drivers with 5 or fewer
4 of 121 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series Races settled by last lap pass
Richard Petty led 442 laps 7/26/64 – Most ever by a driver in a NCS race without winning
Cale Yarborough is only driver to lead all 500 laps at Bristol 3/25/73 (Most laps ever led in a NCS race)
5 Bristol Overtime finishes – Kyle Busch won 2
No overtime Bristol night races
Longest Bristol race: 4/15 – 511 Laps
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
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
First 35 Bristol races run on Sunday
First Saturday night race: 8/26/78 Cale Yarborough winner
Joe Gibbs Racing won 12 of last 25 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 8 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races – Kyle Larson 9/21
Car #2 won 13 Bristol races – Roger Penske owned #2 won 11 times
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
Most NCS laps run under green: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
BRISTOL MOTOR SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
37 Different winners in 58 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol concrete races
51 Different winners in 78 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol races
10 Different winners last 10 Bristol races –
A. Dillon, E. Jones, Kyle Busch, Preece, Larson, Bell, Reddick, Gragson, Briscoe & Allmendinger
First Bristol win for last 7 winners – Preece, Larson, Bell, Reddick, Gragson, Briscoe & Allmendinger
6 Different teams won last 6 Bristol races –
Chip Ganassi Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing,
JR Motorsports, Stewart-Haas Racing & Kaulig Racing
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 9 of last 14 Bristol races including last 4 races
Joe Gibbs Racing: 13 Wins last 22 Bristol races
JR Motorsports: 2 Bristol wins – Brad Keselowski 8/08 & Noah Gragson 5/20
Jason Ratcliff won 4 Bristol Xfinity Series races
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
Justin Allgaier led 643 total laps last 4 Bristol races – Finished 30th, 8th, 18th, 5th & 4th
Pole won 11 of 78 Bristol Xfinity Series races
Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Kevin Harvick 4/4/05 & Tyler Reddick 8/16/19
2 Bristol Xfinity Series races settled by a last lap pass
Justin Allgaier Stage 1 winner last 2 Bristol races – Finished 5th & 4th
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 5 Bristol races – Justin Allgaier 3 times