NASCAR Bristol Sunday, September 12, 2021
BRISTOL NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Brad Keselowski:
Bristol 5/20 winner – Started 1st, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, 115 laps led, lap 330 pit road speeding penalty
Kevin Harvick:
Bristol 9/20 winner – Started 4th, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 2nd in Stage 2, 226 laps led, avg. running pos.: 2.7
Chase Elliott: Bristol 5/20 Stage 1 & 2 winner – Finished 22nd
Chase Elliott: Bristol 9/20 Stage 1 winner – Finished 7th
Chase Elliott: Only driver to finish top 5 in Stage 1 & 2 each Bristol race last season (1st, 1st & 1st, 3rd)
Kyle Busch: Bristol 9/20 Stage 2 winner – Finished 2nd
2 Finished top 5 each Bristol race last season: Kyle Busch (4th & 2nd) and Erik Jones (5th & 3rd)
42 Different winners in 120 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol races
5 Different winners last 5 Bristol races – Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick & Brad Keselowski
23 Champions won Bristol races –
Only 4 champions since 1961 haven’t won (Chase Elliott, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.)
Kyle Busch leads all with 8 wins on Bristol concrete – Passed Rusty Wallace 4/18
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins – Only 1 win from pole (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
Chase Elliott finished 22nd at Bristol 5/20 –
Stage 1 & 2 winner, 7 times led (most) for 88 laps, lap 497 crash, post-race conversation with Joey Logano
Denny Hamlin finished 17th at Bristol 5/20 – 131 Laps led (most), lap 489 spin
Joey Logano finished 21st at Bristol 5/20 –
Lap 330 speeding, lap 489 & 497 crash, passed for final lead change, post-race conversation with Chase Elliott
21 Pit road speeding penalties by 16 drivers at Bristol 5/20
Kyle Busch passed for final lead change at Bristol 9/20 – 159 Laps led & finished 2nd
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)
Last 75 Bristol NASCAR National Touring Series races: Kyle Busch 22 wins & 30 other drivers with 5 or fewer
Bristol 5/20: 17 Cautions – Most cautions in a race since 18 at Martinsville 11/1/15
Only 5 cautions at Bristol 9/20 – Fewest in last 17 Bristol races
7 of last 9 Bristol races won from pit stalls on backstretch –
Harvick (36), Johnson (27), Kyle Busch (32), Kurt Busch (34), Kyle Busch (29), Brad Keselowski (40) & Brad Keselowski (42)
Drivers pitting in stall 1 finished 6th or better 9 of last 12 Bristol races (4 Wins)
Joe Gibbs Racing & Team Penske lead active teams with 13 Bristol wins
Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Elliott Sadler 3/01 (Wood Brothers Racing Ford)
15 Bristol win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Kevin Harvick won 9/20
Bristol mid-race leader failed to win last 9 races
4 of 120 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series Races settled by last lap pass
Leader of most laps failed to win 8 of last 9 Bristol races
Leader of most laps won only 6 of last 30 Bristol races
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
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
Joe Gibbs Racing won 12 of last 24 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 15 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races – Jimmie Johnson 4/17
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
Stage 1 winner winless in last 6 Bristol races – Chase Elliott Stage 1 winner last 2 Bristol races
Stage 2 winner winless at Bristol
BRISTOL NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
50 Different winners in 77 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol races
9 Different winners last 9 Bristol races –
A. Dillon, E. Jones, Kyle Busch, Preece, Larson, Bell, Reddick, Gragson & Briscoe
First Bristol win for last 6 winners – Preece, Larson, Bell, Reddick, Gragson & Briscoe
5 Different teams won last 5 Bristol races
– Chip Ganassi Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing, JR Motorsports & Stewart-Haas Racing
Last 4 Bristol NXS winners didn’t race Bristol NCS race
8 Won first Bristol race in 1st or 2nd try
26 Won first Bristol race in 5 or fewer tries
6 Won first career race at Bristol
Justin Allgaier passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 Bristol races – Finished 8th (8/19) & 18th (6/20)
Justin Allgaier led 551 total laps last 4 Bristol races – Finished 30th, 8th, 18th & 5th
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 8 of last 13 Bristol races
Joe Gibbs Racing: 13 Wins last 21 Bristol races
JR Motorsports: 2 Bristol wins – Brad Keselowski 8/08 & Noah Gragson 5/20
Jason Ratcliff won 4 Bristol Xfinity Series races
Pole won 11 of 77 Bristol Xfinity Series races
Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Kevin Harvick 4/4/05 & Tyler Reddick 8/16/19
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 NASCAR Cup Series race on same weekend
*Kyle Busch also won Truck Series race (8/10 & 8/17)
Stage 2 winner failed to win last 4 Bristol races – Justin Allgaier 3 times