NASCAR Bristol Sunday, September 13, 2020
NASCAR CUP SERIES BRISTOL STATS HIGHLIGHTS
| BRISTOL NCS | Races | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Best Finish | Average | 2nd Place | Top 3 | Laps Led | |
| 4 | Kevin Harvick | 39 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 1st | 13.8 | 5 | 9 | 912 |
| 2 | Brad Keselowski | 21 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1st | 16.5 | 1 | 6 | 812 |
| 11 | Denny Hamlin | 29 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1st | 14.5 | 1 | 7 | 828 |
| 22 | Joey Logano | 23 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1st | 15.3 | 3 | 766 | |
| 19 | Martin Truex Jr. | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2nd | 20.6 | 1 | 2 | 282 | |
| 3 | Austin Dillon | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 17.4 | ||||
| 9 | Chase Elliott | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3rd | 12.7 | 1 | 287 | ||
| 88 | Alex Bowman | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5th | 22.7 | ||||
| 18 | Kyle Busch | 30 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 1st | 13.1 | 3 | 11 | 2434 |
| 10 | Aric Almirola | 22 | 1 | 3 | 3rd | 25.0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | Kurt Busch | 39 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 1st | 14.0 | 1 | 9 | 1095 |
| 14 | Clint Bowyer | 29 | 8 | 16 | 2nd | 13.7 | 2 | 4 | 281 | |
| 24 | William Byron | 5 | 1 | 8th | 17.2 | |||||
| 41 | Cole Custer | 1 | 35th | 35.0 | ||||||
| 21 | Matt DiBenedetto | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2nd | 19.1 | 1 | 1 | 97 | |
| 12 | Ryan Blaney | 10 | 1 | 4 | 4th | 20.7 | 439 |
Bristol Active Leaders:
Wins: 8 Kyle Busch & 6 Kurt Busch
Winner pit stops & lap Bristol May: Brad Keselowski (7 Stops) 63, 130, 204, 255, 330, 435, 460
Longest green flag run Bristol May: 73 Laps (361-433)
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2 Bristol May: Chase Elliott (1st & 1st), Joey Logano (5th & 4th)
Speeding Bristol May: Keselowski (Winner), Buescher, Kyle Busch, Currey, DiBenedetto, A. Dillon,
Gaulding, Houff, LaJoie, Logano, McLeod, Newman, Smithley, Suarez, Wallace, Yeley
Rear of field Bristol May: Preece, Gaulding
Best HMS Bristol May: 3rd Jimmie Johnson
Best JGR Bristol May: 4th Kyle Busch
Best SHR Bristol May: 2nd Clint Bowyer
Best TPR Bristol May: 1st Brad Keselowski
21 Pit road speeding penalties by 16 drivers at Bristol May
Bristol May: 17 Cautions – Most cautions in a race since 18 at Martinsville 11/1/15
1-Kurt Busch: 6 Bristol wins (Most of all tracks) – 4 Roush Ford, 1 Penske Dodge & 1 Stewart-Haas Ford
1-Kurt Busch: 6 Bristol wins – First win of season 5 times
1-Kurt Busch: 6th Bristol win came 25 races after previous win – Longest stretch between Bristol wins (3/06 & 8/18)
1-Kurt Busch won Bristol at 23-years-old & 40-years-old
1-Kurt Busch finished 9th or better last 4 Bristol races – Finished 7th in May
2-Brad Keselowski: Bristol May winner –
Started 1st, finished 3rd in Stage 1 & 9th in Stage 2, 115 laps led, lap 330 pit road speeding penalty
4-Kevin Harvick worst finish last season: 39th – Bristol Aug. (Clutch) – Last DNF (Running at finish last 40 races)
4-Kevin Harvick: Finished outside top 10 last 3 Bristol races – Finished top 10 previous 7 Bristol races
4-Kevin Harvick’s second Bristol win came 23 races after first – 4/05-8/16
9-Chase Elliott finished 22nd at Bristol May –
Stage 1 & 2 winner, 7 times led (most) for 88 laps, lap 497 crash, post-race conversation with Joey Logano
10-Aric Almirola average Bristol finish: 25.0 – Worst track
11-Denny Hamlin: Bristol 8/19 winner – Pole, 67 of first 83 laps led, lap 80 damage, lap 186 lost 2 laps pitting,
lap 214 wave around, free pass end of Stage 2, lap 380 pits loose wheel, final 12 laps led
11-Denny Hamlin’s second Bristol win came 14 races after first – 8/12-8/19
11-Denny Hamlin finished 17th at Bristol May – 131 Laps led (most), lap 489 spin
12-Ryan Blaney worst finish this season: 40th – Bristol May (60 Laps led & crash)
12-Ryan Blaney: Finished 22nd or worse 5 of 10 Bristol races – Finished 11th or better other 5 races
12-Ryan Blaney led most laps 2 of last 4 Bristol races – 121 (Finished 7th 8/18) & 158 (Finished 4th 4/19)
12-Ryan Blaney: 439 Bristol laps led – Most of all tracks
14-Clint Bowyer best finish this season: 2nd – Bristol May
14-Clint Bowyer: 5 Straight Bristol top 10 finishes – Longest current streak
14-Clint Bowyer finished 8th or better last 5 Bristol races – Finished 2nd in May
18-Kyle Busch: 22 Bristol wins (Most all-time) – 8 NCS (Leads active drivers), 9 NXS (Most) & 5 NTS (Most)
18-Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins – Most of all tracks
18-Kyle Busch: 3 Wins last 6 Bristol races
18-Kyle Busch leads all with 8 wins on Bristol concrete – Passed Rusty Wallace 4/18
18-Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins – Only 1 win from pole (4/18)
18-Kyle Busch started outside top 10 in 7 of 8 Bristol wins
18-Kyle Busch led 415 consecutive laps 8/08 – Finished 2nd
18-Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)
19-Martin Truex Jr.: 2 Top 5 finishes in 29 Bristol races – No top 5 finishes last 16 Bristol races
21-Matt DiBenedetto: Finished 2nd at Bristol 8/19 – Rocky theme intro, led laps 396-488,
93 laps led (most of all drivers) & passed for final lead change
21-Matt DiBenedetto: First NCS top 10 finish: 6th – Bristol 4/16 (“This is just incredible. I’m so blessed to be here”)
22-Joey Logano finished 21st at Bristol May –
Lap 330 speeding, lap 489 & 497 crash, passed for final lead change, post-race conversation with Chase Elliott
22-Joey Logano passed for final lead change 2 of last 3 Bristol races
24-William Byron: 1 Top 15 finish in 5 Bristol races – Finished 8th in May
41-Cole Custer: Finished 35th at Bristol May – Lap 230 crash
48-Jimmie Johnson best finish this season: 3rd – Bristol May & Dover Aug. 23
48-Jimmie Johnson: Finished 3rd at Bristol May – First of 3 straight top 10 finishes
48-Jimmie Johnson led most laps only 1 Bristol race – 3/11
48-Jimmie Johnson’s second Bristol win came 14 races after first – 3/10-4/17
88-Alex Bowman worst finish this season: 37th – Bristol May
88-Alex Bowman: 2 Top 10 finishes in 9 Bristol races – 4 Finishes of 32nd or worst
95-Christopher Bell finished 9th at Bristol May – Best Rookie finisher
42 Different winners in 119 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol races
21 Different winners in 56 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol concrete races
20 Different winners in 43 NASCAR Cup Series Bristol night races
8 or more cautions last 16 Bristol races
Leader of most laps failed to win last 8 Bristol races
Bristol mid-race leader failed to win last 8 races
Stage 1 winner winless in last 5 Bristol races
Stage 2 winner winless at Bristol
6 of last 8 Bristol races won from pit stalls on backstretch –
Harvick (36), Johnson (27), Kyle Busch (32), Kurt Busch (34), Kyle Busch (29) & Brad Keselowski (40)
Drivers pitting in stall 1 finished 6th or better 9 of last 11 races (4 Wins) – Chase Elliott finished 11th (4/19) & 22nd (5/20)
Joe Gibbs Racing & Team Penske lead active teams with 13 Bristol wins
Team Penske: 13 Bristol wins – Most of all tracks
5 of last 11 Bristol races won from first starting position – Driver starting first failed to win previous 12 races
Worst start position of Bristol winner: 38th – Elliott Sadler 3/01 (Wood Brothers Racing Ford)
15 Bristol wins streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Brad Keselowski won in May (Won back-to-back 8/11 & 3/12)
15 Bristol season sweeps – Last: 2009 Kyle Busch (Brad Keselowski won in May)
Relief drivers involved in 7 Bristol wins – All 500-lap races
Since track opened in 1961, only 3 champions winless at Bristol – Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.
Champion finished 21st or worse 5 of last 10 Bristol night races
Drivers swept both Bristol races & championship in same season 7 times – Last: Dale Earnhardt 1987
Last 72 Bristol NASCAR National Touring Series races: Kyle Busch 22 wins & 28 other drivers with 5 or fewer
4 of 119 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series Races settled by last lap pass
Leader of most laps won only 5 of last 29 Bristol races
5 Bristol Overtime finishes – Kyle Busch won 2
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)
Joe Gibbs Racing won 12 of last 23 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 14 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races – Jimmie Johnson 4/17
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
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
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
Dale Earnhardt won in his first 2 races at Bristol (4/1/79 & 3/30/80) – 1st & 3rd career wins
Most NCS laps run under green: 500 – Dover 6/71 & Bristol 7/71
First 35 Bristol races run on Sunday
First Saturday night race: 8/26/78 Cale Yarborough winner
Race scheduled March 11, 1973 raced March 25, 1973
Race scheduled March 31, 1985 raced April 6, 1985
August 20, 2016: First 48 laps run / August 21, 2016: Race completed
Race scheduled April 23, 2017 raced April 24, 2017 – First Monday race
April 15, 2018: First 204 laps run / April 16, 2018: Race completed
April 5, 2020: Rescheduled to May 31, 2020 due to COVID-19
Recent Bristol weather issues: 3/14, 4/15, 8/16, 4/17 & 4/18
NASCAR XFINITY SERIES BRISTOL STATS HIGHLIGHTS
1-Michael Annett: 3 Top 10 finishes last 4 Bristol races – Finished 37th in June (Worst finish this season)
7-Justin Allgaier: 1 Bristol win (3/10) – First career NXS win (43rd career race, 23-years-old, started 30th, 27 laps led)
9-Noah Gragson:
Bristol June winner – Started 9th, Stage 1 winner & finished 2nd in Stage 2, 55 laps led, lap 296 involved in crash with Allgaier
10-Ross Chastain: 1 Top 10 finish in 10 Bristol races – Finished 9th (4/18)
11-Justin Haley:
Finished 17th at Bristol June – Started 4th, finished 4th in Stage 1 & 3rd in Stage 2, 1 lap led, lap 256 involved in crash
18-Riley Herbst:
Finished 27th at Bristol June – Started 7th, finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, 4 laps led, lap 256 crash
19-Brandon Jones: 1 Top 5 finish in 10 Bristol races – Finished 3rd in June
20-Harrison Burton: Finished 4th at Bristol June – Started 1st, finished 14th in Stage 1 & 4th in Stage 2, lap 64 damage
22-Austin Cindric: Finished 36th at Bristol June – Finished 8th or better previous 5 races this season
51-Jeremy Clements: 3 Bristol top 10 finishes – 2 Straight Bristol top 10 finishes
98-Chase Briscoe: Finished 4th or better last 3 Bristol races – 2 Straight 2nd-place finishes
49 Different winners in 76 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol races
35 Different winners in 56 NASCAR Xfinity Series Bristol concrete races
Justin Allgaier passed for final lead change last 2 Bristol races – Finished 8th & 18th
Justin Allgaier led 425 total laps last 3 Bristol races – Finished 30th, 8th & 18th
8 Different winners last 8 Bristol races – A. Dillon, E. Jones, Kyle Busch, Preece, Larson, Bell, Reddick & Gragson
4 Different teams won last 4 races – Chip Ganassi Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing & JR Motorsports
Final lead change with 11 or fewer laps to go 7 of last 12 Bristol races
Joe Gibbs Racing: 13 Wins last 20 Bristol races
JR Motorsports: 2 Bristol wins – Brad Keselowski 8/08 & Noah Gragson 5/20
Richard Childress Racing: 9 Bristol wins – Most of all tracks
Jason Ratcliff won 4 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)
Stage 2 winner finished 18th or worse last 3 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
26 Won first Bristol race in 5 or fewer tries
6 Won first career race at Bristol