NASCAR Bristol Sunday, September 15, 2024
Bristol NASCAR Cup Series Stats Highlights
Bristol March:
5 Lead lap finishers
54 Lead changes – Short track record
Joe Gibbs Racing – 383 Laps led (All 4 drivers finished top 10)
Denny Hamlin: 4 Bristol wins – 2 Straight Bristol wins
Kyle Larson: Finished 6th or better last 5 Bristol races – 4 Straight top 5 finishes
Bristol wins by Playoff drivers:
Denny Hamlin 4, Brad Keselowski 3, Joey Logano 2, Kyle Larson 1
Denny Hamlin leads Playoff drivers in Bristol wins, top 5, top 10, laps led & lead lap finishes
No Bristol top 10 finishes & laps led: Chase Briscoe (4 Races), Harrison Burton (3) & Austin Cindric (3)
William Byron: No laps led in 10 Bristol races
Ty Gibbs: 239 Bristol laps led – Most of all tracks
9/21/45 Richard Childress born
Bristol 3/24
Denny Hamlin
Bristol 3/24 winner – Started 3rd, finished 13th in Stage 1 & 7th in Stage 2, 163 laps led (most), 422 laps in top 10
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin – 9 Stops 26, 74, 131, 182, 235, 257, 317, 373, 448 (G)
Stage 1 & 2 winner: Ty Gibbs 9th
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Ty Gibbs 1st & 1st, Brad Keselowski 4th & 2nd, John Hunter Nemechek 5th & 4th
Most points scored: 50 Brad Keselowski 3rd
Passed for final lead change: Martin Truex Jr. 2nd
Winner final laps led: Denny Hamlin 17
Lead changes: 54
Cautions: 9
Failed to finish: 1 (Zane Smith)
Longest green run: 121 Laps (Lap 380-500)
Best free pass finisher: AJ Allmendinger 23rd
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Ryan Blaney 16th
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Alex Bowman 4th
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Josh Berry 12th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 16th
2023 Bristol
Denny Hamlin
2023 Bristol winner – Started 2nd, lap 71 speeding, finished 4th in Stage 2, 142 of final 147 laps led including final 135
Winner pit stops: Denny Hamlin – 4 Stops 71, 110, 255, 365 (All caution)
Stage 1 & 2 winner: Christopher Bell 3rd
Top 5 Stage 1 & 2: Christopher Bell 1st & 1st
Most points scored: 54 Christopher Bell 3rd
Passed for final lead change: Chris Buescher 4th
Winner final laps led: Denny Hamlin 135
Cautions: 6
Failed to finish: 4
Longest green run: 131 Laps (Lap 370-500)
Best free pass finisher: Daniel Suárez 21st
Best finisher with pit road speeding penalty: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best starting rear of field finisher: None
Best Hendrick: Kyle Larson 2nd
Best Gibbs: Denny Hamlin 1st
Best Stewart-Haas: Ryan Preece 12th
Best Penske: Ryan Blaney 22nd
Denny Hamlin: Passed 14,000 career laps led
16 Bristol win streaks (Back-to-back wins) – Denny Hamlin won last 2 Bristol races
Last to win 3 straight Bristol races: Kurt Busch – 3/03, 8/03 & 3/04
15 Bristol season sweeps – Last: 2009 Kyle Busch
Drivers swept both Bristol races & championship in same season 7 times – Last: Dale Earnhardt 1987
Kyle Busch: 8 Bristol wins with 4 crew chiefs (Alan Gustafson, Steve Addington, Dave Rogers & Adam Stevens)
Joe Gibbs Racing won 14 of last 28 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races with 4 different drivers
Hendrick Motorsports won 1 of last 11 Bristol NASCAR Cup Series races – Kyle Larson 9/21
Stage 1 winner winless in last 10 Bristol races
Stage 2 winner won only 1 Bristol race – Kyle Larson 9/21
9 of last 13 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) & Hamlin (23)
Drivers pitting in stall 1 finished 7th or better 11 of last 16 Bristol races (4 Wins)
Since track opened in 1961, only 5 champions winless at Bristol –
Ryan Blaney, Chase Elliott, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Labonte & Martin Truex Jr.
Bristol NASCAR Xfinity Series Stats Highlights
Bristol wins:
Joe Gibbs Racing: 13; Richard Childress Racing: 9; JR Motorsports: 4; Kaulig Racing: 1; Stewart-Haas Racing: 1
Justin Allgaier led 901 total laps last 7 Bristol races – Finished 30th, 8th, 18th, 5th, 4th, 9th & 1st
Justin Allgaier led most laps 6 of last 7 Bristol races including last 5 – 1 Win (9/23)
Justin Allgaier won Stage 2 in 5 of last 7 Bristol races – 1 Win (9/23)
JR Motorsports: 4 Bristol wins –
Brad Keselowski 8/08, Noah Gragson 5/20, Noah Gragson 9/22 & Justin Allgaier 9/23
6 Won first career race at Bristol –
Justin Allgaier, Jeff Fuller, Bobby Labonte Phil Parsons, Martin Truex Jr. & Rick Wilson