NASCAR California Sunday, February 20, 2022
AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
32nd NASCAR Cup Series Auto Cup Speedway race – First race: 1997 (Jeff Gordon winner)
2nd of 36 races this season – 25 Races before Playoffs – 35 Races remaining this season
Auto Club Speedway wins:
Kyle Busch 4
Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Brad Keselowski, Kyle Larson & Martin Truex Jr. 1 each
Champions winless at Auto Club Speedway:
Chase Elliott: 5 Races – Best finish: 4th (2020)
Joey Logano: 14 Races – Best finish: 2nd (2019)
Kyle Busch: Finished 8th or better last 4 Auto Club Speedway races – 3 Straight top 3 finishes
Denny Hamlin: Finished 7th or better last 3 Auto Club Speedway races – Avg. finish: 6.3
Brad Keselowski: Finished 9th or better last 6 Auto Club Speedway races – 4 Straight top 5 finishes
18 Different winners in 31 NASCAR Cup Series Auto Club Speedway races (*11 Champions)
6 Different winners from 5 different teams last 6 Auto Club races
First Auto Club win for 4 of last 6 winners
5 Won more than once
4 Winners from California (11 Wins) – Jimmie Johnson (6), Jeff Gordon (3), Kevin Harvick (1) & Kyle Larson (1)
Kyle Larson (2017) & Alex Bowman (2020): 1st Auto Club win, 1st win of season, 2nd career win, 110 laps led
Last 4 Auto Club winners led 110 or more laps
Last 3 Auto Club winners to lead for final time with 26 or more laps to go
14 of last 15 Auto Club races won by drivers that won championships
Toyota won 2 of last 3 Auto Club races
Chevrolet won 3 of last 5 Auto Club races
Ford won only 1 of last 13 Auto Club races
Only 3 of 31 Auto Club races won from the pole – Jimmie Johnson 8/08, Kyle Larson 2017 & Martin Truex Jr. 2018
2 of last 4 Auto Club races won from pole – Only 1 of previous 27 Auto Club races won from pole
1 Ford pole last 20 Auto Club races – Clint Bowyer 2020
4 Auto Club races settled by last lap pass
Kyle Busch won 2 Auto Club races by last lap pass (2013 & ’14)
Winner led only final lap twice – Kevin Harvick (2011) & Brad Keselowski (2015)
Stage 1 winner went on to win all 4 Auto Club races – Larson 2017, Truex Jr. 2018, Kyle Busch 2019 & Bowman 2020
Ryan Blaney won Stage 2 at Auto Club 2020 – Finished 19th
Martin Truex Jr. (2018) & Kyle Busch (2019) won Stage 1, 2 & race
Tony Stewart won first Auto Club race in 19th try (10/10) – Most of all drivers
Jeff Gordon (1997) & Jimmie Johnson (2002) are only drivers to win at Auto Club in first try
23 of last 25 Auto Club NXS winners competed in Auto Club NCS race on same weekend –
Cole Custer won 2019 NXS race & Harrison Burton won 2020 NXS race
Auto Club NXS & NCS races won on same weekend 4 times
3 of 4 Auto Club wins were first win of season for Kyle Busch
First win of season for 6 of last 8 Auto Club Speedway winners
Only win of season for 3 of last 7 Auto Club winners –
Kyle Busch (2014), Brad Keselowski (2015) & Alex Bowman (2020)
2 Won first career race at Auto Club – Jimmie Johnson 2002 & Kyle Busch 9/05 (Both Hendrick Motorsports)
Jimmie Johnson (10/09 & 2/10) & Kyle Busch (2013 & ’14) only drivers to win consecutive Auto Club races
Jimmie Johnson (2002) & Kyle Busch (9/05) only Rookie of the Year candidates to win Auto Club race
6 Auto Club Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 3
4 of last 7 Auto Club races finished in Overtime
Most leaders: 16 (9/07)
Most lead changes: 35 (2014)
Most cautions: 12 (2/08)
Most caution laps: 51 (9/04)
Fastest race: 160.166 mph (2012)
Closest margin of victory: .144 (2011) – Kevin Harvick over Jimmie Johnson
Alex Bowman won 2020 Auto Club by 8.904 seconds over Kyle Busch – Largest 2020 margin-of-victory
3 Cautions for 13 laps in 2020 Auto Club race – Fewest cautions & caution laps in last 8 Auto Club races
Auto Club speeding penalties – 2014: 8 / 2015: 3 / 2016: 8 / 2017: 2 / 2018: 2 / 2019: 4 / 2020: 2
AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
32nd NASCAR Xfinity Series Auto Club Speedway race – First race: 1997 (Todd Bodine winner)
2nd of 33 races this season – 25 Races before Playoffs – 32 Races remaining this season
18 Different winners in 31 NASCAR Xfinity Series Auto Club Speedway races
7 Different teams won last 7 Auto Club races
Crew Chief Mike Shiplett won 2 of last 4 Auto Club NXS races – 2017 (Kyle Larson) & 2019 (Cole Custer)
5 Won multiple Auto Club races
3 Winners from California – Kyle Larson (2014 & ‘17), Kevin Harvick (2015) & Cole Custer (2019)
4 of last 7 Auto Club races won by California drivers
Joe Gibbs Racing won only 1 of last 7 Auto Club races (2020) – Won previous 9 Auto Club races
Joe Gibbs Racing won 9 straight at Auto Club (2/08-3/13) – 9 Is record for consecutive wins at one track
10 of last 16 Auto Club winners started on front row – Last 22 winners started 8th or better
Toyota won only 1 of last 7 Auto Club races (2020) – Won previous 9 Auto Club races
Pole won 5 of 31 Auto Club races
Joe Gibbs Racing won 7 of last 9 poles with 7 different drivers
Kevin Harvick (2015) won first Auto Club race in 19th try – Most of all drivers
Todd Bodine (1997), Mark Martin (2/05), Scott Riggs (2002) & Harrison Burton (2020)
are only drivers to win Auto Club race in first try
3 Won first career race at Auto Club Speedway – Hank Parker Jr. (2001), Kyle Larson (2014) & Harrison Burton (2020)
Leader of most laps failed to win 5 of last 7 Auto Club races
Brandon Jones led most laps last Auto Club race (73) – Finished 30th
Mid-race leader failed to win 20 of 31 Auto Club races
Mid-race leader won only 4 of last 13 Auto Club races
Leader at 10 to go mark failed to win 9 of 31 Auto Club races (29%)
Scott Riggs (2002), Carl Edwards (9/05) & Harrison Burton (2020)
only Rookie of the Year candidates to win Auto Club race
Brandon Jones 2020 Auto Club: Pole, Stage 1 & 2 winner, most laps led (73) – Finished 30th
Stage 1 & 2 winner failed to win 3 of 4 Auto Club races
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1998) & Kyle Busch (2/09) only drivers to win Auto Club race & championship in same season
4 Drivers swept Auto Club NXS & NCS races on same weekend –
Kasey Kahne (9/06), Matt Kenseth (2/07), Kyle Busch (2013) & Kyle Larson (2017)
Only 5 Auto Club NXS winners did not compete in Auto Club NCS race same weekend
Most leaders: 12 (2001)
Most lead changes: 23 (2/06)
Most cautions: 10 (10/09)
Most caution laps: 43 (2/05)
Fastest race: 155.957 mph (2001)