NASCAR Charlotte Sunday, May 23, 2021
CHARLOTTE NASCAR CUP SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Clint Bowyer BIRTHDAY MAY 30: 1 Charlotte win (10/12) – Best Coca-Cola 600 finish: 7th (2010)
Jeff Gordon: 5 Charlotte wins – 3 Coca-Cola 600 wins
Jamie McMurray: 2 Charlotte wins (10/02 & 10/10) – Best Coca-Cola 600 finish: 2nd (2010)
Larry McReynolds: 2 Charlotte wins (5/91 & 10/93) – 1991 Coca-Cola 600 winner (Davey Allison)
Regan Smith: Best Charlotte finish: 8th – 2011 Coca-Cola 600
May 30: Erik Jones birthday
5/30/71: Bobby Allison won Coca-Cola 600 – First of 5 straight wins
5/30/76: David Pearson won Coca-Cola 600 – 2nd win in 1976 Triple Crown (Daytona 500, Coca-Cola 600 & Southern 500)
5/30/82: Neil Bonnett won Coca-Cola 600 – First of 2 straight Coca-Cola 600 wins
5/30/93: Dale Earnhardt won Coca-Cola 600 – 2nd straight Coca-Cola 600 win
5/30/99: Jeff Burton won Coca-Cola 600 – First of 3 Charlotte wins
5/30/04: Jimmie Johnson won Coca-Cola 600 – 2nd of 3 straight Coca-Cola 600 wins
5/30/10: Kurt Busch won Coca-Cola 600 – #2 Team Penske Dodge
1.5-Mile This Season
4 Different winners in 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Ryan Blaney, Kyle Busch, William Byron & Kyle Larson
Hendrick Motorsports won 2 of 4 races
Most top 5 finishes: 3 Kyle Busch & Kyle Larson
Top 10 all 4 races: Kyle Busch, William Byron & Martin Truex Jr.
Best average finish: 4.8 Kyle Busch
Most laps led: 509 Kyle Larson (Brad Keselowski 2nd with 146 – 363 Laps fewer)
Kyle Larson only driver to lead all 4 races on 1.5-mile tracks – Most laps led last 3 races (504 of 859 – 59%)
Coca-Cola 600 wins: 6 Drivers – 8 Wins
Kevin Harvick 2, Martin Truex Jr. 2
Kurt Busch 1, Kyle Busch 1, Austin Dillon 1, Brad Keselowski 1
Charlotte wins: 8 Drivers – 13 Wins
Kevin Harvick 3, Martin Truex Jr. 3
Brad Keselowski 2
Kurt Busch 1, Kyle Busch 1, Austin Dillon 1, Chase Elliott 1, Joey Logano 1
Brad Keselowski
2020 Coca-Cola 600 winner – Qualified 9th, started rear of field, 21 laps led including final 5
Chase Elliott
Charlotte 5/28/20 winner – Finished top 10 in Stage 1 & 2, only led final 28 laps
Coca-Cola 600 pit road speeding penalties: 2017: 7 / 2018: 4 / 2019: 6 / 2020: 10
2 Finished top 5 each Charlotte race last season – Chase Elliott (2nd & 1st), Ryan Blaney (3rd & 3rd)
Alex Bowman only driver to finish top 5 in Stages both Charlotte races last season – 1st, 1st & 2nd and 5th & 1st
Alex Bowman led most Charlotte laps last season – 215 Total laps led (128 More than 2nd-most Martin Truex Jr.)
2020 Coca-Cola 600 winner pit stops & lap: Brad Keselowski (9 Stops) 23, 54, 102, 163, 204, 263, 277, 303, 350
2020 Coca-Cola 600 longest green flag run: 95 Laps (107-201)
2020 Coca-Cola 600 top 5 Stage 1, 2 & 3 last race: Martin Truex Jr. (2nd, 2nd, 5th) & Alex Bowman (1st, 1st, 2nd)
2020 Coca-Cola 600 speeding: Kyle Busch (Finished 4th), Logano, Chastain, Stenhouse Jr., Kenseth, Suarez, Smithley, Houff & Wallace
2020 Coca-Cola 600 rear of field: Brad Keselowski (Winner), Almirola, DiBenedetto, Hamlin, Hill & Yeley
2020 Coca-Cola 600 Best HMS: 2nd Chase Elliott
2020 Coca-Cola 600 Best JGR: 4th Kyle Busch
2020 Coca-Cola 600 Best SHR: 5th Kevin Harvick
2020 Coca-Cola 600 Best TPR: 1st Brad Keselowski
9-Chase Elliott: Finished 2nd in 2020 Coca-Cola 600 – 38 Laps led, leader at 600-mile mark, gave up lead final caution before overtime
9-Chase Elliott: 200th career race
18-Kyle Busch 377 of 400 laps led 2018 Coca-Cola 600 (565.5 Miles)
19-Martin Truex Jr. only repeat winner last 11 Charlotte races (3 Wins) – 8 Others 1 win each
19-Martin Truex Jr. leader at 500-miles in 2020 – Finished 6th
19-Martin Truex Jr. led most laps 4 of last 6 Coca-Cola 600s (131, 392, 233 & 116) – 2 Wins (2016 & ‘19)
19-Martin Truex Jr. all-time record most miles led in a race (588) – 2016 Coca-Cola 600 (392 of 400 laps led)
22-Joey Logano won Stage 3 in 2020 Coca-Cola 600 – Finished 13th
48-Alex Bowman led most laps 2020 Coca-Cola 600 (164) – Finished 19th
48-Alex Bowman won Stage 1 & 2 in 2020 Coca-Cola 600 – Finished 19th
52 Different winners in 122 NASCAR Cup Series Charlotte Motor Speedway races
35 Different winners in 61 NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 races
18 NASCAR Cup Series champions won Coca-Cola 600 – Chase Elliott & Joey Logano winless in 600
Most Coca-Cola 600 wins: Darrell Waltrip 5
6 Won Coca-Cola 600 & championship in same year – Last 2 by Jeff Gordon (1997 & ’98)
Coca-Cola 600 first career win for 7 drivers – 4 Won championships
6 Won Daytona 500 & Coca-Cola 600 in same year – Last: Jeff Gordon 1997
Drivers won first race of season 32 times at Coca-Cola 600 including 6 of last 9 years
First win of season for 5 of last 7 Coca-Cola 600 winners
12 Scored their only win of season at Coca-Cola 600
Coca-Cola 600 leader at 500-miles failed to win 27 times
Worst official starting position of 600 winner: 37th – Jimmie Johnson 2003 (Started from rear – Engine change)
Brad Keselowski started rear of field & won 2020 Coca-Cola 600
Leader of most laps failed to win 6 of last 10 Coca-Cola 600s
Most Coca-Cola 600 laps led: 392 – Martin Truex Jr. 2016 (Winner)
2nd most Coca-Cola 600 laps led: 377 – Kyle Busch 2018 (Winner)
Fewest laps led by winner: 2 – Kevin Harvick 2011 & Austin Dillon 2017
Coca-Cola 600 winner led 28 or less laps 8 of last 16 races
Coca-Cola 600 winner took lead for first time after 500 miles (334 Laps) 5 times
Final lead change came with 10 or fewer laps to go 16 times in Coca-Cola 600
Latest point winner took lead for first time in Coca-Cola 600: Lap 399 – Austin Dillon 2017
2 Coca-Cola 600s finished in Overtime – 2011 & ‘20
Longest NASCAR race all-time: 2020 Coca-Cola 600 – 607.5 Miles
Last 2 Coca-Cola 600 mid-race leaders finished 19th – Brad Keselowski (2019) & Alex Bowman (2020)
10 To go leader failed to win 7 of last 13 Coca-Cola 600s
2 Charlotte races settled by last lap pass – 2005 & ’11 Coca-Cola 600s
Most laps led from start of Coca-Cola 600: 77 – Martin Truex Jr. (2016)
Coca-Cola 600 winner led lap 1 nine times
Most consecutive laps led to finish of Coca-Cola 600: 240 – Jim Paschal (1967)
3 Scored their first win with Hendrick Motorsports in Coca-Cola 600 – Jeff Gordon, Casey Mears & Kasey Kahne
11 Won Coca-Cola 600 from pole including Jimmie Johnson 2014, Martin Truex Jr. 2016 & Kyle Busch 2018
Coca-Cola 600 won from pole 3 of last 7 races – Winless previous 9 races
Oldest Coca-Cola 600 winner: 46 – Bobby Allison 1984
Youngest Coca-Cola 600 winner: 22 – Jeff Gordon 1994
Youngest Coca-Cola 600 pole: 21-Years-old William Byron (2019)
2 Won Coca-Cola 600 in first try – Joe Lee Johnson & Matt Kenseth
Mark Martin won Coca-Cola 600 in 19th try (2002) – Most of all drivers
Kyle Busch won Coca-Cola in 15th try (2018) – 2nd most before first win
Jimmie Johnson only driver to win 3 straight Coca-Cola 600s – 2003, ’04 & ’05 (Last to win 600 back-to-back)
Chevrolet leads all with 24 Coca-Cola 600 wins including 5 of last 10
Ford: 13 Coca-Cola 600 wins – 1 Win last 18 races (2020 Brad Keselowski)
Toyota won Coca-Cola 600 five times including 4 of last 6 years – 2009, ’15, ’16, ’18 & ‘19
Chevrolet top 6 in 2020 qualifying
5 Straight Coca-Cola 600 poles: Jeff Gordon (1994-’98) & David Pearson (1974-’78)
David Pearson: 15 Straight Charlotte front row starts 1972-’80 (14 with Wood Brothers) – 12 Poles including 11-in-a-row
6 Coca-Cola 600 wins by car #3 – Dale Earnhardt (3), Buddy Baker (1), Austin Dillon (1) & David Pearson (1)
Coca-Cola 600 largest margin-of-victory: 4 Laps – 1960 Joe Lee Johnson & 1964 Jim Paschal
Last time only winner finished on lead lap in Coca-Cola 600: 1987 Kyle Petty
Most finishing on lead lap in Coca-Cola 600: 26 (2009)
CHARLOTTE NASCAR XFINITY SERIES STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Christopher Bell:
2017 NASCAR Truck Series champion
16 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Best Charlotte NXS finish: 3rd
Ryan Blaney:
7 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
1 Charlotte NASCAR Xfinity Series win (5/17)
Kevin Harvick:
2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion
2-Time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
Best Charlotte NXS finish: 2nd
2-Time Coca-Cola 600 winner
Erik Jones:
2015 NASCAR Truck Series champion
9 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Best Charlotte NXS finish: 2nd
Chad Knaus:
7-Time NASCAR Cup Series champion crew chief
82 Career NASCAR Cup Series wins as crew chief
4 Coca-Cola 600 wins as crew chief
Brad Keselowski:
2012 NASCAR Cup Series champion
2010 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
39 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
4 Charlotte NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
2020 Coca-Cola 600 winner
Joey Logano:
2018 NASCAR Cup Series champion
30 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
2 Charlotte NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
2-Time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion
8 Career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins
Best Charlotte NXS finish: 4th
36 Different winners in 75 Charlotte Xfinity Series races
Kyle Busch won 2020 Charlotte Stage 1, 2 & race
3 Charlotte NXS & NCS weekend sweeps – Last: 10/95 (Mark Martin)
9 Won first career race at Charlotte
Last to win back-to-back Charlotte races: Austin Dillon 5/15 & 10/15 (Kyle Busch won last Charlotte race)
12 Charlotte races won from pole
Worst starting position of Charlotte winner: 33rd – Harry Gant 10/91
Final lead change within 10 to go in 7 of last 17 Charlotte races
Final lead change with 12 or fewer laps to go 4 of last 7 Charlotte races
6 Charlotte Overtime finishes – Leader at scheduled distance won 5
6 Charlotte races settled by last lap pass including 2020 – Kyle Busch passed Austin Cindric
Fewest laps led by Charlotte winner: 1 – Dale Jarrett (5/90)
2 Won Charlotte in first try – Harry Gant & Terry Labonte
Joe Gibbs Racing: 2 Wins in last 11 Charlotte races – 5 Wins previous 9 races
Team Penske won 3 of last 6 Charlotte races
Team Penske crew chief Brian Wilson won 3 of last 6 Charlotte races with 3 different drivers (Logano, Blaney & Keselowski)